I made some tweaks to the blog. Mainly the sidebar, actually just the sidebar.

The equivalent of the Superbowl, World Cup final and whatever NBA does rolled into one. Or at least that’s what they’ll tell you in an attempt to get you to buy Wrestlemania for another year.

Needless to say this year’s event was another disappointment that I’m glad I didn’t pay for. I’m not really interested in the whole business any more, at least not as much as I used to be, but I’m constantly informed through podcasts and friends. However, I’ll only ever watch or care when something important might be happening – not that it ever does.

I’m back from university this month in good old Basingstoke. After having a look at the parent’s computer, and subsequently failing to fix it, I decided it was probably time to buy them a new one.

Failing to champion a Mac Mini just caused an impromptu trip to PC World. I was never one of those people who had a vendetta against the place, it was a little expensive but I guess you pay a premium on getting components without having to wait for delivery.

However, this one trip has thrown me into the let’s hate PC World camp.

Why? Well because charging £15 for installing memory is borderline scandalous. I mean let’s go through the steps that one would take to install some memory.

1. Unscrew the two thumb screws to open the case
2. Pull open the two memory clips and push the memory into the slot
3. Put the two screws back on to close the case

That’s it. The longest it would take you would be 5 minutes, at a stretch. Now if that wasn’t bad enough I found stickers and posters advertising hard drive recovery – aka copying files off a hard drive onto a DVD. The cost? £95.

The third thing that really had me fuming? £29.99 to “install” an Xbox 360 game. I’m really debating whether I should pay for this, if only to find out what they actually mean.

I know shops occasionally take advantage of people who aren’t well informed but surely some form of ethics come into play. I guess when you’re the only real PC exclusive shop in the country, you can charge what you want.

After the backlash to the less-than-impressive Bahrain GP, the heat was on in Australia, or not as it turned out. Light rain caused mayhem during the first half of the race as the teams and drivers struggled with tyres on the slippery conditions in Albert Park.

It’s really just a shame that after the first half, the action was left to a single tightly packed bunch of drivers from Kubica in second to Webber down in seventh. Here positions changed as drivers make mistakes and slipped on the quickly drying surface.

The problem is, and it’s something we’ve been experiencing for a while, is that Hamilton was catching up to the two Ferraris in 3rd and 4th respectively. As soon as he was within overtaking distance, he was caught in the turbulent air and had to resign to following the tail end of Alonso’s Ferrari for the rest of the race.

Proving that the rules have changed nothing, the aerodynamics are clearly too good for exciting racing. Meaning that no matter how much they change the rules, we’re still relying on driver error and wet stuff. Luckily Australia was full of both and it created an excellently exciting race. ****

Driver of the Day: Despite Button making the risky call to change tyres early on, it has to go to the man on the other side of the McLaren garage. Hamilton was just one pitstop too many from scoring a well-deserved podium.

Team of the Day: I’d give it to Renault for upsetting the top four but Petrov spun out and while Ferrari placed the highest they always looked under threat and Massa actually had a bad drive despite ending up third. Ferrari by default but no one team really stood out.

I wrote some words about MotoGP 09/10. For those who are too lazy to click on the link, it’s not bad. I haven’t really written much this year and I’m looking to step it up over the next couple of weeks with more words about Yakuza 3 on the way.