Just a quick post today because I haven’t posted any news on Ruby since her birth back in May of last year! She is growing up extremely fast and she has just recently learnt to crawl! Here are a few pictures of my gorgeous baby...
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2009
Just a quick post today, basically about a new service I have found called Animoto. Animoto is an online service that allows you to upload images and music to produce a sort of slideshow on steroids. The coolest thing about Animoto though, is that it actually analyzes your music and times transitions to the beats!...
Recently I’ve become a bit of a Twitter fanatic, but building a large Twitter Network wasn’t really something I initially thought to be useful. However, after reading many articles on the value a large and targeted network of followers can bring, I decided to begin looking for useful hints and tips on ways to go...
Well I thought I should mention on my blog that I have started a new weekly YouTube broadcast (I haven’t taken to calling it a “show” yet!) called Money Saving Tricks. Basically, they are small (Approx. 3 minutes long) episodes that explain various ways that you can start saving money immediately. Money Saving Tricks Episode...
So recently I have been teasing myself each and every day by browsing the Mac section of the Apple store, knowing I do not have the money at the moment to buy one. However, the thought sprang to mind about all those free ipod give away sites that were seen in the news a few...
As you may or may not be aware, I recently purchased an iPhone 3G and currently have it on an O2 Pay As You Go Text Anytime tariff. It’s a good tariff, but I can’t access the web when I am away from a WiFi spot which is really annoying. So, I decided I wanted...
About 2 weeks ago I noticed a problem when I turned on my laptop. It wanted to run CHKDSK, but when it did it just kept repeating the following line, over and over again. Inserting an index entry into index $0 of file 25 So I ended up rebooting my laptop and skipping CHKDSK the...
Ok, it’s been a few months since my last post which was ironically about me quiting mmorpgs for good… But, like a true addict I have gave in to my cravings… Sad, but true… I finally broke yesterday when I installed World of Warcraft on my laptop because there were no other games installed on...
Well the time has come for me to finally say goodbye to MMORPGs. I have played so many over the past 6 years, I have literally lost count. It has taken me that long, however, to realise that they are all essentially the same thing… A fancy number game. Whilst they are fun for a...
Just a quick update on the status of my latest PC build. I recently purchased a 1TB Samsung SpinPoint HDD from ebuyer for around £80 – http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143288. I managed to successfully clone my OS and all it’s data from my old 250GB HDD over to the new 1TB HDD using Norton Ghost, and it’s all...