One Man's Window

Let me start by saying this rant is probably going to upset a few people. If you place as much importance on why your tech-gizmo is more important than someone else's tech-gizmo as you would on why you love your child more than the neighbours, well, look away now. I'm starting to notice something about my life lately. I'm no longer up to date on all the latest gadgets and techno-wizardry that's going on around us. This has shocked me somewhat. Well, more than somewhat, I'm deeply, deeply perturbed by it. I thought I was cool, and still (at least partly) aware of what the world was doing around me. But then, it started to happen. A colleague at work recently announce he had just replaced a perfectly good car stereo. Why? Because he wanted one with a USB jack as he "hates CDs and is glad he doesn't have to buy the fucking things anymore". Yes, I was aware that the music industry had moved on and no longer vended their wares solely through HMV or any

Renewed Okay, so this pet project of mine really fell off the boil late last year. I don’t know why, I do actually really enjoy the act of writing, and I re-he-heally like ranting, so the combination of both should be something that holds my interest. It did, but only for 8 months or so. The problem is that it wasn’t the only thing that got placed on the back burner, and that is kind of what is bringing me back to the keyboard, in the vain belief that anybody actually reads this. Admitting Defeat One reason I believe I walked away from blogging was that I’m not as active as I was earlier in the year. I used to play soccer two nights a week, but cut that to one in September. Perversely, one thought that went through my head at the time was that I’d have more time to write, but that hasn’t been the case. Or rather, it was the case, I just didn't get off my arse and make proper use of it. Now, I don’t profess to know a great deal about physical exercise, it’s relationship