Month: February 2005

It is an interesting thought that (I conjecture) a very high percentage of the edible items available for purchase in a supermarket were, at some stage in their lifetime, helped along by a bee (most likely pollinating a plant). Thus the humble bee* is clearly very important to man. *The bumblebee is alternatively known as… Continue reading Bees

The existence of the iPod shuffle merely serves to draw my attention to the fact that my iPod (3rd gen, the one with the dock) cannot do shuffle play. Apple wants people to pay $99 for the privilege of being able to do something that's been de rigeur since the 80s? Time for me to… Continue reading iPod Shuffle

Adverts this year = teh l4m3. That one with the cat just raised a chuckle. The highlight was the beatmania tune (“Jaques Your Body”) they used in that one advert for the… well I can't remember what it was for. Something like an iPod shuffle, but not – it featured all those body-popping people.

Had a couple of friends staying on Saturday, so we went to Universal Studios. It's pretty good – an actual Theme Park rather than a collection of rides. In fact the rides are fairly tame as these things go, but that's not bad. The view over the valley is amazing, and they have a huge… Continue reading Universal Studios

I just took delivery of my new fleece. It rocks. I gave one to my dad for Xmas and he loves it, so it was only a matter of time before I crumbled. I took advantage of the 40% discount afforded by the recent sale they had.

Come on, people. If your job involves using English professionally, take some time to learn it. In particular: – “Begging the question” does not mean “implying/requiring that the question be asked” – “Schizophrenia” is not having multiple personalities – “Enormity” does not mean “great size” When you use words wrongly, it just confuses and annoys… Continue reading A plea to wordsmiths…