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4 Ways to Disable Security warnings in Windows Vista.
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Disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature on your Windows Vista computer.
Makes Vista a lot less annoying for power users.
Computer · Microsoft · Uncategorized · Vista · Windows
If you don’t have anyone to celebrate it with then its fairly crap!
Oh well. I just have to get on with life!
Back in the day when Coke produced decent adverts the sign that Christmas was coming was heralded by the bright red Coke trucks and some happy music.
This year Coke have given us a CRAP advert that is poo and no where near as good.
Gemini have announced the new product in their iSeries line of DJ equipment – the iTrax which allows you to plug your iPod into the top of the mixer and have your entire music collection at your fingertips. As with most mixers you get an eq on the iPod channels, mic insert, headphone jack, option for aux inputs (CD/turntable), master out and record out. Another useful feature is the video out which will allow you to connect your mixer to a projector/tv and make use of the video features of the latest gen iPods. 
There are however some features that make this a less than desirable product to own
You will need 2 iPods (who has 2) so that you can mix from track to track.
If you two, then you will need to have the same collection on both as there’s nothing worse than having the next track on the source you are currently sending to the speakers.
This has all been done before anyway by Numark with their iDJ which is now in its second incarnation. The first iDJ had the same features as the Gemini product but without the video (IIRC). The second gen iDJ recognises the fact that people don’t have two iPods and will allow you to mix from track to track through just a single music player – a much better solution if you ask me.
The Numark iDJ (2 iPod) is available from decks.co.uk for £169 and the iDJ2 for £429. The Gemini iTrax is reported to be coming in at around £100 which is what should be expected for something like this.
If you are seriously considering buying an iPod DJ package and have the money to spend go for the iDJ2 any day as the other two require you to have two iPods to use it properly!
Source [Gizmodo]
audio · DJ · iPod · Uncategorized
It is with sadness that I learnt about the death of possibly the greatest animal lover in recent history. Steve Irwin was an amazing person who did so much for animal awareness and he used his celebrity status to further this.
Steve died whilst filming a documentary off the Batt Reef in Australia, receiving a barb from a stingray to the heart. Paramedics were rushed to the scene but they couldn’t save him. Steve is only the second person to die from a stingray in Australia.
More details can be found at the BBC website
animal · australia · death · Steve Irwin · Uncategorized
Well having heard all the hype about the film I was intrigued to see what it was all about so Kate and I decided to head down to Reading Vue to catch the film with possibly the biggest hype in recent history and see what it was all about.
It really didn’t live up to what I was expecting. The characters were fairly pointless, the CGI wasn’t brilliant and the fact that it had been “written” from contributions of various people showed as the story never really flowed correctly and the action seemed incredibly implausible. If you haven’t seen the film then stop now as this will “spoil” it for you.
The opening five minutes set the precident for the rest of the film as Nathan Phillips character witnesses the murder of some guy and is chased down by a local Triad boss who will do all he can to prevent him from testifying against him. In steps Samuel L to save Phillips from certain death at the hands of the henchmen before taking him back to the US to testify. The triads get pissed off and put a collection of exotic snakes onto the plane and spray all the flower necklasses with pheromones to make the snakes go “crazy”.
Half-way into the flight, the snakes are set loose and they start to bite people and cause panic. Captain dies as does the co-pilot and Jackson’s character is left to keep order. As with all these films the crappy characters are killed off and the stars survive to save the day.
There was a surprise performance from Kenan Thompson (of Kenan & Kel fame) as a bodyguard to the rapper who has an OCD over cleanliness. The crowning moment of the whole film (apart from the final credits) was the quote from Jackson’s character “Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!” Apart from this the dialog was fairly sub standard and uninspiring.
Kate did enjoy the snake specialist who was unwilling to come out because he had baby anacondas which had just hatched.
All in all a poor film with masses of hype that will make the director/producers/actors incredibly rich. If Samuel L Jackson hadn’t agreed to put his name to this then there is a good chance that the film would have flopped massively and been a failure throughout whereas it will be loved by many for being bad and a few people (myself included) will feel that our £5.50 was badly spent
On Saturday evening I am flying out to Kenya with my parents and brother to celebrate my mum & dad’s 25th wedding anniversary.
The trip has been booked through Trailfinders and our itinery includes 5 days of safari and 2 weeks of beach holiday in Zanzibar.
If I’m perfectly honest I am looking forward to the 2 weeks on the beach more than the safari if only because the days are starting at 5:00am and that’s gonna be more than a small shock to the system!
Wherever possible I will keep the blog updated with the happenings of the holiday and anyone who is interested can read along.
holiday · kenya · safari · Uncategorized · zanzibar
It’s been over 2 years since I have seen Doogs and now he’s getting married…. Tomorrow will be the first time I have seen him in ages and I can’t wait!
I havent even been back for 2 weeks now and I am really thoroughly bored. I had thought about joining a gym to try to get fit but I still cannot be bothered with that.
I just need something to entertain me!
Well after the success of Tuesday’s presentation I was asked to create another that could be used at the Middle and Senior school prizegiving. This was a much less difficult presentation to organise as there was no music for it to be in sync with and just to be merely a collection of images displayed in order. With just over 100 images and 6 seconds per image I created at 10 minute slideshow that repeated.
However, now that this has been completed I am looking for some work that I can do to keep me going now there is no more to do at Downsend (except their website).
I’m currently in the process of creating a DVD presentation set to Dario G’s Sunchyme and over the past 24 hours have heard the song about 1 000 000 times. It is starting to get quite tedious but in order to get the timings of the various clips accurate I need to listen to it over and over and over again!
Apart from that I have been to a White family lunch. My mum, dad and myself went over to see most of the my dad’s side of the family. We had a really nice meal and it was the first time we had all been together for a long time. My dad showed his complete dislike to animals by scaring off a random cat that had wandered into the garden – everyone was just ignoring the cat but when it walked towards my dad he just shouted at it to “GO AWAY”. As the cat clearly doesn’t understand english a further shout of “BRRRRRRR!!!!” was heard!
Simon “couldn’t make it” but I feel that he would rather spend time with friends over family… tut tut!
Right… off to sleep as I need to get up early tomorrow to sort out the rest of this bloody presentation!
Having spent all of about 2 days revising for ASE I think i now know enough to answer 65-75% of the paper.
I know quite a bit about:
- Software Testing
- Agile Methods
- Software Maintenance
I dont know much about:
- Program Slicing
This could prove to be problematic in the exam!
Degree · Durham · exams · Uncategorized
I should make a special mention to Kate who is now at the grand age of 22.
Remember the Pony is waiting for you and it only had enough food to keep it going until today*
(*No ponies were harmed in the making of this blog)
