Author: Carrie

  • Excuse the dust…

    …I need to upgrade the blog software and I’m bound to make an arse of it.

  • A scribbled note escapes from underneath Deadline Mountain

    Sorry for the tardy replies to emails, blog comments etc – a combination of a big scary deadline and some dog stuff means I’m suffering from the old “too much stuff, too few hours” problem. I’ll be back soon, but in the meantime if you’re looking for something to read there’s a new book out…

  • So you want to write about fire engines video games?

    Want to be a games writer? The various “So you want to be a games journalist” blog posts (all of which you’ll find linked from Richard Cobbett’s blog, where he offers his own advice) will tell you everything you need to know, assuming The Triforce don’t put you off the idea altogether. I’d write a…

  • That britblog piece is online…

    As promised, .net’s put my best British blogs feature online. You’ll find it here.

  • Ooh lordy, it’s Sugababes

    [photopress:heidi.jpg,full,alignright]Regular readers will know that I’m prone to hyperbole when it comes to pop music, but – is the new Sugababes single (and video) the pinnacle of human achievement, or what? The answer is, of course, yes. Here’s why. * It’s about sex. Sure, most good pop music is about sex, but this is clearly…

  • Daily Mail “could cause cancer”, warns expert

    Reading the Daily Mail could cause every conceivable kind of cancer, and massively increases the risk of breast cancer, experts fear. While other newspapers are also dangerous, the middle-market tabloid is particularly dangerous for women. The new study, published in the journal Bigmouth Strikes Again, found a horrifying gap in current research. “We’ve looked at…

  • Glass CD sounds better. Eh?

    According to this Inquirer report, there’s a new kind of CD in town. A JAPANESE SOUND boffin has come up with a glass CD which he reckons does not warp, distort, and looks and sounds nicer than those nasty plastic creations… He said that plastic CDs were not completely transparent, information on them cannot be…

  • Deal or No Deal: Jon Ronson goes behind the scenes

    One of the best things I’ve read in ages.

  • Don’t buy a big laptop. Buy two computers instead

    I’d mentioned this in the Mac vs PC thread, but I wanted to expand on it a bit: if you’re considering an expensive laptop, you might be making a mistake. If you need a desktop replacement because you’ve no room for a desktop, or because you’ll be using your computer in a different place every…

  • Guilty pleasures: The Killers

    I know it’s hard to believe sometimes – well, most of the time – but I do know the difference between things that are cool, and things that are uncool. But when it comes to music, I seem to have a mental block: I can list all the reasons why a particular song is uncool…