Unemployed, former local journalist. Nerd, living in the North West of England. I like tech I can't afford, things I don't need, TV, movies, firmware updates, The Tick, Warcraft, and music. This is the sort of stuff I'll probably write about here. In short this blog is a distraction from pondering if I will ever get a new job and to stop me obsessively rep farming all of my toons. You have been warned. If you want to advertise or give me free stuff to write about, get in touch!Read more about me »
Tomorrow I am lucky enough to be going to see Lady Gaga at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. I say “lucky” it was more a case of being in the right place at the right time for a chance to buy some tickets that weren’t £100 each. This, after three months of searching for some [...]
If you don’t know the Tick, you clearly are not alive. NEC have issued (almost) the entire back catalogue of Ticks, in graphic novel form, in the last year or so. Go and start your Tick adventure now. SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
Not so long ago it was almost taboo to give out your address and even your real name on the internet, people feared you’d be murdered, or conned, or kidnapped, or eaten by a cannibal. It seems funny now how willing we are to give out these details to the world. Facebook gives you an [...]
Watch this synth fans: Now, tell me you don’t want one. I bet you do. It’s an Eigenharp Alpha. It’s £4000 of sheer joy. I know it’s joy because I haven’t got one, and when I haven’t got one I know it’s good. I want one, I want one more than any other instrument I’ve [...]
This is a short note to Adidas, regarding their new line of Star Wars inspired trainers. Oi! Not all of us girls wanted to be Princess Leia, some of us aspired to higher things. So why, in your line of kicks have you decided that only the Princess Leia shoe be in a size fit [...]
Time to celebrate the insane and the glorious in Canada!
Okay, so I do want an iPad, but why?
