Switch Telewest TVDrive from HDMI to SCART

Here's a neat trick for anyone who has just blagged themselves a Telewest TVDrive PVR, has set the output mode to HDMI and can't get it to reset or go back to SCART: Hit the RESET button Press and hold the STOP and PLAY buttons on the front panel, until BOOT appears on the panel […]

Yugo Punto?

While googling about the new Fiat Grande Punto , which is the Mark 3 Punto, I stumbled across the fact that Fiat licensed the design to Serbian car manufacturer Zástava , who we know here as Yugo . Zástava are marketing the car as the Zástava 10, although Fiat have mandated a "Licence by Fiat" […]

Blonde Joke

I usually only listen to blonde jokes told by blonde women — knowing self-deprecation is the best humour — but this has to be the best blonde joke ever told . Seriously!

The Powerpoint President

I really should have been sleeping, but I got sucked into watching US President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Bush's manner of speech really irritates the hell out of me; he speaks in, short burst sentences, not always making it clear, where the sentence is going, to […]

Break the Chain

I got a beauty forwarded to me this morning in my email: -----Original Message----- From: [snip'd] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 08:56 To: [snip'd] Subject: Message from Strathclyde Police THIS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM STRATHCLYDE POLICE CAR JACKING SCHEME You walk across the car park, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all […]

Bill Gates: Off Rocker

After reading about Bill Gates' inconsistent predictions for the future with regard to voice recognition, here's further proof that Gates doesn't have a fucking clue what he's talking about : The other fascinating thing about this change is that it has, to some extent, fulfilled Bill Gates's prediction of January 2004 that " Two years […]

Ich bin ein Clichéd Headline

I've had a day to read and get used to The Observer in its Berliner format. It's much easier to handle, much easier to read, and every writer seems almost painfully aware of the change. The quality of both the Guardian's and Observer's journalism is fantastic; now they have a great-looking platform from which to […]