Jem – UK blogger

Alexa have updated their ranking system.. time to do another ‘Manipulating Alexa’ post?

Although I’m a self-confessed geek, it’s never really been about the gadgets for me. I don’t need the latest and greatest mobile phone (my ancient Nokia 3310 still works); the MacBook Air is still a poncy piece of kit (a classic example of a sub-standard spec machine trying to be something it isn’t); and I… read full entry »

I found a rather witty blog by way of the .net forum earlier this week. An excerpt; my favourite part so far: Hayley’s cat (interestingly named Cat) is used to a rather expensive brand of catfood, however, she’s recently been forced into eating a Lidle concoction and seems to be suffering no ill effects. The… read full entry »

Now that I’ve convinced you all I live in some sort of scummy drug-filled ghetto where the lowest of the low choose to take root and reproduce, I would like to point out that it’s not all bad. Telford — named after Thomas Telford the famous civil engineer — is home to the The Iron… read full entry »

I signed up to the second module of my course earlier this week — that starts in May — so expect another one of those crazy mad rush sprees while I get everything finished up in anticipation of sitting on my arse avoiding the coursework. Procrastination ftw. Hex has been poorly, we had two vet… read full entry »

A bit of backstory: Ashley sent out an e-mail t’other morning to all of those who’d been waiting for a review at Timebomb Reviews announcing the re-opening of the site. (A counter-flounce?) I’m not sure what she set out to achieve by copying me in but it gave me the opportunity to offer those from… read full entry »

According to the website of my local newspaper, the mayor of Telford & Wrekin has reacted to comments published online and “has come out fighting against the website for publishing the rebuke.” Come out fighting? Since when is whinging in the local newspaper “fighting”? I think Councillor Hosken needs to get real. I’ve lived in… read full entry »

The Jem fanlisting has a new home :)

I don’t know if all of you caught my latest aside, whining about the state of my inbox. It’s frequently above the 100-150 mark these days and I can’t seem to get it down. Every e-mail is read, just waiting for a response. Some are even that old they’re labelled as 2007. About a month… read full entry »

I was hoping that I could start this Pants Award with my very own review from Ticking Timebomb. It’s one of those tweeny review sites that pop-up from time to time, but ultimately disappear because the standard of reviewing is piss poor and nobody actually reads them [the reviews]. Unfortunately, she refused to review me… read full entry »