I download way too many MP3s. Usually two or three albums a day. Sometimes more. It has become something of a daily ritual. Breakfast. Check emails. Download MP3s. Work. It’s not even ten o’clock yet and I’ve already downloaded Mi Sueno by Ibrahim Ferrer, the new Gus Gus album, Forever, a Buddha Lounge tribute to [...]

I had reason to contact the customer service departments of two very different organisations this week. Virgin Media – run by Mr Richard ‘The customer is always right’ Bransen. And MusicMP3.ru, a Russian MP3 site (probably) run by shady software pirates with links to either the Russian mafia, Chechen rebels or both. Virgin Media have [...]

You may have read the story in the papers lately about the Qantas flight attendant, Lisa Robertson, who sh#gged Ralph Fiennes in the toilet on a flight to India. (Insert your own E.M. Forster jokes here). Personally, I thought it was made up. In all my travels I have found Qantas flight attendants to be [...]

The Aussies got flogged in the one day cricket today. So I did what I always do when I’m feeling a bit down – visit MenWhoLookLikeKennyRogers.com. It’s one of my favourite sites on the web. The premise is simple. The guy who runs it noted that a lot of men over a certain age start [...]