Month: August 2006

Am I the only one who thinks that reality shows have had their day now ? We’ve had to put up with the likes of “Love Island”, “Big Brother”, “I’m a celebrity” and others of the same type. I remember watching the first couple of “Big Brother” series but now the whole thing just gets on my baps. Then you’ve… Read more →

Recently we bought a new TV. When we were looking for TV’s it was quite surprising to see widescreen CRT (“regular size”) TV’s shoved into the “bargain basement” corner of most electrical stores. It’s amazing how quickly technology moves on and now, in todays world, LCD is the TV of choice or – if you want a king size “cinema… Read more →

I’ve been having a “fiddle” with the site and hopefully you should see some speed improvements across the board. Basically I’ve allocated more memory to the MySQL process which should make things a bit smoother…. touch wood. And now on with the M3100 review! Read more →

Yes, yes, I’m aware that I’ve already mentioned these video reviews here and here but they really are rather good indeed. You can get the full list of Dr Ashen’s video reviews here or his website here… OK, OK, that’s enough flattery.. First up on the review list today is the Gamestation – it’s a Playstation knock-off courtesy of eBay… Read more →

Yesterday I posted about this cheap MP4 player and have now found part two of the review. Again, it contains swearing from the outset so if you’re of a nervous disposition then BOOO!!!!… After you’ve watched this please do check out the reviewers website – ashens.com. I absolutely love his writing style and humour. Top stuff. Have a read about… Read more →

Meet Ian Chamings. He recently braved the Dragons’ Den on BBC2 to get some cash for his rather excellent DJ software. The idea, which came to him whilst he worked as a DJ in Uni, involves an algorithm to automatically mix one piece of music into another at the correct moment without any clashing of beats. The software will automatically… Read more →

eBay is always a great mixture of both crap and good products. I noticed quite a few MP4 players on eBay recently and I thought.. “Hmm.. that’d work well with that Neuros MP4 recorder I reviewed”. …and it should. However, the market is being flooded with MP4 players from China which would make any Apple lawyer jump on the phone… Read more →

My earlier blog post detailed the problems we were having with the Next Directory. Well, it turned out that the very next day Emily received a phone call from a very nice lady at Next who sorted out the whole thing. On Tuesday we should have our new TV and table arriving here! Yay! Many thanks to the nice people… Read more →

This is perhaps a personal plea and I really shouldn’t abuse my position by posting this here.. but I will anyway. :) Regular readers of this insane blog may recall that we purchased a TV from Next. Now, on a daily basis Next are fine. You can walk in the shop, buy some clothes, buy some household items, then walk… Read more →

Youtube is a weird and wonderful place. They must have bandwidth coming out of their highly successful bottoms to keep running. Anyhow, here’s a couple of videos I’ve spotted today. The first is called “Tesco Wars” and features the invasion of supermarkets. It’s done by Mr Wheatley who’s an incredibly talented chap by the looks of it! Don’t watch this… Read more →

We can’t possibly publish this picture of Prince Harry otherwise their lawyers will be onto us pronto, however it’s great to see Prince Harry … errmm.. enjoying himself. We always knew there was something special about him. Somehow he will make Britain Great again. He’s smoked dope, dressed up as a nazi for a fancy dress party and he’s always… Read more →

For some obscure reason Google have gone slightly bonkers. Why? Well, people all over the globe are becoming more and more familiar with the terms “Googling” and “Googled” plus you’ll find people saying, “I’ll Google it”. The change from “Google” as a trademark to “Google” as a verb would seem to be a great achievement in much the same way… Read more →

Wohoaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, a bit rude I guess, but here’s that Gemma Atkinson bird from Hollyoaks again. Blimey… Blimey blimey blimey! Anyhow, back to reality for a tick. This weekend I built my shed. How’s that for a subject change ? Yes, I spent this weekend building a shed. It’s not exactly showbiz, but it’s a “man” thing and it’s built!… Read more →

“People”.. “People” annoy me at times. One thing wrong with a lot of the British public is that we moan. We moan and moan and moan about anything and everything. Take for example my local free newspaper. This week there’s been the usual car accidents, thefts, burglaries etc however the front page is yet again dedicated to …… maggots. Due… Read more →

I’m rarely lost for words. However this.. this.. I’m….. I … I just don’t know where to start.. It’s another YouTube special. This is just called “Farting Pig” and comes from some random TV station overseas… Apparently it’s a kids TV show.. mental! Read more →

Here in the UK we’ve got a breakfast cereal called “Frosties”. I used to eat this stuff as a kid. They’re basically cornflakes caked in huge quantities of sugar. I think my mom tried to get me off them by buying regular cornflakes but I merely poured half a tonne of sugar on to get that Frosties “kick”. Anyhow. Kelloggs,… Read more →

Remember how Emily went to see Madonnaa few days ago ? Well, she did indeed bump into DJ Emma B and they did indeed get a mention on Londons Heart 106.2 the very next day during Emma’s drive-time show. Cool eh?> I have a recording of it (if anyone is interested!) here! :) Read more →

There’s some rather excellent stuff on the cards for CoolSmartPhone, however I’m going to have to ask for your advice. I’ve got stacks of questions to throw your way and I’d love you guys to reply by hitting “Add comment” below. This is all stuff I’ve been mulling over but I need to know if I’m pointing in the right… Read more →

I really don’t know what to make of this news story. It’s just wrong on so many levels. I don’t know where to start. A charity “w**k-athon” is being held this Saturday to raise money for charity. It’s being filmed by Channel 4 as part of their “w**k week” shows. Now, first up I have to congratulate whoever it was… Read more →

This morning I had probably one of the worst feelings ever. It’s especially bad when you’ve got an entire day at work ahead of you. It all began last night after I came back from the Balti house. Getting ready for bed I noticed that there was something missing, something that you desperately need following a big Balti curry with… Read more →

Emily is tonight down in London to see Madonna on her latest “Confessions Tour”. She’s just called me after coming out of the Wembley Arena (no, not the completely unfinished Stadium), and has basically screamed.. It’s fantastic! It’s fantastic! It was so fantastic! Fantastic Fantastic! It was absolutely fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! It seems that yes, the Madonna… Read more →

Anyone remember these things? It’s the classic “Speak & Spell” toy from way back. Made by Texas Instruments this was the king of electronic toys when I was a kid. I had one of these and a “Trip over Traps” game which used to keep me occupied for hours. There was only one slight problem with the Speak & Spell… Read more →