End of an era/PCGM!!!
I was rather shocked at seeing this story on ceefax last night. How can you take the beef out of bovril???? That just makes it marmite, shurely??? Although I reckon if I go out to tesco tonight and buy up all their PROPER bovr[…]

ALL DIEBOLD ALL THE TIME:
Microsoft: “We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. It is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we built it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software,” […]

A FRIEND OF FT WRITES:
“Some of you may have missed this unbeatable 1-2 of stories (persevere if you find the first story boring)
FIRST STORY (Monday 15th November)
SECOND STORY (Thursday 18th November)”
I’m closer to ‘unbear[…]

ROBOT ART 10 – NON-ROBOT ART nil:
To: Mark [mark@xxx.co.uk]From: Imperialism P. Brotherhood [capitalizes@okfa.hu] Subject: I’ve heard a lot about you
Hello, playmates! :) Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenienc[…]

47 KitKats are eaten every second in the UK and ex-Bond heartthrob Pierce Brosnan is a ‘big fan’.
Not everyone is on message, though. From the Guardian (natch):
KitKat is my favourite bar, but I have not bought one since Nestle tried to e[…]

KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES!!
i used to get v.worked up when small abt the bright green meteor shower in the day of the triffids
i. wd i have watched it? ans=yesii. wd i now be purblind triffid-bait? ans=yes
(warning: they probbly don’t look lik[…]

DEAR SANTA
CURRENT GAMES I WANT FOR MY GAMECUBE PLEASE:
1. Donkey Konga
2. Pokemon Colosseum
3. Paper Mario 2
4. Sonic Mega Collection
5. Phantasy Star Chronicles
6. Animal Crossing
7. Wario Ware Inc
8. Viewtiful Joe
9. Capcom vs SNK
10. Tales of Sy[…]

For some time, Tayyabs has been my favourite curry house in the world. I haven’t been to them all, sure, but the quality at Tayyabs is so high, and the price so low that I find it difficult now to go anywhere else.
So far, so un-news. Except t[…]

INVENT TO PREVAIL: aka the Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events video game, out for GameCube on 26 November. However there’s a distinct lack of any reviews or further information apart from the fact that it’s produced by[…]

Fear of voice-over: what is it about documentaries and talking heads? Why do we need to see people say what they are saying. Given that most docs are edited so’s to make a coherent argument, using talking much as essay-writers use quotations fr[…]