Category: Online column

A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie

Watch your back: you could be Rickrolled

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) If you’re worried about health and/or safety issues, I’m your man (woman actually, but it doesn’t sound as good). I spent the first part of this week at a health…

Some changes work, others get slammed

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Social networking is just getting bigger and (sometimes) better as more of us embrace its many wonders. We’ve given it a wee hug of our own here at The Southland…

Apple slices Windows 7 launch

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It looks like Apple is trying to take some of the sparkle away from the Windows 7 launch with its own new products but today is all about Microsoft and…

Perez Hilton: a day late and a dollar short

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) So what’s up with celebrity blogger and “I’’m currently having my 15 minutes of fame” wannabe celeb Perez Hilton? There was a time when I visited his site daily and…

It’s a good thing I like goats

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I’m only human so, naturally, I love nothing more than a nice juicy scandal and goat-gate is shaping up to be just that. I recently stumbled upon a wee news…

The other guy won … it’s a conspiracy

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I love that the interweb is abuzz with conspiracy theories and online tantrums now that American Idol has wrapped up for another year. In fact, the drama-rama online is almost…

Down with moobs

Val Kilmer

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Val Kilmer and his man-breasts. What happened to Val Kilmer? He used to be quite tasty. Lickalicious, it could be said. He strutted his stuff in the role of Jim…

Ferrit finally curls up its toes and dies

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I suppose it should come as no surprise to anyone that Telecom’s great white hope in the online trading stakes has shut up shop. Telecom announced the closure of Ferrit…

Celebrities really should watch that Twittering

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Celebrities and technology aren’t always a good mix and the latest proof of that is the Twitter phishing attack earlier this week. The Twitter attack resulted in 33 high-profile users of the site …