The mysterious case of too many fucking fadas

Sometimes, we get things wrong.  Sometimes, however, it’s not our fault.  As a result of the historical intransigence of the Irish people and their insistence on the creation of a 26 county partitionist statelet, the education system in the still loyally British...

Redsn0w jailbreak for iPhone 3GS

To save you all the trouble happening everywhere else, here’s a guide to what worked for me with the jailbreak of my iPhone 3GS with the iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w. Don’t bother doing this if you have downloaded or installed iPhone Software 3.1.  It...

Dolly Draper reclassified

From The Guardian’s wonderful ‘Lost in Showbiz’ Marina Hyde If memory serves, he also took issue with the description of himself as someone who would be familiar to “readers whose specialist subject is minor New Labour character actors,...

Apple unveils iPhone OS 3.0 preview

Apple today announced major changes to forthcoming iPhone software, including a plan to use a full gamut of Bluetooth protocols, enhanced maps functionality and peer-to-peer networking. Turn by turn navigation is likely to be adopted, but developers will have to...