Humble Doctor Who Comics Bundle? I'll take three!
Doctor Who makes its Humble Bundle debut with more than sixty Who-centric comics up for grabs.
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May 2014
Joe Hockey: The illegitimate treasurer
The budget got handed down by the illegitimate treasurer Joe Hockey last night. I’m going to call him illegitimate from now on, for reasons that I’ll elaborate on, having given the matter some thought.
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Retro Review: Doctor Who: Return To Earth
I’m a long term, diehard Doctor Who fan. But there are some official products that even I can’t stomach, even when they’re technically free.
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Online spoilers: A code of conduct
Nobody can agree on what the rules for spoilers should be. So here’s a starting point.
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Fat Duck Wins!
Last night, I won the Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist award at the annual Australian IT Journalism Awards, AKA “The Lizzies”. This was utterly surprising, and incredibly humbling. I’m still not quite sure I believe it myself.
Gadget Durability and Chromecast in Australia: Vertical Hold – Episode 10 2014
How long should your “new” gadgets actually last? Will the Chromecast seriously change streaming video in Australia? All this and more in the latest episode of Vertical Hold!
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TownCraft Review
There’s a town. Or at least there will be, once you get around to crafting it in this gentle town building simulation. Updated: Now with thoughts on the new Mac version.
Mario Golf World Tour 3DS Review
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “What would Alex’s grandmother have made of Mario Golf World Tour on the Nintendo 3DS?”
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Wednesdayitis: The Earth from the International Space Station
As Louis Armstrong put it, what a wonderful world.
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Fat Duck Tech Is One Year Old!
A year ago, I formally launched this rather interesting experiment in self-publishing. Woo-hoo! Observations on year one within.(Updated7/12/2021, because for some reason this page is getting a lot of traffic.
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