I just answered the door to two young lads singing we wish you a merry Christmas, very, very badly. I think my facial expressions gave away how funny I found their singing as they soon stopped and stood there looking gormless. I proceeded to ask a few questions, as I’m not one who likes to part with any form of money on my doorstep. It went roughly like this.

me: Are you after some money?
them: Yeah.
me: Are you collecting for a charity? (I really wanted them to say yes. I would have had a field day!)
them: Nah. But we’ve got a rugby tour we’re collecting for.
me: What school is that for then?
them: It’s for Bromley rugby club.
me: When’s the rugby tour going out?
them: 2010
me: Do you have any proof you’re collecting for a rugby tour?
them: No.
me: Sorry lads, but I don’t believe you. Come back in 2009 when you’ve got some proof and had some singing lessons and I’ll contemplate it.

Charity scams are unfortunately fairly big business over here. Couple that with Christmas, and you get all sorts of people out trying to make a quick buck here and there. I’m not saying they weren’t collecting for their rugby tour, but two lone boys badly singing Christmas carols, with no ID or proof of collection doesn’t present a very good money giving cause to me. Hopefully these two kids will have seen sense and gone home after their attempt here.

Every so often I check the toner levels on my Oki 3300, just to make sure I’m not going to run out when I need to print something urgently. It always seems to be the black toner that runs down quicker than most.

With all that said, the current cartridges have lasted around seven months, so I’ve had pretty good usage out of them so far! I went back to ezzytrade to get a black toner cartridge as they gave pretty good service last time round.

The time finally came to order a new set of ink cartridges for my OKI 3300. I posted a little while back about some issues I had with the OKI, but touch wood all has been running smoothly so far!

I decided to get my toner cartridges from a company called ezzytrade. They were pretty quick. Order on the day and you get them the next day. I also have an HP laser jet so when the time comes for that, I’ll consider buying from them again.

At the moment I only need to replace my black toner as it’s currently reading 0% left, whereas the other colours all have around 30-40% left. I’ll have to look into a high capacity black toner next time I think!

The great thing about the OKI cartridges is they all come with a returns bag which raises money for Save the Children.

MacHeist is over for another year, but you still have six days left to pickup 12 great mac only pieces of software for just $49.
The total retail value for all 12 would be just under $500 and you can get them for just $49, with 25% of that going to the charity of your choice.

An RAF marshal has become an internet sensation after video of him break-dancing while directing fighter jets was published on YouTube.

Senior Aircraftman Dean Tabreham is seen dancing on the runway with massive white gloves under the headline: ‘This is how the Brits do it.’

He guides out Britain’s elite RAF fighter pilots while throwing breakdancing moves including ‘the caterpillar’. At one point a red hot jet engine passes just inches over his head.

In two other clips the intrepid marshal attempts to moonwalk to Michael Jackson’s Thriller and jogs down the runway dressed as a character from the 118 118 directory enquiry adverts.