Monthly Archives: September 2005

Writing sensible email messages

[43 Folders] Writing sensible email messages

Talk Like A Pirate Day

[tmac] Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day

win an ipod nano

Avalonstar t-shirt competition - win an ipod nano for the best t-shirt design submitted.

random highlights from the week

A few adventures this week beyond getting the car repaired. The latest is a problem with the idle (that’s how fast the motor is turning around when you don’t have it in gear, and your foot isn’t on the accelerator pedal). At the moment, when you stop at the lights, the car idles at 1500rpm [...]

DVD: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

DVD: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Worth a repeat viewing. There’s a lot of truth about relationships to be gleaned from this film.

nerd attention deficit disorder

nerd attention deficit disorder (mild language warning)

rewarding your preschool child

rewarding your preschool child

Small Business Blogging

[particletree] An Argument for Small Business Blogging

Learning about tyres

Understanding the numbers on your car tyres

Why Office Design Matters

Why Office Design Matters - the effect of different physical environments on worker productivity.

GigPosters.com

[d. keith] One for jordan: GigPosters.com

apt cartoon about blogging?

apt cartoon about blogging?

TIME Magazine on the ipodnano

TIME Magazine on the ipodnano

Movie: Red Eye

Movie: Red Eye
Wes Craven (Scream, and other horror films) creates a thriller that is quite watchable; the tension continues on a slow crescendo throughout the movie. Enjoyable if you’re a fan of thrillers; put together on something of a shoestring, but none the worse for it.

Steps to Becoming a Freelance Web Developer

Garrett Dimon: Steps to Becoming a Freelance Web Developer

kevin bacon on the six degrees game

New-look guardian newspaper has an interview with Kevin Bacon on the six degrees game.

Building a Smarter To-Do List

Building a Smarter To-Do List (Part I)

the heat(er) is on

If you were one of the people pointing to the ground beneath the car in the last couple of days looking at the unusually large build-up of water, and were fooled by the platitudes of “it’s just the air-conditioning”, then you’ll be keen to discover that there is, in fact, more to it than that.
As [...]

Google Maps - new orleans

Google Maps shows the effect of Hurricane Katrina - you can use the satellite button, and then the Katrina button to see the scale of the damage.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Movie: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
In a cinema full of target demographic children and their parents, the loudest laughter was coming from kel. If you’re a fan of this claymation pair, this movie doesn’t disappoint; if you’re already tired of them, probably best to give it a miss. Speaking as a fan, [...]