Archive for the ‘Randoms’ Category

Email of the day

Quite probably the best email I’ll receive all week.  A Nony Mouse person needed to send us in a laptop, and proceeded to have a little email conversation with themselves whilst writing to me.  It went like this: “Hi.  I’ve got the laptop, but I haven’t got a box or anything. Is it OK to […]

Fanning the flame

I had thoroughly intended to ignore the passing of the Olympic Torch through my home town.  Partly because I was expecting to be at a band practice, and partly because I’m supremely unfussed about the Olympics (and indeed most sporty stuff).  Add to that a general disgruntlement with the huge mental and ethical disconnect between […]

That Elusive Killer App

Although I still work in IT, I’m a long way out of the development game.  Which is a shame, because I’ve finally identified the killer app to make the author rich beyond his wildest dreams.  In this brave new world of social networking, where even your sister’s cat has its own Page on Facebook, and […]

Random questions: #1 in an occasional series

Or at least in what may become an occasional series. This one arises from being out with a local Street Pastors team last Friday.  It was one of those classic moments – a random question called out by a passing reveller, swept away by his mates before there was any chance to do anything other […]

Laney Lionheart L5T-112: First Impressions

Excuses, excuses So, here’s the thing.  I already have a Laney LC30-II which I’m rather fond of.  However, it has a couple of issues.  Firstly, and you don’t often hear a guitarist say this, it’s too loud.  Not too loud in an absolute sense you understand, but too loud for the vast majority of situations […]