• Look up “bad idea” in the dictionary, and you’ll find a photo of me, a big bag of chocolate covered coffee beans washed down with a large coffee in a timespan of about 10 minutes. I think I’ve had so…

  • To go with the seasonal spirit and all that… That Canadian Girl proudly presents: The Chav Nativity. Best read by an Essex girl. There’s this bird called Mary, yeah? She’s a virgin (wossat then?) She’s not married or nuffink, but…

  • Neat Dutch competition on “latte art”. While I may be a bit surprised to come across the Loch Ness Monster in my latte, the competition is original and unusual!

  • Just for my dad, a now-retired high school teacher… Calvin & Hobbes hope for a snow day. The wishful thinking of any good Canadian student between December and March. (Borrowed from uComics.) As a note to all Mac OS X…

  • Wow, nearly a week since I blogged… Geez, I didn’t think having a social life and a busy job would affect my blogging that much! Thursday night, we had some friends over for one of their birthdays and had raclette…

  • Can you imagine what 250,000 super balls bouncing down a San Francisco road would look like? Check it out on Sony Bravia’s mini-site. I highly recommend downloading the Featurette. Simply a great ad, and as one of the camera guys…

  • Some of the +3000 November Google searches, in keeping with my much-loved monthly (sorta) tradition! This month was a true success… “pimp my girl / pimp my fiesta” – This could all go so wrong… Is it set in Essex?…

  • Last night, we stayed at some friends’ house and had a really good evening. Nice food, good wine, and great friends. And one really fun game! We played Buzz, a music quiz game I’d read about on the BBC site…

  • I usually don’t like the run-up to Christmas, the shops trying to push you to open your wallet and spend spend spend, the stupid Christmas hits by has-been artists. But this year, it’s different. This year, I think I’m going…

  • We all think fondly of Super Mario Bros, the original and ultimate Nintendo game. There have been Flash animations and god knows how many versions of it, but this one, THIS one is sheer talent! A few high school students…