The title is a terrible pun, I know. I blame my tabloid roots. I’m a big fan of Flickr, but one of the things that’s been missing from it is the ability to easily get photos printed (this is actually one of the things that made Flickr better than other web-based photo services – itContinue reading “My pictures are no longer Qoop’d up”
Author Archives: Alex
What I’m Reading
Paul Watkins – Mont Blanc, France Originally uploaded by Custom PC. No, this isn’t me. The magazine I write for, the mighty Custom PC runs a regular feature, modestly entitled "World Domination," in which we encourage readers to send in pictures of themselves reading the magazine on their travels. Once they’ve been toContinue reading “What I’m Reading”
Import PSP and YourPSP.com, take 2
The story so far: yesterday, a bit frazzled after a week at work, I tried to register my imported (i.e. Japanese) PSP on the European PSP portal, YourPSP.com. You need to give YourPSP.com your serial number; I did, and it didn’t work, so I rather quickly wrote a very hot-headed blog entry all about howContinue reading “Import PSP and YourPSP.com, take 2”
PSP Madness: UNDO
A retraction, and a ‘RTFM’ moment. Joystiq linked to my original, fuming, steam-out-of-the-ears post about how import PSPs didn’t work with YourPSP.com, and a discussion quickly sprang up – turns out some people with Japanese PSPs have managed to register them on YourPSP.com. So I’ve checked the YourPSP.com, and have got mine to work; youContinue reading “PSP Madness: UNDO”
Books I’ve Read, 2005 – 2006
Not sure where I’ve seen this idea, but it’s out there somewhere on the web, and it struck me as a good one. So that I can keep track, this is a list of the books I’ve read since 2005, starting in late [April, I think?? It’s very long…] – Current. The Tale of Genji,Continue reading “Books I’ve Read, 2005 – 2006”
How To Become A Sushi Master
Sent to me by a friend, an excellent – if slightly fanatical "How to eat sushi" guide: "If four or more of the [warning] conditions above are met, leave the place immediately and head to a different restaurant." It’s an entertaining and insightful read – it mentions the wonderful "kohada" which I enjoyed last ChristmasContinue reading “How To Become A Sushi Master”
On the iPod
‘Ah, iPod. Great product. Little wheel. Click, click. Very neat.’ I recently went to a press event for a big Taiwanese computing/electronics firm, and ended up chatting to the guy who heads their UK office. The quote, above, is how he summed up the Apple iPod digital audio player. I was asking him whether heContinue reading “On the iPod”
All This Weight, Resting
All This Weight, Resting Originally uploaded by Sifter. Seems appropriate, somehow, it being one week on from the bombs. original
All In All Is All We Are
Very strange being on the tube yesterday, after all this. Even when the tube is packed, there’s normally a very careful sense of space around each person; a preserved isolation. People don’t make a lot of eye contact on the tube and a lot of the time they don’t chat to each other on theContinue reading “All In All Is All We Are”
Computers, sex and glamour
If you read enough (or even a little) about gadgets, technology and computers, sooner or later, you’ll find some journalists using the phrase “sex appeal” to describe a small, metal electrical gizmo. This is misguided, and lazy: firstly, if PCs genuinely did have to exude sex appeal to propagate as a species, the vast majorityContinue reading “Computers, sex and glamour”
The Wired Jester 