Fashion Tips – Hobo Style (old stuff)

This week I’ve mostly dressed like a hobo, which if you have ever met me you’ll know I do manage to pull of with a certan pinach, but I’ve been advised from my new ‘style consultant’ I need to go for something a little more modern and less “drunken street bum”.

I’m a little apprehensive about this, but instead of doing what you think and moan about it or tell you how to dress like a hobo but I’m going talk about shopping, and yes I have been taking my brave pills and ventured into the great unknown that is Milton Keynes Shopping Centre.

I do enjoy shopping, new stuff is always good, the only thing that puts me off doing more shopping is other people, I shall quote some of the more common things my style consultant said on our last shopping trip.

“Cheers old dude, just wander in front of us and walk really really slowly”
“Here is not a good place to stop and make a phonecall, some of us are trying to walk”
“Please keep your children on a short leash whilst in a shopping centre”
“Just because you have a pram doesnt mean you have the right of way”
“Look where your going, stupid”
“No, we are not going to the pub”

Yes, I did remove the copious amounts of swearing and threats of physical violence, and I’m sure some of you have thought the same, supermarkets are worse, I always thought supermarkets are supposed to be for buying pizza, pies and beer, apparently you can use them for having arguments with loved ones and shouting at your children too.

Iif only threshers sold pies……..

We have got Armadillos in our trousers (old stuff)

Another year almost over, and it was thankfully a drunken blur with some good cooking and fine port based antics.

Thinking forwards towards the hangover I’ll have on MondayI thought its best to run a preliminary todo list for the year ahead, a bit of a “I’ll probably fail more than one so lets have a big list of resolutions to pick from and hopefully I’ll get one right”

1) write some technology based mobile phone items for once, instead of just rambling on about how great I am

2) Have some sort of real life, you know meet people, not talk about computers

3) Have more than 3 hours of non computer based talky conversation

4) Try to keep on the clever side of the stupid/clever line

5) ‘do’ more mornings, 5 out of the standard 7 is my target

6) Be funny more often, to misquote lowtax “[he] hasn’t been funny since 2002! I should know; I read it every day and I’m disappointed by it every day! I will continue to check it every day, and if it doesn’t start getting funny by around 2012 or so, I’m seriously considering sending them a very strongly worded email regarding their failure.”

7) Eat less junk, I was shocked to find out “ice and a slice” isn’t a helping of fruit or veg, but a vodka and orange in a pint glass is

8) Change my definition of smart from “hobosmart” to something more normal

9) Drink less, or at least don’t decide to publish my drunken thoughts online as often

10) Give up smoking, my body is a temple blah blah blah,

So you can place bets on how many of those I manage to achieve, normal prize of having to take me to the pub if you get it right

Orange ‘Google-phone’ rumours (from december 2006)

Over at engadget I spied a rumour that Orange and Google are teaming up on a ‘Google-phone’, here is the information from the Guardian.

“Google is on the move. The internet giant has held talks with Orange, the mobile phone operator, about a multi-billion-dollar partnership to create a ‘Google phone’ which makes it easy to search the web wherever you are.”

“The collaboration between two of the most powerful brands in technology is seen as a potential catalyst for making internet use of mobile phones as natural as on desktop computers and laptops.”

“Executives from Orange flew to Silicon Valley in California for a meeting at Google’s headquarters, or ‘Googleplex’, to hold preliminary discussions about a joint deal. The companies believe that they have an affinity as brands that are perceived as both ‘positive’ and ‘innovative’.”