Hey man - don’t want to face the world. Don’t blame ya. It’s a big scary world world out there. Full of responsibilities, difficult situations and death. And you simply don’t want to face it. If you’d rather have kid’s toys delivered direct to your door and spend your weekends playing with remote-controlled AV technology, you’ve come to the right place!
(This is one of my favourite spoofs in the book. It was written by Joel Morris and myself, for Seethru.co.uk, about 6 years ago, right at the height of my gadget obsession. It runs to 2 pages in the book.)
The boys sharing a house on Tekken St like nothing better than playing the odd hilarious prank on each other. Check out these short (amusing) viral films wot I gone done wrote for Sony.
Thanks to David Allen’s cult time-management credo, I have a tidy desk, a clear conscience, increased output - and an unfolding love affair with my filing cabinet.
It is grey and it is ugly, but I love it. My new Bisley four-drawer filing cabinet dominates the corner of my all-new home office. It is the centrepiece of a new organisational system that has rejuvenated my perspective and changed my life. It is all I can do not to stroke it.
Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data…
Is it OK to borrow someone else’s wireless network without their permission? And how do you stop others doing the same to you?
I am faced with a modern ethical conundrum. My flat is very long and thin and, frustratingly, my wireless network does not extend from the office at the back to the lounge at the front. My dreams of sofa-surfing have been thwarted. However, my laptop does pick up my neighbour’s Wi-Fi connection. It’s called “belkin54g” after the brand of router he is using. A quick Google reveals the default passwords for this router. A few security screens later, I’ve effortlessly hacked into my neighbour’s Wi-Fi. I can now surf on the sofa while watching TV and drinking red wine. Bliss.
Of course, he doesn’t know this, which leaves the conundrum: should I tell him his network is unprotected and risk losing my convenient living room wi-fi? Or should I continue to hijack his connection, risking discovery and a possible neighbourly feud?
With an estimated five million people now connected to broadband at home, one early internet enthusiast is giving it up for good. David McCandless explains why he’s given it the boot.
Take your pick from a range of innovative white products that simply shout “Excellent!” and “Hahahahaha!” to anyone who sees them. On you. As you walk back from the train station. At night. Alone. Oh and be sure to take out our affordable Apple Insurance.
Within 24 hours of its release, the MyDoom virus had flooded the world’s email networks, making it the fastest-spreading virus ever.
Published in The Guardian Feb 04
They first detected it at 13:03 GMT, 10 days ago. An innocuous attachment in an email sent from Russia triggered a minor alarm at the Global Operations Centre of Messagelabs, a leading email security firm. No one paid it much attention. Just another new virus, one of the handful that are trapped, analysed and blacklisted every day in the darkened bunker in Gloucester they call the war room. Little did they know…
The US army’s foray into violent PC games has been hailed a success. But it didn’t allow for one thing - cheaters
Christopher has been killed in action many times: 305 to be exact. But his most recent death was the last straw. Defending an Alaskan pipeline from terrorist attack, he and his nine-man squad came under fire from a sniper who picked them off, one by one, in just under a minute.
“We were lying on the ground, prone, in thick fog,” he says. “There’s no way he should have been able to shoot us, let alone see us. He must’ve been cheating.”
Hi! I'm a London-based writer into technology, subculture, and anything strange and interesting. My work has appeared in over 30 magazines and newspapers including The Guardian and Wired. I edited the BBC webzine Seethru. My copywriting has won awards. Mostly though, I like to make jokes. All of which were recently published a spoof of the web, The Internet Now In Handy Book Form. I am now no longer funny.
He Took 40,000 Ecstasy Pills London doctors have revealed what they believe to be the single largest amount of ecstasy consumed by a single person.
Fitter, Happier, More Productive How a cult time-management system led to a life-change and a love affair with my filing cabinet
They Sing The Comet Electric Dissident scientists advocating a controversial theory of the universe say their predictions for a comet collision trumped NASA's. Wha-?
