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Wish List altruism: a primer
Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | No CommentsFor a while now I’ve been experimenting with a little karma boosting project based around Amazon’s Wish List service – and now I’d like to get more people involved. The idea is both simple and more or less selfless, and revolves around a single core... -
The photos they tried to ban
Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 4 CommentsToday, I was wandering around Halifax during lunch. Nothing particularly exciting about that – it’s pretty much a daily occurrence. While out and about, I spotted an amusing sign of which I wanted to take a picture. Again, nothing special – it’s something I do... -
Long Spike: The Newegg saga
Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | 1 CommentHere’s a little article originally written for bit-tech but never published, regarding the interesting case of Newegg accidentally sending a selection of fake Intel i7 CPUs to its customers. Since this article was written, NewEgg has confessed that the CPUs in question were fakes, and... -
Apostrophe’s in the wild: 6
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s not often that a mere sign – even one displaying a frankly staggering ineptitude with the English language – leaves me speechless, but this particular example of apostrophe abuse came close. Note the shotgun-like approach to grammar involved in this image, where every single... -
Apostrophe’s in the wild: 5
Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 | 2 CommentsAnother day, another sad tale of apostrophe abuse. It seems that the simple rule of “an apostrophe never pluralises” is too much for the shopkeepers of our great nation. While we’re already aware of the horrendous abuse piled upon the innocent possessive apostrophe by Asda,... -
Free music – legally
Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 | No CommentsYou know what it’s like… You fancy something new and exciting to listen to, but don’t fancy lining the pockets of industry fat cats by shelling out for yet more cookie-cutter mass-produced pap. While there are pretty snazzy online radio systems like Spotify out there,... -
Apostrophe’s in the wild: 4
Posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | 1 CommentThose poor apostrophes keep getting abused – left out in the cold in places they have no right being. Take, for example, this woeful tale of a poor innocent apostrophe who found himself sandwiched between “DVD” and “s” at the Asda Living store in Forster... -
Apostrophe’s in the wild: 3
Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | No CommentsJust a quick update to reassure people that not only am I not dead, I still haven’t given up on a life of pedantry. The latest entry in the Hall of Apostrophe Abuse comes courtesy of Wickes in Bradford, which managed to forbid a trolley... -
Coin shield get!
Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | 3 CommentsWith a little help from my friend Mr. Steve, I’ve finally been able to assemble all the coins required to build the shield without ‘accidentally’ spending any in the vending machine at work. No, there’s no point to assembling the ‘puzzle’ – except that someone... -
Apostrophe’s in the wild: 2
Posted on Monday, February 2, 2009 | No CommentsToday’s example of Apostrophe Abuse comes courtesy of Energy Innovation in Halifax. You’d think that when you’ve gone to all the effort – and expense – of getting a shiny, custom, mirrored sign printed you’d proof read it. Apparently not. Bravo, sirs. Bravo. Today’s example...