Category: My blog

UK Snow – “Sorry, I can’t get to work”. The truth..

Today we’ve had a sprinkling of snow. It’s nothing compared to what other countries cope with, but somehow we’ve all gone crazy and companies have either closed down for the day or had their workforce depleted because they’re “snowed in”. I managed to get to work, and got there quicker than normal thanks to the fact that no-one else bothered.… Read more →

Poor old Blockbuster

To be honest the writing was on the wall a long time ago, but the pace of change – from visiting a rental shop to then having DVD’s delivered and now streaming on-demand – has killed this company as they failed to innovate. I drove past one the other day and was frankly surprised that they were still going. This… Read more →

Gaydar Radio is dead

OK, don’t judge me, but I’ve been listening to Gaydar Radio for quite some time now. I’m not gay, but we stumbled across it many years ago and go sucked in by the music. They have an excellent selection of the very latest dance tunes and you’ll usually hear mixes on the station way ahead of any other network. However,… Read more →

Jesus on E’s

Transport yourself back to 1992 when the Amiga was king. Watching “demos” – which were basically designed to show off what the computer could do – was one of my passtimes. You BOUGHT the FLOPPY DISKS (retro) from a PD library (PD = Public Domain), then WAITED for them to arrive in the POST. Then you loaded up the disks…… Read more →

Classic Lego Technic Car

If you remember this then you’re probably over 35. This is a classic lego car. It came with suspension, gear-changes and real stearing. It was epic. I remembered this purely because I spent several hours today putting my sons lego together. Sure, he was supposed to be doing it, but I took over. Loving Lego… :) Read more →

The NRA responds to the Newtown shootings

The terrible shootings in the US last week looked set to spark a change in gun ownership. However, despite promising to participate in radical changes, the National Rifle Association decided that the solution to stopping shootings in schools is to put an armed guard in every single one. Although this sounds UTTERLY INSANE to EVERYONE outside the USA, this is… Read more →

So, I tried Windows 8…

I gave it a good try. I found all the shortcut keys like Windows + X and, after some initial frustration, I could see some of the positive changes. Then.. Then I had a look in the “Store”. The top app is Google Search (yep, a competitor, but to be expected). Windowss 8 users must be downloading this because going… Read more →

No YouTube, you ruddy stupid thing

YouTube has decided to set my language… OK. You think I’m in the USA. No problem, every bloody site in the world seems to think that everyone lives in the USA, but I don’t. However, when you go into the YouTube settings it gets worse… Look below. It’s set the language to “English” and country as “UK”. So yes, it… Read more →

Another school in the US. Another shooting

A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit the USA. They have guns. It’s something a lot of non-Americans simply don’t understand. People don’t own guns in Europe generally, we don’t buy them, we don’t use them. However, I walked into a gun shop and saw a shooting range filled with parents and kids shooting at silhouettes. For… Read more →

WordPress 3.5? Avoid.

This new version of WordPress 3.5 is surprisingly bug-riddled. It crashes both Firefox and Chrome when adding images through the fancy new management system. If you’ve upgraded, roll back to an earlier version pronto. To be honest I’m pretty shocked. Surely they tested it? Read more →

The all new Gadget Show

Hmm.. The Gadget Show. First time I’ve seen it since they decided to go with just two presenters. That Pollyanna looks like she’s not quite aware that she’s on TV, choosing to drift through demonstrations and offer the odd comment about a gadget. Jason Bradbury is OK. I know he hypes everything in an effort to make it interesting TV,… Read more →

Camera – Only £10! But wait..

I spotted this in Morrisons. To be honest I’m a little puzzled that someone has taken the time to take a photo of their old 35mm camera, cut it out, go to the shops and then put it on sale for the princely sum of 10 quid… Do they even sell 35mm film any more? Read more →

Dear Jaguar….

I would like to find the person responsible for this XFR-S film and quite possibly kiss them full on in the face. What an utterly stunning commercial. Thanks in advance.. Regards, Me. PPS. Can I borrow one ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkSmOMtNKm8 Read more →

The Coca-Cola truck comes to town..

Holidays are coming, holidays are coming. Yes, we’ve all seen that advert. You’d think the people at Coke would have enough money to re-make it, but no, we get the same ad (in 4:3 “square TV” style) every year. The truck turned up in…. Stoke-On-Trent recently. During the day people were having photos taken in front of the truck and… Read more →