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Ohh what a beautiful morning…

Andy — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:40:31 +0000

Eee what a lovely day! I’m outside in the summerhouse tapping away whilst Eiko sits next to me on his deckchair and Pippa is flying around the garden trying to get me to chuck her ball. You just know we are going to pay for this good weather we’ve had this last few days with the mutha of all downpours. Oh well.

I took this photo on my Milestone (Droid) and as you can probably see, since it updated to 2.1 firmware the camera is shit! So much so that i’m thinking of rolling the firmware back because the camera is quite an important feature to me. I haven’t been overly impressed with Motorola at all.

I’m also wondering about getting a little netbook (I will NOT buy an iPad!) for casual web browsing when i’m in the garden, or just want to quickly check something on the web or whatever. Although i might wait and see if there are any tablet devices other than iPad coming out that look promising.

Speaking of android, if you use an Android device then give SwiftKey a go, it’s a brilliant keyboard replacement app that predicts what it thinks you will type next and it is spookily accurate! It’s amazing how much time it saves you especially if (like me) you’re a heavy texter. Here’s the link: http://www.swiftkey.net/

Oh well, back to the grind *switches kettle on*

T’internet

Andy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:34:00 +0000

God it’s addictive isn’t it! I used to be a regular poster at forums but i’m knocking it on the head. I was finding that i was spending a good chunk of free time just on catching up on numerous forums and then updating my own forum. Which meant my own website was becoming neglected and i wasn’t having enough time to just casually browse the web. I want to spend more time on photography, videomaking and geekery so something had to give. Can’t say i’m missing it either!

Blah Blah Blah

Andy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:05:19 +0000

Well i have nothing specific that i want to write about so i’ll just type a load of old shit. (What do you mean what else is new)?

First of all, i think my love affair with Dannii Minogue is over. For weeks i have thought of her as Saint Danniius, the fair x-factor judge, the judge who is always pleasant and constructive. Naa, she still the same sour bitch she was when she threw that little strop on the This Morning show all those years ago (they showed some of her old music videos and she was seriously pissed off!) Anyway, i ended my affair with this tweet:

@DanniiMinogue What with the Snyde remarks – are you channelling Sharon Osbourne lately?

She keeps on moaning “but it’s a singing contest”. Bollocks, if it’s a singing contest then what’s with the choreography and huge productions!? If it was JUST a singing contest then why don’t they just stand there and sing? Her comments and behaviour towards the twins John and Edward have been very unprofessional. Leave your sour grapes in the dressing room luv.

Speaking of X-Factor, the country was up in arms this week because Simon Cowell let the public vote decide who left the show. Jedward or Lucie. The public voted to booted out Lucie. The public then went mentalist on him this week for not saving her. Ok what am i missing here, the public did not vote for Lucie to stay in the competition yet the public thought he should have saved her? Methinks the public are a bit simple.

It’s now going dark at 4pm in the UK and i’m mortified because even when it’s light it’s grey. But i’m looking forward to going crazy with the old tinsel!

I’m loving my android phone. So glad i got that rather than an iPhone. I think software-wise it has far more potential than iPhone and the fact it can multi task is a bonus. I also love the fact that when you get bored of how it looks you can completely change its appearance and functions with funky widgets.

Anyhoo. Until next time!

Best of the decade

Andy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:05:43 +0000

Well can you that believe that the first decade of the new Millennium is almost over already? It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago since me, the hubby and Bertie the hamster we’re welcoming in the noughties. I remember when i was little i’d think to myself, wow in the year 2000 i’ll be 26, i’ll be soooo old! Now i’ll be 36 in the new decade and i’ll be sooo old! Anyway, a lot has happened these past ten years and here is my little list of faves.

Best Album

1. Madonna ~ American Life
2. White Lies ~ To Lose My Life
3. Neon Neon ~ Stainless Style
4. Britney ~ Circus (yes really!)
5. Scissor Sisters ~ Scissor Sisters

Best TV Shows

1. True Blood
2. Heroes
3. LOST
4. Ugly Betty
5. X-Factor

Best Gadgets

1. Nintendo DS
2. iPod
3. Blackberry Smartphone
4. Archos AV700 Media Player
5. PSP

Best Movies

1. Lord of The Rings (Trilogy)
2. The Day After Tomorrow
3. Gladiator
4. Star Wars (new Trilogy)
5. From Hell

Best Web Stuff

1. Firefox
2. Facebook
3. Twitter
4. iTunes
5. YouTube