Archive for the 'General' Category

Stiff upper lip, Jeeves

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Looks like venerable search mascot Jeeves is getting the pink slip. AskJeeves has been going through some rough times lately, having been bought and sold a couple times, I think. At least once, anyway. In marketspeak, this latest development is what we call brand dilution.
Poor Jeeves. Henceforth, Ask Jeeves will now be referred to as [...]

Another useful Web 2.0 application?

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

Here’s a link that some of you with voracious reading habits and blogs might find interesting.
reader2.com

On combating spyware and prevention

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

I’m getting pretty good at cleaning spyware off of WindowsXP systems. Not that I have to do it very often, thankfully, but it’s always a pain when it happens because the stock Windows tools available — regedit and task manager mostly — require a lot of manual work to effectively clean house.
I used to just [...]

The petrol blues

Monday, August 15th, 2005

To quote someone whose 15 minutes have long since passed, ‘Stop the insanity!’.

Mad Chicken Rockin’

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Is it just me, or does anyone else find those new BK Chicken commercials disturbing?