Who goes on holiday to get an alarm call from reception at 4:30 am? We’re off to Israel on an full day trip to Masada (no real interest) and the Dead Sea (yes, oh yes). Two and a half hours after setting off, less a brief stop in a very good Israeli coffee shop […]
Day 1: Minutes before we get through our departure gate I decide to call Andy Regent, the guy who’s looking after all my computers while I’m away. I just wanted to tell him our internet router died last night, probably due to overheating. He tells me all the systems are knacked and […]
STOP!!! I’ve just learnt that most of these DVD rentals are available through quidco.com, an affiliates site that gives the money they earn back to you! All you need to do is register with quidco.com and go to the Entertainment section and then DVD rentals. You can now click on the links and […]
In previous years I have written about the toilets in Mal Maison in Stockbridge (a giant mirror with a continual waterfall in front of it) or the unisex wash area of Bar 38 in George Street (thankfully they finally introduced dividers in the circular urinal), but the crown has to go to Ikea in Edinburgh. […]
I’m a bit too late to remind everyone that the excellent BBC Four show, The Thick of It, will now be shown on BBC2 on Monday nights. The first series (only three episodes) have already gone, but the second series starts this Monday, 23rd Jan at 10pm. It is some of my good […]
Last year NTL bought Telewest, although technically Telewest swallowed up NTL so as to keep the joint partnership with the BBC going for the UK TV channels. It looks like this higher bid of NTL for Virgin Mobile will now be accepted, even if Branson has to put in £9m of his own money. […]
Just watch a full hour of the Liverpool vs Tottenham game (all the time the ball was in play) and Liverpool played very well against an impressive Spurs. Harry Kewell’s goal was majestic and worthy of winning any game. Anywho, I was looking through my calendar and noticed that twelve out of the […]
So far in 2006 I have replaced a fancy light unit when the transformer burned out and then repaired my own Triton Topaz T80i electric shower by fiddling inside it and 2006 is only four days old! The issue with my shower was that the low pressure light came on even though the pressure […]