Month: March 2006

Yet another example why Google Video and YouTube are taking over the web. Again I’ve no idea why or where, but it seems to involve someone singing, “Chacarron, chacarron, chaca-chaca-rron-rron-rron” a lot. To be honest you’d think it was a load of old arse, however there’s apparently lyrics in there somewhere, which I’ve put at the bottom of this blog… Read more →

A few Friday links for you that have been filling my inbox this week. Pride of place has to be this lad, who’s been given a Nintendo 64 for Christmas. He’s obviously happy. Very, very, very happy indeed. I love the video slow-mo when he shouts out “Nintendo Sixty Foooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…..” The police meanwhile are trying new and inventive methods to… Read more →

Isn’t it amazing what women can do ? The sheer power of a woman is shown in a few news stories today. The first is from Sky News and features a guy who really should learn when to “fess up”. Last year Peter Aldred, 41, was bombing down the M1 in his Scooby-Doo Impreza when he dropped the sandwich he… Read more →

Remember those old public information films when you were a kid ? For some reason at school we almost had these played to us daily. The green cross code, “Charly Says”, “Clunk-Click Every Trip” and those nutters who used to fly kites underneath pylons… what were they thinking ? We all knew what to do and what not to do,… Read more →

Yeah.. Bling Bling Baby! Who needs naff blue LED’s on the bonnet / hood of their car when you can have then next big thing in modifications? Direct from the USA come the “PimpStar” range of wheels. Wanna impress your mates around McDonalds? Well, provided you NEVER stop driving, you certainly will with these! See, the only minor problem is… Read more →

A little geeky this one, but heck, I’m gonna blog it. I stumbled across this rather excellent desktop by M Read more →

One thing I keep meaning to blog but never get around to concerns petrol stations. Now, I’m not sure whether it’s worldwide, but the Petrol (Gas/Fuel) Stations here generally have these pumps which keep the pipe neatly tucked away in the pump using some sort of coil-spring mechanism so that it sucks the pipe back into the pump when you’ve… Read more →

OK, I’m lost. Someone please enlighten me. What the hell is going on here. Sure, it’s some of our European neighbours going nuts with some weird kind of jumnping dance.. but.. why? While I’m here, the “Petty Childish Award” of the week has to go to ITV1 – a TV channel here in the UK. They didn’t quite realise how… Read more →

Before I mention our wedding, I’ve spent a few hours “tweaking” CoolSmartPhone recently. The search function has been overhauled with an easy interface into the Google site search, plus there’s now less adverts and less bandwidth-sucking stuff on the main page. I’ve also altered / removed some of these side-panels to streamline things. The reason? Well, as I type there’s… Read more →

The Transport Secretary here in the UK has some very strange ideas. We’ve already had a bus lane on the M4, which remains the only bus lane on a motorway in this country. So, how to make things worse? Well, our current Transport Secretary – Alistair Darling – has decided to do something which – in theory at least –… Read more →

I’ll try not to slate the NHS (National Health Service) too much here, as I’m well aware how hard NHS staff work. However, I can’t help feeling a bit narked off when I call my local surgery for an appointment.. Me- “I’d like to see my doctor please” Them- “You’ve got to call before 9AM to book an appointment Sir”… Read more →

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is celebrated today as parades all over the world swing into action. I’m 1/8th Irish and although I won’t be tucking into the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner I’ll most definitely be enjoying a pint of Guinness tonight :) Actually – I’m not actually sure whether I told you guys. When I… Read more →

Think you’re good at Mario Kart ? Got one of those Nintendo DS things? Well, how about ripping off the back, sticking some circuitry to it and ramping it up to 100Mhz ? Read more →

I like to keep an eye on the amount of people browsing this site from time to time. There’s a little module on the left which states how many sessions / users are on. Last night, just as I was doing a quick look around, I noticed it’d shot up again… This is great news! We’re getting even more popular!… Read more →

Carl has just emailed me with a bit of a flash-back to the old days of CoolSmartPhone.. You may have read about the history of CoolSmartPhone and how it all started from one page on a family web site. After a few months of this I decided to get a proper domain-name for my creation. For some strange reason I… Read more →

Yesterday morning I walked out to my car to find ice all over the windscreen. I did my usual trick of grabbing a CD case out of the glove box and scrapping the ice off with that. On Saturday, I was rudely awaken by the cheery sound of an ice cream van. Yes, and ice cream van. According to the… Read more →

It’s Friday, so it’s time for a chill-out session. The t’internet is going through yet another wave of “here today, forgotten about tomorrow” sites. We’ve all seen FriendsReunited.co.uk and we’re safe in the knowledge that the school bully is now working as a toilet cleaner in a public toilet somewhere near Wolverhampton. Let’s not forget MySpace.com, where we’ve probably spent… Read more →

Sweet crap. What the chuff is going on here ? This link has just been sent to me – it’s a website which sells concrete mixers and stuff. I was a little shocked when I found these Crocker mixers because for some reason they’ve chosen to name them “Cumflow”. Oooofff.. That highspeed whirler looks a bit painful, but perhaps that’s… Read more →

A doubt I should write this blog really as this girl is probably seeking as much media attention as possible. Here’s Donna Marie Maddock – she is, without doubt, the finest example of a Chavette ever. (For our international readers, check here for a description of what a Chav and Chavette is) Donna is 22 and lives in somewhere called… Read more →

While reading how tired and stressed out we all are, Russ Casey sent me an email about this fantastic new phone ;) Read more →

Here’s an interesting “honest, it’s really the video iPod” clip from YouTube.com All very good. Sure, it could be fake – it could be real. However, I’m too busy checking out this “real” Simpsons promo that Sky One have made here in the UK.. :) Read more →

Last week I was in Manchester, then on Wednesday and Thursday I was in London. Last night I ended up back in my home city of Birmingham at the very posh Mailbox for a meal in “Bar Estilo”. One thing you do notice as you drive from city to city is how close you are – when the traffic isn’t… Read more →