Last year I found out that the Foo Fighters were playing the IOW Festival.
As soon as I discovered this I was desperate to contact my gig-buddy to see if he'd like to accompany me. On checking the dates on the website I discovered that it was the same day as two of my best friends were getting married! Why oh why oh why oh why...
So, this year there's Snow Patrol, Keane and Ash and I'm tempted. Especially as my cousin lives on the island and we'd get a comfy bed for the night! (Forgive me, I'm old and don't like sleeping on the ground - my back is hurting just at the thought).
As soon as I discovered this I was desperate to contact my gig-buddy to see if he'd like to accompany me. On checking the dates on the website I discovered that it was the same day as two of my best friends were getting married! Why oh why oh why oh why...
So, this year there's Snow Patrol, Keane and Ash and I'm tempted. Especially as my cousin lives on the island and we'd get a comfy bed for the night! (Forgive me, I'm old and don't like sleeping on the ground - my back is hurting just at the thought).
We've been driving a lot in the last two days. Yesterday we left home at 2.30pm and arrived in Manchester at 9.30pm after horrendous holdups quite close to home. Roadworks and sheer volume of Friday evening traffic, the culprits.
This morning we left at about 9.45am and with a stop of just over an hour in Worksop, we drove home. Only five hours on the road today, but mostly motorway driving. I had to stop for about 20 minutes as I came over all tired and just needed a power nap before starting again. It did the trick and I felt refreshed enough to drive most of the journey back.
I took this photo while I was a passenger, however.
This morning we left at about 9.45am and with a stop of just over an hour in Worksop, we drove home. Only five hours on the road today, but mostly motorway driving. I had to stop for about 20 minutes as I came over all tired and just needed a power nap before starting again. It did the trick and I felt refreshed enough to drive most of the journey back.
I took this photo while I was a passenger, however.
After about ten years, our pond has at last, been deemed a suitable place to bring up baby frogs.
We are honoured indeed!
(It's that sort of grey bit in the centre of the photo)
I absolutely loved this film when we went to see it last year. Last week was my birthday and I was given two copies of the DVD, which has just been released.
So you see how well my friends know me?
If only they'd talk to each other... kidding!
So you see how well my friends know me?
If only they'd talk to each other... kidding!
Valentine gift from my gruff old bear of a sweatheart. He knows exactly what I like, he just pretends he doesn't. Awwww...!
I have been hearing about Twitter on various podcasts. Mostly from Leo & Amber it has to be said. It's a dead simple idea. It just asks the question "What are you doing?"
It's a way of finding out where your friends are and what they're up to at any given time.
Options are to have your details just known to friends or the public at large.
I'm choosing the latter at present as I don't know anyone else on Twitter, but it's just a matter of time.
In addition to Twitter, The Icon Factory, (one of my all time favourite websites) have released Twitterrific, a freebie piece of software that runs on Macs which gives Twitter a really beautiful interface that runs separately from the Twitter website. We Mac users have come to expect great looking GUI's.
I'm not sure how authentic it is but I've just seen a post from the BBC with a news headline on it. This just gets better!
I think I'm hooked.
It's a way of finding out where your friends are and what they're up to at any given time.
Options are to have your details just known to friends or the public at large.
I'm choosing the latter at present as I don't know anyone else on Twitter, but it's just a matter of time.
In addition to Twitter, The Icon Factory, (one of my all time favourite websites) have released Twitterrific, a freebie piece of software that runs on Macs which gives Twitter a really beautiful interface that runs separately from the Twitter website. We Mac users have come to expect great looking GUI's.
I'm not sure how authentic it is but I've just seen a post from the BBC with a news headline on it. This just gets better!
I think I'm hooked.
So, I managed to upload this photo from my mobile (cell) 'phone.
It did not appear as a blog post, just a photo in my library. It's half a success.
What I really want is to upload a photo and some text from my phone and have it appear as an ordinary blog post with the K750i tag.
Ideas anyone?
It did not appear as a blog post, just a photo in my library. It's half a success.
What I really want is to upload a photo and some text from my phone and have it appear as an ordinary blog post with the K750i tag.
Ideas anyone?
I've followed the instructions. I have a mobile (cell) phone that sends email. I have taken photos on my phone camera, I have emailed them to the special secret vox address. I've assigned my Flickr account to my Vox blog, I've moblogged my photos to Flickr, where I can view them.
Yet they still don't show up here!
I'm a complete dunce. Forgive me.
Yesterday we queued up in West Quay for the new Apple Store to open. We arrived at about 8.40am and were handed a our free t-shirt at the door at just after 10am. It was the first Apple Store opening I've attended and it was good fun!
There was some running up and down and high-fiving from the over exuberant staff at one point. I'm not sure it was quite as natural as it might be at a store in the USA, because after all, we British don't do that stuff very easily. There was also some "Woop wooping" to get the crowd going but as I moved further to the front I realised they had employed somebody to shout out and clap every so often, it wasn't that anything had happened in particular. I thought that it was all rather false which was a pity because I was just enjoying being there without the imported farce.
The Store is tiny. I've no idea where they intend to hold the lectures they'll be giving, but I'm sure it will all become clear soon enough.
I did have a play with the MacBooks and the MacBook Pros. I'll be in the market to buy as soon as Apple release Leopard and my G4 PowerBook is still worth something to somebody.
There was some running up and down and high-fiving from the over exuberant staff at one point. I'm not sure it was quite as natural as it might be at a store in the USA, because after all, we British don't do that stuff very easily. There was also some "Woop wooping" to get the crowd going but as I moved further to the front I realised they had employed somebody to shout out and clap every so often, it wasn't that anything had happened in particular. I thought that it was all rather false which was a pity because I was just enjoying being there without the imported farce.
The Store is tiny. I've no idea where they intend to hold the lectures they'll be giving, but I'm sure it will all become clear soon enough.
I did have a play with the MacBooks and the MacBook Pros. I'll be in the market to buy as soon as Apple release Leopard and my G4 PowerBook is still worth something to somebody.
I was thoroughly disappointed this morning when I woke up to find that Apple inc. hadn't in fact had an advert during the Super Bowl. I'm in the UK and staying awake to find out was not an option. I went to bed just at touchdown, (that's the start - right?). It was 11pm here.
So the Beatles iPod didn't happen. Yet.
The only thing that cheered me up today was finding out that Apple Corps. and Apple inc. have at last settled their differences. It's out in the open and all official. Click here to get the skinny.
I still think it will happen and I think it will be soon.
So the Beatles iPod didn't happen. Yet.
The only thing that cheered me up today was finding out that Apple Corps. and Apple inc. have at last settled their differences. It's out in the open and all official. Click here to get the skinny.
I still think it will happen and I think it will be soon.
