Author: Matthew Cashmore

I occasionally post really good adverts here – I’m a big believer in clever advertising and enjoy a well crafted ad. Here’s the latest offering from Tom Tom. Very very well done. Watch the video on You Tube

There’s no doubt the modern traveller carries more gizmos and gadgets than the first Apollo missions. That of course brings it’s own problems; how on earth do you keep everything charged and running? I’ve riden all over the world on the motorbike, but I’ve managed to keep my cameras, laptop and other electronic paraphernalia running….

Whilst I was growing the ‘tache to raise a little cash in Movember, I had a few comments along the lines of how creepy / un-trusty it made me look. And now I know why. It turns out I was trying to grow the ‘Curly’ which is listed here as ‘questionable’ I urge everyone to…

Yes, I’m talking chatroulette.com. What else could it be? The low-tech, random and slightly exciting way to see what people all around the world are up to via the now ubiquitous webcam. I’ll be very honest with you – I had a look because I’d seen many many posts saying how many people were up…

Following on from my last post here I wrote a piece for the blog ConservativeHome. Much along the lines of what I’ve already said but concentrating a little more on how a Welsh Valleys boy can consider voting Tory. I used to think your politics was something you inherited, like ginger hair or knobbly knees…

When I was in University (studying nursing – a course I never completed btw), I got heavily into politics. In fact I was the chairman of the Hendrefoilan Student Village association (HEROES), as well as the representative for nursing students in Swansea with the RCN. Before that I was a shop steward for the engineering…

I really enjoy the 1st April – and this year is no exception. There are the usual suspects that try to pass off spurious stories as news (for one of the original and still the best watch the video at the end of this post), then the rather stranger personal statements on peoples blogs –…