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 »
With the exception of maybe, Snow Leopard (which doesn’t count), I have never purchased and installed an entirely new operating system for any of my machines in the many, MANY years I have been using them. I’ve always either bought a new one, with a new OS on it, or soldiered on with whatever I [...]
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 [...]
Okay, so I do want an iPad, but why?
