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2013: Week Nineteen: Busy Monkey… Erm… Duck.

By Alex | May 12, 2013 - 7:14 pm | Published

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Yep; once again week eighteen was a victim of what the late, great Steve Gerber called the Dreaded Deadline Doom. Here’s what I’ve been very busy doing.
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2013: Week Seventeen: Cannot Count

By Alex | April 26, 2013 - 7:45 pm | Published

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Yeah, I know, there was no week Sixteen. Or, to be more strictly accurate, there was a week sixteen, but personal matters kept me away from it.

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2013: Week Fifteen: Snail’s Pace

By Alex | April 12, 2013 - 8:20 pm | Published

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A slower than usual week, although I rather needed it. Still, broadband was tested, blackberries were kept appy and security came up one more time. Also, strange things were afoot at the circle K.

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2013: Week Fourteen: How Fragile We Are

By Alex | April 5, 2013 - 4:02 pm | Published

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This week was unusual in all sorts of personal ways, but on the publication front, things soldiered on… mostly. Apart from Wednesday, which was my first freelancer “sick day”… I think… ever. (more…)

2013: Week Thirteen: Somebody’s Watching Me

By Alex | April 1, 2013 - 2:10 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published

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A week in which things took an entertainment slant, with dragons, doctors and a surprise appearance by Metal Mickey.
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2013: Week Twelve: So long, and thanks for all the fish

By Alex | March 24, 2013 - 7:53 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published

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Many things happened this week, not all of them good, and not all of them within my usual home state. A week in which I complained about the great and mighty, got hypnotised by science and bootlegs and waterboarded in the name of chasing shipfish. The very shipfish in this exact photo.

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2013: Week Eleven: Stomping Grounds

By Alex | March 15, 2013 - 7:20 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published

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You know who can deliver a good stomping? Elephants. Yeah, I know, I’m meant to be all about the Hippos, but Elephants are cool too. I wouldn’t want to get on their bad side.

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2013: Week Ten: Steaming Frozen 42″ Google Commode

By Alex | March 8, 2013 - 5:12 pm | 30 Seconds Of Tech, Published

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I’m not sure I’ve ever written about such a broad set of themes, from massive smartphones (some of which you can’t have) to building your own emergency toilet to the inevitable steamed hams. It’s been that kind of week. (more…)