Currently in development: the story of an ex-cop returning for one last drug bust… on the gang that framed him, forcing him to flee. Northern stereotypes ahoy in the forthcoming YouTube mini-epic Metal Gear Salford.

Development: 30%

I’ve been doing a little bit of guest blogging for Wigan Athletic media site [Thas] Not a Patch On Harry Lyon, which recently unveiled its new user blogs.

It coincides with the launch of my new football blog, Jesus Was a Wiganer, which you may remember I mentioned a week or two ago on this very blog.

Not sure if there’ll be much difference between the types of posts featured on each blog, but I plan to share them out somewhat, with the longer, more detailed stuff mostly reserved for the NAPO blog.

Expect my activity on those blogs to fluctuate through the course of the season as and when I find stuff to write about or feel the urge to blog and, of course, when I have the time.

Incidentally, that picture is one of mine. There is a possibility you may recognise it as it has been syndicated around the internet:

• Exhibit A
• Exhibit B

It’s on my Flickr account in its highest quality, so feel free to use it for your own devices – a plug might be nice, though .

I attempted to record Sunday’s episode of Top Gear, on VHS of course. My efforts were briefly thwarted, however, by the fact my set top box seems to crash and reload on the hour, without fail. Usually, though, it’s a simple matter of the box resetting itself, and it’s been a while since something as mint as this happened.

Actually quite glad I got this on tape. I may start purposely trying to record this stuff more often, perhaps over the course of a few months, and edit together some sort of mega glitch video. That would be awesome.

A view of the Robin Park sports stadium (left) and the DW Stadium (right). Went for Wigan season tickets on the 2nd July (date on which this photo was taken) but decided to wait until the general sale date to get a better seat.

Full size image available to view on the Illarterate Flickr photostream.