HTC Desire first impressions

Having taken delivery of the HTC Desire yesterday, it would be a mistake to describe myself terribly shocked by the features it abilities of the device. I did enough research before delivery to know most of the key details. Nonetheless, I wasn’t quite prepared...

Switching from iPhone to HTC Desire

So, all things being well, tomorrow I will have an HTC Desire mobile phone instead of my much loved and lamented iPhone 3GS.  The iPhone went missing, and stock was not available at my insurer, so I opted to switch to the Desire.  On paper, the Desire is a better...

Turned off Twitter updates

Turned off the daily twitter digest.  I am painfully aware of how boring I am, I have no desire to inflict that across several aggregation technologies and blog readers.  In addition, thought I’d share this one: As part of the examinations for this year’s...

We must show compassion to Gordon Brown

I never thought I’d say this, but I feel very sorry for Brown right now. Yes he’s a hoon, yes he’s a moron, yes he’s a dreadful Prime Minister, but imagine how that laughter would have felt. In our desire for red meat, we run something of a...