The Cambridge Globalist | Volume I, Issue 1I’ve spent the last few days acquainting myself with Adobe PageMaker (frankly it’s a bit clunky, which is how I found their Acrobat Writer too, though I may give InDesign a go soon) and beginning to tweak the design templates I was sent by The Yale Globalist. The changes have been mostly minor so far, such as redesigning the footer. Not being entirely happy with their cover design I completely overhauled it to produce a sample that Steph loves (a lovely string of “wows”). Unfortunately, much as I’d love to slap a photo of Fearne Cotton on the cover of our first issue, I’m still chasing up the rights to that image. No promises but I’ll see what I can do…

ADeAdMan finally came out of hiding to sign the guestbook, apparently irked into action by my suggestions of ennui-induced deaths in Hull. He assures readers, “no-one has yet died from boredom in Hull. Quite the contrary. They all die from contact with the chav population, hatred of their city or prolonged exposure to rubbish. Or the high level of background radiation.” He’s not wrong about the chavs

Lost started airing on Channel 4 tonight and is shaping up to be an interesting show, as well it ought after the ridiculous amount of advertising it’s been getting. Then again, I suppose it’s worked given that it’s the first programme to tempt me back to broadcast TV in some time (although Sammy C piqued my interest back when it aired Stateside). I have also been watching Ricky Gervais’ new comedy, Extras but mostly by downloading it the following day. So if you missed the Lost pilot I’m sure there’s a torrent floating around somewhere to help you join in the — err, am I allowed to call a plane crash fun? Fun in the way that Battlestar Galactica (my other downloadable fix) is fun, I suppose, given that it’s about the near-extinction of the human race. Cheers me up.