I’ve never liked the smell of bacon in the morning. I’ve never liked smell of bacon in the evening either! To be honest, I’ve never liked bacon. Actually, I don’t even like the animal from which bacon is produced! The pig to me is like the equivalent of an animal garbage disposal unit or a [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 09:44:39 on July 29th, 2004 in Lifestyle
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A computer user switches on his pc as normal, in the way he has done umpteenth times before. It powers up, goes through the usual start up routine then tries to connect to his broadband connection account with Tiscali.
“Connecting Internet ADSL…”
Normally, this is a 20 seconds operation. But on this particular occasion after around a [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 18:32:33 on July 14th, 2004 in Technology
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Today I made the decision to stop using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. It wasn’t an emotional thing. It was a business decision after examining the facts in the cold light of day thing. So I did not grieve.
I’ll tell you why I’ve switched in a moment…
I grew up with Internet Explorer, from the days when it [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 19:35:08 on July 9th, 2004 in Technology
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I am in mourning. I am grieving the loss of Serena Williams in the women’s finals of the Wimbledon tennis championship, yesterday.
Serena was playing to win the title for the third consecutive year and was battling against the tall, blonde and beautiful 17 year old media babe Maria Sharapova. But it seems that whatever bed [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 17:52:28 on July 4th, 2004 in Sports
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