X-Factor and Britney Spears short change British public.

Okay, now I know I’m going to get a lot of grief for this, but I love X-Factor when It’s done properly. I love the fact that someone with genuine talent is finally realising their dream and can belt out a tune that will almost bring me to tears. It’s only happened twice though, the [...]

One phone call to Orange saved me £120 for the year.

We are all aware that we are in a difficult time financially and many of us need to cut costs in places if we can. Having recently watched “The Gadget Show” and their research on ISPs and who gave the best value for money, I decided to look into it for myself. I have been [...]

Trailer for the new Star Trek movie

I have been waiting a long time for this trailer since the teaser came out some months back. I watched a bootleg copy on Youtube the other day but justice was not done. Having seen this latest trailer, I’m a little more excited now. I have never been a fan of going down the prequel [...]

Trekkies are damn fine people.

Despite feeling really crappy this morning, my spirits were lifted when not only did my lovely missus make me breakfast and a fine cup of tea, but also, while I was checking my Emails, my pukey little girl toddled up to me with a parcel in her hand. I knew exactly what this was, this [...]

All ye stay away from this house

Last night was a really bad night for me. I had trouble falling asleep and then awoke at about 3am with my face in horrible pain. It seemed my sinuses were completly blocked and I couldn’t breath through my nose and breathing through my mouth was just drying up my throat compounding my already persistent [...]

A glorious week off work?

Today I started my first holiday in eighteen months (with the exception of Christmases and Easter), nothing planned just a week chilling out and doing nothing. However, at the same time as this is happening, my kids have decided to turn my house into a sick house. My little lad is currently a snot machine [...]

The amazing Sky+ box.

This little beauty has literally changed the way I watch TV forever.  The Sky+ box is a PVR (personal video recorder) that basically lets you create your own TV channel. Indeed when Sky came out with this product, the advertising campaign was centered around this idea. My version has an 80GB hard drive which allows [...]

Nintendo and Sony have stopped me reading books.

For many many years I used to read every single day. I would read for at least an hour every night before lights out and would bring out my trusted paperbackat any given opportunity. At one point I was lucky enough to have a job that allowed me to indulge in what at the time, [...]

My first ever blog post

Well here we are, my first foray into blogging. Now don’t get excited, this will probably turn out to be a flash in the pan affair like so many other things I start and then become lazy and forget about. But I wanted to give it a go. It seems you can’t turn anywhere on [...]