I do enjoy watching people who have been promoted above their ability, failing to grasp the meaning of the words they are uttering on camera.
Category: Stuff
Blogathon 6/14 – some consistency needed
My guitar-playing is suffering. No, I don’t mean ‘my neighbours are suffering my guitar-playing”! How rude! I mean that my playing is suffering. I have
Blogathon 5/14 – a long way up (and down)
Bloody hell, I’m completely tired. I’m more tired than a very tired person from a very tired town, in the middle of the tired countryside,
Blogathon 4/14 – a bloody good servicing
Today, just as soon as I’ve finished work, I’m taking a small detour. The VFR has a hot date. She’s going to get serviced to
Blogathon 3/14 – telecommuting
One of the features of my current contract is having to keep in regular contact with a team of specialists, who are based at numerous
Blogathon 2/14 – a political maxim
The late Sir John Harvey Jones (no relation), was one of the most far-sighted industrialists this country has ever produced. His business accumen is legendary;
Blogathon 1/14 – remote apology
To try and avoid being late to this party, and keeping the remarkable Mr Masher company on his annual blogathon pilgrimage, I’m cheating a little.
The Kenny Everett of motorbiking?
I accidentally described this guy – Crumble – as a sort of Alan Partridge. In drawing this comparison I’ve done Crumble a grave disservice. Instead
Random commutage thoughts
This is more an exercise in combined video/audio editing than anything else. I automated the two-part fade on the intro music, and I’m experimenting with
This will bring a tear to your eye
I’m openly weeping. With laughter, obv. (thanks to Beth and James and also to Angry (@nonangrybiker) for pointing this at me via Twitter)
Er, this seems to have happened
Hopefully, she will be delivered next weekend.
Would have gotten away with it too…
… if it wasn’t for that weather. This afternoon I had plans to go not too far from here to look at and sit on
There is no cure for stupidity
Jason Thomas, a 33yo uninsured and disqualified driver from Dudley, West Midlands, collected his three children from school in his Vauxhall Vectra. On the way
Not really making an end of year list
31st December 2013 Lists are popping up on Facebook. And on Twitter. In both Real Life and Virtual Life, there are conversations that mention resolutions.
Go ahead caller, you’re through
I was lounging around in bed, alternating between coughing my lungs out and snatching five-minute dozes to try and make up for the lost sleep
Speaking of slightly suspect video…
I have to see this film when it gets released! It’s got Adolf Hitler, ancient Vikings, Kung Fu, a renegade cop, time travel, and layer
Meanwhile, in another galaxy
I’ve been writing film reviews again. I can’t help it. I’m now conditioned to write film reviews, after all the years of high living that
Boxing Day roadtrip!
On New Year’s Day almost 365 days ago, I took the Bandit down to WsM for a jolly little trip. Today (Boxing Day) I took
It’s simples, simples
Look, it really is very, very simple: It’s ‘there’ or it’s ‘their’ It’s ‘we’re’ or it’s ‘were’ It’s ‘it’s’ or it’s ‘its’ My 16yo daughter
GSXR Recall – What’s that all about then…
Lifted this from Streetbike’s FB page As some of you may be aware, there is a bit of a Suzuki GSXR brake recall going on
Mounting the new toy
(this post should probably be over in the geekblog?) Yesterday’s road trip wasn’t just a jolly on the VFR down to London for the fun
Driving me mad!
I did a lot of motorway miles today, on the VFR. It was fun. I loved it. Except for the vast majority of other drivers.
Absolutely horrific!
This is what driving too fast in adverse weather conditions does. How do these stupids get driving licences in the first place? (no sound to
An antidote to maudlin (not Magdalen)
Good looking females Infectious laughter Decent music Motorbikes Allow me to introduce you to The Pickle!
Window shopping (not shopping for actual windows)
I have been comparing the two leading action cameras (with half an eye on when I replace the cheap and nasty camera that I use
More music geekage
On (very, very slowly) building the ultimate driving playlist… And you know that ‘Live With Me’, by Massive Attack? There is something in the way
Live With Me
There are few songs that invoke immediate goose bumpery. Massive Attack’s ‘Live With Me’ does. Every Single Time. It don’t matter, Where you turn. Gonna
Genesis. Nursery Crime. The Musical Box. 10m27s
Play me old King Cole, That I may join with you. All your hearts now seem so far from me, It hardly seems to matter
Rugby-based rhythm guitarist looking for rehearsal/practice
Really rubbish rhythm guitarist looking for rehearsal/practice/jamming opportunities in Rugby. Drop me a line if you know of someone/something, huh?
Some words should not be abbreviated
Dear Tesco, when faced with the decision of which word to abbreviate, ‘Assorted’ is not the one to chose. pic.twitter.com/RQiPwwfGoK — James HodcroftⓂ️ (@jameshodcroft) November
A stupid cyclist writes…
From today’s Guardian: There you go. Cyclists jumping red lights is not necessarily stupid despite the fact that IT’S COMPLETELY AGAINST THE FUCKING LAW YOU
Keeping busy
Things are work are mentile. So, to balance my life out, I’m keeping very busy at home too. I suppose the ‘things at home’ divide
Narrowbanded?
So my upload speed is four times quicker than my download speed? I think I’ll wait to see how things settle down.
Digital TV – the future of broadcasting?
I settled down to watch the MotoGP on BBC 1. I switched it off before the race had even begun. Not because of the BBCs
16 Reasons You Hate Your IT Department (response)
This blog post is an insider’s light-hearted response to: 16 Reasons You Hate Your IT Department 1. Password policy Our passwords exist to protect this organisation’s
Fancy a quick ride?
A grainy, wobbly look at the poor quality of video one can expect from a cheap and nasty £25 bullet camera (strapped to a Honda
People are scary
People on motorbikes (and, in one particular clip, people on pedestrian crossings) are even scarier:
Anatomy of a kind of insomnia
2.45am, gets up for a wee Goes back in to bed Rubs eye Dislodges contact lens Goes back to bathroom Removes lenses Goes back to