Category Archives: Idling

Jimmy Carr: Not Bill Hicks

By swerveball | Published: October 22, 2009
It’s a weird thing when you’ve been away for a couple of days at a search conference then you come home to be thrown straight into another kind of night out. I’ve been looking forward to seeing Jimmy Carr doing his new stand-up for a while, although I’ve not really talked about it. I struggle [...]
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Swerve Ball Pen

By swerveball | Published: May 26, 2009
Oh WOW! They made a Swerve Ball Pen (or Swerve Ballpen? Swerveball Pen?). I have to get one of these. I wonder if they have an affiliate scheme…
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The Electro-Funk-Daddy Superstar Break

By swerveball | Published: October 8, 2008
A friend of mine has just completed some design work on a site Shuddervision. He’s pretty good on his design (although I’m still ribbing him to this day about his explanation of CMS meaning ‘control management system’ come on Tom, get it fixed!). Anyway, the video on the homepage of that site reminded me of this [...]
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I’m Looking for a Four-Leaf Clover (or How to Idle in a Field of Dreams)

By swerveball | Published: June 12, 2008
One of the things I used to do when I was a child was look for four-leaf clovers. It’s mostly due to my grandfather, Fred, who was an avid gardener as well as being a great fibber and pretty good at idling. I learnt a lot from him. Over the years of punishing work schedules and [...]
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