Lately I’ve been feeling a little nostalgic. Thinking about the past and things that I remember from my childhood. It all started a few weeks ago with the release of the new Transformers movie, revenge of the fallen. Reading the reviews after it’s release made me think back to when I saw the original Transformer’s cartoon movie and finding out Spook was in the new movie didn’t help (he is the voice of Galvatron in the original movie), so much so that I ended up going setting about watching it. Took me a while to find it mind but it is out there online if you know where to look, although split into multiple parts.

Watching this old time favourite of mine got me thinking of what other shows I used to watch, shows that I just simply couldn’t miss. If like me you’re a geek who grow up in the 80’s and 90’s some of these shows probably defined your childhood just like they did mine.

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One thing I hate is being lied to. I like honesty, tell me the truth and I might be a bit upset but I will appreciate you for it. You will go up in my estimations for your honesty. Tell me a lie that I find out about and well, you’re in for a quick route to my most hated list. One thing is for sure I won’t do any kind of business with you. I’m not the only person with this point of view I am sure, everyone hates being lied to and in this day of search engines it’s much easier to be caught out than you would think. Continue reading »

If you use Skype you probably know all about the Skype In service. You pay a monthly fee and get a phone number you can give out to people which they can call from any phone and you received the call on your computer via Skype. Continue reading »

A lot of people would say the only thing Internet Explorer is good for is downloading something else to surf the web with. Truth be told, I’d tend to agree. My current browser of choice is Firefox and it has been for a long time now. That’s not just because I spend most of time using a Mac either. Even when I use a Windows machine I still look for the the FF icon to do my web browsing. I only use IE when I have no other option, like if I am using an ASP based app which does seem to need IE to run properly. Judging from the ever growing market share of other browsers against IE. Its a fair assumption that more and more people I coming to realise that they don’t have to be stuck with what comes installed on their machine. Continue reading »

For those of us that are gadget mad today marks an important day. The release of the latest version of the iPhone firmware, version 3.0. This release brings some eagerly awaited features to the iPhone; copy and pasting of text between applications, landscape keyboard for text messaging and the ability to send and receive MMS, just a few of the features this release brings to the iPhone. Check over at Apple for full details of all the new features this brings. Continue reading »