Ze Frank leaves building

Reading time: < 1 min Ze Frank will end his daily show Apparently he’s “going Hollywood” and “He’s a self-generating comedic force and magnet for talent à la Judd Apatow, Ben Stiller, Mitch Hurwitz, Imagine—albeit in his nascent state of bloggerdom”. Like, awesome. Ya big sellout.

XP tip

Reading time: < 1 min Quickly Tiling Windows in XP “With the first window open, press and hold Ctrl, then right-click the second window’s button in the taskbar and choose Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically in the pop-up that appears.” You really do learn something new everyday, thank you LifeHacker!

I is not racist

Reading time: 3 mins Deary me. Such a silly little TV programme causing such a stir. Let me just mount my “I haven’t been watching it this time” high horse, and we can get started. Firstly I’ll state that I’m not interested in who said what, as my firm belief is that any kind of racist statement is a…

All change!

Reading time: 2 mins So, there are a few things around here that are still a bit.. erm.. broken. In the spirit of transparency, and in case I’ve missed anything that you’ve spotted, here is everything that will be fixed or changed in the coming week, fortnight.. month? Archive page – this will be slightly different from the previous…

Good Old Bill

Reading time: < 1 min “I used to think that prizes were demeaning and divisive, until I got one, and now they seem sort of meaningful and real.” Bill Nighy, best actor in a TV mini-series for Gideon’s Daughter

Best Banner Ever

Reading time: < 1 min “THE BLOKE BEHIND ME CAN’T SEE” A teenager waves his placard about in the Australia v England Twenty20 match.