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Crayon Physics

This morning I came across one of the most amazing games, it was linked to from a user on Pownce and its called Crayon Physics and involves moving a circle across the screen to the star on the other side. The website describes a version that is still…

Technology and TV Shows

I have been watching the past Spooks shows recently and I came across one of the stupidest things I have seen in a while. TV shows and films commonly mock up gadgets and other high tech devices, sometimes these are done well and sometimes they are not.…

Dopplr

I have just come across another social network called Dopplr, this seems to have been up and running since September last year, I guess I just missed it. First impressions aren't good but it doesn't mean I don't like it; firstly the site is very slow,…

Grangemouth Oil Refinery Closure

The BBC have just reported that the Grangemouth refinery has closed, this is as the result of industrial action this weekend by employees. I first saw this story on the news last weekend when they were I believe interviewing the refinery boss. From watching…

Facebook Chat

Well, its finally here, for me at least. Facebook's long awaited chat program was ready and waiting this morning when I loaded up my browser. I haven't used it yet so can't comment on its stability although according to the odd twitter post it has been…

The West vs China

The whole China and the Olympics issue seems to be hotting up, earlier today TechCruch reported that a sports website The Sports Network serving data to CNN is currently down because of pro China hackers.   The wording on the notice above seems to…

MS DOS 5

Yesterday CrunchGear posted an internal promotional video Microsoft have put together for Windows Vista SP1, it is particuraly awful although it did lead me onto another Microsoft video but for MS DOS.  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmEvPZUdAVI]…

China and the Olympics

This post is probably a little late but still relevant given the on ongoing situation around the world. A couple of days ago there was an article on TechCrunch about Chinese Internet users showing their patriotism by including the phrase LOVE CHINA…

First Entry

I have decided to start a blog, I tried one years ago but I never kept it updated and on the whole it seemed rather pointless. I have decided that this time it will simply be a place for me to express my opinions on specific subjects, so if I come…