Sunday, April 29, 2007

The Music Scene........

I hate todays music scene.....it really is a scene, filled with pretentious spoilt brats who criticise you for not liking the latest CD by so and so. They claim to be Fall Out Boy's biggest fan and act as if they were around before Kurt Cobain pulled the trigger (that's if he did do it) ...looking down on you for listening to what ever you want and not what everyone else listens to...yet they look down on other scenes and haven't yet come to the sad realisation that they themselves are part of a scene. I notice this a lot, and probably sound like i'm from some kind of scene myself...but i really do hate this amongst the general 'scene' where you're not cool unless you listen to band X, Y or Z. Why can't we listen to what we want?

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What a lack of posts.........

I just spent another 12 hours of straight gaming on the xbox....that's almost my record.......my record was 14 hours, which is a bit sick to be honest. It's very easy to get lost while playing a game...it's a bit crazy really, one minute it's 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the next it's 1 in the morning and you've just finished your fourth bar of chocolate for the day and you come to a sad realisation you've been binge eating and doing nothing all day but happily gaming. It's a shame really because it was a nice day today........hopefully i'll venture outside tomorrow and maybe get some more posts on here.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

SecureZIP...

SecureZIP brings a whole new way for you to secure your files whilst they’re being sent across the internet. It’s a whole new generation of ZIP and is the best method of securing your emails and attachments as well as data stored on your computer or even an external hard drive. I have a ton of coursework I’d like to keep secure on my computer, if I was to lose that, my career would pretty much be over so it’s important to be able to keep such files secure. If you head over to www.securezip.com and you can get your hands on the full software for free! The offer is for a limited time only so act quickly. It’s that easy, you supply your email address and get the software…not trial software, but the whole package. I really recommend checking this out. SecureZIP - The next generation of ZIP.

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

And back to the guitar.........

Just been playing some guitar yet again, it's been quite a while and enjoyable to see how capable my voice is of staying in tune as i play. With my study leave officially on the 11th of May i can't wait to be off...it's even earlier than last year.

...This has been bugging me the last few days. It's happened myself once in the past and i recently saw it happen at school. Why is it everyone feels the need to criticise you AFTER You've had your hair cut, or AFTER you've decided to ditch the same pair of jeans you've been wearing for about 3 years, or the same t-shirt. A friend of mine recently had his hair cut....all his so called friends started the usual compliments and he said 'yeah it's a big change from the way it was yesterday' ............and this is where my point comes in. The so called friends replied with 'yeah it was pretty shit like!' ........see this stumps me, if they were a true friend wouldn't they tell the guy 'sort yourself out' rather than leaving it until after it's sorted and use it as if it's some sort of excuse to slag him now....i don't get it. Everyone's a critic.

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Friday, April 20, 2007

Coursework gone aye?

Finally...finally it's all completed, finally i don't have to worry about it. 11th of may is when i get my study leave so it'll be nice to be off from then until september...providing i get back to school that is. ...so when i get my coursework back, i think i'll sell it online or something, it'd be nice to scrape up a few pounds with it.

So now i can get back to playing some guitar and xbox :D ....weeeeeeee

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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Blogger Choice Awards...

Blogging has just got better…not only is the Blogosphere growing it’s receiving more and more quality content. Now you can vote on blogs with the blogger awards at BloggersChoiceAwards.com. There’s loads of different categories to choose from and a plethora of blogs to browse, you’d almost think you were at the Oscars…for blogs though.
Anyone can nominate a blog and anyone can vote so make sure you submit your favourite blog or if it’s already there make sure you get a vote in and make it count.
This definitely seems like a good idea and definitely a new way to promote the blogosphere and get peoples content out there and noticed much more.
It’s pretty beneficial for all types of blogs…even the terrible ones. There’s a category for ‘Worst Blog Of All Time’ and many more such as ‘Best Food Blog’ or ‘Best Geek Blog’ and many, many more.
The site itself has a very Digg like feel which is nice because it allows easy access to vote on your favourite blog the quickest and easiest way.
So get in there and get your favourite blog submitted and start voting, there are loads to choose from and plenty of opportunities for all kinds of bloggers big and small. Voting is between now and 11.59PM on 22nd May and winners will be announced at PostieCon

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The Perils of Procrastination....

Last day of Easter holidays and i'm struggling with my coursework. Procrastination sucks...i've had 2 weeks to get this done but i've wasted my time putting it off and off until i have only a day to do about 100 pages worth of work. It'll take a lot of work tomorrow but i can hopefully get it done...i debated tonight whether or not i should do the remaining work half assed or well done. ....If i do it half-assed, i'll at least get it handed in and be able to have it marked and re-drafted and fixed up. If it's well done it'll only take me too long and i'll only get faulted for handing it in late and then won't get a chance to re-draft it. So putting that in the perspective...i have a busy day of laziness and half-assedness. Cool.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A Web Directory with a twist....

Big Web Links is a great new concept for finding sites, in their online directory sorted by bid amount rather than popularity or PR. This is a really great concept and really allows webmasters to have much more control over their site on the directory listing.



The more money put in to the site, the higher up the ranking it is and this is done when users bid for position on a site. The top 10 listings are shown on the homepage and the top 20 are shown in a top links page giving your site plenty of opportunity to be displayed. This really is a great new concept and definitely worth checking out.

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Browsing iPhoto.......

I was browsing through iPhoto last night and game across this picture i took not too long before i moved in to my new house (about a month or two ago). I kinda like it, it represents me i think...a window with light shining through on a guitar....what do you think this represents about me?



hmmmm...i think i'll maybe use it for a new banner or something.

I really gotta get back to work, kinda pointless post but suree.........

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A New Kind of Rehab...

Drug addiction and alcoholism is a terrible thing and unfortunately it’s a terrible habit to kick. With a new drug rehab program these kinds of habits can be kicked without the use of medication or drugs to resolve the problem. The Stone Hawk Program uses a combination of proper nutrition and nutritional supplementation to over come the addictions.
Personally I feel that this is a good program as there are many different rehabilitation programs that people can take where other drugs are used to over come the problems and what makes this program stand out from the others is that it isn’t psychiatric or medical, it’s based around getting clean in the most natural way possible and this is much better for the body on a whole. With a success rate of over 70% unlike other treatments, this really is a great program.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

All over until next season...

So the giants did win on saturday, it's all over until next season unfortunately. it'll be nice to have next season roll around and everyone be back on form. Can't wait to hear whos staying and who's going and what not. Hopefully we can get the title back next season.
I finally got around to doing some coursework yesterday which is good because i was REALLY far behind, it's nice to finally get something done and out of the way and i plan to keep it up all week so i can be finished for the deadline.
I've been playing a lot of xbox lately too...some might call it an unhealthy addiction but i dunno, it's quite fun playing my friends and some of the random guys on there, it's good fun especially after hours of coursework, it's nice to be able to sit down and have your friends yarn away to you while you trying and knock them off the track in project gotham racing.
Back to the coursework.......

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Online Gambling...

If you’ve ever gambled you’ll know that the places to gamble can be a bit smokey or have a strange sense about them (almost like a sense you’re being watched) and if you’re not in to that sort of thing, then online gambling can really be great for you. Why not check out one of the newest and freshest online sites for gambling. It holds a great range of games to play online and it really is a great Gaming Club and you don’t even have to leave your home. So why not get comfortable whilst you increase your winning chances on Blackjack, Roulette, Poker or even the Slots. There are all sorts of games available for you and your friends to play on and have fun right from your own home.
My personal favourite is on the site too, Blackjack, I remember first playing this on an old casino royale game on my GameBoy when I was a young lad and it really is a great game. There are plenty of games to play and win with more prizes than you can shake a stick at. With every chance to win, why not check it out? I know I definitely will, this seems like one of the best sites I’ve come across online for gambling and such.

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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Play-Off Finals Weekend...

So it's the playoff finals weekend...and as i type, the Giants are in their semi-final game. I really hope they make it through to the final against Cardiff. Personally i think we've been handed the team no one wanted to play...the Play-Offs being held in Nottingham...we're playing Nottingham, so they have an advantage of home ice, good team morale etc. Hopefully we can pull through...i'm really excited about this because even though we didn't retain the league title, it'd be nice to bring home SOMETHING from this season.

More in Giants news...i have a few ideas in the pot for the new website, i've been thinking about compiling a list of features that would be nice on their website and then forwarding them to the new GM.

I'll give an update tomorrow on the game.

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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Eugh...

An unexpected 11am rise...i need to sort out my sleeping pattern. The last few days have consisted of up around 12ish or 1ish, xbox, outside for a while, lots of red bull, xbox.............more xbox........sleep. but this goes on until about 2AM. I wonder how people can survive with such little sleep sometimes...i always feel spaced out and not really there at all when i haven't got enough sleep. Better sort it out this week before the ICT binge...

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Easter Holidays...

So now it's the Easter Holidays and it's nice to be off...finally some time to myself. Although it's only the second day, i need to get stuck in to the work soon even though i'm really trying to take it easy to kick this cold/flu bug and get back to full health again. Hopefully i'll be ok by next week.

First day back at school is my deadline for a lot of coursework, so hopefully i can get it all done and out of the way by then. I really can't afford to mess this up but at the same time i just want to relax...especially with the nice weather these days....ahh i dispair.

Be back later with some pics hopefully.

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1K Tuesday...

Scouring the PayPerPost Blog only to notice that PayPerPost have been doing some blog advertising. They are now announcing 1K Tuesday. A brand new feature to PayPerPost where they will put out at least 1 $1000 dollar opportuninty anywhere between the hours of 12am and 12pm.
Seems like quite a good idea to be honest, pretty cool indeed and it really opens up a lot of opportunity for money making for some of us. Unfortunately, I’ll have to work on my blog a bit before I can be doing well enough to score opportunities like that……still, what a great idea!! It has actually inspired me to work on my blog a bit more and try to get it up to those kinds of standards. So if you wanna start making money from your blog now, I recommend you check it out…any blog is good enough…this is just another great reason to check out PayPerPost. You can check out their blog here and see what the whole thing is about. This is such an inspirational thing for bloggers, I probably won’t even leave my computer at all in order to keep the chances at a high. Snapping up the opp will be fun and it’ll help boost some gossip on the forum about who got each weeks post. Check out PayPerPost kids…amazing site ;-)

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Monday, April 02, 2007

A Giant Update...

So now the season is over...we didn't win...but we're in the playoffs and the big weekend is this coming weekend. I would have loved to have been there...it would have been great to see the last few games but luckily i made it to the last home game (and of course Todd Killer Kelmans last home game) at the big O. It's been a great season...really enjoyable, unfortunately we didn't win but it's been great getting more and more in to ice hockey and i can honestly say i cannot wait until september for the new season.



I plan to keep you all (who ever is reading) updated over the summer with returning players etc and who's new to the team, who's staying and who's going and what the new shirt looks like. I'll maybe even start up a blog dedicated to reviews of all the home and away games. It'll be good, i'll give an update on that later in the week so stay logged on.

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Sci-Edge....

I just recently got a chance to check out this brand new site called Sci-Edge. Sci-Edge is a brand new social networking website, a place for science geeks technology and gadget geeks (much like myself) and science fiction nerds to hang out and converse about all that’s new in the world of Science and Tech.
I had a quick look about the site and it seems pretty cool, with the members already building up and some pretty cool features on there it really seems like it’s gonna be the next big thing. As it’s just newly opened, it’d be great to get in there right off the mark and be one of the first members of what’s slated to be the next big social network. Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…welcome to the MySpace for us geeks.

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Congratulations....

So for those of you who don't know...my cousin Ally just recently got married to his fiance, Cherith. Ally has always been a big inspiration for me...i like him. Sometimes i call him Al. Sometimes other people call him Al...hopefully he'll have some pics up on his blog soon. *doesn't really know what to say*

Congrats Cuz :) I wish you and Cherith all the best in your life together.

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