Author: Carrie

  • A blatant plug: independent Saab specialist in Glasgow

    I’m quick to moan, so to redress the balance I’ll plug a firm that’s great. If you’ve got a Saab in Central Scotland and you’re not made of money, check out Schoneville Saab in Kilbirnie Place, Tradeston. They’re Saab specialists – the boss, Ken Schoneville, used to be a big cheese at the main dealer…

  • You can’t get shitter than a Kwik-Fit fitter

    Um, if you think your car’s steering alignment is out, don’t go to Kwik-Fit. Or at least, don’t go to the one in Milngavie. I put the Saab in there a few weeks back to get the wheels balanced, and prepared myself for the moment when the fitter magically discovers that I need all kinds…

  • Wireless headphones

    I know, you’ve been on tenterhooks: did I ever solve my wireless headphone purchasing dilemma? Yes! I did! In the end I picked up a pair of Philips phones – no idea what model number – from ASDA, which set me back about £20. And they’re fine. The trick is to turn the audio source…

  • Two UK schools ban wi-fi due to witchcraft fears

    OK, maybe not witchcraft. But the decision isn’t based on anything sensible, either. Via The Inquirer: The Prebendal School in Chichester and a Welsh comprehensive, Ysgol Pantycelen, have pulled the plug on their wireless networks after parents lobbied about potential effects wi-fi could have on their kids. As the Inquirer rightly notes, there is no…

  • Quick game review: Gears of War (Xbox 360)

    Worth buying an Xbox for. Incidentally, if you’re in the US it seems that Amazon will be flogging 1,000 Xbox 360s for just $100 each this week. The story’s already hit Digg.com, though, so it’s going to be seriously oversubscribed.

  • More bans

    Junk food ad crackdown announced Junk food ads during TV programmes targeted at under-16s will be banned, under rules put forward by regulators. Ofcom says these foods include any that are high in fat, salt and sugar. There will be a total ban on ads during children’s programmes and on children’s channels, as well as…

  • US city bans smoking – everywhere

    Via MetaFilter: Belmont is set to make history by becoming the first city in the nation to ban smoking on its streets and almost everywhere else. The Belmont City Council voted unanimously last night to pursue a strict law that will prohibit smoking anywhere in the city except for single-family detached residences. Smoking on the…

  • Me, Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster are going to have a party

    In my mind, at least… we share the same birthday, 19 November. I’m sure you’ll agree that despite my relative youth – Foster and Ryan are both a decade older than me – they’re in much better nick than I am. It was Megan’s birthday yesterday. She shares a birthday with Lisa Bone-t. And that’s…

  • PS3: selling below cost while Xboxes make money?

    An interesting piece from Business2.com, via UK Resistance: Sony (SNE) will lose $241.35 on every PlayStation 3 game console it sells at $599, and $306.85 on every console it sells with a smaller hard drive at $499, according to an analysis of the component costs conducted by iSuppli, a research firm…. but this time around,…

  • Reviewers don’t swoon over Zune

    I really wanted Zune to be good. I really did. Not because of any particular anti-Apple or pro-Microsoft sentiment, but because if Zune’s better than the iPod then that’ll mean better iPods, which in turn will mean better Zunes, which in turn will mean better iPods and so on (and in the ideal world in…