Finally got around to posting a whole backlog of post through December till now. Also upgraded MT and fixed some of the page issues. I need to still update some of the content pages, which I’m always lazy about doing. Might do it over the weekend if I feel like it.
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
Went along to the London Python Meetup this evening. Rich told me he and Remi were heading along to check the scene. So I said I would tag along. Ran into a few people I know from GLLUG/Lonix But it is always good to meet more people, who are doing interesting stuff with Python in London. The topic for discussion were not all Python centric as is always the case. So it was fun as always, I will try to pop along to the next one. The page is here.
Jack is back, Season 6 kicked off on Sunday stateside. I have the episodes downloaded will watch them this evening.
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Last time I did this quiz I was Spiderman, so something has changed.
I have been looking forward toSmokin’ Aces since Empire included it in their Films Left In 2006 list last July. For some reason this film was pushed back to the New Year. Anyhow I have just seen it and I enjoyed it. The cast is just amazing, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liota, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Piven and Martin Henderson.
I was most impressed with Alicia Keys, I think this was a great debut for her. It will be interesting to she what she does next, film wise. But I want another album first.
Have taken up a subscription with eMusic after Muz referred me last month. There is some really good old RnB tracks, plus the usual indie style music on there. A good selection of Dance, Rock and Pop as well. The new stuff on there is a bit limited, but still makes it worth while. I have been downloading lots of Folk/Easy tracks which has been pretty cool. Not sure how I’m going to be getting 90 tracks a month, since picking is quite hard.
Couldn’t sleep much for some reason, and I was channel surfing when I came across ‘Hotel California’ a documentary on BBC4. The program was about the music scene from the mid-60s to the 70s in California. It featured Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, The Bryds, Crosby, Stills and Nash. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Linda Ronstandt, JD Salinger, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Graham Parsons and The Eagles. Whilst I knew some of the artists and their music I didn’t know the history and how they were related. So this turned out to be an interesting morning. At nearly 3 hours long it is bit of a mission, but I think if you record it, then you can watch it in sections. The quicker I get over to Sky+ from cable the better.
Well today Steve Job unveiled the iPhone. The most rumored device does actually exist. Apple have been developing the iPhone for the past 2 1/2 years. It runs OS X and is totally touch driven. It combines an iPod, Phone and Messaging device in one.
Apple also showed the iTV now called Apple TV, he also went on about iPod sales. No mention of Leopard were made, and no Mac Mini updates were announced.
Well the simple question is am I going to get one, well the simple answer is probably yes. Though no details of the Europe release as been given yet. At the moment I’m still trying to get my hands on a Blackberry Pearl. Orange are only offering them to business customers, and their website doesn’t even feature the phone. Yet you can walk into an Orange store and see a demo unit, however only business centers have the phone. This has been the story since mid december. However if you call customer services they say the phone is available, however it is out of stock. Plus no one there seems to understand the tariff and what the roaming charges are.
Just watched Employee of the Month which was funny but nothing special. Jessica Simpson seems to be doing a good job of establishing herself as an actress. While not a demanding role by any means she did quite well.
The main characters are played by Dane Cook and Dax Shepard, now they were very funny. While not being the greatest comedy ever made it does provide some laugh, and make for a good distraction for a couple of hours.
Well my PC is up and running now. Finally after months without CounterStrike I was able to get my swerve on. I also put on a new release of Ubuntu as well, still need to re-jig my partitions so I can decommision one of my old drives.
Trekked into the TCR Computer Fair to get my computer bit replaced. As it turns out it was my PSU which is bad. So I will have to go and get a new power supply tomorrow.
First day back at work for me, however it seems I was meant to be back at work yesterday. Oh well, these things happens. Just as well really since the power was out a long period. Don’t think I accomplished much today, however we did look through the remaining test and work out what to do next. There were also a couple of customer issues which required some investigation, which we resolved quite quickly.
Also went back to the gym today after a week out of action, which means I’m not going to sleep anytime soon.
Went shopping again today, couldn’t find anything I liked so I didn’t actually buy anything. Had a nice salad at a coffee shop in the back streets of Soho. Which is all I have to show for the day.
Watched Ben Stiller’s new film Night At The Musuem this evening. Now I was not expecting too much from this film, so I was pleasantly surprised. Ben Stiller plays a father/ex-husband who is a failed entrepreneur, and who is about to loose access to his son. So he is forced to get a regular job .So becomes the night watchmen at the Natural History Museum in New York. Which in theory should be a walk in the park, except for the fact that a curse makes the exhibits come to life every evening.
If you find yourself at the cinema and can’t decide on what to watch give this film a go.
Just wanted to say Happy New Year. Not much else happening, just taking it easy still over the holidays. Still playing Zelda, and watching films I haven’t seen in ages.
