I have purposely not posted anything recently. I have been trying to decide exactly the direction I want to take the site. It’s fairly obvious that if I am going to actually want to post stuff, then I’ve gotta be interested in the subject. Otherwise I will very quickly lose interest.

I’ve decided to post about the things I try in the wired world (physical or online) that I find interesting or a total waste of time. Basically just my views on stuff, how it can be useful or not as the case may be.

Here’s an example of the stuff I’m using and thinking about:

• Blip.fm
• Last.fm
• digg
• Evernote
• stumbleUpon
• Twitter
• Xbox 360
• Wii
• Google Reader
• Orb
• MythTV
• TV/Video (How we receive/view it)
• GetRight (Is there something better for my needs)

I’m fairly sure that just about all of those will be familiar to most people, but I want to explain what they are, how they are useful and what I find annoying as hell with them. What could be improved that sort of thing. Again this may sound like countless other sites, we will see…

Just thought I would post something to explain the direction I want to go. “Do something you love”, well I’m trying. Besides for this blog, I have something brewing in the background and its not “Fail To Complete” – which I failed to complete or even really start!

I watched the commercial below and while I liked the actual commercial, it raised some issues in my head. I searched for more information, which doesn’t reassure me very much.

The cards allow you to wave it in front of a reader to pay for items under £10, without having to type a pin or approve the purchase in any way. I noticed the that the technology is provided by Oyster who also supplied the London Transport System with their cards. The Oyster cards the London Transport used were hacked and are having to be replaced.

I love the idea of not having to stand in a queue and easily be able to pay for items. I’m just not sure how confident I would be that the card wont easily be cloned or stolen and used without needing a pin. Sure it only allows small purchases.

Like I said I love the idea of quick payment but if this is the way forward, I’d prefer it to be built into my phone. Which I would probably notice missing a lot quicker than a card. I also nearly always carry my phone.

I, like many people watched Al Gores  – An Inconvenient Truth [2006], which I enjoyed, but always felt to be very one sided. I had previously read Michael Chrichtons – State of Fear, while a fictional story contained lots of footnotes to articles and stories showing a different viewpoint to Mr Gore. Basically that Global Warming is not true and is just a way for people to make money.

While listening to the DSC today, Adam Curry mentioned a YouTube video containing John Coleman, the founder of the Weather Channel. He is asked about Global Warming and he states it’s a “Total Myth”, Mr Coleman is a fully qualified scientist.

Anway Watch the Video below and if interested watch the next 3 parts.