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Pushup Warrior 1.0

...no equipment. It is a must have especially when I am traveling."Chris Long, St. Louis Rams Defensive End"If you don't have access... Read more

12 February, 2012

Chris Long's Column: Of buttons and fuses

I have this thing about fuses, if something blows a fuse I think to myself maybe it was just a tired fuse. Maybe carrying the load got too much for it and it finally gave up the ghost. So I put another one in -- just in case. Read more

30 June, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column - 'I hate digital everything

I'm late delivering this column (so what's new... ed.), and I'm in trouble. I'd got the dates on the email wrong. What I want to know is why can't technology make me more organised? Read more

18 June, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column - 'MP3, yeah right

I noticed something was wrong when I realised I had two MiniDisk players. I justified the purchase of the second -- a... Read more

4 June, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column: Ban the Internet

Chris Long reckons we could all get along better with our software if... Read more

12 March, 1999 by Chris Long

The Chris Long Column: Of Christmas and email

...old messages I come across theses unread messages that start off "Hi Chris long time no hear". Around this point panic sets in because this... Read more

11 January, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column: Bill Gates knows I'm a dork

I don't know what all this fuss about technology is about personally. Read more

10 May, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column: Viruses I've known and loved

Self confessed womaniser, Mr Long imagines a world where viruses behaved like old lovers... Read more

8 April, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column: Cut the virtual insanity

To: Rock Bigmoney, Producer In Chief, Bigmoney Studios From: Chris Long Ref: A brilliant idea for promoting the Internet Read more

9 February, 1999 by Chris Long

The Chris Long Column: Turn that bloody noise down

Chris Long's unique brand of humour has landed him in trouble more... Read more

16 December, 1998 by Chris Long

The ever changing kizmet of the web

...an '@Budweiser.com' address. Soon after I was the proud owner of chris.long@Budweiser.com. While setting up the account I had to answer... Read more

14 December, 1999 by Chris Long

Chris Long's Column: Supermarket high-tech

You are going to recognise these words, and you are going to have one of two reactions. It depends on whether to you the... Read more

27 August, 1999 by Chris Long

Positive poppycock about CDs and MP3

How is it that proximity to new technology reduces people's IQ? Read more

8 March, 2001 by Chris Long

2001: A Microsoft innovation

Arthur C Clarke is a very interesting person, in fact he is a hero of mine. He has done very well you know; written lots of good books, and, you'll be pleased to hear, lots of tat. He has had lots of brilliant ideas and, reassuringly, lots of ideas that were tat. Read more

8 January, 2001 by Chris Long

Banking on technology

I don't really know if I'm the person to do this, because personally I don't have a lot of time for banks. I am the person who, in another life, was writing a (wholly unsuccessful) sitcom script and invented a loathsome character who was a bank manager specifically to throw -- metaphorical -- bricks at. Read more

24 August, 2000 by Chris Long

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