Entries from May 2005

Late breaking news this is. ;)Definitely worthy of making the headlines.Actually it’s just about the first time I’ve seen a movie on its premiere, or release date. The last time was when I was in London when Star Trek 6 opened. Haha, it was, interestingly, on Valentine’s Day in 1992. Yes, we even ... Read full entry

Marketing techniques, their variety and in’s and out’s, are not my forte, so I’ll just have to devise my own term for a direct marketing ploy I recently found myself a part of.The “You said two weeks ago” sort of marketing.Aggressive marketing no less. The home phone market in Australia is reasonably competitive. It’s also a market in decline. Some would argue, more sensationally, on the verge of extinction even.Well ... Read full entry

I have a bunch of questions about a lot of things. I also have a few answers to some of these questions. The only problem is some of the answers don’t exactly make sense. In that case, are these answers therefore really answers?It brings to mind the Sherlock Holmes/Sir Arthur Conan ... Read full entry

Saw this on the way to work the other morning. I don’t know how long it has been there, or how long it will remain.I wonder what the exact point is. It could mean a number of different things when you think about it...

A guy I once worked with always referred to photocopying as “xeroxing”. Quite often he’d get up from his desk and say, “I’m just going to grab a xerox of this document.”I used to remind him that we didn’t have a Xerox photocopier. It was another brand of copier. “Ah, but Xerox is an original,” he used to say, “everyone knows that xeroxing is the same as photocopying.”So ... Read full entry

It’s a great couple of months coming up at the movies for science fiction fans. What with The hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, War of the Worlds, and of course Star Wars, either screening already, or opening in the few weeks and months.And don’t forget ... Read full entry

Reboot.So, another May 1 reboot has been and gone. No one on my regular visit list appears to have partaken. Here we are on May 2, and my web looks just the same as it did last week.What does this say about the people whose websites I like checking out as often as I can? Are they an uninspired, uncreative lot? Perhaps they are all ... Read full entry

For the first time in 50 years Chelsea Football Club have won the English football premiership!All thanks to two Frank Lampard (no relation) goals.Go the blues!