Hog’s Wash: Rebranding outside the pub sphere is something I’m quite sanguine about. If the criticism is that it’s a cosmetic and meaningless change then why get worked up about it? Within the world of booze though rebranding goes h[…]

Advertorial: the new (2004) edition of LMA Manager is out on the PS2. I LOVE IT. It’s better looking than ever; the new features are exactly what I’d have asked for; the match engine produces something which looks a little bit similar to […]

This month’s tenth planet found in Kuiper Belt – anyone following the links on the right of the BBC’s story will find many remarkably similar stories in the archives, though my favourite extra planet story is still this one (itself […]

The Best-Selling Artist In The World…Ever!: Profile of Annie Vollotton, named as such by the folks in the HarperCollins PR department. She did the very distinctive illustrations for the Good News Bible, my unwelcome companion for much of my sch[…]

Wildlife Corner: a picture of one of my rabbits, to celebrate my getting my digital camera working again after several months. Expect a more visual FT over the next few weeks, until I get bored with it (or break it!) again.[…]

This is a frustrating thread. Mostly because the person who started it doesn’t seem to be listening to the people replying to him, but it’s also interesting how much “lady if you have to ask you’ll never know” stuff come[…]

I’ve spent a very pleasant evening writing entries for Popular, which you might have noticed became rather neglected. I’ve now got a backlog for the first time in ages, and will keep adding too it this weekend, so that – fingers cro[…]

More interesting stuff from Woebot on file-sharing ethics. I’ve commented in the archives on what Matt’s saying, but I thought I’d point to it here because it crystallised an uneasiness I’ve had about PopNose’s rapid suc[…]

Q: What do 76 blowjobs look like?
A: A Slowdive EP cover.
Jason Salavon deals in the art of the average – taking a series of images (photos or film stills) and rendering them composite. The results point up the use and futility of the notion of[…]

“I Created Blog, The Thing That Should Not Be!”. Via Pearls That Are His Eyes, another awesome comics resource in the form of the MONSTER BLOG. (NB it’s not actually in any sense a blog, it’s just a website. Also they should h[…]