Month: February 2010

Flying around Europe

Well, I have to say one thing straight off. Swiss Airlines are pretty fantastic. I’ve never flown with them before but the whole process of boarding, getting secured and taking off was faultless, smooth and polished. However.. I’ve got to admit that I’m a child. I’m actually typing this whilst on board the Fokker 100 and, somehow, I felt a… Read more →

The laptop has taken another hit

My poor laptops. Whatever laptop I have, it gets such a battering. This Vaio has taken some serious punishment over the years, but I’m perhaps a little different to some geeks / techy people. Why? Well, I get attached to things. This laptop has served me well over the years. A RAM upgrade and a fresh Windows 7 install has… Read more →

So I got my insurance renewal..

So it’s that time of year again when the car insurance renewal comes through. About this time two years ago I succumbed to the constant advertising from comparison websites such as Go Compare, Compare the Market and so on. After a few sweeps I found a really cheap quote with “Marks and Spencer Car Insurance”, which is just Budget Car… Read more →

The Friday newsletter

Every now and then I completely rip several links form the www.b3ta.com newsletter and dump them here. Here’s some excellent ones ! Paul Mckenna (y’know, the hypnotist) tells you have to have a good ‘ole Tommy Tank.. http://www.b3ta.com/links/Masturbation_with_Paul_Mckenna (Slightly NSFW, needs sound) Celebs photoshopped to have short legs. Weirdly pleasing.. http://snurl.com/goshortie Religious extremists attempt an anti-gay demo in San Francisco… Read more →

The Toyota recall panic – why?

There’s obviously a lot of news about the Toyota recall at the minute. Whilst it did raise a little smile when Toyota boss Akio Toyoda drove off in an Audi after apologising to customers (there’s reasons why he did this though), I’m perhaps not as worried about this as some. Now, this “sticky gas pedal syndrome” (as US readers would… Read more →

Epic fail…..

Fail… epic fail… This poor bank worker will no doubt have quite a bit of grief after looking at semi-naked images on his PC while a colleague does a live TV link up. You can see the actual interview below. Check the monitor next to the guys Read more →