RIP Pamela Willis

Posted by James Marriott on February 26, 2010 under Personal | Read the First Comment

Pamela Willis sitting in her car

Pamela Willis, Pammy, Freckles.

On Monday 22nd February, 2010 the world lost its sparkle.

Pam used to annoy the crap out of me. The expressions she uses – notibly “how about no” – and ending sentances with the word “so”; her stubborness clashed with mine which whilst we never had proper rows, it did result … Read the rest

Gmail Alias An Invalid Email Address

Posted by James Marriott on January 13, 2012 under Rants, Technology | Be the First to Comment

Like millions of other people I have a gmail account, in fact, I admit that I’m a huge Google fan and use both standard google accounts and their google apps account for both my private and business email accounts.

One of the great things about a gmail email address is the address alias feature. Simply … Read the rest

It’s Just Not American

Posted by James Marriott on November 30, 2011 under Rants, Real Life, Religion / Politics | Be the First to Comment

Quick post, mainly as there will one day be a larger post and I don’t want to forget, which I would if I don’t write it down now.

As an Englishman I have for a long time had various stereotypical ideas about what America and Americans are like. Whilst a lot of this does come … Read the rest

Goodbye England

Posted by James Marriott on September 27, 2011 under Personal, Real Life | Be the First to Comment

I’ve said goodbye to my Dad and my Brother. Tomorrow (Monday 19th September) I say goodbye to one of my best friends. My poor Dad though, not only did I tell him last weekend that I was leaving the country, my brother did too. We could probably have chosen a better day than his birthday. … Read the rest

Acrophobia Not Vertigo

Posted by James Marriott on September 7, 2011 under Health, Real Life | Be the First to Comment

I’m afraid of heights, as in, when I am high up (depending on situation it could be a 6′ ladder or it could be the edge of a roof) I get the heebie-jeebies. I get a little panicked, I get a bit wobbly, I get an overwhelming fear that I’m going to fall.

When I … Read the rest

Bikers vs Car Drivers

Posted by James Marriott on September 6, 2011 under Morotoring, Real Life, Traffic | Read the First Comment

We’re all equal. Just some of us are more equal than others.

For at least as long as I have been riding bikes (at time of writing some 18 years), and maybe I was aware of this even before I was riding bikes, there has existed a “them and us” mentality between non-motorcycle-owning-car drivers and … Read the rest

People Are Disgusting

Posted by James Marriott on July 3, 2011 under Personal, Rants, Real Life | Be the First to Comment

Warning – You should consider this post rated as 18 / R and most definitely NSFW.

This post is a follow on from some tweets I posted last night (July 1st 2011). A lot of this isn’t going to make sense as I’ve not written about Twitter or what I put into it / get … Read the rest

If You Don’t Have An iPhone You Don’t Have An iPhone

Posted by James Marriott on May 30, 2011 under Gadgets, Mobile Phones, Technology | Be the First to Comment

Oh joy, yet another blog post bashing the iPhone. You’re right, it is old and it is boring now so I’m going to try not to do it. this post is simply about education.

I’m not going to go into the whole iphone vs android vs windows vs whatever and I’m not going to try … Read the rest

My Top 10 Recommended Android Apps

Posted by James Marriott on May 23, 2011 under Android, Mobile Phones, Technology | Be the First to Comment

screenshot favourite apps drawerThe original title for this was “favourite android apps” but decided it would be more useful if I listed the ten apps that I most think everyone should have on their phone (from the list of apps I currently have installed).

I should also point out that another factor I used when compiling this list … Read the rest

Android Tablets vs Apple iPad

Posted by James Marriott on May 17, 2011 under Gadgets, Technology | Be the First to Comment

As most of you will be all too well aware, I’m a huge (geek) fan of gadgets especially mobile phones and lately, specifically android devices.

And unless you’ve been locked away or only recently arrived from another planet, you’ll at least be aware of the Apple iPad. Essentially a 10 inch iPhone with less functionality. … Read the rest

HTC Desire HD – 24 Hours Later

Posted by James Marriott on December 15, 2010 under Mobile Phones | Be the First to Comment

Photo of my HTC Desire HD After wasting a day’s holiday due to Royal Mail being unable to cope with the recent weather conditions my HTC Desire HD finally arrived from T-Mobile. 24 hours later I thought I’d give a quick review whilst it’s still in it’s unmolested state.

First impressions: It’s huge. I did check a couple of these out … Read the rest