big matt

having wandered into kester's room the other day, i notice he's bought
a new mouse.

'the world's most advance mouse' claims the packaging. not only does
it look like deep space nine but it has a laser, is 128bit encrypted
and can levitate.

but he doesn't like his new mouse. he doesn't like the wheel, it
doesn't fit his browsing habits. what is concerning though, is that
this one cost set him back £52.18.

think about that for a moment. £52.18. thats over $300.

the one he wants will not be as good as the one he has, after all,
this gem is the world's most advanced mouse. i believe the mouse he
wants is yet to be invented...but that's not the point - FIFTY TWO
QUID ON A MOUSE!!

Labels: kester

last night, we jumped on the bandwagon and went to see bond.

it was a really good film, the first few scenes were fantastic (even
if slightly familiar seen as i'd watched many documentaries on 'how
they made the casino royale stunts')

the thing that made me chuckle was the blatant product placement by
anything sony or vaguely related to ford. at least the virgin plane
was supplemented with a cameo richard branson being frisked at the
airport security gate.

from the moment bond picks up his mondeo hire car in the bahamas,
every car you see in the film is a ford company one; range rovers,
jaguars, volvos and (of course) aston martins. though it was only
occassionally a bit annoying (the digital camera on the boat in
venice), it was actually quite funny.

hard sell doesn't even come close.

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i fail to see the point of satellite tracking sex offenders.

i don't really get how the public being able to see sex offenders as
red dots on their tomtom satnav helps them protect their children. so
a perve lives down your street, what are you going to do? move house?
throw eggs?

the guy from banardos was on bbc this morning saying that 80% of all
children who are abused know and trust the adults who do it.

in my opinion, funding prevention is much more important than funding
satellites.

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something which i noticed during my time in madrid, was how the
spanish consider their nation a hotspot for groundbreaking modern
architecture. despite the fact it's mainly foreign compaines who
design these things, the collection of stunning landmarks is ever
increasing.

collecting hannah from barajas airport t4 was actually one of the
highlights of my year - when dropped off by the bus on the main artery
road, you have the car parks on your left and the terminal on your
right, both connected via glass bridges. directly below the road you
can see the platforms already dug into the ground where the metro
station will (eventually) go, dropping you slap bang in the centre of
the airport. accessibility is something they've really mastered
(despite building it about 15km from the other three terminals).

visiting valencia over the summer you can't help but notice the city
of science and arts, a bright white space age complex that is sits
perfectly amongst gardens and major roads.

and today, images of the valencia's new 75,000 seater football stadium
have been released, which also looks like it's just landed from
another solar system. i know these concept drawings are meant to look
impressive, but going on the spanish track record, i've got a feeling
it's gonna look pretty fantastic...

Labels: españa

i logged into facebook today to find that i apparently now live in the
ivory coast.

just for those of you who aren't aware, the ivory coast is here in africa.

as far as i can figure out, there isn't even a ramsey in the ivory
coast...it obviously got mistaken for niakaramandougou or
duangolodougou...or even bangolo.

who knows, but just for clarification, my hometown is ramsey,
cambridgeshire, united kingdom.

Labels: surfing

was watching jamie's return to school dinners, where jamie oliver goes
back to see how his quest to revolutionise school dinners is going.

in one school, he tried confiscating the junk food that kids bought on
the way to school as soon as they walked in the gates. by taking it
away from them, they had to spend their money on the healthier
alternative of school lunch. and it worked.

he took this proposal to tony blair, who was understandably hesitant
about rolling it out across the entire country. he was sceptical about
the school having the power to decide what children should and
shouldn't buy and eat on the way to school. free country, individual
choice and all that.

but if this confiscation affects individual liberties, how come
teachers do it with cigarettes? it works on exactly the same
principal; smoking is unhealthy and shortens your life, which is why
you get your fags taken. likewise, eating crap is unhealthy and
shortens your life too; yet they get to keep (and eat) what causes
this.

obesity from eating badly must be an equal (if not worse threat) to
today's generation as cancer from smoking is, yet for some reason,
it's treated very differently.

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for my 22nd birthday, kester bought me a gillette fusion power razor.

now, as i've written before, i'm a little sceptical about the
marketing of new gillette razors, seen as every new one simply has one
more blade than the last. i don't know why they don't just put ten on
the next one and spare us the david beckham ads..oh yes, of course,
they'd make less money.

anyway, this badboy is top of the range. it's got five blades (plus a
sixth in reverse position) and looks like the star trek
enterprise...and it vibrates.

i was a little wary about using the battery powered functions of the
razor at first (i must admit the five blades really do a good job),
but i took the plunge.

shaving with a vibrating razor is definately not the best a man can
get. my bristle was simply stuck between five blades whilst this
vibrating contraption tugged at it, making it feel like my mini-beard
was being ripped from the follacles.

i feel this feature of the razor could be better used to notify you of
when you're due a shave; letting it vibrate on the shelf is definately
less painful than all over your chin.

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