If you commute frequently, you’ll know that everyone finds their ways to pass time on a journey, whether long or short most people like to to find something to fill time with. I remember in the not too distant past being able to look around and see people playing card games, top trumps, reading books and just simply taking a nap to pass time, with maybe just the odd business person on a laptop.

Fast forward to now… where mobile communication and devices have become part and parcel of daily life, and chances are whilst you may still find the occasional book and person taking a nap you are more than guaranteed to find someone either on a laptop, smartphone or some form of electronic entertainment device, and not just restricted to business use anymore but for every need and walk of life.

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Hello world, it seems an eternity since I last found myself sat at my computer writing on my blog… I set up this blog as a means for me to keep people up to date about what’s going on in my life, simply because I am absolutely horrid at keeping in touch with everyone.

But yet again I seem to have managed to find another way to fail to keep you all in the loop as to what is going on, the last post on this blog was back in 2008, and that really hits home on how far I have kept from my original intentions with this blog and my website.

So whilst I can’t cover everything I’ve been up to since 2008, I am stepping out of the shadows and into the spotlight to fill you in on some key elements that have happened since my last post. So here goes nothing…

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Its funny you know, I look back and see the last post of mine was in June, and even though each week since the post I’ve said to myself “I really want to write another post”, I’ve always found myself at the end of the day without achieving that goal. So here we are, at the end of October with a new post, long overdue but probably not long awaited LOL.

A lot has happened since June, and all that has happened has of course contributed to the delay in a new post here, things connected to the wedding have been taking a lot of my time, a home purchase and move, work & all sorts! So in this post I’ll try to cover what’s been going on, and you never know you may get a wise word or two (unlikely) LOL.

So with baited breath here we go…

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It’s been, well let’s just say “a while”, seems that things this year got chaotic and as with everything in life part of the blame must be mine, along with other aspects in life.

Last time I wrote here was many years ago… or at least that’s how it feels, unfortunately commitments in my personal life and university life have stopped me doing as much as I would have liked on www.SpikedEffect.com and this blog.

I’m sceptical about how many people will still be reading this blog, but just in the odd chance that I have a solitary fan out there that has been waiting so long for an update, this entry is for you.

I’m currently sat on a train to London Euston as I draft out this blog entry (which may actually end up being finished on the return journey to Manchester), and it seems the perfect time to let you know about what’s going on in my life apart from it being totally chaotic. So with baited breath I start my ramble…

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Hello again all, since my last post not much really has happened of such significance due to work taking most of my time up, however, last weekend I took a break with my missus as we managed to get hold of some extremely hard to get tickets to go and see The Sound of Music on London’s West End on it’s official opening weekend.

Considering I’m not as huge a musical fan as my missus, I have decided to hand over to her for this blog posting, as I’m sure what I have got to say about the musical simply wont do it justice in her eyes So without further ado I hand over to Rachel for her opinion on the performance.

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Yes, believe it or not I am actually still alive, after a while away I’m back to abuse the freedom of speech that is commonly called blogging. A lot has been going on, both in life and in public affairs, with me being in my final year things have been very busy, its about time I actually wrote something here.

To make up for the lack of posting for so long I am going to make this entry pretty long, as there are quite a few things I guess I have to have a say about (what’s new there hey?), so I will try and break this entry up in a manner that is easy to follow and read.

So read on about the Cyril Paciullo (Patchou) MVP Saga, Sony’s possible mistake(s) with the PS3, PSP Homebrew developments and my gripes with EA Sports and particularly problems with Fifa 07…

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It’s funny I look back over this blog, which I started near the time I started my industrial placement at the company I am currently with and it seems like the gaps between in posts are getting bigger, to an extent where it looks like I’ve fallen off the surface of the earth at times.

But let me assure you, things have just been incredibly busy over the past few months, with more and more responsibility falling on me at work, the details I have to look over get ever more gritty. With my placement due to finish some time in August / September though things should sharpen up and this should get updated more, but bare with me as I will update as I can.

I start my final year in September with my final year project already decided and modules chosen I know what lies ahead and it looks like a busy period, so I take it I wont have much of a social life next year, but I’ll keep you up to date with what I’m working on, as I’ll probably be locked indoors anyway. But it does look like its going to be a case of all work and no play, hope it don’t make me a dull boy though… or is it too late for that

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Hey there people, long time no see, if anyone hasn’t given up on keeping an eye on this blog already that is

My Apologies for being away as long as I have done, I think its like 25 days since my last confession (post), the one with my overview of the consoles that are bracing themselves for release this year if my recollection is correct.

So what’s been happening? and why have I been away so long? Well things have gotten busy at work, and at home which didn’t leave me much time to write here. Things are easing up now though for at least now, so I can bring you up to speed with things.

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Well people, I’m starting this entry not 100% on what I am going to talk about in it, but hey sometimes the best things are unplanned LOL (Hence the totally random picture I created for today’s posting as it’s meant to represent the characters forming whilst typing this entry).

So what’s been going on with me? Well I have been very busy over the past week getting a website up and live for work, which took up a lot of my time, on top of that I worked at Old Trafford as usual on home match days, which in the past week has included the Liverpool game and Blackburn Carling Cup semi final game. And on that note… COME ON YOU REDS!

Anyway, not really in the mood to go off into a football slant today… But what slant do I go on? haha really cannot make up my mind at the moment…

OK, right I think I have picked up on something that I can actually natter on about for a bit… I’ve been thinking of late of my friends, who because of the way my life is are mostly half way across the world, my two best friends, are either in Sweden or Finland, my other closest friends are either in the states or just really bad at keeping in touch, or maybe just everyone is just horrible at keeping in touch…

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Hey there all, first of all Happy New year, I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, and enjoyed your new years celebrations, and I hope you got everything you wanted this Christmas!

Sorry I haven’t written here in a while, I was away for xmas, and dial-up connections are not the best when it comes to maintaining things like this, and then since I have got back to the UK I have been very busy, but now I am settled I can get back to keeping you all up to date with my thoughts.

Oh by the way, those of you who have registered at my site, and also those of you I talk to often online, or who I have the e-mail address of, should have received a Christmas Greeting that I had designed from scratch, if you didn’t get it, please let me know and I will send it to you again, but be aware it may have been caught by your SPAM filter so check your junk mail inbox first.

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