First Impressions With My New JCB Though Phone

I’ve had my eye on the JCB Though Phone for a while now, when it first came out I liked the idea but never really saw the need for it myself, much happier with carrying a Sony Ericsson Cyber Shot phone with me, so I would always have something on hand to take pictures [...]

Why I’m Unsubscribing from Napster To Go

I’ve been a huge supported of Napster’s “To Go” subscription service for a long time now, been able to fill up my 60GB Creative Zen Vision: M was at first quick, easy and worked, but over time niggling problems have crept in.

Trying Out Firefox 3.0 rc1

I never know how to really test web browser software, so upgrading Firefox to the new 3.0 Release Candiate 1 was a tough choice to make. The install went without a hitch, but as always with using cutting edge Firefox versions the first thing it did was disable several of the extentions I make use [...]

Living The Dream: Swiss "Fusion Man" Flies Over The Alps with Rocket Wing.

Who doesn’t dream of strapping on a set of jet wings and rocket pack to take a quick flight from time to time? Switzerland’s Yves Rossy stopped dreaming and took to the drawing board to build his own jet-powered wing set-up, earning his name "Fusion Man" apparently. I’m not sure the fusion comes in, but [...]

Google Trends Contains TV Spoilers!

Thanks to a link from the Get Visible SEO Blog I had a bit of a peak at today’s Google Trends pages, not thinking much of it at first beyond it was a pretty cool way to get a feel for what the world is thinking about I had a bit of a peek a [...]

Video: The Big Lebowski - The Short Fucking Version

This had me in stitches! In fact, I feel the urge to run out and watch the full version of the film again, since I’ve not seen The Big Lebowski for a while and I really should have it as part of my post-party collection of DVDs.

Music Video: Ben Folds Covers Such Great Heights (Postal Service)

Such Great Heights is one of my all time favourite tracks, and one that has been covered in some really interesting ways that always seem to work the song in a new way. So coming across a cover from Ben Folds was curious, and the little intro only serves to build up that curiosity, and [...]

Live The Dream: Emergency Party Button

Normal the various D.I.Y projects you see crop up around the interwebs fail to impress me, but today I saw what could be the best idea ever: The Emergency Party Button.  (With Video)
Just insert then turn the key, press the big red button and the lights go out, party lights come on, music starts and [...]

Testing Windows Live Writer

After a flood of comments in a Lifehacker article about the Top 10 Blogger Tools all came out and praised Windows Live Writer it seemed like I really should check it out and see what all the fuss is about.
First impressions after installing it are very impressed - for a start, the WYSIWYG editor actually [...]