Posts from November 2008

Tea for 2.0 (November 28th, 2008)

From Sarah 2.0 comes some lost footage from her London trip…

And look! There’s more…



You have failed First Life. Continue? (November 27th, 2008)

Oops. I seem to have accidentally upset some Second Life users with my column this week.
“Wandering around Second Life today is like visiting Blackpool in February; all sad empty shops, deserted car parks and the stench of loneliness — and the opportunity to buy a fake cock for two quid. Occasionally — very occasionally [...]



Don’t touch that click wheel (November 26th, 2008)

Ridiculously busy – and now on my way to a panel about Brands and Blogging, whatever that means. Just time to post this link to my last guest hosting slot on the Guardian Tech Weekly podcast. Guest starring Angus.



Displacement activity (November 23rd, 2008)

I’m supposed to be writing something very important, with an absolutely unmissable deadline of Tuesday.
So of course I’ve been displacing by doing yet another job I’ve been putting off for months – transferring all of the posts I wrote on the old TFT Vox blog (2005-2006) over here. Note the newly extended archive, bottom [...]



Boom-ti-boom-ti-boom-ti… (November 22nd, 2008)

Grant Bell of VooVeo has just posted an excellent video of Tewy beatboxing when we hijacked the MySpace bus at FOWA…



No hard feelings (November 21st, 2008)

“Benjamin – Ben – Cohen is one of that rare breed of people: someone I took a passionate dislike to from the very first time I heard his name, without even having met him. Actually, I should clarify that – it wasn’t his name that made me dislike him; that would make me sound like [...]



All about the Wordplay (November 19th, 2008)

Back in 2003, Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the American Fifth Fleet stood in front of the crew of the USS Constellation and warned them that the President was about to order the first strike of the Iraq war.
Of course, being American – and clearly aware he was also standing in front [...]



Reasons I always get fired #43,347: Jerry Yang the owl murderer (November 19th, 2008)

My latest NSFW Guardian column has just been published. It’s about Jerry Yang. Obviously.

It was slightly later than planned as I had to debate with my editor over whether I could accuse Yang of biting the head off an owl.
Really.



Guardian Podcast: Yang-s for the memories and other stories (November 18th, 2008)

My second guest-hosting gig at the Guardian Tech Weekly Podcast is now live.
Featuring Bobbie’s interview with Saul Griffith, Jemima and Charles’ trip to the Guardian Hackday and some emotionally-stirring nonsense with the Phoenix lander. Oh and me explaining how I have ‘nothing but contempt’ for the Guardian’s blog commentors. How to win friends and [...]



Can’t believe they cut the ‘coke off a hooker’s ass’ story (November 18th, 2008)

Hermione Way has just posted the highlights video from when Rob and I interviewed Sarah 2.0 on stage in a strip club. Here you go…
(The NYPD Blue camera work is particularly fitting, given the venue)

And then, of course, there was the after-party.



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