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OK, I blogged about this earlier today and I feel it deserves another post. Today "The Pirate Bay" - a well known Torrent site with links to copyrighted material like movies, CD's and software - got bought out for quite a bit of cash...

We went shopping on Saturday. We don't usually do the "big shop" on a Saturday, so I popped along to push the trolley and generally run around the aisles like a nutter with my son. We found parking a problem though, and although it was busy, the parking situation was made worse by people like this...

Last Sunday I was merrily flicking around the channels when I spotted that, yet again, Top Gear was on. It's been on pretty much every Sunday night since the last series ended but they've been repeats or "best of" programmes. But.. last week, it was the start of an all-new series...

Here's something I've been meaning to blog about for sometime now. A few weeks ago it was my birthday. I was 21 yet again. We decided to go out for a meal, but first we went a local fair with my nephew and his friend...

I've just driven past the Google Maps car. It's quite interesting to see it in the flesh actually. People walk past it and stare - some don't quite know what to make of it, others jump up and down to try and become famous...

OK. I've just watched this on the SciFi channel. Woaha. Epic fail. That is all. Read on and add your comments

This advert has just been on one of the gerzillions of music channels. Is it just me or is this whole thing just....plain.... wrong ? The idea, you're having a baby. Great. Congratulations. Now, anyone expecting a baby will no doubt be thinking of a name. It's only natural...

Here's a funny news story regarding the new iPhone launch Shh... you ain't seen me. Right? ;) Read on and add your comments

OK, I feel a little late to the party here, but I was wondering earlier why I've started seeing more and more coins with off-centre designs. I couldn't work it out and assumed it was just some sort of funky new design...

Seriously. Another bunch of "soon to be minor celebs for a few days then vanish into obscurity, possibly appearing on follow-up shows and the odd few seconds in those late-night countdown-style TV programmes". All with personalities guaranteed to annoy each other. Time to turn it off now...

I'm sorry love. You're probably doing a great job for the community and I appreciate someone stuffing your flyer through my door for the local elections tomorrow, but ....

Unfunny crap. Sorry guys, but I gave this a good 10 minutes after watching the whole "Britains Got Talent" thing and it's doomed to be yet another ITV1 stab at comedy. I'll lay money on this being shovelled into a later time-slot and quickly dropped...

Wanna try the all-new search (and more) solution from Microsoft? Head on over to bing.com and you'll find (another) Microsoft answer to the Google monster. Our verdict? So far it seems to be giving slightly older responses, with our stories from last week or before popping up but nothing newer...

Woaha! Check out that parking! According to the news the driver of this old Roller decided to take his anger out on Tesco after a bed he'd ordered turned up without a mattress...

Right, this whole expenses thing. It's simple. Get out. I don't give a monkeys if it was "within the rules" or "within the spirit of the rules". If you're an MP representing a London borough, owning a house in London and claiming for a second home - get out. I don't care about the rules. Out...

This woman courts the media and generates stories purely to sell magazines and increase her own wealth. Around 99% of what you read about her and Peter Andre is complete balls and is made up by Jordan or her management team...

Well, after returning from our hols I thought I'd share some photos I snapped on my phone whilst out there. The first is this rather interesting washing powder...

Last night we went into town for a meal. We're still on the sunny isle of Fuerteventura and enjoying every minute. After a big steak at one of the local restaurants I overheard a local accent from the other side of the room...

We're still out in the sunshine. It's Billy's first ever holiday and we've already spent several days by the pool. We've bought him a little boat and a life-jacket and he's been happily navigating the pool as captain of his own blow-up ship...

We've been quite fortunate to have visited quite a few places in the world during the last few years. My wife is a member of cabin crew for an airline in the UK and we've had a few discounts here and there to enable us to see places like Mexico, New York and Caribbean resorts...

It's always a little worrying when you look out the windows and see this. To be honest I'm not entirely sure what was going on, but a van full of police and six police bikes isn't something I see regularly. :) Read on and add your comments

You've got to wonder what was being said in the White House Military Office a few weeks back when someone had the insane idea of a "photo op" for Air Force One... "Hey guys, why don't we take Air Force One and fly it really low over NYC" "Over NYC? Are you mad man...

The Daily Dilbert strip just gets better and better :) Read on and add your comments

Why? Why spend stacks of cash designing a site and display annoying pop-ups everywhere ? Not normal advertising pop-ups, oh no. These are "please tell us what you think of our site" popups. I've just been to two websites and got these.. why do this ...

What was this guy thinking, really? You're Britain's top counter-terrorism officer, you're reading a secret document about a massive police operation. Then, you turn up at Number 10 Downing Street, you put it on the top of your files, then get out of the car in front of dozens of photographers...

Now, I don't mind paying cheap and getting cheap, but when you're paying the same and getting a totally different service. Yesterday I called the Orange directory service. It's on 118000. I asked for the phone number for "Sues Tyres" in Cannock...

This one is from b3ta.com user Furness and pretty much sums up the Daily Mail here in the UK. Every day a new front page appears which seeks to provote hatred towards something or someone...

I've tried to come up with some words to go along with this news story, but I'm a little stuck. This apparently happened (although, who really believes newspapers ?) in Stuttgart, Germany. Bizarre! Read on and add your comments

Perhaps this is how kids rebel now-a-days. I'm not sure. An 18-year-old from Berkshire decided to paint a 60-foot penis on his mom and dads £1 million mansion. It's been up there a year and no-one has noticed, which isn't too surprising as it's on the roof... pointing up... What a dick.....

Woaha!!! What the frig happened to our shopping bill!? Never mind credit crunch, this is a wallet melting joke! All we've got to do now is figure out how to go through a week or two without eating, or buying nappies, or buying any cleaning stuff. At least it's not just us...

So, here's the new car from India that'll be affordable and much safer for the majority of Indian familes who currently ride mopeds pretty much everywhere. Seriously.. the whole family on a moped. An upgraded version of this .. um... thing.....

I just have to put todays Dilbert into the blog. I don't think I've got to this stage though! Read on and add your comments

If you've followed my blog for a while you'll know about my one or two car accidents. They're mostly not my fault, but the insurers seem to think otherwise. ;) Now, when I crashed my car last I took the opportunity to buy a sensible Diesel motor instead of the rather thirsty petrol I had earlier...

I've just been reading this story about how pirate radio stations can block the airwaves and put lives at risk. Interestingly last night I found yet another pirate station - this time really powerful on 107FM. It's called Midlands Underground and seems to be playing some hefty drum and bass stuff...

OK, I mentioned my bank on the front page of the site and, to be honest, it's not the place to do it. Here, in my blog, is perhaps a better place to slate my bank. They are, without doubt, totally uncaring towards their customers...

I just had to blog about this Dilbert strip. I think it pretty much sums up what's happening in the economy today :( Read on and add your comments

Last weekend it was my cousins wedding. He was marrying his long-time girlfriend and everything went well with beautiful weather, ceremony and speeches etc. Me, Emily and little Billy were all prepared...

Being at a wedding recently and seeing the resulting photographs has given me a new appreciation of good photograpy. Whilst this isn't anything like a wedding, these military gallery of explosions, guns, aircraft and ships in action is stunning...

Who wouldn't want this eh? Put your 32" LCD TV away because this knocks it out of the park. It's a house in Los Angeles called the "Skyline Residence" and has it's own outdoor cinema screen. Just sit on your outdoor sofa and pick up the remote...

This site is all about the very latest and advanced mobile phones available, however we rarely think about the network infrastructure behind the magic. This mast / cell tower / transmitter (whatever you want to call it) recently appeared a few miles from where we live...

So, here's what you can buy in Selfidges. A huge cactus - about 5 foot high, complete with bow... just 450 quid. Yes, £450.. and it's a huge pointy object... Mental... Read on and add your comments

Who wouldn't want this eh? Put your 32" LCD TV away because this knocks it out of the park. It's a house in Los Angeles called the "Skyline Residence" and has it's own outdoor cinema screen. Just sit on your outdoor sofa and pick up the remote...

This site is all about the very latest and advanced mobile phones available, however we rarely think about the network infrastructure behind the magic. This mast / cell tower / transmitter (whatever you want to call it) recently appeared a few miles from where we live...

So, here's what you can buy in Selfidges. A huge cactus - about 5 foot high, complete with bow... just 450 quid. Yes, £450.. and it's a huge pointy object... Mental... Read on and add your comment

Who wouldn't want this eh? Put your 32" LCD TV away because this knocks it out of the park. It's a house in Los Angeles called the "Skyline Residence" and has it's own outdoor cinema screen. Just sit on your outdoor sofa and pick up the remote...

This site is all about the very latest and advanced mobile phones available, however we rarely think about the network infrastructure behind the magic. This mast / cell tower / transmitter (whatever you want to call it) recently appeared a few miles from where we live...

So, here's what you can buy in Selfidges. A huge cactus - about 5 foot high, complete with bow... just 450 quid. Yes, £450.. and it's a huge pointy object... Mental... Read on and add your comment