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Just a load of random thoughts and stuff i've been up to, probably not worth reading...Thursday, January 25, 2007
It's that time of the year again...
Yep, it's that time again, mobile upgrade time! :-)
Actually, it won't be this time next year... as I've now moved to an 18 month contract. And for the second time in as many posts i've gone against my gadget-addict principles! Well... no quite, but the phone i've gone for is almost the complete opposite of my XDA Mini S!
Only took me about a fortnight to decide on a contract, but then only took me literally an hour to decide on which phone!
Apparently, this is currently the slimmest phone in the world! Soooo cool :) I only went for this finally because I realised if I stayed on O2 I could still use my XDA if I wanted to and switch between them and I really wanted a cool thin phone for carrying about. Originally I was going to switch to T-Mobile because their Flext tariff's seemed really good, but then I found a good one on O2 so went for that option instead! £30 a month for 400 anytime minutes and 750 texts, not to bad at all I don't think!
Oh yeah and Mike's gone for the same phone... :-| Why is it we always end up buying the same things!?!? Just hope it's good... although all the reviews are very good etc. Just have to see!
And to make this day even better, found out last night Kosheen have FINALLY announced their new tour and album launch!! :-D :-D I'll be buying the album on the launch day, that's for sure... waited long enough for the bloody thing!
They're not playing many places this time, but luckily they are playing in Nottingham, at the Rescue Rooms on the 6th May. Tickets booked already of course :-)
Apart from that, meant to be going to Loveshack tomorrow night, but I feel absolutely crap, got a cold or something, so not sure :-(
Ah well, my new phone should help cheer me up when it gets here...
Actually, it won't be this time next year... as I've now moved to an 18 month contract. And for the second time in as many posts i've gone against my gadget-addict principles! Well... no quite, but the phone i've gone for is almost the complete opposite of my XDA Mini S!
Only took me about a fortnight to decide on a contract, but then only took me literally an hour to decide on which phone!
Apparently, this is currently the slimmest phone in the world! Soooo cool :) I only went for this finally because I realised if I stayed on O2 I could still use my XDA if I wanted to and switch between them and I really wanted a cool thin phone for carrying about. Originally I was going to switch to T-Mobile because their Flext tariff's seemed really good, but then I found a good one on O2 so went for that option instead! £30 a month for 400 anytime minutes and 750 texts, not to bad at all I don't think!
Oh yeah and Mike's gone for the same phone... :-| Why is it we always end up buying the same things!?!? Just hope it's good... although all the reviews are very good etc. Just have to see!
And to make this day even better, found out last night Kosheen have FINALLY announced their new tour and album launch!! :-D :-D I'll be buying the album on the launch day, that's for sure... waited long enough for the bloody thing!
They're not playing many places this time, but luckily they are playing in Nottingham, at the Rescue Rooms on the 6th May. Tickets booked already of course :-)
Apart from that, meant to be going to Loveshack tomorrow night, but I feel absolutely crap, got a cold or something, so not sure :-(
Ah well, my new phone should help cheer me up when it gets here...
Labels: Gigs, Music, Things i've bought
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Another electronic gadget!
Couldn't resist, i've bought another electronic gadget to add to the collection!
Been wanting a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for ages, because when there is anything on TV (very rarely I know!) it always seems to all be on at the same time! Problem is every one I found seemed to either have absolutley rubbish reviews or not do what I wanted. Finally found this one by Humax though, partly from recommendation and partly because of its price and reviews!
Still quite expensive but it's going to be completely worth it, it's so useful - ok ok, very cool too :) to be able to pause live TV! It's got 160 gig hard drive too, so i think i'll be recording every single Top Gear for one... Which apparently has started filming again by the way! - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5409608.stm :-D
Can transfer stuff to the PC as well, so i'll be able to keep stuff if the hard drive (ever) gets full! Because it has two tuners you can do all the stuff like picture-in-picture etc too. Still got a bit more playing to do with it yet.
I really have too many electronic "toys" :-)
What else have I been up to... not much really! Off to Sheffield/Chesterfield next week for what will probably turn out to be another epic poker night with Gaz and Neil, if the final year at uni was anything to go by!
Went to Media last night, which has just re-opened and is now owned by Gatecrasher :-D Although last night wasn't quite Crasher... more the usual kind of student cheese night, but it's all good, just not Love Shack though, nothing ever can be! And for some reason it was dead! I think they really need to promote it more... most people probably think it's still closed... Crasher's on in a few weeks... must go, must go, must go...
Been wanting a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for ages, because when there is anything on TV (very rarely I know!) it always seems to all be on at the same time! Problem is every one I found seemed to either have absolutley rubbish reviews or not do what I wanted. Finally found this one by Humax though, partly from recommendation and partly because of its price and reviews!
Still quite expensive but it's going to be completely worth it, it's so useful - ok ok, very cool too :) to be able to pause live TV! It's got 160 gig hard drive too, so i think i'll be recording every single Top Gear for one... Which apparently has started filming again by the way! - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5409608.stm :-D
Can transfer stuff to the PC as well, so i'll be able to keep stuff if the hard drive (ever) gets full! Because it has two tuners you can do all the stuff like picture-in-picture etc too. Still got a bit more playing to do with it yet.
I really have too many electronic "toys" :-)
What else have I been up to... not much really! Off to Sheffield/Chesterfield next week for what will probably turn out to be another epic poker night with Gaz and Neil, if the final year at uni was anything to go by!
Went to Media last night, which has just re-opened and is now owned by Gatecrasher :-D Although last night wasn't quite Crasher... more the usual kind of student cheese night, but it's all good, just not Love Shack though, nothing ever can be! And for some reason it was dead! I think they really need to promote it more... most people probably think it's still closed... Crasher's on in a few weeks... must go, must go, must go...
Labels: Nights out / Nights in, Things i've bought
Sunday, January 08, 2006
New Phone
Just ordered an upgrade for my phone from o2. I really am spending way to much money at the moment... the upgrade was 100 quid :-|
Although, it was a pretty good deal and it's actually going to cost me nothing, because they are charging me £10 a month less line rental for the next 12 months, so i'll actually save £20! Plus i'm getting an extra 100 texts a month free, which is nice.
I still really want to go away in the summer, so does Alex and Claire was on about it on friday too, but i've just been spending stupidly and I just don't think I can afford it again :-(
Maybe, I'll just think sod it and spend my overdraft while its still free, but I really don't want any more debt!
Although, it was a pretty good deal and it's actually going to cost me nothing, because they are charging me £10 a month less line rental for the next 12 months, so i'll actually save £20! Plus i'm getting an extra 100 texts a month free, which is nice.
I still really want to go away in the summer, so does Alex and Claire was on about it on friday too, but i've just been spending stupidly and I just don't think I can afford it again :-(
Maybe, I'll just think sod it and spend my overdraft while its still free, but I really don't want any more debt!
Labels: Things i've bought
Monday, January 02, 2006
How lucky am I....
.... I got an Xbox 360 :-D :-D
I have no idea how either! Just walked into Curry's on friday and thought I might as well ask and they had one in the warehouse!??! The crazy thing is, this has happened to two of us this christmas now. Tom did the same thing with PC World on boxing day!
Only annoying thing is I can't get a sodding hard drive, they really don't have any anywhere. But at least I have an Xbox :-)
We had a few games of PGR3 and Perfect Dark Zero on new years eve of course and then proceeded to get very drunk and play poker as planned. Was a good night, although scarily even though we got through a shitload of alcohol, none of us had much of a hangover the next day.
Quite an early finish for us, poker-wise, stopped about half four in the end. Must be getting old :-|
What else has happened. Oh yeah, me and Mike walked out of The Producers last night it was that shit, please god, no-one go and see it. I have never walked out of a film before, it takes a lot for me to waste £6! I could rant on all day about how crap it was, but i'll stop now....
Right, back to the Xbox before I get too depressed about going back to work tomorrow
Labels: Films, Things i've bought
Sunday, July 31, 2005
New Car - pt 2
Picked it up this morning, oh yes!
I got used to driving it within minutes, it really is a nice drive. And it just goes to show how I was constantly fighting against that old car, this new one is so comfortable.
Need to go on a few visits to various people around the country now I think, to give it a proper test.
Certainly seems to go quick as well, on the way back from Lincoln without even realising it, I was doing 70mph on a dual-carriageway in fourth gear at about 3500 revs!!! My old car wouldn't have even done 70 in fourth i doubt, never mind at those low revs! So quiet as well, can barely hear the engine at all when it's running, keep thinking it's stalled it's that quiet at junctions lol
I got used to driving it within minutes, it really is a nice drive. And it just goes to show how I was constantly fighting against that old car, this new one is so comfortable.
Need to go on a few visits to various people around the country now I think, to give it a proper test.
Certainly seems to go quick as well, on the way back from Lincoln without even realising it, I was doing 70mph on a dual-carriageway in fourth gear at about 3500 revs!!! My old car wouldn't have even done 70 in fourth i doubt, never mind at those low revs! So quiet as well, can barely hear the engine at all when it's running, keep thinking it's stalled it's that quiet at junctions lol
Labels: Things i've bought
Sunday, July 24, 2005
New Car!
:-D
After another day of searching around without much luck, ended up at a little car dealer in Lincoln and spotted this one solitary Corolla sitting on the forecourt. 1.6litre vvti, T3 model, metalic silvery blue. 52 plate, but absolutley perfect condition and very nice to drive - apparently quite nippy too! Looking at the Toyota site it should do 0-62mph in 10 seconds, which is as fast as the Ford Focus 1.8 zetec!!!
Got all the extras that I have wanted for so long and not had in my car, i.e. air con, remote central locking, electric windows, front fogs, alloys, trip computer with all the outside temp gauge etc.
I really can't wait to pick it up next sunday.
Labels: Things i've bought
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Sat Nav
Got one :-D
Involved two trips to Makro to get it, but it was worth it! Sooo cool!
Now I just need to think of somewhere to go to test it…
Labels: Things i've bought
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Alton Towers
Had a good day at Alton Towers yesterday as always. The new ride is class, doesn't look that fast when you watch it, but when you get on it it certainly is! Sadly, we only got on it once because the queue was to big, although we didn't really have to queue long for anything else and got on pretty much everything, Nemesis twice!
And we didn't even get lost getting there ;-) Seemed odd not driving there myself, I seem to drive everywhere these days, not that it bothers me because I love driving!
Speaking of cars and driving, my parents have said that if I want, they will get me this sat nav system for my birthday! :-D :-D :-D
It just happens that makro are doing it stupidly cheap in an offer that starts on wednesday morning... i'll be getting there early I think!
Right, better stop rambling, James is coming up for the day today, looking forward to it, haven't seen him in ages (again!).
And we didn't even get lost getting there ;-) Seemed odd not driving there myself, I seem to drive everywhere these days, not that it bothers me because I love driving!
Speaking of cars and driving, my parents have said that if I want, they will get me this sat nav system for my birthday! :-D :-D :-D
It just happens that makro are doing it stupidly cheap in an offer that starts on wednesday morning... i'll be getting there early I think!
Right, better stop rambling, James is coming up for the day today, looking forward to it, haven't seen him in ages (again!).
Labels: Days out, Things i've bought
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