As I was travelling to Sutton today, my internal organs lurching from left to right as travelled down the rough uneven roads we have to put up with, not to mention the numerous suspension shattering speed bumps – I asked myself “why should it be like this?”

With far more cars on the road, each one having to pay inflated road tax for the “up keep” of the road network; where was all the money going? There certainly wasn’t in increase in the number of roads, and the quality of the surfaces and repairs haven’t increased.

Years back I remember roads being taken out for a week at a time when labourers manually stripped the old surface, and truck upon truck arrived with tarmac and it was raked and rolled manually. Today a machine comes along and strips the surface in a day, another lays, rackes and rolls the surface all within a couple of days and with just a handful of people.

So tell me why are our roads so bad? Where is all the money going?

Answers on a postcard – please.

… my iPod touch is quickly becoming central in my gadget life (sad I know). Initially it was a nice looking media player; but since the release of the iPhone apps to the iTouch (as I quite often call it) its become even more functional and a great tool.

I’m able to check my email, search to directions and businesses using maps, check the weather and laugh at Apples declining stocks. All very well I hear you say, I can do that from my computer – but this is more convenient – providing (this is the spanner in the works) there is a wifi connection. Great at home, but quickly gets demoted to a fancy media player on the road. Of course I could opt for a iPhone, with half the memory slow network connection £35 a month for the next 18 months? At this time in it’s life I can say no thanks. Make it 3G, with 32GB and a sensible price/contract and I’ll look at it again.

In the meantime I’m in iTouch heaven…

Just another SB post, “today I will mostly be drinking my hazelnut latte with the smokers”… Yes, its hot and busy inside so I’m outside having a latte outside – cool.

I’m still undecided about my new laptop, OQO, HTC Shift, or maybe a newly announced MacBook (Mac Show next week)…

Going to be busy over the next coupke of weeks, one of our clients is upgrading so new servers need to be built – yay!

Family doing ok at the moment, talk next time…

… yeah, I know it’s the 6th but I forgot to post!

Back in SB’s drinking a hazelnut latte, nice; but not in Sutton or Croydon – I’m in Kingston!

Got some new kit to suppliment my iMac, an Elgato EyeTV. Has twin digital tuners built into a USB dongle which means its able to view/record two tv channels or combine the signals to produce a single good signal.

The tv software functions, but is a long, long way from Microsoft Media Centre – I would estimate a good 3-5 years behind.

Maybe I’ll load up Media Centre and see what I makes of it.

Back to work for serious next week, the change freeze will be lifted and it will be back to normal again.