Probably another short one today as day will be a busy day, being my 21st birthday and all. Actually wait that was a lie, it is my birthday, but I probably won’t be that busy.

Seeing as I don’t drink, my birthday isn’t an excuse to get “wasted”, so the older I’ve gotten, the less I’ve celebrated it. The same will be true of today, I’ll probably just do what I normally do, buy stuff I don’t really need.

Trying not to sound like an old man – I know I’m not, don’t worry – but birthday’s don’t seem that important after you turn 18, after all once you’re 18 you can essentially do anything. But hey, let’s not turn this into a grumpy post because I’m not particularly grumpy or anything, just a little boring.

Anyway, this post has descended into weird territory. I’m off for cake.

Don’t worry I’m not going to play a trick on you but only because I’m not very forward-thinking. I know a lot of people really hate April Fools and normally I couldn’t agree more when the joke is at the user’s expense. If the jape is clearly an April Fool then you’re not tricking your customers but enjoying the spirit of what is generally a weird activity.

But, no Blogizzle fools. Well I guess you’re a fool for reading my blog still.

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.

This will be another short one because I’m going back tomorrow and I haven’t packed. Actually that’s it, bye.

We can fly to the moon, build skyscrapers and communicate with anyone freely and easily over the internet. So why is it that we can still sleep on our necks funny? Seriously, what is that?

The phrase punching above our weight comes to mind.