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What Do I Listen To? 2010

These just seem to get later every year, don’t they? Initially it was January, then February, now it’s March. It’s probably good that I waited a couple of months, though, because there’s a few new ones that have snuck in just in time. Let’s see what I’m listening to this year and how many sentences [...]

Ask Amazon

I love the design of the new Foreign Affairs website. They have this little thing where they use Flash to render the headlines of their articles. I realise we’re all supposed to hate Flash but it looks so nice. They’ve got just the right amount of line-spacing and even though articles are spread out across [...]

What Do I Listen To? 2009

I wrote the original ‘What Do I Listen To?’ more than a year ago and felt it was time to give it an update. Who are the up-and-comers? Who’s managed to hang on? Who’s fallen by the wayside? Read on to find out what’s on my iPod in 2009. The Brainy Gamer Podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainygamerpodcast Last [...]

The Importance of Being Impolite

So I’m reading this article in Edge magazine and I just have to stop. The interviewer is doing their best but the corporate blow-hard on the other end just won’t stop using words like ‘amazing’ and ‘blown away’ while he dodges questions and repeats corporate spin. The snookering of the media by corporate and political [...]

On Being a Hypocrite

I care about the environment. I use electricity like it’s going out of fashion. I’m concerned about the plight of the poor. I give nothing to charity. I think trade unions are important. I didn’t join one. I believe it’s difficult to morally justify the slaughter of animals for food when alternatives are available. I [...]