Don’t follow the crowd. Send your loved one an anti-valentine

Song Tapper allows you to tap out a tune on the keyboard, and have the software work out what tune it’s meant to be and return the song title.
Let’s say you have a song stuck in your head, and you don’t know the name of it. Never fear! Load up our search screen, and try […]

I always try and get close to the best rubber I can find for my motorcycle. Not only do I find that a nice looking tread pattern can add street cred to your machine, but that picking the correct tyre for the type of riding you do can give you more confidence and make for a better overall ride.

Note: I will be concentrating on road bikes here with an emphasis on sports-tourers, super-sports and any other bike that fits in with the everyday urban/motorway riding scenario. No trackday tyres, off-road tyres etc.

I’ve gotten rid of the stupid “blogs” directory so now everything sits on the root of the webserver; where it should be.
Redirects are in for feeds, comments, and the main site. Be sure to change any URLs you have - just remove blogs/ from the link.
Merci.

Ok, so I’m screwing with the PS2 and thought “why not try to power-up the XBOX” … as you do. So, plug it in, press the button….voila! Burnout 3 has loaded and we’re on our way.
However, I ain’t stupid. So, I leave the console running for a while, power down and then try to start […]

2006 and I’m another day older. What’s changed. Nothing. Still got cash loans. Still trying to make exra money. Still playing Counter Strike.
But if I’m realistic I’ll just be as miserable as I was yesterday. So, lets hope this year brings all that I didn’t get last year, and the year before, and the year […]

“…less that 1mm left on that tread…”

Well it would be if I wasn’t at work. On top of that, I’m baby sitting the new guy - damn it! Ok so I’m new(ish) too but I didn’t sign up to the “Big Brother” society.
Anyhoo, another xmas done and broke as usual. In my next life I’m going to come back as […]

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Beats using his horn.

Passing through Victoria mainline station today I could hear the rev of a car engine; maybe every 30 seconds or so. I choose to investigate and as I get closer, I notice a large transport crate with a small crowd gathered around it. Is someone demoing a new sports car? I get closer and realise […]

Actually no, it was just a fire alarm. Still fun though. The entire company decided to go to the pub round the corner - while the rest of the building queued for ages. The thing is, I don’t think I can get back in to the swing of things today. Oh well, there goes another […]

Had a pretty good Halo (PC) session the other night. Started off on the Sidewinder map. Grabbed a sniper rifle and a shotgun and off I went on my way. 11 kills, 2 deaths, just a couple minutes. Not too bad. Now I wasn’t camping, I was running about quite a lot. I was, however, […]

It’s cold. Damn cold. Your hands are cold enough without having the extra cold from the metal of the clutch and brake levers freezing your fingers off. So, to avoid touching them, change gear without using the clutch as much as possible (throttle off, gear down or throttle blip, gear up) and avoid using the […]

So it’s hailed in Enfield, snowed in Hammersmith, a typhoon has passed through Victoria … not good at all. I’ve got to ride home in this. And to top it off, I’ve got to give my sister-in-law a lift to my place because it’s the wife’s birthday - I don’t want to be responsible for […]

After the very public fiasco surrounding Bulldog’s operations during this summer, I’m (slightly) happy to announce a good-will gesture from them: a discount on my next bill. Hurrah! Well, may a small yay. It’s only £10. That’s the cost of the line rental. The other £30 makes up the rest of the cost; which is […]

The amplifier is acting up (on top of the XBOX fiasco). Front left channel cuts out now and again. I opened the unit up (shh, guarantee) and the connectors where you plug the speaker wires in is fine. At least I took out cover so I’ll have to take it round to a local Richer […]

In the US at least. After the recent demise of my own first gen XBOX I’m not looking forward to forking out more money for another console. The thing is, the XBOX has been plagued with problems regarding parts. Yes, the same can be said with the PS2 but the issues didn’t seem as bad […]

So says the Vatican. And too right they are. All it boils down to is that there is too much complexity to the universe for it to be a coincedence. But hang on, the probability might be so high as to be uncalculable in our lifetime, but that doesn’t make it impossible does it? I […]

Pile of shite. The damn XBOX has failed. I haven’t used the thing in about 5 months and the bastard’s broken. I turn it on, it boots, I wait for the game to start…”07 Your XBOX Requires Service”. Looks like it’s a failed drive. I don’t know if I can be arsed […]