Skellyrocker

5 Things You Won’t See in iPhone 5

Craig — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:54:57 +0000

With varying degrees of confidence the web is slowly coming alive with prospects and premonitions about when the iPhone 5 will arrive (if that’s indeed what it will be called – the new iPhone?) and what new and exciting features it might hold within it’s sleek and seductive form. Here are a few ideas which [...]

I Hate ‘Management Speak’

Craig — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:08:59 +0000

Some say that poorly spoken English is actually the evolution of a language. I disagree. While there may be some words that have become part of our spoken language over the last few years and decades (mobile phone, Starbuck’s and wireless) these are predominantly nouns and to a lesser extent adjectives which are used to [...]

Golf versus Energy

Craig — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:52:54 +0000

Scotland! The home of the kilt, the Bay City Rollers, Irn-Bru, ginger hair, Lulu and golf! We can be justly proud to be the nation who gave birth to the sport played by an estimated 26 million golfers world-wide (National Golf Foundation). The actual number is probably a lot more considering that any sane man [...]

Sign of the Times

Craig — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:40:33 +0000

OK, it’s a pretty clichéd title but while digging through my Aperture library recently I came across these beauties from a trip to China. It even became a bit of a game for our party to spot amusing or even just silly signs. Clearly somethings just get lost in translation. (The cliché-fu is strong with [...]

Lilly Was Here!

Skye the Dog — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:38:02 +0000

So I had my friend Lilly over to visit on Sunday. She is such a numpty, and sooo rude. I saw her coming in the back gate and I tried to warn Mummy and Fatso, “Lilly’s here, Lilly’s here. Hide!” But as usual they didn’t pay any attention. In fact Mummy even shook the plastic [...]

The Joy of Taste

Craig — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:56:47 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I was up in Inverness visiting the in-laws and was treated to something rather unusual in terms of a restaurant experience, and one from which I took away mixed reactions. The restaurant is located in Inverness’ city centre at the end of Church Street and it is called ‘The Joy [...]

Queue!

Craig — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Recently Roman Mars over on 99% Invisible (no I am not having his love child!) touched on a subject that affects us all – queuing. One aspect of this was around queuing at airports, and if you travel a lot then you will be painfully aware of the security measures that have been established over [...]

Design Process

Craig — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:44:15 +0000

Roman Mars over on 99% Invisible published his 50th podcast a couple of weeks ago which looked into the design of Galludet University. Galludet is kind of unique in that it is one of the only Universities which caters almost entirely for deaf and hard of hearing people. Some of the insights into designing a [...]

Chilli con Carne – A Rant!

Craig — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:49:46 +0000

How hard is it to make a half decent pan of chilli? Not, difficult right? Or at least you would think so. So why is it that restaurants are incapable of producing a decently hot pot of the stuff? “Oh, that’s because the have to cater to a wide clientele who may not like their [...]

Woof: I Smell Cat!

Skye the Dog — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:36:00 +0000

OK, so I’m a dog. You’d think I wouldn’t be able to type without opposable thumbs, but hey who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and I’m only four! Just got back from Granny’s house in Inverness. Phew what a day! Mum and Dad were ignoring me (as usual) even when I [...]