1 March, 2010 at 15:33
10 Reasons to Avoid Talking on the Phone

Mom keeps telling me to do all these “pleasantries” whenever I talk to anyone on the phone. Why‽ I just want to get to the point and move on. Heck, most of the time I skip over “hello” as well.

Email and face–to–face conversations are my preferred means of communication. I don’t do IM anymore, and don’t like the phone.

10 Reasons to Avoid Talking on the Phone

Mom keeps telling me to do all these “pleasantries” whenever I talk to anyone on the phone. Why‽ I just want to get to the point and move on. Heck, most of the time I skip over “hello” as well.

Email and face–to–face conversations are my preferred means of communication. I don’t do IM anymore, and don’t like the phone.

1 March, 2010 at 12:12

What London? It’s all sunny and nice in Nottingham.

28 February, 2010 at 23:29
Year two stat report: 801 posts for 365 almost–consecutive days.

This is post #2106.

Year two stat report: 801 posts for 365 almost–consecutive days.

This is post #2106.

27 February, 2010 at 23:46
…the 20” model has a 1680 × 1050 display — and due to the weight of the screen, the base has to be heavier to counterbalance it. At 40.1 pounds, this is the heaviest iMac G4 yet.
Low End Mac

I did not know that, and didn’t think it was this heavy when I picked it up.

And yet mine still leans forward a bit if I have the screen pulled low enough. Or is it because I have it on the carpeted floor so it doesn’t have a hard surface for support?

27 February, 2010 at 19:36

Hair reset.

Colour’s turned out a bit more orange than I expected.

27 February, 2010 at 16:46
Now mine. 20–inch, USB 2.0, and it even has the optional Bluetooth built–in.

Don’t know what I’m going to do with it, though those speakers are nice, so I suppose I could use it as a Spotify player. Bass is unsurprisingly lacking, but still better than the MacBook Pro’s speakers that I’m used to. Which isn’t difficult but holy crap, there actually are two channels of sound! I still prefer my hf2 though.

Video’s going to be tricky, because even with ClickToFlash installed and using QuickTime’s player, G4s struggle with YouTube’s standard definition H.264 videos.

The keyboard and mouse are shit. I love the keyboard and multi–touch trackpad on my MacBook Pro, so it’s like “Command + Tab?! Haven’t done this in over a year!” At least I can map Exposé to Mighty Mouse’s nipple.

Now mine. 20–inch, USB 2.0, and it even has the optional Bluetooth built–in.

Don’t know what I’m going to do with it, though those speakers are nice, so I suppose I could use it as a Spotify player. Bass is unsurprisingly lacking, but still better than the MacBook Pro’s speakers that I’m used to. Which isn’t difficult but holy crap, there actually are two channels of sound! I still prefer my hf2 though.

Video’s going to be tricky, because even with ClickToFlash installed and using QuickTime’s player, G4s struggle with YouTube’s standard definition H.264 videos.

The keyboard and mouse are shit. I love the keyboard and multi–touch trackpad on my MacBook Pro, so it’s like “Command + Tab?! Haven’t done this in over a year!” At least I can map Exposé to Mighty Mouse’s nipple.

26 February, 2010 at 17:52

What Nottingham? It’s all sunny and nice in London.

26 February, 2010 at 13:22
Yea! Guess who’s got seat number 1.

Yea! Guess who’s got seat number 1.

26 February, 2010 at 10:34

Unanswered iPad question: how are iWork apps going to handle custom fonts? As the iPhone OS is right now, it seems to fall back to an ugly serif font, even your font is sans serif.

25 February, 2010 at 23:59
Fuck yeah. My stock, untuned Audi S5 kicks asses.

Fuck yeah. My stock, untuned Audi S5 kicks asses.

24 February, 2010 at 12:47
Guess who’s going to be there on 14 April.

Fine, it’s just an excuse that finally pushed me over the should–I–buy–the–LCE–off–eBay cliff.

Guess who’s going to be there on 14 April.

Fine, it’s just an excuse that finally pushed me over the should–I–buy–the–LCE–off–eBay cliff.

24 February, 2010 at 00:22

The Ghost Writer Trailer

Is it just me, or does it seem like when it rains Pierce Brosnan, it pours Pierce Brosnan? We don’t see the man for a few years — Mamma Mia doesn’t count? — and suddenly he’s in three movies — Percy Jackson, Remember Me, and this — simultaneously? Good for him I guess.

Though of the three, I’m looking forward to this the most.

22 February, 2010 at 20:31
chox panini

If the Coates café took requests, I’d make them make me this.

chox panini

If the Coates café took requests, I’d make them make me this.