Month: November 2005

Maps and (big) monkeys

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The AA’s new online travel and mapping service has proved so popular that the site has been knocked over in the rush. According to AA brand manager Mark Williams, AA…

You remember how to www.histle, don’t you?

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Hands up all the habitual whistlers out there … hmmm, come on, surely there must be someone apart from me. I whistle. Constantly. And loudly. It’s a habit I picked…

Weird, weird world of WWW

Sometimes I wonder just where the ideas come from for the rich array of websites that make up the weird wide web.  Did the genius behind Cats in Sinks simply look at his or her cat, think: “ah, I’ve got…

Back to fans and 24: Conspiracy

I’m back and yes, the holiday was splendiferous. Thanks for asking.  To the reader who became concerned by my conspicuous absence from these pages during the past month and e-mailed asking if I’d been eaten by a crocodile while on…