Month: May 2012

So, this is a tricky post to write

I’ll come straight out with this. Blokes, when you’re at the urinals, we all do roughly the same thing. Unzip, pee, a quick shake, then zip, wash and go. But today.. today my peripheral vision couldn’t help but notice something. It’s the same for every bloke probably. You go to the toilets at work (in this example) and usually –… Read more →

Another one :)

Here’s another one of those mixes that deserves to be bigger than the original. This Lazy Jay remix of Conor Maynard is fantastic. It’s called “Can’t Say No” Read more →

Some Sunday tunes

Today I’ve got a couple more tunes which have been playing around our house. The first is B.Traits, Fever. It features Elisabeth Troy and is a fantastic throwback tune :) Read more →

Embarrassing Bodies confuses me

Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand the reasoning behind Embarrassing Bodies as a TV show. It’s telling people to get checked out. Go to the Doctor and get those niggling issues sorted out instead of hiding them away. It’s basically better to be safe than sorry. My wife loves the show and we usually end up watching it. The… Read more →

Kids TV Scheduling

A few of the kids TV channels close down after about 9PM. Strangely, many keep on going, broadcasting on some mad continual loop. I’d love to know just how many people watch “Dora The Explorer” at 2.35 AM…. Read more →

I love our neighbours

We have a various neighbours (obviously) but I have to tell you about the people who live a few doors down. They work hard, both of them, and don’t have any children. Both of them are out the house for 6AM and work 6 days a week. But that’s not what I love about them. I love the fact that… Read more →

Absolutely. Completely. Mental.

Doing what I do, I get a lot of email from China. Most of it offers random knock-off handsets for some .. err.. money. Imagine if those emails were offering knives. Imagine if those emails contained video advertisements. Now imagine if the person voicing the video had a bad-shit crazy accent. Result ? This… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FntD3KgIaY Read more →

The Google self-drive car. We can do this here in the UK, now!

So, Google have got a licence from the state of Nevada for their driverless car. Here in the UK I doubt it would cope with the round-abouts and increased traffic, so I’ve been thinking. How about a slimmed-down version here in Britain? Remove the overly stupid things on the roof and restrict these to just the hard-shoulder of Britains motorways… Read more →

Cloud Data centre – Possibly the worst term for it

I work with virtualisation daily. Apart from the constant battle with the letter “z” (virtualise / virtualize / virtualisation / virtualization) and the incorrect spelling of “data centre” as “datacenter” there’s another thing that bugs me. “The cloud” What a crap name. In reality, the ideal solution for many is a protected, resilient, private virtual data centre. But hey, let’s… Read more →

Sky TV on the cheap, someone is getting rich

If you’re getting a little miffed with the high cost of Sky TV then there’s an alternative which is growing in popularity. For for 15 quid you can get a Dreambox satellite receiver, install some sharing software on it and then get it talking to other boxes which do have valid Sky cards. It’s all explained on sites like this… Read more →

The Magic Tree pain

My son managed to stick this in our shopping trolley and has stuck it in my car. Trouble is, he took the outer wrapping straight off, and with yesterday being fairly wet I’ve driven around with the full force of a brand-new orange magic tree in my face. It’s not just your sense of smell that gets attacked either. Yours… Read more →

Friends with Benefits… aghh.. annoying..

Friends with Benefits bugs me to hell. It’s distributed by Screen Gems, which is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. I was forced to watch it the other day and I’d expect the odd Sony Bravia TV, perhaps the odd Sony laptop. But AGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….. it’s cringeworthy. There’s Sony Xperia phones, Sony Vaio’s, another Sony TV, and another TV, SONY SONY SONY… Read more →

Toilet telephone talking

I’ve probably blogged about using a mobile in public toilets before. It’s a weird habit and one I don’t fully understand. Why do people choose to answer their phone whilst relieving themselves in a cubicle? It’s rarely an important call, and usually the guy sitting next to you gets to hear every part of the conversation too. But I’ve noticed… Read more →