* Posts by Alf Faiweather

6 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Jan 2008

Windows 7 — It’s like Vista, only less annoying

Alf Faiweather
Gates Horns

Arrived fresh in the post this morning...

My lovely new disc and licence for Windows XP Pro...

Asus' angular laptop-of-the-future designs spied

Alf Faiweather
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All well and good...

But I still just want one of those Speccy +2 looky-like keyboard things they're demoing...

Carphone Warehouse denies mass Linux Webbook recall

Alf Faiweather

point and click...

> the retailer issued a recall of its own-brand mini laptop from stores because customers found the open source OS “unfamiliar” and “confusing”.

Official: Carphone Warehouse customers "thick as" and "shit".

Russell Crowe to play Bill Hicks?

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Gosh darnit Bill...

You think when Bill Hicks comes back he ever wants to see a fucking Russell Crowe movie?

I think I've died a little inside.

Pregnant man to hit Oprah with ultrasound

Alf Faiweather
Paris Hilton

Geez...

Despite her best efforts, she's a woman, she has a womb, she can get pregnant.

*That's* how it's possible.

You guys seem to think that this biology stuff is difficult. Or that this is in anyway worthy of being a news item.

(Paris, cos she taught me all I know about laydeeez)

Ryanair incurs wrath of Sarko the Terrible

Alf Faiweather
Go

Shurely Shome Mishtake?

Have you guys not heard of "Private Eye"? Every fortnight it's packed full of similar pictures of the in/famous saying or thinking things that they actually *didn't*.

This is called satire.

And whilst this advert might not be to everyone's tastes, it exhibits some of the hallmarks of a topical, vaguely satirical article.

And, I am told, the Froggies love it. Allegedly.