So, on Friday night I rescued my wife from Cambridge at half one in the morning. Blame Tori Amos for that one. Still, I earned several million husband points and it wasn’t a bad drive at that time of night, so I was happy enough. Put on some music, zoom up the M11, job done.

Anyway, on Saturday I was knackered, but had my appointment at the Apple Store in Bluewater. Drove up there, thinking it would take ages, but the there wasn’t much traffic and I found a parking space easily enough, ended up in Bluewater over an hour early.

So I walked round it four times. Twice on the bottom level, twice on the top. There aren’t too many shops for me there. There are sixteen million pairs of shoes for sale, but not a single copy of The Guardian. Bah. Apple Store was incredibly busy, to the point of being unpleasant, but the staff still managed to be smiling and helpful, when you could get their attention. Not sure how they managed that, but top marks to them. Anyway, saw a very nice young lady who looked at my iPhone, saw me fail to run Sketch Hop and swapped my iPhone over for another one.

Got it home and the first thing I did was try out Sketch Hop on the new phone.

It worked!


It’s not much of a game, really, but it’s not meant to be. It’s just a playable tech demo and as such it does its job well. You touch the screen to bonus and try not to hit the floor. Simple, time-wasting stuff, but it’ll always have a special place in my heart now.