September 2009

He ran a four minute mile blindfolded with an engine block strapped to his back…

While I recover from the rigours of a nineteen hour day that included Byteside, a refurbished flour mill, a secret garden that somehow had a concrete floor and naturally enough nowhere near enough sleep, amuse yourself with today’s iPhone App guide at PC Authority: Amazing Apps For Your Phone: What’s the weather like out there?

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It's as easy as Pi…

It always bothered me that the Master said that. It indicated that the Gallifreyans, an ancient race, used classical Greek letters. And what’s more, they used them to describe particular bits of mathematical theory  in exactly the same way that the human race would, billions of galaxies away. And if you understood all that, congratulations.

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No More candy 4 U

Yeah. Not one of Prince’s better efforts, that particular song. Or that entire album, the truth be told. He badly needs a producer willing to tell him “No”. Not that I think he’s likely to value my opinion much. Still, if I don’t say it… What with it being Wednesday, it’s time for my regular

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It's a brand new day, and the sun is high, all the birds are singing…

Ooh.. something new to promote, featuring a rich trove of my own dutifully handwritten content!* The new thing in this case is MacTheMag issue one, the brainchild of the exceedingly brainy Matthew Powell (seriously — don’t argue with this man about anything trivial except professional wrestling. It’s his one hidden trivia weakness. Otherwise, an impeccable

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