Review: Glassesdirect.co.uk

I went on a Shell STEP course last year, and one of the previous winners of Livewire (another Shell project) were Glasses Direct. After I saw the way their business worked I had a peek and ended up buying some new specs. Basically, you get your eyes tested on the high st, then buy your […]

CSSTYPE – Live typeface preview

Getting your typography right for your website can be a pain in the ass, and this helps by giving you a live preview of what it will look like with content (y) CSSTYPE v2 BETA – web safe typography on screen for pixel perfectionists икони

Automatically let organisations know you are moving house…

“Tell organizations you’re moving home, from over 1500 to select. Its safe and easy to use and can be completed in minutes…” http://www.iammoving.com/ (y)

Review: Merkur Futur razor

I have been experimenting with various shaving techniques to find one that suits me. Disposable razors are mostly crap, and throwing that much plastic away irks me. Electric shavers give a razor burn. I won’t buy anything from Gillette because of their insulting and retarded adverts. So I came to traditional shaving. I was going […]

Vaguely rude psychologist’s names

During my time hunched over journals in the library, I could be heard chuckling to myself for apparently no good reason. These authors are the reasons: Dyck Goodwood Badwood Koch Minge Boner Weiner Spotteswood Wood Wang Kant Poon Teng Fatt 😛

Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007. Or not.

I am pretty keen on open source software, especially Ubuntu. I have it on a spare machine, but this does not have wireless so it means runnin a cable downstairs every time I want to use it on the net. A pain. So, I installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and downloaded the Ubuntu 6.06 ISO. […]