I mentioned strangerthings.tv back in April this year but still well worth a reminder especially if you’ve picked up a portable video player, video iPod, iPhone or Apple TV recently. Their latest production - One of those faces is every bit as tantalising as previous episodes. A sort modern day equivalent of the Twilight Zone/Tales of the Unexpected [...]

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Just got back from MacWorld Live expo at Olympia, London and to be honest I found it uninspiring and mostly dull. google and Adobe were very noticeable by their absence, and there was hardly any mention of the iPhone, I would have thought Apple would have a virtual store at a show of this magnitude. [...]

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If you are resident of Hampshire (like ‘wot I is) you might spot this ad for Hampshire Police on the back of a bus… check out the exhaust pipe.

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I have the greatest respect for Project Managers (they tried to make me one once) so, if you are one please don’t click on this link

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If you’ve ever user used Amazon’s or Apple’s One-Click Shopping you’ll probably be at home with  google checkout. Once you’ve set yourself up with a Google checkout account (some on-line retailers offer a £10 credit to encorage you to sign up) shopping is a breeze making Visa and PayPal seem so oh very last year. [...]

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OK, so it’s only ¾ of an iPhone but I’m just a trog so the Touch comfortably fulfills my immediate requirements. I spent the latter part of the week and weekend at a Best Western hotel in York where WiFi is freely available in every room (unlike many rip-off UK hotels who charge the earth [...]

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I’ve never really got into all that fiber optic mlarkey to link audio equipment but as my Mac Mini and Genus DAB radio both had optical ports I thought I’d give it a go. I picked up a 1.5M optical cable incl. 3.5mm adaptors for under a tenner on eBay and hey, it works really [...]

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According to the today’s Daily Telegraph I’m a G.O.T.Y – Getting Older, Thinking Younger . The article suggests 50 is the new 30, with many who have passed their half-century feeling in the prime of life. Have to admit I don’t feel 52, more like 28 perhaps.. errr. but you’d to need close your eyes. [...]

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