Memories

…and while I’m forgetting things until just after I press the ‘send’ button – whats happened to the travelcard system? I got a one day card from Cambridge this morning which was rejected by every single barrier I tried to put it into, leading to the hunt for a guard on the gates who will […]

Today I finally caught up with the marvelousmrchip – the first time since his return to these shores. I dragged the poor lad along to the SymbianExpo, at Excel, to talk geek at various companies with interests in the mobile devices arena. Highlights of the show included: – Bitboys demoing their graphics accelerator and floundering […]

Oh, and while I was on the tube back to Kings Cross I spotted an advert for ‘Flake Ripped’ – whats that all about? They are just trying to outdo the guys who put guarana in their bar last year, aren’t they?

Mobile User Interfaces Rant: Simplicity, Hierarchy and Cruft Prevention “Though I think the S60 UI is relatively clean and useable, there are definitely a lot of friction points in the UI which cause new users problems.”

Ok, I’m worried now, when did I get a dance version of ‘killing in the name of…’?

It keeps grinning – It’s got to bleed

Just back from an expidition to Bluewater, mecca of the shopping classes. What a fabulous setting for a desolate future-gone-bad style film it’ll be once it falls into disrepair – the concrete sticks supporting the Thurrock crossing lit with red beacons in the background as you curl around descending into the pit, for a moment […]

“While the viewing of child abuse images is illegal, the new “conditional defence” is meant to reassure staff in ISPs and systems management that they can store illegal images as long as they are to be used as part of a police investigation.”

“I wanted to combine British film tradition with Bollywood – what better marriage than Pride and Prejudice?“

10:48pm: “If you are confident, friendly and polite you will be able to charm anyone, even the girl next to you”

“Hello. You are through to NTL customer services. We don’t give a f**k about you. We are never here. We just will f**k you about, basically, and we are not going to handle any of your complaints. Just f**k off and leave us alone. Get a life.”