I’d forgotten about this ’til now, but it annoyed me at the time. Over the weekend, I went in to the local Asda store.Along with some other things, I bought some Diet Coke in 500ml bottles. I prefer them that way for drinking in the car, or whatever. Anyway, I got to the till, and [...]
Archive for February, 2012
So, I’ve now linked this site to my Twitter page With luck, this will be the first Fat Al post to show on Fat Al’s twitter…
One of the things I’m working on at the moment is my identity on social networks. On Twitter I’m already FatAlDotCom – although there’s not much going on there yet. On Facebook I’m also FatAlDotCom – and again, there’s not much there yet. Social Network stuff is just another of the facets of this entire [...]
Interesting piece in Time about whether HBO-Style long-story-arc shows such as Sopranos and the like are ruining the ‘episodic’ nature of TV. Also, the parent piece linked to in the article is here.
On March 1st, Google’s privacy policy is changing. If you don’t want your web history stored past that date, you need to delete it in the next week. If you leave it ’til 1st March, it will be too late – you need to have done it by the end of 29th Feb. The EFF [...]
E.L Doctorow on writing novels : “It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
Another interesting article from FutureBook, providing some insight on how to make a good-looking eBook.
“For every £100 I’m paid, £30 isn’t mine.” Over on MoneySaving Expert (MSE) Martin Lewis has a piece about how freelancers and the self-employed need to remember about Tax, and save it away rather than treating it as ‘just another bill when it comes in’. It’s a really good point – and it’s something that [...]
Over on Terrible Minds, a wonderful article about ‘25 reasons why all writers are bug-fuck nuts‘…
Today is, allegedly, “Safer Internet Day“. Surprisingly, it’s not being mentioned or promoted by CEOP, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection bunch of muppets Centre. Not a thing. Wouldn’t you think that – if CEOP were actually any fucking use at all – they’d support and cross-promote this Safer Internet Day? Or even have created [...]