Musings | How to be a DIY Diva

My mother can often been found on the roof. Whenever there’s a leak or a tile that needs fixing, it isn’t my Dad who rushes for his hand tools; my Mum is the DIY diva in our family home. So, when I recently found myself in an electrical goods shop, asking about electrical fuses, I [...]

Zooey Deschanel to play Ada Lovelace in film adaptation?

According to Production Weekly, Zooey Deschanel is in talks to play the world’s first female computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, in “Enchantress Of Numbers”, to be directed by Bruce Beresford and released next year.
Born in 1815, Augusta Ada Byron – now known as Ada Lovelace – wrote the world’s first computer programme. She has become a [...]

Tiger Woods: Top 5 spoof videos

Tiger Woods has gone viral. Here is a round-up of the spoof videos doing the rounds on YouTube

Geek therapy: Ignite London 2009

Huddled underground, in an old Victorian public toilet, a group of geeks gathered last night to be part of the first technological happening of its kind in the UK’s capital: Ignite London’s debut

#LDN Nude Tech Calender 2010 launches

Tackling the tech-stereotype front on, the London Nude Tech Calander is shaking up the tech scene.

A viral campaign for Kisses from Paris

Paris has more than the Eiffel Tower and Le Louvre. Paris has kissing. Lots of it. And Paris Ile-de-France have launched a new campaign to prove it. A short film by critically-acclaimed film-maker and director, Yvan Attal, has premiered online today as part of a larger campaign to celebrate the vibrant culture of Paris and entice young [...]

Just say 'no' to pink

Women play more games than men and buy just as many gadgets. So why are they consistently patronised by technology companies? – asks LadyGeek’s Belinda Parmar. The answer? Just say ‘no’ to pink

Personal vs virtual: The rise of virtual assistants

According to the London Evening Standard, VAs are the new PAs. As the recession as taken hold, hundreds of people have shaken off their power suits and adopted their pjs – working at home as a virtual assistants.
ER Virtual Assistants claim the top eight reasons to hire a virtual assistant are:

Your Virtual Assistant can relieve you [...]

Eco-onomise your wardrobe: Top online eco shops

Technology: a eco-style saver: Witch Tech’s top online eco stores.

Twitter necklace: Increase your social networth

If you’re serious about social networking and want to flaunt your successful cyber-lifestyle, you can. This Twitter necklacemade by Survival of the Hippest promises to have people ‘following’ you everywhere. Just imagine turning up at a tweet-up with this golden lovely round your neck…

Survival of the Hippest is an “Entrepreneur General Store”. Every six months [...]