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The thank you note that melted !

By John Garner on Monday, April 10, 2006

My dear friends Christine and FranÃ§ois brought me a thank you note on Sunday. I'd helped out over the phone with Windows XP installation support. Passing on knowledge from having worked at a software company ! However, guess what happens when you put the thank you note on an external hard drive that uses the […]

The Harry Potter success has transformed Bloomsbury

By John Garner on Monday, April 10, 2006

An interesting article on the Guardian unlimited web site today about how Harry Potter books have transformed the publishing company Bloomsbury, for better or for worse. The success of the Harry Potter is so undeniable that it is appropriately described as a "the greatest phenomenon in publishing history" by Bloomsbury founding editor Liz Calder. The […]

'An apple cleft in two is not more twin than these two creatures'...

By John Garner on Sunday, April 9, 2006

A quote from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night that seems to fit this very Shakespearean story of a war between two prestigious Apples... On one side a music company called Apple Corps founded in 1968 by The Beatles and on the other a computer/software company called Apple Computer founded in 1976 that is now famous for it's […]

There's a secret war going on between cats !

By John Garner on Sunday, April 9, 2006

Yesterday I posted a video about a cat, sorry cats, that talk to their owners. Today I was reading an article on the Guardian about blogs and rewards they gave out to blogs they considered worthy. Well there is this blog called Scaryduck and well I took a look at it and why it came […]

When was the last time you saw flying fish ?...

By John Garner on Saturday, April 8, 2006

This video is pretty exceptional as it goes on because you think wow that is cool, I would have liked to have been there and then... maybe it's quite nice sitting here behind your screen looking at it 😉 Note: video length : 2 min 49 sec

...And that your cat talked to you ?

By John Garner on Saturday, April 8, 2006

Well I know this may sound to be a weird question but after seeing the below video you may not react the same way. It's very funny in any case 🙂 See what I mean ? 😉 I must say I don't really like either cats or dogs and prefer humans, mainly... Note: video length […]

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