Month: October 2012

So, George Lucas is now even more minted than ever. Disney have purchased Lucasfilm for a ma-hoo-sive £2.5bn. Another Star Wars film, episode 7, is to come, but before that George will be swimming in mountains and mountains of cash… oh, and lots of Star Wars fans will no doubt be getting pretty angry about this.. More here. Read more →

It’s possibly the worst thing about owning a mobile phone. In one day, one single day, I got the following text messages. They’re all junk, they’re all difficult to stop and, no matter what you do, you’ll get another one soon enough. Read more →

I never normally watch X-Factor. In the UK it’s kinda bored me. Somehow (and don’t ask me how), we’ve ended up watching X-Factor USA this evening on ITV2. Thankfully it’s in HD, so us Brits can now watch US-TV without the picture being completely crap. This particular week they’re at the judges houses and, I have to confess, they are… Read more →

It’s amazing what you can buy in the shops now isn’t it ? :) Read more →

Thousands of channels. Access to catch-up services like Demand 5, ITV Player and so on. On-demand movies. On-demand programmes. ABSOLUTELY F*** ALL ON. Seriously, this is poor. TV at the moment is a mess of barrell-scraping reality crap, cheap soaps, repeats and low-grade documentaries. Read more →

Yet more proof that large companies, banks, celebs and big-earners are dodging tax here in the UK. Today it’s been revealed that eBay have paid just £1.2 million in corporation tax, even though they generated an £800 million turn-over. Like Starbucks, they’ve avoided paying tax by shifting money around. Starbucks hasn’t paid any tax at all here in the UK… Read more →

Richard Neill (whether he’s real or not I’m not quite sure) posted this rather epic rant about how the “fun images” of girls roller skating and rocking climbing was a little misleading, and the actualy time when a lady is on her period is actually very different. I’m not sure if the original post is real – especially as this… Read more →

So, I know I say this every few months, but this time this REALLY IS the best TV advert… OK ? Right.. good. This time it’s for one of those laundry liquids that keep getting smaller (but cost the same) in the shops. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPsMfW1LO0E Read more →

StreetView has gone to a whole new level thanks to the Google Datacenter Streetview. This one is from one of their huge data wwarehouses.. Read more →

No idea. Really. No idea.. Read more →

I can’t listen to “Candy” by Robbie Williams any more. Not the original version at least, because this remix has been played endlessly in our house for about two weeks now. It’s by Max Sanna & Steve Pitron and is utterly brilliant… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssTFxFUC1uY Oh, and here’s the same thing, but with the added video and massive Samsung Galaxy SIII product… Read more →

I’m going to hunt down the stupid MP / committee / group responsible for forcing these random, varying, annoying cookie pop-ups on websites across the EU, then I’m going to smack them square in the face. I’ve removed all the warnings on our sites and I doubt that anything will ever happen. They’re nothing more than stupid and ill thought-out.… Read more →

Dubstep? Not heard of it? Well, here’s how it came into popularity.. :-) Read more →

Seen that IE commercial? Well, here’s the more realistic version :-) Read more →

Watch the guy in this video as Petter Solberg crashes out during the Rally de France on Saturday. He eventually hits a pole which brings down power lines. Just watch the guy underneath the pole – he calmly moves a vine out of the way and carries on – somehow he hasn’t realised that he’s just avoided a few thousand… Read more →

I don’t often blog about politics. Vote for whoever you want, don’t listen to me. However, I’m completely losing faith with any of our major political parties. Firstly we have the Liberal Democrats. They promised something during the elections, then did the exact opposite. At the next election I’m not sure how they’re supposed to differentiate themselves from the Conservatives.… Read more →

From the ’90’s… Read more →