Last week Google announced GMail Labs, a new option in Gmail where you can try out loads of new features that they have been messing around with. To add one of the new features all you need to do is login to your Gmail account, go to the settings page and choose the labs tab. … Read more
I was surprised to see Floyd Mayweather Jr announce his retirement from boxing the other day. I have only seen about 4 or 5 of his fights but in every one he oozed class. Lots of undefeated boxers talk about retiring but most end up going on until they lose their undefeated status. Of course, … Read more
I have been meaning to update this blog more often as it’s the blog I enjoy updating the most. The reason I have not updated it much recently is because when I have a lot of work to do, that other work takes priority. Just like everyone else, I am looking to make more money … Read more
My friend was lucky enough to pick up some tickets to see Chris Rock tonight in Edinburgh. He’s one of the best comedians in years in my opinion so I was really excited when I got a ticket. I’m curious as to how different the show will be compared to his performances in the USA. … Read more
Following on from a suggestion from Eric Odom, I have installed Ubuntu as a second operating system on my new portable laptop. I encourage you all to try using Linux at one point. Years ago Linux users were not catered for by software designers but most scripts now cater for windows, mac and linux users … Read more
I still believe that XP is the best Windows operating system however my main laptop has Vista and my new HP 2133 laptop has vista installed too. Whilst my main laptop (Asus G1S) has a 2.2 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, my new portable laptop has a miserable 1.6GHz Via 7 processor. It really should … Read more
2 days ago I finally got my hands on a HP 2133. I’ve been using it for a few days now and it’s exactly what I wanted. It’s really portable and the build quality is fantastic. Unfortunately, video playback is quite poor and it can be sluggish at times under Vista but it does everything … Read more
I came across a good site yesterday called Photoshop Disasters. The blog shows all the mistakes that leading magazines, newspapers and ad companies make when promoting a product. 50 years ago I imagine that it was only goverment agencies like the CIA who did photo editing but if you pick up any magazine nowadays it’s … Read more
Lisa Bettany posted a great link today on Twitter. The video shows Bill O’Reilly going nuts at his staff years ago when the teleprompter wouldn’t work. Hilarious. I could give you many reasons why I detest this man but I think Snoop Dogg explained it for me in this video : :)
A few years ago the website Friends Reunited became incredibly popular in the UK. Over the course of a few months traffic jumped to crazy figures. I remember everyone signing up around that time and people were using it and updating their profiles a lot. For those who don’t know, Friends Reunited is a website … Read more