As I’ve made clear in a few posts to the blog, I believe in DRM-free music. I believe in it so much I’m willing to support the Russian mob and spend $20 on a Damon Albarn side-project I don’t even really want. Yesterday, though, promised to be the end of those dalliances for good when [...]
Well it’s been over a week now and I’ve given up waiting. Waiting? For what? Perhaps some background detail is in order first. Despite seemingly all predictions to the contrary, Blizzard Entertainment, the developers behind the ridiculously successful World of Warcraft, announced last week that their next game would be a sequel to their ridiculously [...]
With the impending launch of the iPhone in the US sometime next month prepare yourself for two things. First, prepare for the inevitable slew of articles from journalists attributing the success of the device to the multi-touch screen and its otherwise breakthrough design. Second, get ready for the similarly inevitable slew of challengers that will line-up against [...]
I was talking about doing something involving Mini-Sites but based on feedback so far decided instead to make the categories that I use here a little more visible. Categories have always been a part of the site but I’m not sure how many people realise how to access them or how to use them to [...]
Week 6’s come and gone and to be honest it was a pretty easy week. Test season began on Friday and Thursday was only a four-period day. In essence this mean I had Thursday and Friday off. You saw some of the fruits of this free time with yesterday’s whinge about analogies and I’ve got [...]
That’s it. I’m calling for a moratorium on analogies. What’s my authority? Do I need authority? I’m making my own authority. The fact of the matter is that the use of analogies has gotten so completely out of control someone has to step into the breach and if that someone has to be me, so [...]
Be forewarned: this is a young person becoming old rant. In it I will decry the youth of today, become aware of a process known as ageing and consider my own mortality. I’m not sure if it’s the fact I’m working at a high school but lately I’ve been thinking about getting older. This year [...]
Yeah, yeah, I realise this is a bit late but it was a pretty busy weekend and I think I may as well focus on that since the week itself wasn’t particularly eventful. Classes happened, I caught up with my marking and that was about it. Indeed, if it weren’t for the weekend not only would [...]
There must be something about this I just don’t understand. Now there are RSS feeds for your Amazon tags!?! Can someone please walk me through how this is of any use to anyone? As I’ve made it pretty clear, I think the whole idea of tagging items on Amazon is so completely stupid that it [...]
Wow, four in a row. If I keep this up I might have a weblog on my hands. The end of my fourth week finds me taking it easy thanks to Golden Week after a few days off and a trip to the cinema. Still, it wasn’t all fun and games. I did have to [...]