Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Microsoft ends Windows Live Butterfly Program

Well I guess all good things come to an end, or at least that’s what some people say. But it looks like that one good thing has unfortunately come to an end, that of which I’m sad to see go as I was a part of it, that is that the rumors circulating earlier this week about the MSN/Windows Live Butterfly

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Blog added to Top 50 Best Blog List

Just Checked my stats and noticed incoming visits to my blog from http://www.bestbloglist.com/ Seems I’ve been added to the Top 50 Best Blog List, I’m not sure when the next best blog list update will be but for now I’m on it which is pretty good! 😀 Here’s a list of all those blogs on it at currently: A Little Crazy?

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Wow nearly 4 months away from blogging!

Hey everyone, It’s been quite a while since I last posted or updated anything on this site. My apologies to those of you who frequently visit my site hoping for some updates, so much has gone on in my life within the last 4 months that I have had hardly any spare time to keep this blog updated. Some of

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Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Tour 2008 London

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! 😀 With all this talk of music lately on my blog anyone would be thinking

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Madonna The Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008 London

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

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88 Days untill Reading and Leeds Festival 2008

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! 😀 Main Stage Reading Friday Reading Saturday Reading Sunday Leeds Saturday Leeds Sunday Leeds Friday Rage Against the Machine Queens of the Stone Age The Fratellis The Enemy Biffy Clyro Serj Tankian

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My 10 mile Jog from Sittingbourne to Chatham

Here’s an accomplishment for myself to remember, this Tuesday gone it was such lovely weather, that I decided to get my shorts on and do something I’ve always thought about doing. I decided to walk, jog and run from Sittingbourne to Chatham, an approximate total distance of 10 miles. It was quite wearing as I hadn’t prepared myself for it,

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Wow long time no blog, that’s not like me!

Don’t worry people, I’m still here! 😀 I know I haven’t wrote a blog post since last month, 6th of April 2008, when I wrote about how I witnessed a car crash on the M2, but I’ve been seriously busy with so much stuff, some bad some good and some excellent: Getting myself a Girlfriend! Sorting out Car Insurance Claims

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Witnessed a car crash on the M2 yesterday!

Yesterday I was driving down the M2 London bound. When just after the Medway Services I saw a car (about 2 cars in front of me) come swerving off the motorway and smashing straight through a boundary fence hitting a tree. I was one of the first to stop straight away alongside the motorway and rushed off to the accident