Too much TV causes Death!
I read an alarming article the other day. According to a recent study by the University of Queensland, every hour spent watching TV reduces a viewer’s life expectancy by 22 minutes. … Read More
Category: Blog
My blog and occasional comment on current affairs.
Fascinating statistics
I have been doing an absolute ton of work recently, which utterly blows. I’m a freelancer who is paid by the hour, so I shouldn’t really grumble about 70 hour … Read More
Chain gangs in Britain
Apparently there is going to be a scheme where people convicted of certain crimes, say looting or graffiti, are forced to work five days a week if they are unemployed. … Read More
Now available on Kindle
Exciting news! Or just news. It depends on the sort of thing that excites you. I’m positively gripped. The Word of Ward and www.scifiward.com are now available on Amazon Kindle … Read More
Koreans supermarket shop with their phones on train platform
South Koreans are busy people but happen to be blessed by advanced technology. I say ‘blessed’, they just work hard at innovation and have created an infrastructure that encourages new … Read More
England – it’s a riot!
A load of twats in hats tried to burn London down. And because London leads the way, there were then riots all over England. It was like the film Rise … Read More
New iPhone case with fake hand
New iPhone covers come with very weird fake hand attached.
Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carre
When Perry Makepiece and Gail Perkins go on a tennis holiday to Antigua, they meet a Russian gangster type called Dima and his family. Dima wants to make a deal with … Read More
It’s Almost Christmas!
Apparently we are already in the run up to Christmas. At least we are according to Harrods and Selfridges, who started selling Christmas tat on July 28th this year. I know … Read More
The Last Space Shuttle and the Future
The last ever Space Shuttle, the Atlantis, touched down yesterday marking the end of the 30 year old NASA project. My initial thought was, ‘Well, that’s another giant leap backward for Mankind’ and … Read More
Stock Market Trading and Me.
Buy! Sell! Adrenaline! Men in ties stressing out! Brokers swilling champagne or chucking themselves out of skyscrapers! Yup, that’s my new life. Apart from pretty much everything I just mentioned. … Read More
Game of Death and myself
I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1970s. It was a glorious time and place for a young lad. Skyscrapers, jungles, beaches, and all the latest gadgets. Also, as … Read More
Ghost Stories review
We decided to see this the other day as we had an evening free and happened to walk past the Duke of York theatre where it was playing. If you … Read More
The Wimbledon Weather effect
It’s the first day of summer and the longest day of the year today. Shame it’s so shite outside. As I look out the window of my flat at all … Read More
Apple worship
I saw a cool documentary the other day, called ‘Secrets of the Superbrands’ on good old BBC. It was actually pretty interesting given that I generally don’t care about brand … Read More
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown
Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown teaches you, the Padawan, some awesome tricks. It also has quite a broad scope and touched on lots of things I am genuinely fascinated by. When it comes to mind powers I am now at least 10% more superior than most of you. It astounds me that I am still broke.
Science Fiction Website
I just found the most incredible new site! It boldly goes where only several hundred other websites have dared to go. Except it is slightly bolder. Actually it was written … Read More
Aliens please abduct me!
This website now gets over 100,000 hits a month. (I know! Why? I just talk shit.) That still makes me a speck on the arse of the interweb, but it’s … Read More
Amazon can see into my brain
This morning I logged into Amazon and checked out my recommendations. At first I was a bit shocked at what kind of twisted artistic deviant they must think I am. … Read More
30 Rock
A review of the sitcom 30 Rock with Tina Fey.