I was listening to Front Row last week as they discussed the roll the 'net had played in promoting The Artic Monkeys. When they played their first London gig (selling out the Astoria no less!) their audience already knew the songs despite it being the first time they had seen …

Today I've not really done much but chill at home catching up on a little GTA will recovering from a little too much Speckled Hen last night. I finally completed "Just Business" the Terminator 2 inspired bike ride through the storm sewers of Los Stantos (loosely based on LA) and …

Well 2006 is shaping up nicely so far on account of the zero hangover quotient. I split myself between 2 parties this year so I stayed sober while visiting Rich and Al's bash in Bolton. It was nice to catch up with people I haven't seen for a while (mainly …

I like my new kitchen knives. I particularly like the way they "zing" when you run them over the steel. Its a much crisper more musical sound to the dull grind you get from my old Asda set. Now all I need to do is some more cooking.

Today?s activities have been pretty muted. The main event was my annual catch up with John (zandev) in which we exceeded the daily geeky conversion quota by a fair margin. This is probably not much of a surprise to either of us considering our history. That was followed up …