Month: June 2011

Plonking: my kind of craze

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s hard to keep up with all the latest fads being adopted by all those crazy kids out there but I think I’ll pass on the planking and go straight…

How time flies …

Where have the past few weeks gone? I’ve been a wee bit slack about posting but to tell the truth, not much has changed: Seymour the Wonder Cat remains unimpressed by the arrival of Norman the Newbie Cat; Norman the…

Henson’s 11

The cute, cuddly Muppets as you’ve never seen them before.

Are people tiring of Facebook?

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Has Facebook peaked? Has the bubble burst? Will it still be part of our lives a decade from now. I’m sure these burning questions areĀ  on everyone’s lips after the…

iThis and iThat fatigue

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Apple guru and single-handed supporter of the black turtleneck jersey industry Steve Jobs has announced the latest iDevelopment and it’s got the geek world abuzz. It’s that mid-winter “feels like…

Time for crooks to show manners

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I know the disgruntled gloom merchants out there reckon we’re all packed into a handbasket and heading for that rather warm place where the maitre d’ has horns and a…