While I was out at lunch today, I got a text message from a friend informing me of something truly amazing, the text read: “England vs Stanford Superstars is on ESPN2 (20v20 cricket).” Could that be true? Could Stanford and his millions have enough pull that a cricket match would be shown on American television?! … Read more
It would seem everyone in the US with a legit iPhone and contract received a message from AT&T this week telling us we’ve got free WiFi at of if their hotspots around the country. Friday I decided to try it. At lunch we went to Borders Book (Barnes & Noble in disguise) with has an … Read more
All Hallows Eve has passed again. This is just an excuse to post this photo.
From the BBC Have you ever sent an e-mail to someone about something important and you get a reply almost immediately from them and you think, “Good, I can get this issue taken care of right away?” Here’s an example of the how that can go wrong. The sign above is in English and Welsh. … Read more
I was born in Arizona (albeit in a more liberal city than where I currently live), and there are a lot of things that commend this state. The politics of the majority of its people is not one of them. You can generally rely on Arizona to be a Republican state in any election – … Read more
Damn! David Tennant has announced that he will leave the award winning BBC drama Doctor Who when he has completed the filming of four special episodes which will be screened in 2009 and early in 2010. [From BBC – Doctor Who – News]
My wife uses the OSX RSS Visualizer screen saver, with the feed set to my blog. Michelle walks into the rooms, 30 seconds later she looks at the screen and says, “Don’t tell my daughter what?” I hastily cleared the screen saver. I should never underestimate that girl…
I was searching Flickr to find a suitable photo of girls playing cricket to accompany my previous post. Instead I found this photo, which was thoroughly inappropriate to go along with that post. So here it is with a post all of it’s own. It certainly adds a new angle to the oft-heard phrase in … Read more
It’s a good thing my kids don’t read my blog. This will be no surprise to most parents, but my kids are not like each other… apart from the obvious anatomical differences. James is a compulsive, obsessive child, who is frequently fixated by superheroes. Hardly a day goes by where it isn’t “Batman this, Batman … Read more
Google Earth for iPhone is out! It seems to work ok and they even managed to included the Panoramio and wikipedia components of the geographic web. Location services are available to both position you on the Earth and to locate search results nearest to your present location. Standard iPhone type zoom and reposition and a … Read more