Archive for July, 2008
Took Sophie down to the river today for some cray fishing.
The river near us is teeming with the American “Signals” so it didn’t take to long to grab some little monsters.
Our high tech equipment inculded a plumb line I found in a draw with some bacon tied to it, plus a cheap fishing net we [...]
July 31st, 2008 | Posted in Misc, News, Stuff | No Comments
Just spotted this nice free hip hop album from the always reliable rapper MURS and producer 9th Wonder.
If you’ve not heard MURS and you want something a little more intelligent than the normal chart crap they call hip hop, then you really should check this album for a taste. it’s got a nice laid back [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in Media, Music | No Comments
Back from the wilds of Suffolk and there are still builders in my house hitting things with hammers.
Normal service will resume.
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments
Just one quick post whilst I have enough coal to keep the internet running here.
For those of you who didn’t sign up for the Tor ebook giveaway to promote the quite spangly new site, they have now made all the ebooks available to download until Sunday July 27th.
Go and grab them quickly before they disappear.
There [...]
July 24th, 2008 | Posted in Art, Books, Fiction, Media | No Comments
Currently enjoying a couple of weeks away from the house whilst builders create mess.
Posting will resume next week hopefully.
July 23rd, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments
Can’t afford expensive shiny cars to drive at stupid speeds? Why not head over to Mercedes-Benz and grab a copy of their CLC Dream Test Drive game, released to promote celebrate the launch of the new something or other I couldn’t ever afford.
Project Gotham it ain’t but it is a fun little racer and you [...]
July 11th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming, Media | No Comments
Yahoo has announced a plan to make many of their games free to play by having them ad-supported. It’s good news for those who like their games ‘casual’, and by casual they usually mean simple yet as addictive as a crack sandwich.
[via Reuters]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday it would offer its [...]
July 11th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming, Media | No Comments
Damn, wish I could do anything in photoshop!
Learn how to paint digitally Albert Einstein
July 6th, 2008 | Posted in Art, Media, Video | No Comments
If you fancy learning something or simply watching some interesting documentaries, then head over to johnlocker.com.
Not entirely convinced by the domain name (read up on John Locke) but I love the site which indexes loads of good educational and documentary type programmes from a wide variety of sources.
JohnLocker.com was started in April of 2008 to [...]
July 4th, 2008 | Posted in Media, TV | No Comments
Argggghhhh, the house is filled with builders and there is dust everywhere…
Who thought having an extension was a good idea, I’m sure it was nothing to do with me.
Sorry for the lack of updates but I’m struggling to get anything done round here as you need to remove a thick layer of dust [...]
July 4th, 2008 | Posted in News | No Comments