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It’s actually sunny today, which is pretty amazing considering that much of the last month or so has been miserable weather-wise. Maybe I should take up the offer by the Australian government eh? They’re looking to grab more than 20,000 Britons to help plug a skills shortage. According to this story they’re looking for many skill-sets, including nurses, electricians and… Read more →

We went to see Lee Evans last night at the Stafford Gatehouse. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much in my life. :) We’ve seen him previously, but this was all-new material that he’s trying out before starting his new XL Tour across the UK. Stafford is one of the first smaller theatres where he’s doing work in progress.… Read more →

This Anonova.com story deserves it’s very own post in my blog. Although I’m aware of the town itself, it’s hilarious to read the comments of Siegfried Hauppl, Mayor of the Austrian town in question. I’m not saying anything else – just click here and have a read all the way through. :) Picture right by prodigy69 @ b3ta.com Read more →

I like my work. Generally it’s the only time I can relax ;) The weekends now consist of painting, wallpapering, sanding, gardening or something in between. What happened to spending lazy summer afternoons in the pub eh ? How come we’re not getting drunk at our towns biggest summer event of the year? Well, I’ll tell you why.. In my… Read more →

Both “Podcast” and “phishing” have made it to the Oxford English dictionary today. Podcasts and podcasting has exploded of late and is proving popular with the iPod generation. These pre-recorded MP3 “radio” shows can be downloaded to your iPod or Windows Smartphone so that you can listen at any time of the day or night – when YOU have time.… Read more →

A busy weekend and a very expensive one too. The missus has told me about a rather strange “noise” that she heard whilst driving her Corsa the other day. In fact, after driving it, I couldn’t hear anything. Seemed fine to me. Anyhow, she decided that this weekend we would “look” for a new car for her. To be honest,… Read more →

I’ll tell you a little story. A while back we went to Barbados. It was some years ago now and we had a really good time. We flew with a company called “My Travel” who were OK, but flew DC-10 planes, which I don’t like because most of these have been decommissioned due to their age and reliability. On the… Read more →

Right, really quick I’d just like to mention some of the stuff I get through the email. Today it’s this guy, who’s trying out the new “Webcam Karaoke” …ermmm… “craze” that’s apparently sweeping the nation. People sing along to songs and record themselves doing it. Bizarre, strange, boring perhaps.. but not this guy. Here he is singing along to some… Read more →

I’m echoing a post made by Paul from MoDaCo a bit here, but blumey – how good is Top Gear at the moment ? Sure, Mr Clarkson is as opinionated and daft as ever, but that’s part of what makes it good. There’s not many other people who can get away with encouraging more people to get faster and larger… Read more →

I’m going to hunt down the people responsible for programming at E4, Channel 4 and Paramount Comedy. Why ? Chuffing “Sex and the City” – that’s why. My darling Emily has the Sky remote again and so far we’ve had an hour of this..AGH! I’ve seen this episode about 20 times now… E4, then E4+1, then Paramount… will the madness… Read more →

Every now and then I take a look at the “amount of people online” box on the left-side of CoolSmartPhone.com. On a good day this site will have about 600 people online. Y’know, around lunch time or early-evening. However, what I wasn’t prepared – especially at 11PM BST – was this…. I’m not quite sure where all the traffic is… Read more →

Today I’ve had a quick play with Google Earth today. It’s pretty cool, although it’s a shame that pretty much everywhere outside the US doesn’t have magificently-hi-res pictures. The interface itself is excellent, you can grab the globe, spin it round, zoom in quickly and easily and find roads and pubs within seconds. Plus of course, it’s free. Very nice.… Read more →

Check this out, according to research done by University College London, speed cameras (you know we all love them) actually cause more accidents. Why ? Well, people are generally more pre-occupied watching that the needle doesn’t go above 30mph to notice dear old Mrs Grimes crossing the road with her shopping. Areas which have the most speed cameras show an… Read more →

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Here’s a car we saw whilst out walking the dog on Sunday (click here for the bigger version). It was parked next to Ems car and as you can see it was totally covered in brambles. I posted this on a certain forum and got the expected responses.. – I bought one of those…it wooden go! – I’m tempted to… Read more →

This particular email has been shooting around the internet for a good many years. I saw it originally when I was working for Research Machines in Oxford a good many years ago. It’s still doing the rounds and is worth putting in my blog – mainly because this weekend I’ve seen kids riding electric-powered scooters whilst talking on mobile phones,… Read more →

I write this at about twenty past midnight on Sunday night / Monday morning. Ideally I should be asleep, as work beckons in a few short hours. However, I’m gonna get a tad soppy and reflective on you all first. This week we’ve been tasked with the responsibility of dog-sitting my sister-in-laws pooch. She’s a friendly enough mutt, but does… Read more →

To be honest I’m quite happy with my SPV C500, however I’ve taken the plunge and ordered a spanky gorgeous Orange SPV C550. I’ll do a review of it this week sometime and get it online for you guys. I’m particularly interested in how it handles games and compatibility. I’ve purchased mine from the shop below. Have a look at… Read more →

Right, that’s it. Everyone is stark raving crazy. You’re all mental. See yaa!! I’m off now… All done…. Reason ? Just click here and all will be explained. Yes, after the annoying “success” of the Crazy Frog ringtone (taking money from children in order to fill the pockets of Verisign and making several million quid in the process), and the… Read more →

I see that FHM have started an “MMS Gallery” here. Being FHM, people have sent in funny pictures (you send a picture message to a special FHM mobile, then it goes on the web), plus.. of course.. pictures of their girlfriends / wives in various states of undress. There’s plenty of “Not Safe For Work” pictures on there too. Hmmm..… Read more →

I had a rather interesting journey to work this morning. After hitting traffic I decided to ask TomTom to “find alternative”, which it did. However, after going past all the traffic with a rather smug grin I found TomTom directing me up a road which was rapidly narrowing from two lanes, to one, then into a dirt-track going underneath the… Read more →