Morning messages

My Thunderbird client offers me a button to restore natural order… ..and my favourite spammer apologises for the ‘enconvienice’ of a massage. …another spam special from an email entitled “Be 9 inches in 2009”. I like to think some poor, underpaid graphic designer was tasked with making something creative to illustrate their ‘product’ and came … Read more

Stop Skype starting on Mac login + kill caps lock + VLC screengrab shortcut

Apologies for not coming up with some more amusing anecdotes in my first post after Christmas, but I’m having a writers block. I do however have a rather lovely iPod touch (called Treacle), which I am experimenting with, and hope to give some feedback on in the near future. Any recommendations for apps, for video … Read more

iPod Mini battery replacement

I’m a huge fan of re-using and recycling, and try and do my best to avoid wanton consumerism. I’m not always successful. However since my beloved ipod mini (2nd gen) had been suffering aged battery complex, and giving me a mere hour or so of playing time I decided to pop a new battery in … Read more