Monthly Archives: May 2008

Original Music by …

Something occurred to me the other night whilst watching An American Werewolf in London (a superb movie by the way and one of a recent spate of vintage Werewolf movies I’ve been watching) as the opening credits rolled by and … Continue reading

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The right tools for the job

I have a folder on my Bookmarks bar under Firefox called Porn .. More interestingly to most I also have a folder called Tools! The idea being that the bookmarks bar is home to links I use daily and the … Continue reading

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And we’re back

After a power surge knocked out the router and the bridge and the internet and the server and generally everything! I say knocked out – rather the router I currently use (to great effect I might add) has a sensitivity … Continue reading

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Expecting

The circle of life! Popularised by Elton John and a certain movie about lions (which inexplicably became a west end stage show which in turn is the only place on earth you’ll find Wildebeest waiting for make-up) the concept is … Continue reading

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The Great Text Tax

A scary story in this morning’s Register RSS highlighted the cost of texting / SMS in relation to other data transmission mechanisms. Their figures where based on an SMS price of 5p per message, a whole 2p less than the … Continue reading

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Working Weekend

A satisfying bank holiday weekend has just finished. I say satisfiying in the sense that the previous bank holiday was wasted (literally) due to an excess of booze on the Sunday which left me clinging to the sofa for the … Continue reading

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60 MPG

Seen on the bumper of a rather smug, small Kia car on the way home last night: “I’m getting 60 MPG! Are you?” Answer from Rob on his 600CC Honda Hornet: “Yes! And I can do 0 – 60 in … Continue reading

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