Easy, Convenient, Reliable, Fast

Do you love your gadgets and the simplicity of getting something done quickly? Me too. I love my gadgets. Never far away, when I’m away from my Mac Book are my iPod, iPad and HTC phone and between them I can do anything – well, that’s the idea. But; Faster, easier? Really? This morning I [...]

Yet Another Pointless Gadget Update

In our garage I have a 4×4 that is almost as old as our oldest child (about 17 years to be exact) and, you know what, it gets me and my gear from A-B with no problems whatsoever. It passes it’s inspection each year (MOT) and does all it is needed to do. But it’s [...]

The Truth: We Were Lied To

What a surprise. Weeks after all the panic buying at the pumps that boosted the revenues of the service stations, the oil companies, the haulage companies (including massive over-time wages for drivers) and put many extra millions into the tax-man’s purse, suddenly and without grabbing the headlines, the strike is off. Pants. We were lied [...]

QR Code Causes Motorway Pile-up

Can someone please tell me where the logic is? Great advertising or a bunch of random square dots on the back of a truck that, for most people, will mean absolutely diddly squat and, for others (those who know what they actually are), they won’t be able to scan it because they are too busy [...]

Shame About Da Language Dude, Init?

I know I get rattled easily and, so I’m told, about some trivial, unimportant things. But, come on, isn’t our language important? Well, if our t’interweb is anything to go by, clearly not. But is it that our language is unimportant or is it that we have become so damn lazy we can’t even be [...]

Easter is Good for Chocolate and Chocolate is Good for You

Oh how I laugh when I see and hear things that are blatantly obviously well timed (perfectly timed, in fact) mind-changing announcements via our favourite news channels with the intention of making the public believe what the market forces want the public to believe when they (the powers that be) want the people (folks like [...]

PPC Advertising Out Of Control

When I saw the headline “86-Year-Old Gymnast Wows The Crowd” I thought to myself “Wow! How much advertising can you cram into a single webpage?”

Where’s the Fuel Crisis?

Did somebody say that there was a fuel crisis in the UK, and that we are in in the middle of economic meltdown?

Capture, Save and Share Your Memorable Moments!

Remember when capturing memorable moments was quick, simple and relatively straightforward?

A Distorted Appraisal of Apple Factory Conditions?

Oh what a load of…! I was just reading about “The Fair Labor Association” inspections into Apple suppliers (factories mostly in China) over the human rights record.