Happy Jubilee, Your Majazzle!

May 302012
 
 May 30, 2012  Posted by at 14:32 Fetish and teh sex , , , ,  No Responses »
Happy Jubilee, Your Majazzle!

Dear gods, I don’t know what to say about this. Um, what better way to celebrate Her Royal Majesty’s 60th everything than by sticking some crown-shaped sparkles to your lady garden? Srsly? Your bedazzled mind must be fried, but hey, it’s your call. And it’s nowhere near as worrying a political statement as the Obama-headed dildo I saw a couple of weeks ago. If you really want to get one of these, you’ll find them for sale at Lovehoney for a fiver, along with a huge pile of sexy stuff for women, men and couples. Please, don’t send me your photos. [...]

Tampax: Excessive Packaging Fail

May 262012
 
 May 26, 2012  Posted by at 13:40 Inside Machiavelli Id , , ,  No Responses »
Tampax: Excessive Packaging Fail

The Tampax Multi-Pack: 3 different absorbencies in one handy box! Not really. It just has three smaller unprinted boxes inside the bigger branded box. What a waste of tree-corpse. Even if it’s all recycled and recyclable, what a waste of energy. It all has to be manufactured and transported. You know, I’ve got no issue with the colour coded individual wrappers. They’re hygienic and they help me find the absorbency I want. But why box them up like that? I could have coped if they were all loose in the one box. Tampax, you disappoint me. With you I can [...]

Jubilee Xbox 360 Celebration Pack: Union Jack Skins

May 052012
 
 May 5, 2012  Posted by at 09:39 Machiavelli Id goes digital , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Jubilee Xbox 360 Celebration Pack: Union Jack Skins

Just seen that the leaked news last month about a special edition Union Jack Xbox 360 package has been confirmed by Microsoft. It’s the same white hardware and extra stuff as you get in the older Xbox 360 Family Pack: a white 4GB Xbox 360 S console a white Kinect sensor 2 white wireless controllers Kinect Adventures Kinect Sports 3 months’ Xbox Live Gold membership The only extra to what they’re calling the “Celebration Pack” is that it comes with free Union Jack skins for all the hardware, so that you can make it look like this: That means you [...]

The 80s Are Still Not Going Away: Madonna, Teenage Kicks and Me

Apr 182012
 
 April 18, 2012  Posted by at 20:55 The adventures of Machiavelli Id, The Picture of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
The 80s Are Still Not Going Away: Madonna, Teenage Kicks and Me

I remember as a pre-teen wearing head-to-toe black (the closest I could get to a grown-up look, styling-wise) and two enormous black eyes of eyeshadow to channel Madonna for the summer camp talent show. We danced badly but aerobically to “Like A Virgin“, not having a clue what the lyrics meant. I’d seen Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan and she was the coolest of cool. In the time since then, she’s rocked some deeply dubious looks [including the rarely spotted "squatting-naked-with-a bottle-of-mineral-water"], but the 80s are back [still, FFS] and Vogue just published an online gallery of her styles through the [...]

Mr Tumble the South Park Hand Puppet

Apr 112012
 
 April 11, 2012  Posted by at 15:43 Crash Test Baby , , , ,  No Responses »
Mr Tumble the South Park Hand Puppet

Don’t ask me why this free gift Mr Tumble hand puppet looks so much like a South Park character… but it definitely does.  

Battlefield 3 News: Xbox 360 Update with Rent Your Own Server

Apr 052012
 
 April 5, 2012  Posted by at 09:48 Machiavelli Id goes digital, The 4nim4l , , , , ,  No Responses »
Battlefield 3 News: Xbox 360 Update with Rent Your Own Server

A big new update to Battlefield 3 for Xbox 360 has just been released. The news they’re making the most of is that you can rent a server to play on via Xbox. Yes, PS3 has been offering this for a while and it is out for Xbox 360 at last. This means you can rent your own server and create your custom Battlefield 3 gaming space. OK, you could already do this by privately renting a slot on a server if you knew how, but now it’ll just be easier for those of us who don’t know. What Can [...]

Image of the Week: Risk Factory by kyz

Apr 012012
 
 April 1, 2012  Posted by at 11:00 The Picture of Machiavelli Id , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: Risk Factory by kyz

What needs to be said about this one? It’s not the photography itself that impressed me, I admit; it’s just the concept of a Risk Factory. Is that where they make the board game? Is it the name of a nightclub I’m not cool enough to be allowed into? [In fact, it turns out to be a safety centre. Oh well.] I also thought it was particularly appropriate for posting here on April Fool’s Day. You can find more of kyz‘s work on Flickr. Want to Win Image of the Week? Send me the URL to your image, or email me [...]

Image of the Week: Win A Dream Holiday

Jan 202012
 
 January 20, 2012  Posted by at 17:34 The 4nim4l, The Picture of Machiavelli Id, The word of Machiavelli Id , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Image of the Week: Win A Dream Holiday

My mate posted this on Facebook. I thought this was ironic due to the fact this paper came out only a couple of days after the Costa Concordia tragedy happened (on Friday 13th January, woo00ooo), and just above the photo of the sinking cruise ship they’ve got a big red headline offering to win a dream holiday. Mmm, I think not. I wonder if they got in trouble for this ? ***** 4nim4l ***** Want to Win Image of the Week? Send me the URL to your image, or email me the file as an attachment if you must.  I’m [...]

Don’t be that dude, dude: Selling the Cloud [Video]

Aug 022011
 
 August 2, 2011  Posted by at 00:39 Machiavelli Id goes digital , , , , ,  No Responses »

Do allow yourself a little bit of mythos. It’s “the Cloud”, for fuck’s sake. Gods might be in there somewhere, playing What the Neighbours Did and sneering at our metaphysical shagpile carpeting.

Time for self-hosting? I need advice!

Jun 042011
 
 June 4, 2011  Posted by at 22:42 Machiavelli Id goes digital , , ,  6 Responses »

The joy of blogging, to me, is that I do it because I want to, not because anyone else expects it. My recently-renewed blogging energy [or perhaps it's just the start of a manic episode] has made me think about what’s next: should I move to a self-hosted WordPress.org setup?

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