Author: Paul

  • katienice’s funky doodles

    If you are a fan of funky (word of the day) doodles and drawings, then head over to katienice for an amazing collection of her drawings of funky women.  I came to her site from Drawn!

  • Drawn!

    Boing Boing posted a brief review about a new and very funky blog called Drawn!: Drawn! site is a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. Its purpose is to inspire creativity by sharing links and resources. Albert Einstein said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources,?? but what…

  • Mark Jen has a new job

    Well, after all that drama, Mark Jen has a new job for a company known as Plaxo.  Jen seems pretty excited about the new job: anyways, enough commentary and on to the results! as most people expected, i interviewed with the big tech companies: microsoft, yahoo and amazon. i also interviewed or chatted with a…

  • Google Desktop Search supports Mozilla

    A short while ago I posted something about a desktop search application called "Copernic", specifically the beta version 1.5 which now indexes Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.  At the time, Google’s Desktop Search didn’t index Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.  Google has just taken Desktop Search out of beta testing and, lo and behold, it now supports…

  • The biggest LCD TV so far

    Engadget has reported on Samsung’s new 82-inch LCD TV.  This would certainly go down well in my home.  My test for these sorts of things is how cool it would be to watch Star Trek or Star Wars on them.  I reckon this TV would hit a cool 9.5 on the Cool-O-Meter! Personally, I think…

  • Gordon Smith on Carte Blanche

    My regular readers will know that I went to see the psychic and medium, Gordon Smith, a couple weeks ago.  It was quite an experience seeing him work in person.  Last night a local actuality TV show broadcast an interview and reading with Gordon Smith.  G and I were going to watch it but we…

  • Skills shortage in South African corporate law firms

    Moneyweb has published an article titled "Reflections of a legal eagle".  It looks at the views of the chairman of one of South Africa’s biggest law firms, Werksmans, and the issue of skills shortages in corporate law firms.  Here is a portion of the article: “Corporate lawyers, between 40 and 55 with lots of experience…

  • Kevin Spacey to play Lex Luthor

    I am probably the last person on the Web to find out about this!  Kevin Spacey has been cast opposite Brandon Routh in the new Superman movie to play Lex Luthor.  This movie is going to be directed by Bryan Singer of the X-Men movies (which were brilliant).  I am looking forward to this movie…