Red's Ramblings v.2

I don’t think I ever won a slayer game on Halo 2. It is a well know fact that I am a crap gamer and my lack of gaming skill was displayed in all its non functionally glory on the previous outing. Halo 3 however may be a whole different shooting match. Either that or [...]

I was out earlier than usual today. It was cool, dry and fresh, and for the first time this year my brain clicked into autumn. Just in time for October. Which is good. I hate it when we hit Halloween and I’ve still got a seasonal hangover from Summer. All it means is that Decembers [...]

PICT0036.JPG I’ve had a haircut. After years of long hair I decided it was time for a change. I was starting to look like Justin Lee Collins anyway. Having a shave the other day helped too There were a few surprised faces since I didn’t tell anyone that i was going to have it done.

iChat’s a funny thing. It’s a Mac IM client that I’ve used ever since settling on OSX as my preferred platform. It’s very flexible with Jabber support so I can chat to all my contacts on MSN and other networks supported by Jabber should I choose. However, as far as native contacts are concerned I [...]

DSC01179.JPG Originally uploaded by redsmartie ® I’ve been playing with my Sony DSC-T9. Its spent a lot of time travelling around in my pocket lately and I’ve been whipping it out regularly (ohh err, missus). One of the things I’ve been trying to do it take abstract pictures from odd angles. This has served up [...]

As the Chewbury free John continues his campaign against global warming and scientists in general, I continue to put as much of my boot into the BBC as possible. Knowing this he tipped me off to this article. You really have to wonder what they’re up to.

The passage of time can be measured on a number of scales. Beyond the clocks that adorn walls, buildings and fireplace, and watches worn on the wrist you can see the passage of time through seasons as they come and go then repeat. The most mundane of events can also mark a timeline. Every week [...]

I saw a post on Neil Hopkin’s blog the other day where he was getting excited about a film having watched the trailer despite his gut telling him not to base any opinion on trailers. I can appreciate this sentiment entirely. Having just seen the trailer for Iron Man I felt the same excitement but [...]

We all had a late night on Saturday. I think it made up for me being so quiet on Friday, so the 7:30am alarm wasn’t very welcome. I did try but in the end gave up. In the end we didn’t get off until 10:30am and rather than give the sat nav a swift kick [...]

You may recall my post of the other week regarding the “Mens’ Breakfast”, well that was today and I seem to have survived unscathed. It was a friendly affair with food laid on and a bit of friendly banter with the people there. I don’t want to be derogatory as they were a nice enough [...]