It's been quiet in TV land these past few months, which coupled with a rather boring summer at work has made for a rather boring summer overall, hence no real updates. Still, the new TV season is gradually kicking into gear this month, and as usual I'm relying heavily on TV Guide's Fall Schedule Calendar to plan the weeks ahead; it works out to two ( Read more... )

I'm sorry, but looking at the new Microsoft Store logo:


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This morning I went on Google Maps and discovered, completely at random, that they've very quietly enabled Street View for Edinburgh, and indeed quite a few other spots in the UK and some other countries. Only a day behind the reveal!

I've decided I'm buying a second Mac mini now the new ones are out, but I'm sure as hell not paying £120 for the extra 260MHz of processor speed.

Public Service Announcement: "Twittering" is NOT blogging. I don't care that this post could have fit into a Twitter, either. Darn you all.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about 14022009.

Up yours, commerce.

While I wrote about Apple TV becoming more useful last June, I don't remember mentioning that I actually bought one with earenwe's help while I was Stateside. I invested in the 40GB model only when I was sure I could at least modify it to play my numerous XviD downloads, and that's what it's been doing since. It's gotten to the point that I have a whole ( Read more... )

Really enjoying this Elbow concert, recorded at Abbey Road Studios on January 17th. It's only available until 10pm tonight, though, so be quick if you want to catch the full hour. Sample below.

Seriously, every time a little snow falls in this country, everyone behaves as if snow didn't even exist before that exact moment. I want out.

Oh, Gaeta...