I am now the proud owner of a brand new iPhone!
Words cannot describe how awesome it is... you've got to see it in the flesh to really love it!
I've not put it down since I got it, and only just run the battery down - thats about 6 hours of continuous work (with Wifi enabled), before it went, and it charges pretty fast as well!
I am actually speechless...!
Mum's finally come round to the idea of iPhone! Seems that she wants one as well, however... and also sister wants one. Doesn't seem quite so cool any more :(
Ah well... possibility of going into Macclesfield to get one tomorrow!!!
Got a nice Christmas present from some script-kiddie this weekend - a nice attack against FsPortal! This little moron thought it would be funny to post 800 stupid messages on the forum... I guess he must be the alpha-male within the circles of retards - I only hope that natural selection takes its course and this particular branch of society dies out quickly!
Anyway, I won't be around much over the next week or so - managed to get myself into quite a lot of debt recently, and hence need to earn the money back!
Seasons greetings to everyone, hope you get everything you wish for and more!
Rather disturbed at my own musical tastes at the moment:
Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This - He Don't Love You Like I Love You
And I'm enjoying... catchy lyrics, and he's got a pretty good voice. I'm sure this is Music Tech eating me from the inside out!
Someone kill me or make me do something manly - QUICK!
Heard back from Kent yesterday, they want 300 points from at least 3.5 A-levels!
I'm hoping that won't be too difficult, since that is my backup offer :|
Got an interview for York and Durham, Nottingham and Edinburgh have confirmed my application but not said anything about interview yet.
We shall wait and see o_O
Went to the poshest party of the year last night! Out in High Lane...
Yeah it was a fun night...!
Next weekend will be even more epic though... Friday - Monday of solid drinking! Woop woop!
May sound dirty... look it up!
Really don't know how I can put off Physics revision much longer... I want to do it, but don't know how!
Found a Physics tutor, friend of the family... hopefully will improve my grades for the exam this time around!
Did the Maths mock during my free day (what a way to spend it...), found it incredibly hard!
Anyone found a way to freeze time yet?
Right now, nothing - NOTHING - is going my way.
Relative died today, wasn't a huge shock, but still wasn't really a nice thing to have. RIP.
Physics isn't proving to be much of a laugh. Resits are now 1 month away - eek.
FsPortal is currently suffering due to all of this.
I've had to leave Bristol-ATC because of too much other personal stuff around.
I don't think now is a good time to be me! Boy I can't wait to actually escape Sixth Form and get away to do something I actually enjoy!
Well I had fun. Woke up with:
Not a nice way to spend a Saturday!
Also, suddenly realised this morning that no-one had seen Dom since Friday night... triggering the most epic rescue mission of all time. Until we actually rang Dom's mobile and discovered he was in London seeing Led Zep. Bastard.
Tonight will be the 3rd night of consecutive drinking!
2 Xmas concerts... needed a drink after that, and off to Nic's tonight I believe!
Still looking forward to a weekend of actual work though :(
Anyway, Christmas concerts were as crap as usual. Last night had less than half the seats filled, I recon there were less in the audience than in the performers put together! Why do they make us suffer every year?!
Still nothing from UCAS, although Edinburgh and Durham have sent me correspondence saying they basically won't give offers until January... keep me waiting why don't you!!!
Just got myself kicked out of the Vernon Arms, just because it was after 9pm. Even though I ordered a Coke.
How the hell is that right?
Is there some magic law that prevents them serving soft drinks to minors after 9pm - even when accompanied by responsible adult?
Absolutely ridiculous
Still, its that cheap that I will be in there come Thursday lunch... :D
Oh dear... its only just December and already I'm fed up of Christmas adverts on the TV - its getting ridiculous! When you're seeing adverts for "Great Xmas Deals!!" before we're even in November... it gets rather depressing!
I vote we stop all adverts of a Christmas nature before the festive season is even here! I'm not being Scrooge, I'd just rather not be thinking about Xmas before my birthday in July!!!
So here's the story so far:
Had Music Tech period 3 today, right before lunch. We happened to have a bass set up and mic-ed with 20 mins to run before lunch, and no-one was using them... so in I jump!
Get Ric on the bass, and started recording for one of my coursework pieces. 20 mins later we're just getting into it, so Dom goes off down to poynton pantry and returns with a cheeseburger for me. "Excellent!" I thought, "No need to go out for lunch, just carry on recording!".
Then I started on the burger in question. Safe to say it tasted rather crap. In fact, I'm pretty sure crap was one of the main ingredients. However, I ate it anyway.
Get to Maths period 4, and slowly but surely I start feeling immensely ill. Not even a little bit, utterly and completely ill. Like said crap is eating my insides.
Managed not to puke on my book, and now I'm home writing this.
Now... do I take tomorrow off school and miss a lot of work, or go in and hope to hell I don't hurl on a teacher?!
Morning all,
Decided to switch back to this blog from my wonderful (rofl) site since this requires less work, since my hands are full with FsPortal.
Expect further update-age later on... :D
Ciao all xox
Got back in at 2am Monday morning from "Chateau du Molay", a large prison-cum-stately home in France.
I'm bloody knackered.
18 hours to get there, and another 18 hours back, all for 24 hours of actual time there, most of which I spent sleeping!
Ah well... at least I got to see everyone from the Jambo unit again!!!
I may update this when I start liking/hating more things.
You have heard sod all from me over the past couple of weeks, mainly because I've been working so hard getting FsPortal up and running!
I'm proud to announce that the site went live at 12 midday on the 20th October. Another weight off my mind!
Now just looking forward to maintaining the bugger... damn!
Just had a random .zip sent to me from someone, entitled "pict-0485.zip" or something similar.
I was a bit suspicious, as they said nothing prior to sending it, and it did actually contain a trojan.
Ryan also noted that he had been sent one as well.
Be careful!
"Do not drop, disassemble, open, crush, bend, deform, puncture, shred, microwave, incinerate, paint or insert foreign objects into iPhone"
Why would I be that stupid?
Steve Jobs - I solemnly swear that I shall never microwave a iPhone. Ever. If I get my hands on one I shall treat it like it is made out of gold.
I recon I've got about £400 in hand at the moment... anyone want to go halves? :P
And not in the sense that I was wasted.
Spent all of Saturday doing Maths homework, and then all of Sunday doing various bits of coursework. I think its fair to say that I'm pretty peeved.
FsPortal is nearing release, only 27.5 days left until it gets unveiled to the public... and yet I can't spend my time on it!!! I'm losing out on revenue! And you know I need the money if I'm to get my hands on one of those iPhones. Damn you Steve Jobs.
Anywho... back to the same old monotony for another 7 days. I may just have to start a countdown until I leave this awful school and finally start to live again.
Still... 21 days until Family Guy, and a few less until Halflife 2: Ep2 (which I have ordered :D Before I realised I needed the money elsewhere :( Ah well)
I have a fairly crap day at school tomorrow. 2*Physics, 1*Maths and 1*Tech. Probably no blog tomorrow... will be too busy screaming into pillows. Seems to be a regular occurrence now. Who the hell is responsible for this timetable?!?!?!
This is getting ridiculous... 3+ hours of Maths homework (not even vitally important stuff), 2+ hours of Computing coursework for next Friday, couple of hours needed on Personal Statement asap...
When am I supposed to breathe again?
Oh yeah, and I've got classes. Lovely.
Granted, it does not do anything, none of the buttons work, and it is actually cardboard... but its the closest I'll get!
http://sneakmove.com/images/diy_iphone.pdf if you fancy making your own...
I will carry mine everywhere... :D
November 9th 2007 - iPhone hits the UK!
Priced at £269 (eek) for the handset, and then £35 per month minimum (eek).
Bit out of my price range! However, Mobiles.co.uk did have a page selling iPhones for £99, but this may have been a technical error, you can't get at any iPhone pages any more.
You have no idea how badly I want one now... but I doubt I can stump up that much money! :(
Now the HL2 rant is over... more about me :D
My day was crap! Started off with a couple of okay Music Tech lessons, went downhill with Computing theory, and then double Maths finished me off.
I actually came home and screamed into a pillow at the end. 2 * Maths just isn't meant to happen.
Fortunately, it only happens until middle of October, when I get to go and sit in with Year 12 lessons. Whoopee. Plus Taylor is now threatening to join them as well. Whoopee * 2.
(I know its hard to tell sarcasm over the net. So here's a hint. That was sarcasm -.-)
Anyway, got home, lost my Clarinet (hoping its somewhere in Music... fingers crossed), found out that I killed the FsPortal server already (not really... but you know!) and then played HL (see earlier post).
Now I'm off to bed, just to get up tomorrow and do it all again.
Should I start counting down the days until I am released from the horrors of college? May be sad enough to work it out one lesson...
Just completed the latest Mod that I've found (Half-life 2: Riot Act)... absolutely amazing!
Got about 3 hours gameplay out of this - simply unreal for a freebie! My hat any any other headwear goes off to the developers! Would post a link, but I can't remember it... its late and I can't be bothered googling (yes I'm that tired, see next post)
Saw today that HL2:Episode 2 is up for pre-order... in part of "The Orange Box".
This contains:
All for the low low price of... $44.95 (about £22.50 ish)
I don't really agree with the added things, I would like to be able to get EP2 on its own really, but for £22.50, I don't mind too much. Providing it really is £22.50. Will probably be more like £40 in this country. Sound fair to you?
Anywho, its out in just over a month (October 10th I believe). I will be ordering my copy. I'm that ruddy dedicated!
Update: Just had a look on Play.com. RRP £34.99 (told you so...) but they're doing it for £26.99... reasonable (ish).
And I'm finding out the hard way!
Thanks to Dan Munn who suggested that I should try learning some PERL in order to get a better upload script for FsPortal. "How easy", thought I, "PERL can't be that different from PHP!"
First glances... it ain't too bad, but once I started getting into it... OUCH!
Managed to find a ready made script that does uploads... but now haven't the foggiest where to adapt it, add my validation and then insert it into the database! Ohhh dear...
If any reader has some idea how PERL works, and fancies helping me out - please get in touch!
I'm thinking of just making the PERL script redirect to the safety of PHP once the upload is done... but this may not be feasible! Help!
Anyway, besides that... FsPortal is nearly complete :D I'm nearing 100% on my progress bar, with just a couple of tweaks to make before it is released.
Oh, and we publicly announced the release date yesterday...
Put it in your diaries - you have to be there... its going to be the biggest and best Flight Simulator event ever!
Figured out today that I really really don't like what's coming up with Music Tech this year, but don't want to drop it, because the classes are amazing. What do I do?
Oh and the one girl I'd finally got with after 3 years went off with another guy and then somehow turned it round on me. That was nice.
So yeah, nice day. At least I get a lie in tomorrow.
You'll all be pleased to here (well... someone might be interested!) that FsPortal is nearing its final stages of development!
I am just working on a few areas of the site, and then we're ready for release!
Expect a date for R-Day very very shortly!
It's 1am... and I'm sat up watching Apple Keynote speeches just to see the iPhone in action!
I WANT ONE!!!
The thing looks freaking sweet!
Best information I could find was a "October 2007" release, but I'm now seeing the drop in price... and wanting it even more!
I hope that the price drop is echoed in the UK release price as well!
Probably a bit of a shot in the foot for Apple, dropping the 4Gb model and lowering 8Gb by $200... and then offering a $100 refund. Pissed off a lot of people, and it seems many are flocking back to Apple stores to return their 4Gb, and buy a 8Gb with $50 left over! Bargin!
Anyway... just hope it happens soon. I'm saving my pennies already!
I'm beginning to regret installing Windows Live Mail Beta... merely for the fact that it nearly caused me a major heart attack last night.
Get off a Bristol-ATC session, think I'll check my emails... Outlook Express isn't there...
<Insert expletive here>
Neither are the files in /ApplicationData/
<Insert further expletive here>
Uninstalled WL Mail in the hope it would come back... nope
<Insert head-banging noise here>
Finally managed to find OE squirreled away in /Program Files/
<Insert screams of joy here>
I now have backups of EVERYTHING from OE, just because without it... I am nothing!
Hi guys,
You've not heard a lot from me recently, because I've been waaaay too busy for you all :D
I've just got this "Windows Live Writer" thingy... and thought I'd test it out on here!
Just to keep you all up to date, I'm back from Jambo, back from Summer camp, and back to school!
School seems rather depressing, since I still have the same amount of frees as last year, and still got all the bad teachers. Lovely.
Anywho, FsPortal is progressing well, over 90% completed at the moment, and I'm aiming to get it released this side of Christmas ;o
Thats enough excitement for now... catch you later!
