My headphones died a couple of months ago – a great pair of Sennheisers. The cord had shorted out for the second time in a just a few weeks. The first time it happened I’d got a replacement from Amazon and to have them break again so soon made me sick. I’m sure Amazon just [...]
Archive for January, 2010
so I tried to fix my iPhone
Posted in consumerism, other stuff, tagged iphone on January 22, 2010 | 10 Comments »
see, I told you twitter was pants
Posted in other stuff, tagged twitter on January 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Despite Phil’s best efforts, I’ve resisted tangling with twitter. Mostly because I’ve had trouble understanding how it would make my life better. (I’ve had even more trouble understanding people’s determination to apply it to things like construction management or FM.) And other people seem to be coming round to this view. Ricky Gervais is the [...]
what if everyone wore night vision goggles?
Posted in energy on January 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’m on the train through Surrey on my way into London and there is still a thick blanket of snow on the ground. But not necessarily on the roofs: some are covered and some are bare. Occasionally the rows of terraced houses alternate like squares on a chess board. And it all depends on heat [...]