I've managed to drag a good handful of the Mobitopians and the #mobitopia "massive" kicking and screaming onto last.fm, you can see what they and I like listening to (some of it's rubbish, some's even worse than that). Maybe I should round up my playlist and herd it into a playlist meme post.

This is a bit of a Martin Little moment, I've got some new shoes, so I'm blogging about them. They're nothing too special, but for day to day kick-about sort of usage they should fit the bill nicely.

The main reason I'm blogging about them is to see how long they last, I generally destroy a pair of shoes like this in a year to eighteen months, with somewhere around 3-5 miles walking/running a day. I think my last pair (a different make) failed rather quicker than this, hence the interest in this pair's longevity.

Tech details, they're Hi-Tec Repellor Low X-Terrain - crap name incidentally. First impressions, they're pretty comfy, minor niggles are that the heel cup is slightly deeper (rearwards) than I'd like, meaning a little rub on the achilles, and the grip from the sole is slightly less than sure footed on wet tarmac. The only minor cosmetic flaw is that the tongue is a little over padded (it makes the foot look a bit swollen). I'm also experiencing a little soreness in the left knee after running a few miles in them, although it could be I've just twisted it and it's not the shoes at all.

Final odd point is that Hi-Tec were founded in Shoeburyness in Essex, just across the Thames Estuary, small world!