Archive for May, 2006
Peter Crouch Robot Dance Wasn’t A Spur Of The Moment Thing
I might have to do a daily post with a video of the day from YouTube. If you missed Peter Crouch’s Robot celebration after scoring England’s 3rd goal last night, then here’s a video from YouTube of Peter practicing his robot moves before the game.
For those of you who don’t know who Crouchy is, he’s [...]
One To Watch: Crowdstorm – Social Shopping 2.0
I got an email this morning from my old colleague and friend Philip Wilkinson, who founded Kelkoo UK, to see if I could help him recruit a VP of Marketing for his new startup Crowdstorm. I haven’t spoken to Phil for a while so Crowdstorm came out of the blue for me, so I [...]
Do You Really Need To Upgrade To Vista At A Cost Of $450?
I’m not sure if I feel sorry for Microsoft. According to reports online piracy accounts for 25% of software sales globally, and Microsoft must be one of the biggest losers. Microsoft tries to combat this through the use of its Windows Genuine Advantage Tool, which verifies if the software you are using is [...]
Video Of Singer Bjork Winning Real-Life Street Fighter Bout
The growth of YouTube is having a strange knock-on effect on my inbox. Everyday I’m my inbox is being beseiged with funny videos. It reminds of the early days of email when I used to get ‘funny’ emails everyday from friends.
Well, here’s the latest one which is a video of Bjork the wacky [...]
Installed New Watercooling: SwiftTech H20-120Premium
I was getting a bit disappointed with the performance of my Gigabyte Galaxy Watercooling, as it didn’t seem able to be able to keep my CPU temp under my desired 40 degrees without sounding like the scene at the end of the second series of Lost, when Locke stops Mr. Echo pushing the button.So, after [...]
Microsoft Vista Beta 2 – Stable So Far, Although A Bit Slow….
I finally got around yesterday to installing the copy of Microsoft Vista Beta 2 that was given to me. I didn’t have any issues installing the new operating system, although I haven’t had time to check whether all of my devices and software work yet.
It does however seem to be a lot stabler than [...]
UK Reconsiders iTrip Ban
I’d totally forgotten that using a iTrip, and also I think a Kensington Digital FM Transmitter, is illegal in the UK because it violates the 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act. Basically, the use of radio equipment is illegal unless you have a licence. I remember panicking when my first iTrip got stopped by customs, [...]
Why You Should Wipe Your Hard Drive If You Sell A PC!
Poor old Amir! Amir tried to get one-up on a canny eBay punter by selling a broken laptop for £375 and then refusing to give a refund.
Unfortunately, he forgot to wipe the Hard Drive which contained lots of pictures (gay, fetish, London bombing, 9/11, Amir topless) as well as bank account details, passport and [...]
My Nokia N80 – Views After One Week
Well, I finally got my Nokia N80 from Vodafone just before the weekend. I managed to get a good deal in return for signing a new contract – handset for £40 and 400 mins and £60 worth of data (equivalent to 500 texts or about 25MB of traffic, or a mixture) for £35 per [...]
R.I.P Kiyan
I just discovered that my friend’s son, Kiyan Prince, was the young lad stabbed to death yesterday outside his school.
I’m absolutely gutted as he had everything going for him. He was doing well at school and was an outstanding athlete, playing football for QPR. This boy could have done anything he wanted in [...]
Birmingham And Manchester Top Global Searches For 'Porn'
Like they say ‘It’s Grim Up North’ and finally Google have the proof. Birmingham and Manchester top the globe for searches for ‘porn’.
I guess there’s not a lot to do up North on those cold winter evenings!
Brits Slow To Adopt Mobile Internet
It’s a shame, that despite the fanfare surrounding the launch of 3G, only one in ten Brits actually use mobiles to access the internet. I think TechDigest have summed up one of the key reasons why mobile internet adoption in the UK is so low:
“Brits are just too cynical about excessive data charges to [...]
A Mobile Phone Is Stolen Every 12 Seconds In The UK
Apparently in the UK, things have got so bad that a mobile phone is stolen every 12 seconds. A staggering two million phones were stolen worth £390m.
I can’t imagine what it would be like to be mugged. I thought I grew up in a rough area (I’m from Nottingham originally which is now [...]
ITV Sign Deal With Telewest For HD World Football Coverage
TechDigest reports that Telewest have signed a deal with ITV for HD World Cup Coverage. I think this will mean that Sky will only have half of England’s games available in HD as the Beeb and ITV usually show half of the games each, and Sky only have a deal at the moment in [...]
Video Of BBC iTunes 'Expert' Now Available
Nobody could accuse the BBC of biased coverage. Not only are they covering the leaked salary scandal, but they’ve also released the video of the poor fella who ended up having to give a live interview on air when he’d apparently only turned up for a job interview as a cleaner!
More: BBC News
BBC Mistakes 'Cabbie' For MP3 Expert And Broadcasts Interview Live On Air!
I would love to see the video of this! The driver was interviewed on TV about the recent iTunes case after being mistaken for a specialist on music downloading, and clearly knew nothing about the service but managed to answer questions live on air for several minutes!
You've got to respect the cabbie for managing to [...]
Don’t Forget To Back Up Your PC! I’ve Learnt The Hard Way
If only I’d backed up my files. After spending many hours Tidying Up My iTunes MP3 Collection to remove duplicates, add the correct Album Artwork and to get all my ID3 tags correct etc, I somehow managed to delete ALL of my ID3 tags. This wasn’t too much of a problem for iTunes [...]
