Andy Warburton

Sleep Deprived Geek in Blunderland

Archive for December, 2004

Here be I. —

It's new year's eve, so I thought I'd treat you all to a little something. It's a picture… errrm of my desk. BUT! here's the surprise! Click on the pic to go large and see my desk in high res detail with notes about the things on my desk! Are you excited yet…? ;o)

Perverts… the lots of ya! —

It worries me deeply that today while checking the 2004 Google Zeitgeist, 5 of the top 10 most searched for terms are for famous women. (Britney, Paris, Christina, Pamela and Carmen!). What concerns me even more is that the only two men that have been searched for are Orlando Bloom and Harry Potter! Do modern [...]

Filled with Geeky Excitement! —

I've just come across the Nvu project (pronounced N-view) and just like Firefox it's got me all filled up with geeky excitement. It seems that they're working on a new open source web design application similar to Dreamweaver etc, only based around the gecko layout engine. Currently available in beta for Windows and Linux flavours [...]

Christmas Plug —

It's not very often that I'll speak out on behalf of one of my clients and say how much I think their product rocks, but for this client I'll make an exception. RedHotRockShop.com Sell a wicked range of Air Guitar accessories, including giant posters of crowds and speaker stacks as well as a bunch of [...]

Merry Fucking Christmas! —

So it looks like the Christmas time is upon us once again. Joy of joy's. Dunno what's up with me… just can't get into the fooking Christmas spirit at all this year. I guess that's mostly because Crimbo is mostly about spending time with family and all that crap. Only problem being that my mum [...]

Explosive! —

So I finally found a use for that domain name I registered a few months back. Probably not one for people that don't like being insulted. ;o) You have been warned! http://andywarburton.co.uk (click the current insult if you want to be insulted again!).

The Best of 2004 —

Everyone else seems to be doing it, so here's my top lists for 2004: Fave 5 Albums of 2004: American Idiot - Greenday A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup Faithless - Weapons of Mass Destruction No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 Papa Roach - Getting Away with Murder Fave 5 films of [...]

I hate it but I love it. —

Evidence seems to be presenting itself to me more and more lately to suggest that Christmas is less about religion and more about economics. Think about it. The nights are drawing in, we only get a few hours of sunlight a day and that's usually hidden by cloud, the weather is lousy. In the UK [...]