For a while now, I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a Google Chromebook – just for something to play (and write) with on the train. But much to my annoyance, Samsung pushed back the release date of the 3g version until the 1st of August. Which was just rude. Anyway, in the meantime, [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Eee Pad Transformer TF101 – It’s the bee’s knees! (see what I did?)
Posted: 28th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in ReviewsTags: Android, Asus, Eee Pad Transformer, netbook, review
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FOR SALE: The Universe
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: eBay, The Universe
I always enjoy a nice quirky eBay listing. Something to make you chortle. Well, recently @Its_Death Tweeted a link to a good one. Due to an increase in running costs in these times of financial hardship, the decision has been taken to put the entire universe up for auction. At 13.7 billion years old, it [...]
#FollowFriday – The Twitter Stalker Toolbox
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: #ff, Follow Friday
Ok, so I’ll freely admit that I was Googling myself when I discovered this – don’t act like you’ve never done it, but I found it interesting enough to share. For those of you that know Twitter, you’ll know that “Follow Friday” is the tradition where, every Friday (if you can be bothered) you recommend [...]
Thanks for the awful night (contains TMI)
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: Food poisoning
As you know, it was recently my wife’s 30th birthday. As a treat I thought I’d take her out for a nice romantic meal, we don’t do that often enough (due to financial constraints). Anyway, I took her to a restaurant a short drive from us. It’s relatively posh and has won awards. It’s not [...]
Top *insert number* SEO resources
Posted: 16th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in SEOTags: seo, website optimisation
Ah, the wonderful world of SEO, it’s an enigmatic beast and a constant battle against the monster that is Google. But there are a few tools/resources/websites out there that you can use to give you a helping hand in getting your website seen and increasing the traffic. I thought I’d list a few, just for [...]
Age of Heroes – WW2 goodness
Posted: 16th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in ReviewsTags: age of heroes, WW2
I can’t really remember how I first heard about Age of Heroes. I’m pretty sure it was on Twitter. After a little research I learnt that it was a new WW2 film starting Danny Dyer and Sean Bean and based (loosely) around the exploits of 30AU Commando, a British special forces team forced by none [...]
Roast Dinner? In a box?
Posted: 15th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: Roast in a box
Some things in life take you by surprise. Last week one of my colleagues said there was a place nearby that did ‘roast dinner in a box’. In a box? I thought. Hardly sounds amazing. To prove me wrong 3 of them went out at lunch and got one each. The office smelled frustratingly amazing [...]
I am a trade-in noob
Posted: 15th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: Duke, games, trade in
I’ve been a gamer for many years now and I’ve loved every second. But I’ve never, ever traded games in before for two reasons. Firstly, they never give you the true value (as I see it) often you’ll only get a handful of pound coins for something you paid £40 for originally. To me that [...]
Had some worrying news at the weekend – Nan had been taken into hospital after falling out of bed and hitting her head on a radiator. I have to admit, I was worried. She is 90 now and not as tough as she used to be. So last night I rushed into hospital to check [...]
It’s a hard life being a man
Posted: 13th June 2011 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: Man, presents, women
My wife’s 30th birthday is approaching, so today I wandered aimlessly around the city in the hope of finding something thoughtful and unexpected, but it’s hard! I’ve been with her 14 years this year and I still struggle buying her presents unless she gives me hints – yes I am useless. Sure, I could buy [...]