When I posted my somewhat whimsical entry “Not The X!” on Monday I was under the impression that teenybopper tutorial sites were becoming less common. I figured there was a new trend out, maybe these wannabe geeks had all gained new hobbies or something. Of course, this is the part where I admit grand naivety [...]
November 23rd, 07
45 Comments
Posted by Jem at 18:02 GMT
I originally heard of the The Simpsons Game through Mitu’s entry on the subject and, being the fan that I am, immediately stuck the Nintendo DS version on pre-order via GAME. I was actually surprised at my own level of anticipation, as the previous entries in the market featuring the lovable family that I’ve played [...]
November 3rd, 07
0 Comments
Posted by Jem at 19:26 GMT
It’s that time of year again. Most students are back from their summer holidays, settling in to the old routine AKA mass procrastination to avoid their homework. These avoidance techniques commonly include starting a “WPR”, or “web page review [site]“. It’s a harmless pastime, but it never fails to amuse me how many of these [...]
September 30th, 07
23 Comments
Posted by Jem at 20:05 GMT
After giving a grace period of a couple of days in case the issue was not hardware based, I called Dell on Thursday last week about my slightly iffy “t” key. I can’t say as I was looking forward to it — support from any company often ranges from useless to totally wank — but [...]
September 24th, 07
49 Comments
Posted by Jem at 17:51 GMT
I took my Mum out for dinner this evening as it’s her birthday, and I’m blogging about it purely because I was really impressed by the quality of food and standard of service.
Now, everyone knows I’m a grumpy bugger, and usually will only review something if it’s annoyed me or somehow prevented me from [...]
August 20th, 07
0 Comments
Posted by Jem at 22:54 GMT