Archive for May, 2008

Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Tour 2008 London

28 May, 2008  2 Comments

Avril Lavignes The Best Damn Tour is coming to The O2 Arena this coming Wednesday the 4th of June. So looking forward to going along with all the other music festivals, concerts and gigs I shall be going to this year. It’s all good fun! :D

With all this talk of music lately on my blog anyone would be thinking I’m turning my back on technology, computers and all the geeky stuff in general! I can safetly say I’m not and am still keeping up to date in what’s happening in the weird and wonderful technology world! :P

The A-Z Alphabet Search Query May 2008

28 May, 2008  1 Comment

Ever wonderd what website or page would be at the top of a search query list if you typed a single letter of the alphabet into a search engine? Probably not! But hey I wonderd for you, so here’s my results:

Live Search (United States)

Yahoo! Search (United States)

Google Search (United States)

After some research I came across the following page which also talk about these kind of results in more detail: The Google Alphabet - Search Engine Watch

Madonna The Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008 London

28 May, 2008  6 Comments

This September the 11th, Madonna will be performing live on stage at Wembley Stadium as part of her Madonna the Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008. I bought tickets for myself and my girlfriend to see her from the Golden Circle Standing Area, so hopefully it will be a good one. I’m just wondering is anyone else going to either the London one or another? Or wishing they could go but can’t?

Ticket site: http://www.livenationinternational.com/madonna

Upcoming.org: Madonna The Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008 London

Join a new Windows Live user community

27 May, 2008  No Comment

Just noticed this post on the Windows Live Messenger Blog:

We here at Windows Live love to create software that makes keeping in touch with your personal community fun and exciting. If you love to chat on Windows Live Messenger, use Windows Live Writer to post to your Windows Live Spaces page and post photos from Windows Live Photo Gallery then we have just the community for you.

We are looking for people to share their stories, tips or tricks, or product reviews of Windows Live with others. We’ll show the world what amazing things you can do with Windows Live.

You can start by taking this quick survey so we know where to get you plugged in.

Thanks for being part of our Windows Live community!

And there’s also this one on the Windows Live Hotmail Blog:

We’re looking for people who love using Windows Live products. More importantly, we’re looking for those of you who would like to share your experiences on Windows Live with others.

This is your chance to help build a community from the ground up. We’d like to showcase for the world the best of what you do on Windows Live. If you have stories, tips or tricks, or product reviews you would like to share with our entire Windows Live audience, we’d like to hear from you.

If you’re interested, take this short survey so we can find the best way to get you involved.

Thanks for participating!

Marty Collins
Community Manager for Windows Live

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So yeah if you’re interested in joining a new offical Windows Live user community, then you know what to do, take the survey! ;)

Not much hidden info can be getherd from the survey, except it’s title is “MSFT Live Pre-Launch ID Survey”, shall be looking forward to what comes out of this!

88 Days untill Reading and Leeds Festival 2008

25 May, 2008  1 Comment

There’s 88 Days to go until Reading and Leeds Music Festival 2008, so let’s take a quick look at the lineup so far! :) Can’t wait to go! :D

Main Stage

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  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • The Fratellis
  • The Enemy
  • Biffy Clyro
  • Serj Tankian
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Taking Back Sunday
  • Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
  • Anti-Flag
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  • The Killers
  • Bloc Party
  • The Raconteurs
  • Editors
  • We Are Scientists
  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • The Subways
  • British Sea Power
  • The Automatic
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  • Metallica
  • Tenacious D
  • Slipknot
  • Feeder
  • Avenged Sevenfold
  • Dropkick Murphys
  • Plain White T’s
  • Alexisonfire
  • Mindless Self Indulgence
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    Radio 1/NME Stage

    Reading Friday Reading Saturday Reading Sunday
    Leeds Saturday Leeds Sunday Leeds Friday
  • Babyshambles
  • The Wombats
  • Vampire Weekend
  • MGMT
  • Jack Penate
  • One Night Only
  • The Duke Spirit
  • Be Your Own Pet
  • Blood Red Shoes
  • Make Model
  • Pete and the Pirates
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  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Bullet for My Valentine
  • Justice
  • Foals
  • Seasick Steve
  • The Ting Tings
  • The Mystery Jets
  • Santogold
  • Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
  • Kids in Glass Houses
  • Bombay Bicycle Club
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  • The Cribs
  • The Last Shadow Puppets
  • Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
  • Pendulum
  • The Music
  • Hadouken!
  • Lightspeed Champion
  • Cajun Dance Party
  • Adam Green
  • Yeasayer
  • The Metros
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    The Dance Arena

    Reading Sunday
    Leeds Friday
  • CSS
  • Digitalism
  • Simian Mobile Disco
  • Chromeo
  • Crystal Castles
  • Lethal Bizzle
  • Holy Fuck
  • The Whip
  • Robots in Disguise
  • The Death Set
  • The Shoes
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    Radio 1 Lock-Up Stage

    Reading Friday Reading Saturday
    Leeds Saturday Leeds Sunday
  • Less Than Jake
  • Pennywise
  • Goldfinger
  • Tiger Army
  • The Unseen
  • H2O
  • Frank Turner
  • The Briggs
  • The Loved Ones
  • Blackhole
  • Hexes
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  • Gallows
  • Alkaline Trio
  • Thrice
  • Flogging Molly
  • MXPX
  • Cancer Bats
  • Set Your Goals
  • King Blues
  • Fucked Up
  • The Gaslight Anthem
  • Hifi Handgrenades
  • Random Hand
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    Open signup for Dropbox Beta Invites

    24 May, 2008  1 Comment

    Here’s a little present for all those of you out there that like to beta test web apps and such before they come out, the link below is an open signup beta invite link for Dropbox, the online storage site which let’s you synchronise your files and folders with your desktop computer.

    http://www.getdropbox.com/beta/go

    Of course if you love Microsoft :) or not :( then don’t forget theres Windows Live FolderShare too! ;)

    http://www.foldershare.com/clientdownload.aspx

    PDA’s banned at the Alton Towers Resort

    23 May, 2008  1 Comment

    The Alton Towers Resort is banning parents from using PDA’s (Personal Digital Assistant) this May half term in a bid to increase quality family time.

    It would appear from research revealed today that kids are fed up with their parents spending more time reading their emails than having fun with them. Brits work the longest hours in Europe*, meaning that parents are work obsessed and unable to switch off from their jobs for even a day! Over half of parent’s questioned – 56% - feel that they can not disconnect from work, as they are constantly accessible by the office, and 40% head off with bags packed full of work items including documents to read, PDAs and laptops.

    Dr Pat Spungin child psychologist and founder of RaisingKids.co.uk said; “We all need to use weekend breaks as a time to reconnect and invest in our most important relationships in order to restore our work/life balance and put the fun back into going away. While lots of people take a break, many are not actually taking a holiday. It is vital we learn how to reprioritise and put work into a healthy perspective.”

    As a direct response, the Alton Towers Resort will be piloting a “PDA Free Zone” during May Half Term (May 25th – June 1st inclusive), to encourage parents to disconnect from the office and reconnect fully with their families. PDA police will be onsite to enforce the ban and any adult caught using a PDA whilst at the Resort will be asked to report to one of five “PDA Drop Off Zones” where they can safely leave their PDA’s for the day. If the scheme is successful, it will be introduced full time.

    Russell Barnes, Divisional Director for the Alton Towers Resort explains; “What we have here is the ultimate short break location where every member of the family can unwind and have fun. We feel it’s so important for parents and kids to focus on nothing more than having the best possible time, we are prepared to take drastic action to ensure that parents really leave their work behind!”

    The Alton Towers Resort, part of the Merlin Entertainments Group, is home to the UK’s best loved theme park with 2 hotels, a waterpark, a spa, an extraordinary golf course, and nineteenth century gothic towers. It is located upon 500 acres of Staffordshire countryside and offers a unique combination of rides and attractions for all ages, from soft play areas for tiny toddlers to ground-breaking, world-first adrenalin inducing rollercoaster rides.

    Windows Media Center Fiji Beta Testing Underway!

    21 May, 2008  No Comment

    It’s been revealed by unamed sources that Beta testing of Windows Fiji, the next version of Windows Media Center Edition, has been underway for a few weeks now.

    At this stage it’s not clear just how many beta testers are on the program at the current test phase and if the program will expand into a larger audience any time soon. But one thing is for sure is that Microsoft are trying to keep this under wraps by putting all beta testers under a strict non-disclosure agreement, eventually something will leak it always seems too (all companies have the same problems), but until then, we just have a comment delivered via a corporate spokesperson:

    “Microsoft has many ongoing betas, however at this point we do not have any announcements to make related to any future version of Windows Media Center.”

    Windows Media Center Fiji is expected for October 2008.

    Russia Today joins the Livestation global news network

    21 May, 2008  No Comment

    Livestation welcomes Russia Today as the latest addition to their selection
    of 24 hour global news channels. Russia Today is the first English language
    news channel to present the Russian point of view on events happening in
    Russia and around the globe.

    Graham Pitman, CEO and Director European Television Guild, who handles
    Russia Today distribution commented, “We joined Livestation as we understand
    our audience has an appetite for watching multiple global news perspectives
    on their desktop.  Additionally, being part of the Livestation global news
    network enables us to offer Russia Today to potentially millions of
    broadband connected consumers.”

    Livestation enables anyone with a broadband connection to watch leading
    international television and radio news channels on their desktops free of
    charge. It provides an economically viable and scalable solution for
    delivering live television to mass audiences over the Internet and unlike
    other live streaming solutions, Livestation offers broadcasters a ‘fixed
    cost’ option. Other broadcast channels include Al Jazeera, BBC World News,
    Bloomberg Television and EuroNews. Currently in beta, Livestation is due for
    public launch later this year.
    www.livestation.com

    Junior High Sweethearts Get Engaged In Bay Area Math Class

    16 May, 2008  No Comment

    I thought this was a really sweet and cute thing to do. Just check out the link below to see what I mean! :D

    Junior High Sweethearts Get Engaged In Bay Area Math Class

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