We're now half-way through the third week of renovations, and things are starting to come together. The appropriate walls have been knocked down and the old kitchen, bathroom and floorings are gone. We've got a new boiler, new electrical mains. The n...

While most people automatically delete their spam, every now and again one gets through, often with bad or 1337 spelling (V.A-1GR.A). But once in a while, a real doozy comes through. I really like "update your penis" as a subject line. I'm ...

Having two of Texas' top 50 barbecue joints means one thing to me: road trip! Having spent the weekend in Sarasota, and a few nights here in Houston, we're heading off to San Antonio for a night, stopping at Lockhart both ways to enjoy some top-notch...

I overheard a colleague proclaiming this phrase (though I'm not sure what it was in relation to), and my first thought was Superman dressed as father christmas riding in a flying saucer pulled by unicorns.. On a much-related note, I'm on da...

Now that I'm taking the train into work (hooray for 1.5-hour commutes!), I've got a chance to get back to playing on my PSP. Having finished Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, I'm now working my wa...

Now that the council tenant is about to be evicted (it only took 9 months!), the moving process has now begun. Packing up an entire flat's worth of stuff (and, because it's me, there's a lot of stuff), labelling the boxes, packing the van, and then u...

I'm about half-way into my rewrite of the site code, and have plenty of gnarly little optimisations to try. I want to add a layer of caching (my webhost provides memcached, so that'll be my choice made for me), and then I want to try and get to an A ...

So I've spent a few hours playing GTAIV now - running around Liberty City, stealing cars, going on dates and getting cursed at by tai-chi practitioners (no, really). It's a lot of fun, and I can't wait to try the online game, once Rockstar get aro...

Towards the end of last year, I upgraded my cellphone from a Sony Ericsson K800i to the ...

Having succumbed and finally bought a Wii, I find myself with a rather fantastic dilemma as to what to do with my long weekend. Do I play Wii, do I play Rock Band, do I fin...

I buckled under peer pressure in December, and bought a PS3, to compliment the new television. After all, what's the point of a hi-def TV without hi-def movies, right? Having played Guitar Hero II at HMV (and Best Buy, and Virgin Megastore, etc, etc)...

Mum: hi ben Ben: hey Mum: seems that i may have to have surgery for my ankle Ben: oh no! Ben...

Apparently, people more qualified (or, at least, possibly more artistic than me) have a message for Subway, too. I'm slowly recovering my life back from Facebook. all it took was three weeks....

Dear Subway employee: No, I don't want to upsize to a foot-long No, I don't want to order extra meat No, I don't want to order extra cheese No, I don't want to order a value meal Translated: No,...

London is not a hospitable city for coffee lovers. There is an abundance of chain coffee shops (Pret, Nero, Costa, and, of course, Starbucks), including one in the building I work in, but more than the pseudo-comfortable sofas or faux-wood-panelled d...