When Twitter can be inspirational…

There are times when the power of Twitter & Facebook still amazes me. Earlier today it was revealed that Chris Sievey (the creator of cult comedy act Frank Sidebottom) who died earlier this week, had not left much money behind & it was highly likely he would need a “pauper’s funeral”. Very quickly, ordinary fans [...]

Fatman iTube Carbon Mk2

I never did get around to adding my thoughts on the Fatman iTube Carbon mk 2.  I've had it for a year now so I may as well post some comments.  In short - I love it! My Sony Mini-Disc player finally died last year and I did some digging to ...


Must see more live comedy this year

I don't see enough live comedy.  On the occasions I do, I always enjoy myself even when the quality of the acts has sometimes been a mixed bag.  So this year I'm trying to catch more live comedy & this week I managed to catch one half of my favourite ...


Buggy & outdated, why does iPad need Flash?

As the debate about the lack of Flash on the iPhone & iPad rumbles on I thought I'd offer my own thoughts. Flash can be a creative tool but when browsing the web each day what is the most common use of flash (excluding video delivery)?  I'd suggest that it's probably ...


Fanboy alert – A Portable Sega Dreamcast!

I'm a massive Sega fan.  Growing up in the late eighties & early nineties you were either a Sega or Nintendo fan (never both!).  Although I own a PS3 and a Wii I'll never be as interested as I was during the days of the Sega Dreamcast & I still ...


Some alarming news…

I needed a new alarm clock as the old one was a bloody ugly thing, and this fact was accentuated by being some close to my shiny Imac.  So I surfed around and found this Lexon alarm clock on madeindesign.co.uk and it arrived today. No surprises for guessing that I wanted ...