Need

You need to restart your computer.
(You fool).

Well, since we all know that Macs never crash it must be some need that the user has. The user probably thinks he needs to carry on working on his computer, but in fact he needs to restart his computer. Apple says so.

The television stations in the UK constantly repeat programmes about cars and car chases in order to cheer us all up from worrying about climate change caused in part by cars and car chases. One of them is a budget job that recycles old police video tapes of bad drivers and fleeing criminals. Employ a former newsreader to shout over the top and you have a programme. A recent one contained the following declaration.

“THE DRIVER NEEDS TO BE CAUGHT”.

Surely the driver needs to get away? The police need to catch him. No? Hmmm.

Perhaps it is too easy to ascribe needs to others when really it is our own desires and competencies that are the issue. Anyway, Cathy Gilliat needs to make another record. That’s what we reckon.

Synthesizer Hits

Well no wonder so many people are reluctant to try unusual music. For only £3 more than the cost of our CDs, you could buy a second-hand copy of Synthesizer Hits Featuring the Hits of Phil Collins.

We didn’t even know that such wonders existed.

Well, at least we brought you the news before Matrixsynth did. What a scoop.

Fail Passed On

Hmm, that’s interesting: within a day of us mentioning Fail Dogs and the “Arrrggg!!” dog at Western Digital, the canine in question made it to the Fail Dogs site - with exactly the same deliberate error page call (so it’s not just coincidence).

Clearly the Earthrid weblog is a hugely influential weblogging force in the weblogosphere now. Yes, that would explain it.

Having fun not finding

Before Fail Dogs, before Lolcats, there was the Western Digital 404 error page.

Yes, we are too easily amused. And no, it wasn’t WD’s fault that we hit that page.

Kraftwerk still hiding

Believed to be in disguise.

Where’s Wolfgang?

Can you spot Kraftwerk hiding on this Web page (scroll down for photos)?

No, reading the photo caption, it was a case of mistaken identity… Here they are! Wrong again: they seem to have delegated work to the robots, so they are probably already on their way to the pub…

Web 3.1 interface

One day all menu pages will look like this…