Work to Live

When you love your job, living becomes something you have to do when they finally lock the office doors! But probably the best thing about work is that is makes you enjoy the living part that bit more.

As Oscar Wilde once said "I don't want to earn my living; I want to live." So lets make sure we enjoy the fruits of our labour, and indulge in some little luxuries and relaxation!

Not On Price Comparison Sites

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

I’ve noticed recently that there are a lot of press adverts for car insurance and home insurance companies proudly stating that they are ‘not on price comparison websites’. Is this a general trend away from the increasingly powerful Price Comparison website, or just a few companies that think the can offer better prices on their own?

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The Sony BDP-S360 looks tempting

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

I mentioned some time ago, that I was still deciding whether to make the jump to Blu-ray and that a few players were seriously tempting. Well, I’ve become even more tempted recently…
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Sky+ Annoyances – Why an Optical Cable but no HDMI!

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Something that has always bugged me about my Sky+ Box is the lack of any decent outputs on it.
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Online Contact Lenses

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

As a contact lens wearer myself, I’m always staggered about how many people with fairly normal prescriptions still buy their contact lenses from chain store opticians in the High Street.

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Gone Blu-ray yet?

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Blu-ray has been around for a while now – the players are getting better and the discs are getting cheaper, but I’m still not convinced that I need to be buying into it.

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