Archive from March, 2008

Cult of Apple? Cult of Freebies, more like.

27 Mar 2008: The wife told me it would be chaos, but I wanted to go down and see the new “Grand Arcade” shopping precinct in Cambridge which opened fully today. When I got there, it was busy, but not chaotic, except for one thing: a massive queue snaking down back into the old Lion Yard precinct next door. There were hundreds of people, young and old. What were they queueing for? Entrance to the new Apple Store, it turned out. Now, I know Apple stuff is trendy and all that, but these people didn’t look like the sort that were about to drop £1500 on a MacBook Pro. I asked a few at the back what they were queueing for. Now, this [...]

Yay! CSI: Ambleside!

19 Mar 2008: Fantastic news – the new Half Man Half Biscuit album is on the way (end April) now out, and it’s called CSI: Ambleside. They did a couple of new songs – On the ‘Roids and Bad Losers at Yahoo Chess – on the BBC Radio Merseyside session last September. I’ll get the lyrics to these on my Half Man Half Biscuit site in the next day or two. UPDATE: All CSI:Ambleside lyrics now present and correct Meanwhile, here are some linkies: Order CSI:Ambleside at the Probe Plus Store Order CSI:Ambleside at Amazon UK Order CSI:Ambleside at Play.com Half Man Half Biscuit at eMusic Half Man Half Biscuit at the iTunes Music Store Here’s the first CSI: Ambleside review out in [...]

Nintendo Wii Fit: review and UK pre order

16 Mar 2008: The UK arrival of the Nintendo Wii Fit has been set for late April is here, and almost everywhere has sold out. If you find someone who’s got one, buy it straight away, as any new allocations will go in minutes. Don’t wait for discounts (why would anyone give them?) but despite the demand, do not be ripped off either. The normal price is £69.99 in the UK, or $89.99 MSRP in the USA. Be suspicious of anyone charging over the odds. It’s your money. Here are links to the Wii Fit page at some of the biggest online retailers. Best of luck. Wii Fit at Amazon UK Wii Fit at Play.com Wii Fit at Toys R Us UK NEW [...]

Some of the images we use to indicate our commitment to “green”

15 Mar 2008: Someone’s going to get an interesting letter in the post on Monday morning. The Beyond Petrol site is a pixel-perfect spoof of the BP site, which falls just far enough the right side of silliness to make you take a second glance to check that it really is a spoof. Old and new communication techniques are permitting oil companies to communicate “green” while delivering the same huge value to stockholders, declares the front page. Those who are expecting the normal corporate PR snoozarama might not take in what spoof statements like that actually mean. Great stuff.

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