Site Stats Time!

So, time for a site stats update – I know you all look forward to these with glee. I’m not going to be quite so in-depth (as the level of statistical detail grows, the simpler these posts will be). In terms of the international scene, the UK, US and Australia are comfortable in the top […]

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The 2014 USA Grand Prix

  (Nico Rosberg leads Lewis Hamilton into the first corner at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas) So, three weeks on from a muted Russian Grand Prix (both on and off the track), Formula 1 rolled into the USA, traditionally not a country noted for its enthusiastic response to F1, but judging from the […]

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The Customer who is a Dick

So this morning, a surly-looking bloke comes up to the till. He’s wearing a face like thunder, and pulls out a £10 note to pay for a pencil. He pays, takes his pencil, and leaves. A few moments later, he returns, with a car park ticket in hand. He’s trying an old trick. He’s gone […]

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Age of Ultron

So the first trailer is up for Avengers: Age of Ultron. This will be the second of the Avengers films, following on from the 2012 film and the various films that have followed (such as Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier). There were some interesting moments in a […]

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Nintendo and why I love them

Simply put, I am a huge fan of Nintendo and what they have produced over the years. They don’t always find their mark, admittedly, but by and large, for me, they are the creators of some of the video game industry’s greatest characters and games. I have now devoted a portion of my site to Nintendo, that […]

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So am watching Masterchef Australia…

… And all I can think is that I would never be able to work for Marco Pierre-White. That guy is seriously scary! He expects perfection and I would imagine anything less than 100% in his kitchen would not reach the table!

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Zombies, versus stuff

So last night I had a dream that I was trying to escape from a holiday that had gone badly wrong. The dead were rising up to consume the living and some people I was with and I were fighting our way through a set of warehouses and apartment blocks. Slowly but surely, we fought […]

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