Category Archives: life in general

Life is never simple and sometimes I just need to vent!

Is it too late to save the web from over-the-top advertising!

Adverts are an integral part of the web, without web advertising most sites wouldn’t be able to bring us all that wonderful content for free so it is a shame that this medium of advertising has become a problem.  Users now have to cope with the ever increasing on-slaught of banners, pop-ups, pop-unders impact ads [...]

Are torrents really killing the music business?

The recent court verdict regarding Pirate Bay makes me wonder if it will make any difference to the download world, this also begs a new question, whether illegal file downloads are actually damaging to the music industry like the major labels would have you believe.

Am I too old for music festivals?

On the 18th August 2008 my wife and I arrived back at our home both aching and tired from the weekend behind us. After unpacking our things and hanging all the wet clothes and sleeping bags out to dry a depressing thought entered by head, AM I TOO OLD FOR MUSIC FESTIVALS?

What should you have, PC or Mac?

The age old debate between two sworn enemies rages on, perhaps there will never be a true winner but I think I may have found some neutral ground for them both.

From designer to webber

12 months ago I took a leap of faith a moved from the comfort of my job as a designer to the not so familiar role of web designer/developer. This seemed like a nervy but natural progression for my career, well it did at the time!.