Thoughts, things, links & pictures by tech journalist and writer Alex Watson.

October 19
Flight of the Conchords Ep 7 ‘Mutha Uckers.’ Genius. Even their faces are just… funny. 
October 15
October 11
I’ve played Brazil many times on the PlayStation. I’ve done a race with my brother, and I’ve always won.
Lewis Hamilton is in confident mood going into this season’s final F1 race in Brazil
October 5
New shirts from the Imaginary Foundation
New shirts from the Imaginary Foundation
October 3
Tiger and Bear, 1914, from a set of Zoological Society of London pics on the Guardian. I love the way old photos like this look; their bluriness and lack of definition lend them a sense of presence a lot of modern pictures lack. It’s something you see a lot in early 20th Century photography. See also: Jaques Henri Lartigue.
Tiger and Bear, 1914, from a set of Zoological Society of London pics on the Guardian. I love the way old photos like this look; their bluriness and lack of definition lend them a sense of presence a lot of modern pictures lack. It’s something you see a lot in early 20th Century photography. See also: Jaques Henri Lartigue.
All the ‘Lollipops’ - faceless but oddly, completely recognisable cartoons of musicians created for the Observer, are now online. Complete with answers for the really hard ones (yes you, Tracy Chapman!)
All the ‘Lollipops’ - faceless but oddly, completely recognisable cartoons of musicians created for the Observer, are now online. Complete with answers for the really hard ones (yes you, Tracy Chapman!)
September 25
Journos get free passes to everything, that’s the point of it
— Wil