Category: Life

Random thoughts on life

  • Car seat warning for infants on long journeys

    Car seat warning for infants on long journeys

    New research warns that infants under four weeks shouldn’t travel in car seats for more than 30 minutes.BBC News

    And if your child is born more than a 30 minute journey from hospital? Bus?

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  • The first upgrade you should make to the PS4 Pro

    The first upgrade you should make to the PS4 Pro

    Almost 2 years ago I posted about replacing the PS4’s hard drive with a roomier 2TB version. I also mentioned that SSHD drives are available, although these were only available in 1TB capacities and, to be honest, they added little benefit as the PS4 only supports SATA 2.

    Now, though, things have changed.

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  • New Marvel Studios Logo

    New Marvel Studios Logo

    I loved the recent Marvel Studios logo, complete with Brian Tyler music (whom I’m a big fan of) but, already, Marvel have given it an overhaul – new logo and new music, this time by Doctor Strange composer Michael Giacchino. I like it.

    Doctor Strange, btw, is excellent – saw it today. Make sure you stay until the end of the credits to not miss anything – a set-up for the next movie and also, well, a suggestion of involvement in another too.

  • Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case

    Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case

    Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case is a book by James Ward, looking at every-day stationary and giving you the history of them as well as answering those long-needed questions – what does shatterproof actually mean and how many pens do Argos use?

    Each chapter is divided into logical sections, the first one beginning with a story from the author that kick starts the whole thing. Normally, Ward will plunge feet first about a stationary item before then pulling back to give a fuller history. For example, one chapter may be about glues and adhesive tapes. So he might start talking about Pritt Stick, how we know it, make some jokes about it before then going back to kick off the history. This too then might then jump into the history of the company too. It’s all logically layered and works very well to keep your attention – I found it very hard to not read whole chapters at a time!

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