So now ShitBook works for me. Well, I think so… I’m still wary of how often I’m checking in, how much stuff comes dribbling down that line. My new addiction is to ruthless management of a trickle of updates, photos that I actually find I want to know. So now I browse with a twitchy, itchy trigger finger hovering over that ‘delete friend’ button, ready to cull at any moment…no pressure…
Technology
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May 08
May 08
On beauty and building materials
This is a difficult thing for a coral biologist to say, but the top spot in my Favourite Sedentary Marine Creatures list has just been taken by a sponge. The Venus’ Flower Basket sponge dwells in the deep sea sediments of the Western Pacific and is probably the only marine creature to have appeal to structural engineers, architects, biologists and die-hard romantics.
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Apr 08
Apr 08
Of Goats, Feelings and Stories Lost & Found
Today it is the one truly global drug; one that started with a curious, dancing goat and found its way through a thousand years of history into the cup next to me as I sit in the Oxford sunshine with a keyboard at my fingertips and a cat purring at my feet.
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Nov 07
Nov 07
No Sleep till iPhone
Since that night there have been legal battles over the iPhone name, venomous exchanges on the interweb over the decision to lock it down, iBricks and silly bitches suing because they have nothing better to do. And, of course, the inevitable squealing of anti-Mac piglets suckled strongly onto Bill Gates’ swollen teats (he says, ducking).
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Sep 07
Sep 07
So long, Facebook
An announcement was made last week that introduced a change to the way we will live our lives. Metaplace is coming…
The site looks kinda hokey, but that’s ‘cos it’s aimed at its initial target market – cheesy gamers. Eventually though, it will affect each and every one of us, for Metaplace could be just the kick in the arse that Virtual Reality has been waiting for.