So there I was at a friends house. He wanted IE8. Read more →
Rumours and suggestion – Should MS buy Palm?
Given the current wait whilst Windows Mobile 6.5 gets finished off there’s rumours circulating about possible future plans for Microsoft. One rumour is bouncing around several news sites and seems, I think, to have been started here. PCWorld are advising Microsoft to completely “abandon Windows Mobile, abandon Zune, and buy Palm”. Now other sites are picking up on this and… Read more →
What have they done to The Bill?
Caught a bit of this last night. What have they done to it? It’s on later, it’s gone all “wobble-cam” and somehow that TV show we used to see at 8PM has turned into a cross between CSI:Miami, 24, Spooks and House! Verdict? Actually not bad at all. Gritty, slick and very watchable. It’s just a pity that ITV are… Read more →
I think I should post a blog post..
Right you lot. I’ve neglected my blog for far too long now. I apologise. Life is ruddy busy at the moment ! Today I’ve got a few links that have ended up on my email during the last few days. The first one is a Nirvana mash-up with… Rick Astley. No, it shouldn’t work. “Never gonna give you up” mixed… Read more →
TV Channels should pay for their software
There’s some great TV channels out there and some fantastic programme but, on the flip side, there’s a collosal amount of rubbish. Whilst flicking around Sky the other day I spotted one of the many channels nobody normally clicks on. Y’know, those weird shopping channels, specialist channels etc. This channel was called “DBN” and I’ll confess to never seeing it… Read more →
The Pirate Bay – Is this Napster all over again?
OK, I blogged about this earlier today and I feel it deserves another post. Today “The Pirate Bay” – a well known Torrent site with links to copyrighted material like movies, CD’s and software – got bought out for quite a bit of cash. Many of the users of the website have quite rightly claimed that the owners have “sold… Read more →
The Pirate Bay sell-out?
New owners of The Pirate Bay are going for a “compensation model” which “satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary. Content creators and providers need to control their content and get paid for it.” http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164 http://www.globalgamingfactory.com Sounds like they sold out for $7.7 million.. Either that or they’re taking the… Read more →
Parking rage
We went shopping on Saturday. We don’t usually do the “big shop” on a Saturday, so I popped along to push the trolley and generally run around the aisles like a nutter with my son. We found parking a problem though, and although it was busy, the parking situation was made worse by people like this. This lady decided to… Read more →
Top Gear is back yet again. Do watch this.
Last Sunday I was merrily flicking around the channels when I spotted that, yet again, Top Gear was on. It’s been on pretty much every Sunday night since the last series ended but they’ve been repeats or “best of” programmes. But.. last week, it was the start of an all-new series. Personally I’d not seen any promo stuff about the… Read more →
Ultimate embarassment
Here’s something I’ve been meaning to blog about for sometime now. A few weeks ago it was my birthday. I was 21 yet again. We decided to go out for a meal, but first we went a local fair with my nephew and his friend. After that we decided to go to the Frankie and Benny’s restaurant, which is always… Read more →
The Google Maps car – It’s snapped my entire family
I’ve just driven past the Google Maps car. It’s quite interesting to see it in the flesh actually. People walk past it and stare – some don’t quite know what to make of it, others jump up and down to try and become famous. Driving past it this morning reminded me about something I wanted to blog a couple of… Read more →
Knight Rider – All new..
OK. I’ve just watched this on the SciFi channel. Woaha. Epic fail. That is all. Read more →
Baby Name Generator. What the hell?
This advert has just been on one of the gerzillions of music channels. Is it just me or is this whole thing just….plain…. wrong ? The idea, you’re having a baby. Great. Congratulations. Now, anyone expecting a baby will no doubt be thinking of a name. It’s only natural. You may buy a book with some names in, perhaps flick… Read more →
The new iPhone
Here’s a funny news story regarding the new iPhone launch Shh… you ain’t seen me. Right? ;) Read more →
Big Boredom
Seriously. Another bunch of “soon to be minor celebs for a few days then vanish into obscurity, possibly appearing on follow-up shows and the odd few seconds in those late-night countdown-style TV programmes”. All with personalities guaranteed to annoy each other. Time to turn it off now. This is getting dull no? Read more →
Funky British coins – did you know?
OK, I feel a little late to the party here, but I was wondering earlier why I’ve started seeing more and more coins with off-centre designs. I couldn’t work it out and assumed it was just some sort of funky new design. British readers may have seen strange new designs appearing on 1 and 2 coins plus some strange patterns… Read more →
It’s election time, so …. WOAH !
I’m sorry love. You’re probably doing a great job for the community and I appreciate someone stuffing your flyer through my door for the local elections tomorrow, but .. a) I think it’ll be the lowest ever turn-out for an election due to most MP’s robbing the hard-working British public blind with insane expenses claims. b) Come on, you COULD… Read more →
Bing.com is now open to all
Wanna try the all-new search (and more) solution from Microsoft? Head on over to bing.com and you’ll find (another) Microsoft answer to the Google monster. Our verdict? So far it seems to be giving slightly older responses, with our stories from last week or before popping up but nothing newer. It does however look a lot more promising than live.com,… Read more →
New ITV1 Comedy – Mumbai Calling – Exclusive review!
Unfunny crap. Sorry guys, but I gave this a good 10 minutes after watching the whole “Britains Got Talent” thing and it’s doomed to be yet another failed ITV1 stab at comedy. I’ll lay money on this being shovelled into a later time-slot and quickly dropped. Get the guy who wrote Benidorm to do a comedy show instead. Link –… Read more →
Bent MP’s. Crooked Government
Right, this whole expenses thing. It’s simple. Get out. I don’t give a monkeys if it was “within the rules” or “within the spirit of the rules”. If you’re an MP representing a London borough, owning a house in London and claiming for a second home – get out. I don’t care about the rules. Out. Toilet seats? Massive plasma… Read more →
Tesco drive-thru goes wrong
Woaha! Check out that parking! According to the news the driver of this old Roller decided to take his anger out on Tesco after a bed he’d ordered turned up without a mattress. Although The Sun states that he was drunk and was simply a drink driver, the Telegraph states that he was angry that a bed, ordered from Tesco… Read more →
Some strange pics from our week in the sun
Well, after returning from our hols I thought I’d share some photos I snapped on my phone whilst out there. The first is this rather interesting washing powder. I think it’s probably got a whole different meaning in Spanish-speaking contries, but here in the UK you’d struggle to sell a detergent called “Colon”.. :) Above the colon (ahem) was another… Read more →