Month: July 2008

Police show just how stupid some people are

Avon and Somerset Police have recently taken the rather bold step of placing time-wasting 999 calls onto YouTube. The calls, which involve people asking for help with questionnaires or trying to find their glasses, waste the valuable time of operators who could be dealing with real emergencies. Here in the UK 999 is the designated emergency number, although in other… Read more →

HTC Touch Dual on TV

On TV tonight I spotted a HTC Touch Dual on “Harley Street”. I’m not entirely sure what the show was about or whether it was any good, apart from the fact that it obviously has some sort of medical theme. Anyhow, the HTC Touch Dual got a fairly large part.. Read more →

Pirate radio on the internet

I’ve blogged some time back about the various pirate radio stations that pop up around my area. They usually blast out with a stronger signal than most local “legal” stations and have some rather excellent tunes with… slightly less excellent DJ’s and technical equipment :) I’ve just stumbled across this list of pirate streams available on the web – my… Read more →

Everything on TV is rubbish at the moment

What the flying cock is going on with TV at the moment? There’s constant arse on every night and it’s getting on my nerves. Last night was “Marco’s Great British Feast” where a guy, who is a chef, is challenged to make some food for people. Wait though, ‘cus there’s a twist… he has to find the greatest British grub… Read more →

US Mortgage lenders sink due to stupid names

Further evidence that the economy in the US is totally screwed came yesterday as two huge financial institutions revealed their names. Mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac admitted that they had utterly stupid names and deserved everything they got. Fannie and Freddie are now seeing their share prices drop as investors gradually realise that they should have chosen something… Read more →

People in queues annoy me

Grrr.. Why is it that when I go into a shop of late I’m always stuck behind some muppet in the queue ? On Wednesday I popped into Sainsburys to get some baby milk, but somehow I managed to get stuck behind a guy who wanted to pay for his shopping using the exact change. I hate these people, especially… Read more →

Some websites…

When we carry a story, and we’re the only site to do so, certain other sites seem to ignore where they saw it and instead link to the page we found. Take, for example, some random and hard-to-find link tucked away that our readers found. Certain other sites will also “find it” within 30 minutes of us publishing it and… Read more →

The website is down

This is the second time someone has emailed and pointed me to thewebsiteisdown.com. The first time I watched it I tuned out after about 2 minutes, however if you stick with it then it’s well worth the wait. It’s a day in the life of some techies and, unfortunately, it’s all too close to reality ;) Link – thewebsiteisdown.com Read more →