John Meredith's Blog

I went and did it. I fought the evil inside me. I spurned the iPhone like a paid up Lib Dem from the Coalition Government. I went…Android! And why not? They’ll only win in the end…so I got into bed with Google. As my previous post indicated, I was wrestling with whether the Samsung Galaxy [...]

Well…sorta. I have been huge Matthew Good fan for many years now, and it amazes me with such drivel in the UK music scene, how Canada’s most famous unknown is not well…um…known in the UK. And on this one issue, I have to say I am grateful to iTunes for providing Matthew Good exposure outside [...]

The iPhone is the best phone on the market. But Android is nearly there. If only Samsung and HTC could make a baby Android, it would be perfect.

The quote of the week surely has to be from Vince Cable regarding the new budget. “Our coalition government is united in accepting that its first duty is to clean up the fiscal mess it inherited. Not any old mess but a great, steaming pile of manure. Someone has to remove it. We can’t just [...]

Darth Vader does TomTom.

Yahoo Shadowlocked is reporting that Ridley Scott’s plans for the mooted Alien prequel include not just one film, but a whole trilogy, on top of getting the 3D treatment. Original Alien Art Director Roger Christian is quoted as saying “Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a [...]

Dunno. I just dunno. Sitting on an overcrowded train to Manchester and this kid stood up in front of me with a bag of Christmas presents to get off in the bovine hinterland of Hereford. He goes to pull up his kegs and it dawned on me that the latest craze of skinny chicken legs [...]

I caught the newly reformed Gun at Swansea Sin City last night and my ears are still ringing. Felt bad for the boys that there was not a high turnout but that said, we really got into the swing of things. They played through a string of Gun’s finest aswell as three tracks from the [...]

Borders, the books and entertainment store have nicely sent me a £10 gift voucher “with love”. Yeah right. I’m sure they’ll need to keep customers on side in order to quell the public dismay at their recent closing of the Llantrisant store.

The Llantrisant Borders was a cornerstone of the local community – it was virtually the only place outside of Tesco’s to go and meet people without alcohol being involved thanks to the store’s resident Starbucks franchise upstairs. And even though the majority of the books there were crazy prices, the prospect of sitting down, having a coffee and a browse inevitably led to more than a handful of duckets being exchanged. The place was invariably packed, especially on the weekends and how this can translate to a need to close down I do not know.

Science fiction fans are a special bunch, and Torchwood fans are especially enthused with their show it seems. I was meeting a friend down Cardiff Bay over the weekend, and gave a brief tour. “Do you watch Torchwood? This is where it’s based” etc… and as I pointed out the “not-so-secret” entrance to the Torchwood [...]