December 2008

Well, he was wearing a scuba-diving outfit, and had a pronounced French accent. I think he may have been a Frogman.

It’s all in the delivery. Speaking of delivery, if you’ve got a small fortune to cover the delivery charges, and an unhealthy interest in id Software’s Doom, then the following story might interest you. Then again, judging by some of the reader comments, it might not. I guess you can’t win them all, can you? […]

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Grunka lunka dunkity-gredient, you should not ask about the secret ingredient!

Blame my daughter’s current Charlie And The Chocolate Factory obsession… An opinion piece at Hydrapinion today is my contribution to the publishing world: Smartphone or Netbook? “There are things I don’t want to do on a Smartphone – like typing up this column, at least not yet – but the gap is getting ever shorter.

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I hate bees.

I got stung by a bee yesterday, as it flew into my sandal and got squished underfoot — but critically, not squished quickly enough to stop it stinging me. Stupid little yellow things — what good are they, really? It’s only the second time in my life I’ve been stung. Even though the sight of

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But what about my legs, Steve? She's bound to count them eventually!

2008 has been an unusual year for me, professionally speaking. I’ve gone from being one half of an income to attempting to cover an entire income — tricky, especially given current financial strains — and as a result, I’ve written all sorts of things, from advertising copy to games reviews to seemingly endless quantities of

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