After alot of farting about, I have finally shifted over to Vodafone and got myself a new phone that *will* actually pick up my email. Not only that but I have just realised (not for...
Podcasts are the new exciting thing – they are webcasts of recorded programs named after the iPod. Except, as I have just discovered, you cannot actually record anything but the most basic sound on an...
You know what really pisses me off? Not so much when a commissioning editor says no to a pitch (even when you're certain it's ideal for their publication); no, it's when you write a piece,...
I’ve been caught up in a few insane automated phone system circles in my life. This one, care of T-Mobile, is not the worst but it is the first one I have managed to get...
Here is the fourth in a soon-to-be-discontinued line of ideas of tech-humour columns. Enjoy: Column idea no.4: Phone fight-back “Good afternoon, could I speak with the householder?†“Of course, you are talking to him, how...
I'm coming up with different ideas for a technology column. So far I've knocked up three. I'll post em here as they're never likely to see the light of day otherwise: The history of everything...
Here my second tech column idea: The truth about… The Space Shuttle Asked what his greatest fear was about being stuck in a small metal can in the outer reaches of space, veteran US astronaut...
Here's my third and final idea of a new tech column so far: The Luddite The sardine has never been, nor was it ever likely to be, in the top flight of fish. But there...