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 [...]

On the telephone to Chrissie Hynde

It’s not everyday you get to chat to the likes of Chrissie Hynde. So, when I was presented with the opportunity to talk to her while working at The Guardian Guide, I more than jumped at the chance – I leaped (but only metaphorically of course. One must maintain their professional dignity).
I got to ask [...]

Archbishop uses YouTube to spread Advent message

There’s the McDonald’s new Christmas ad, the BBC Christmas schedule announcement, huge supermarket stocks of Quality Street, Mariah Carey and Slade piping through the shops - and I caught a glimpse of the Coca Cola advert on TV last night.
This all means Christmas is definitely on its way and I can’t wait.
According to the Archbishop of Canterbury, [...]

Vote Gok for Doctor Who?

Ever since David Tennant revealed he would be leaving the Tardis for good after four special shows next year, there has been much speculation as to Who will fill his shoes.
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All the predictable candidates are being put forward; David Morrissey, James Nesbitt, Paterson Joseph and Russell Tovey are all popular. But I wasn’t expecting to see this [...]

Room 101: Top 10 pointless internet sites

Pointless? Photo by Ohm17.

In a previous post about Web 2.0 being rubbish, I thought I’d follow it up with a list of the most pointless and rubbish sites I could find the internet. Are these relevant to anyone?
1. Singing Horses
A choir of horses. Very surreal. Click on the horses to make the sing.

2. The world’s [...]

John Sergeant: Strictly done dancing

Forget about Ross and Brand. Something much more serious is happening at the BBC: it’s time to say goodbye to John. And over 2,000 people have complained about it.
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I’ve always loved Strictly Come Dancing. This changed earlier this week when John hung up his dancing shoes.

“The trouble is that there is now a real danger [...]