Month: June 2008

Here’s a picture of some car-love from Belfast. The driver of this Lexus apparently dropped it into “Drive” instead of reverse and somehow mounted a pavement, drove across it and then half-way up this Toyota and Porsche before realising that she wasn’t going backwards. Hmm… I’m saying nothing about women drivers, but the pictures are certainly worth a look :)… Read more →

Here it is, the largest community arts development in Europe. It’s called “The Public” and will house a wide variety of activities including an interactive art experience, spaces for family learning, arts projects, concerts, parties and gigs. But…. It’s in West Brom…. West Bromwich! Read more →

A statement from Chancellor Alistair Darling today reads… “Yes, inflation has just jumped up. Yes, food prices have gone through the roof and petrol now costs more than the Millenium Dome. We, your Government, are aware of this. We know that your gas is delivered in gold-plated pipes and people are starting to use candles to avoid big electric bills.… Read more →

Tskk… how rude. Who’d have thought those soldiers would get so excited about meeting the Queen eh? ;) Link – YouTube Read more →

I ‘ve just gone to get fuel from my local Morrisons. There’s several hundred muppets panicing about the proposed strike by Shell tanker drivers. Now, if they had any brain cells to rub together they might realise that the strike is ONLY GOING TO AFFECT STATIONS SERVED BY SHELL TANKERS and no-one else, but they appear to think that this… Read more →

I bought this as a birthday present to myself recently and I must admit it’s bloody brilliant. I’ve had a digital radio in the past and, like terrestrial digital TV, it can be difficult to get the full range of services unless you’ve got a big aerial or you’re close to the transmitter. This is the Logik IR100 Internet Radio… Read more →

We saw this …umm.. mobility vehicle parked up outside one of the many pubs in Lichfield on Saturday. I’ve gotta give it to the guy. It’s his 70th birthday (check the balloon hanging off the top) and he’s driven down to the boozer to celebrate. Here’s hoping I can do something similar when I’m that age :) I doubt the… Read more →

Whilst browsing around eBay last night I stumbled across this rather interesting description. I think I’ve been enlightened. This is an all-new use of the English language that I’ve never seen before. eBay is a prime example of a site that gets used by “normal people” who perhaps haven’t reached the level of geek-dom some of us have. These are… Read more →

This is what happened last night when the MySQL database server failed. Oppsey.. Lesson number 1 – don’t fiddle with live data! At least I backed it up, but what I was trying to do should’ve been tested out first. :( Read more →

Road tax will be going up and up over the next few years as the “bands” get adjusted and bigger cars get penalised more. Put your car into this calculation tool and see how much you’ll pay for tax this year, next year and the year after! Mine will be 430 in just two years time. It kinda puts my… Read more →