Archive for July, 2007

And I think I have a weight loss challenge ahead …

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Check out this bloke, from blob to buff - Weight loss of 186 kilograms!
Impressive. Way to go dude.
Man, what have I to complain about? I just need to lose my gut before I start growing man boobs. Nothing in this guys sort of scale. Like comparing walking up the stairs to scaling Everest :)

It’s BBQ Season … well, should be

Monday, July 16th, 2007

It’s crazy the weather we are having. We should be having wall-to-wall BBQ!
To keep up the BBQ spirit, check out “The Tongmaster” video :)

Eerily Familiar

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Evil minds think alike …

Low standards has its advantages

Friday, July 13th, 2007

New Chair, originally uploaded by chrisgarrett.

One of the (many) things that frustrate Clare about me is my lack of care about appearances. Really, I am not that fussed about how most things look. I’m a function over form kinda guy in a lot of things.
Most of the time this just causes annoyance for Clare but [...]

Internet Memories - The Web That Was

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I just came across the old internet magazines I scanned in a while
back. I posted about it on my blog back then but like most of my older
content it is lost to one of many platform changes. Check them out,
some memories here :)

Aaah the good old days :) If you are in the mood for [...]

Little Britain Coming to America?

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Little Britain is coming to America according to the BBC
Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams are to make a US version of the series. The US comedy series will feature new and existing Little Britain characters, and the executive producer is Simon Fuller, the man behind the Pop Idol.
I love Little [...]

Spinal Tap and Every Bass Player In Known Universe

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I missed this, I don’t think it was in our coverage of live earth?

Spinal Tap + Everybody, playing “Big Bottom” - via: Boing Boing
During Spinal Tap’s reunion performance of “Big Bottom” at Live Earth/Wembley Stadium, a metric assload of bass players from famous bands came up on stage and jammed along: The Beastie Boys, Metallica, [...]

Long Summer of Lousy Television

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

My favourite shows have all either ended or just about. Heroes ends its UK run next week. Dr Who is back at Christmas for a special. Smallville looks to be delayed and delayed (we still haven’t seen season 6 here). Can’t even buy it on DVD. Battlestar Galactica final season is a while away. Eureka [...]

Are You Eclectic?

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Do you pride yourself on your music taste? I have quite a varied taste in music and am always open to discovering new bands.
That’s why I am gutted AllofMP3.com has been shut down by the evil RIAA, it was a great way to discover new bands and not spend a fortune doing it.
You can see [...]

Oh Noes O2 Can Has iPhone!

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

O2 is going to get the iPhone contract in the UK according to the BBC
Mobile phone operator O2 is reported to have won the sought-after deal to sell Apple’s iPhone in the UK.
I have to laugh because otherwise I would cry. They are my current, abusive, cell phone operator. They suck. Oh my how [...]