Me and my iron

I realised that nobody really does a review about an iron. So, my search on the Well, I must be getting old. I just bought myself a new iron. Yep, you got it, a new iron. The thought of spending a good 15 minutes battling against the wrinkles on my shirt only to find more wrinkles than what i started with really got to me. So after stuffing around on the internetinternet was stalled. Anyway, I was walking past Robert Dyas and saw a nifty black steam iron that was £20 off! Sweet, I thought. So I bought it. It was £50. What a bargin.

Then I was on the tube going home looking at my iron then I realised, £50 is $125 Ozzie. For an IRON. Damn. I need to get my priorities straight.

Well, here it is. The Philips GC 4340.

A 2400W iron with 40g of continous steam and a 100g steam shot. Um, I'll try an iron reveiw; Lets see, it irons shirts really well (I am winning the battle with the wrinkles now) and its really hot (burnt myself on my first ironing attempt). It has a nice grip and yeah, its hot and irons well. Geez. Now I know why no one really reviews irons.

Anyway, its pretty good.

Gadgets: Xbox 360 and Cable TV/Broadband

After numerous delays and many a guilty hour pinching stray wifi signals, I have finally got myself re-connected to cyberspace. I have jacked in to the net with Homechoice over here in the UK. I chose a TV/Broadband bundle which is basically as it is, 60 TV channels plus 4MB ADSL broadband, all for a princely sum of £32.99 per month. I signed up during their half price 2 month offer so its fairly reasonable. Its a weird concept this Homechoice, the TV and internet come through the phone cable and is directed by this little box. Anyway, it sort of works. The picture quality is a little compressed and the internet slows down when the TV is on, but at 4MB, the speed drop is not noticable. Anyway, enough of that.

In the next few weeks I will be reporting on my little side trips that I went on during the past 4 weeks (the posts will be dated according to the day I came back from the trip so check them out below), if I can tear myself away from the latest gadget, my XBOX 360. I have only had it for 1 day but I have found out that the battery on the wireless controller only lasts for 1 day. Bugger. :-) Anyway, I have put my gamertag on the right if you want to add me.

Below is a picture of my rig. The TV is a little on the small side, but that should be rectified in the near future.