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Could it all be so simple now?

Been having some random thoughts recently, and someone was requested I wrote something again…so here goes, what’s on my mind? Well as you can see from the pictures, I’ve been browsing some Palestine groups on Flickr and there are plenty of striking images – almost like contrasts between good and bad. What’s funny is that the “Good” and the “Bad” can be heavily inverted by the media. My question is this – couldn’t it just be simple? Lets not go into the details of the conflict, we’ve done that already. Just look at the pictures...

Apparent truth

Peace I was looking at some streetart on flickr when I spotted this rather interesting piece. It immediately struck me as something from the artist Banksy, and it depicts a ‘teddy’ bear with a Molotov cocktail in attacking position. If you look at the full wall you will actually see that it is aiming at three British riot police, with the caption ‘The Mild Mild West’. There are many different conclusions you can draw from this, and really that is what makes real art. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, and the real artists are those who depict that. Probably...

UK Taps 439,000 Phones

Ever watch the film ‘Enemy of the State’? Almost 450,000 requests were made to monitor people’s telephone calls, e-mails and post by secret agencies and other authorised bodies in just over a year, the spying watchdog said yesterday. » Times Article Should you be scared? Well yeah, if your brown, Muslim or Brazilian looking I’d watch my back. That’s not actually a joke, you see people often rant about the so-called monitoring that people are subject to, and honestly, we usually ignore it. When it comes to your community then you realise that perhaps its time to start...

Review: Philips MCM760 Micro Hi-Fi System

Manufacturer: Philips Model: MCM760/05 Micro Hi-Fi System Price: £135-£180 (Purchased for £140 from HomeCinemaTV) Rating: Demo Purchase Motivations? Here’s my predicament. I don’t have enough space in my bedroom for a PC (and I can’t do with the temptation!) so what do I do for music en mi dormitorio? Ok lets look at what I do have: 1. PDA (HP iPaq rx3715 wireless enabled, 2GB SD) 2. iPod (4th Gen 40GB) 3. W810i Walkman phone (built in radio, 2x512MB Memory Stick Duo) So I’d be listening to music mainly on my HP Bluetooth headphones with my iPaq, or with earphones...
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