Here we go again, it’s that time folks for the second Fire Strike. This time it’s 8 days long. I saw a Green Goddess driving in Southampton last night. Bloody hell the vehicles are aged. The driver was crunching the gears and it looked in a right state.

Also, it was more black than green.

Universities possibly charging £10,000 a year for tuition: the government is proposing removing the current cap on tuition fees. Amazing how this is all panning out. BBC News ran a feedback forum, and the results are pretty much all against this idea. Quite a few individuals also suggested that universities are becoming ‘the norm’, with the government’s pledge to get 50% through uni in the near future.

Margaret Hodge, the Higher Education Secretary explained to Universities UK, that university graduates have a better chance at higher paid employment from leaving uni. This is correct, however lets not forget that as salaries rise, the taxes do to, so the government gets a higher return from higher paid employees anyway!

It’s a scary amount of money. Fortunately by the time this might be passed through I’ll be out of uni.

This is possibly one of the most crazy new websites on the Internet. I present http://www.roadrave.biz/ - a site where you can text other road users using their registration plate… what a great way to express your love, annoyance, road rage for that pillock in the Corsa. The author makes it very clear that you shouldn’t use your phone while driving, but frankly that’s like providing ashtrays then saying “don’t smoke”. Okay, I’m crap at metaphors but you get the gist.

Somebody just reminded me of Scratchy and Co. A really quite shit program on ITV in the 90’s. I still have nightmares.

“Main gimmick was the irritating Max Headroom-esque presenter - some tosser in “a solid rubber blond wig and sky blue jacket marked with clouds”. - PaulMorris.co.uk

Went to a careers fair today. If anything, only for the freebies. Philips were offering this green/bluey ball which I couldn’t resist:

The only thing is. I know it does something clever. It has three LEDs inside and some circuitry. I can’t figure out how to activate it though. Bouncing doesn’t seem to work.

Maybe it’s a spy ball…..

Great. According to this test I’m most like Los Angeles. How bizarre.

I wouldn’t mind going to see 8 Mile at some point, yes - that’s the one with Eminem. It’s had a few fairly good reviews, and the trailer was quite interesting.

I keep wanting to buy a digital camera, and I’m not 100% sure why. I’m sure nobody wants to see my ugly mug so it’s not that. I think it was the brief flurtation with some expensive piece of kit I borrowed a few weeks ago. Odd.

I said to Chris today that Maglev’s actually existed in Japan, to which he replied “that’s bullsh*t - you’re bullsh*tting me”.

Thus, I present Evidence A, B, C and D.

Chris: you smell of wee.

Managed to get the Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles video last night. Quite good - it’s basically Vanessa playing a piano on the back of a lorry (I’m not sure you’re meant to include the lorry, but it’s bloody obvious she’s not floating). She starts out in a garage, goes around a city playing along, then returns back at the garage.

Why can’t Jools Holland do something similar, but instead of returning get lost in Chipping Sodbury or something and never return. Not that I don’t like Jools Holland - I just think it’ll be funny.