My name is Steve and it’s been an hour since I last checked Twitter. Sixty minutes is a long time on the internet, even on a Sunday so who knows what I’m missing. Simon Pegg might have uploaded another hilarious picture of him and his comedy pals on their Paul promo tour. Smashing magazine may have linked to a JQuery plugin that cleans your bathroom for you. Or closer to home, maybe one of my many friends/fans has declared how … Continue reading
Tomatoes are the absolute spawn of the devil. Eating one is like being tricked into ingesting a space beast that’s trying to impregnate you with it’s intergalactic spawn; all that acidic, fleshy pulp delivering a bitter seedy payload. I mean, come on, they are from the same plant family as nightshade and pretty much every part of the plant is toxic. And yet, they are in everything. The freaky non-fruit can often be found sat as bold as brass in … Continue reading
It’s been almost a week since I became a fully paid up member of Spotify and after a shaky start I’ve got to say the £9.99 a month is certainly worth it. The adverts were annoying but tolerable. The iPhone app is where its at though, I’ve even gone to the extent of leaving my ipod section completely empty and relying instead on downloading tracks through the app itself. I access a varied number of computers and having all my … Continue reading
The Editor of Wired UK this morning listed 8 features that iTunes 10 needs. While they would all make great additions to an app that is becoming a bit of a bloated war-horse – they are almost completely pie-in-the-sky.
No matter which side of the argument you fall on when it comes to the iPad, you have to admit it’s got people pretty wound up. Continue reading
Back in July when the UK Government announced the findings of its Digital Britain investigation, we caught a glimpse of a political party struggling to keep up with the advances of modern technology. A report so fraught with problems, it’s hard to keep ones head. Continue reading
Search engine Optimisation or as it’s known in the Industry SEO; until recently I’ve seen SEO as some mythical web voodoo that is not for the likes of meer mortals like you and I. Here are a few fundamental SEO tips to get you started. Continue reading
After hours of exhaustive research and days spent installing, testing and tinkering, I have the perfect master-plan for turning my flat into a digital entertainment hub.
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I’m stood in my back garden. A riot van and an unmarked car at the top of the drive. Five burly police officers are charging through my flat, two more are trying to find a way in to the house upstairs. An alarm is screaming bloody murder while the neighbours stand gorping at their windows, cradling their kids who look petrified. I feel petrified. Continue reading