May 2007
My brother brought his Wii to my parents place last night and my mum (who has agressive MS) beat me at EVERY Wii Sports game!
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20 minutes ago in Parents House, Hemel Hempstead.
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Don’t want a Wii →
My brother has a Nintendo Wii, I don’t to play it much because he lives 150 miles and a flight over water away from me - but as I was visiting my parents in England this week I got a chance to have a go on the Wii.
I loved it but that doesn’t mean I want one. It was great fun and a pretty good workout but I didn’t win anything. I started playing the various Wii Sport games against my brother and...
SciFi UK is bringing Blakes 7 back from the grave with a brand new adventure in web based audio form. But not podcast (I asked)!
By upyourego
1 hour, 9 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I’ve started half working on a Social Networking version of the Top Gear Coolwall. Rate your fav site. www.sociallyacceptable.net
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49 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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And Finally … Online →
Aunty have launched a new section of the BBC News website, it’s a sort of mix of the oddball stories from across the rest of News Online - it includes a mix of audio/video/text and photo content.
It’s called Also in the News but could easily have been called And Finally… after the classic news story that goes out on TV or radio at the end of the main bulletin.
It’s a nice idea and a great way of...
Just found the Top Gear Cool Wall page I build last year using the Mad4 script. http://www.upyourego.com/topgear/coolwall/
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32 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Not enough space →
When I brought my first PC in 1996 (before that I used my mums Mac that she got from work) it had a wopping 6GB hard drive - the man that sold it to me said I would/could NEVER use that much space.
Of all the statements I’ve heard people say, never has one been proved so wrong and in such a short space of time. Within three years I had upgraded to Windows 98 and was already running out of hard...
The Apprentice →
This is the only show in the week I sit down and watch with my wife but after the nasty, uncomfortable ‘getting down with the yoof’ bollocks of last weeks episode I nearly didn’t bother.
But my wife gave me ‘the look’ so I took my place on the sofa ready for what would probably be a nightmare hour of people so far up their own arses they wipe their nose with their tounge from the inside.
It...
Jersey is going to get a Starbucks later this year - must be one of the last places in the world :)
By upyourego
25 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Trying to find out about pirates in Jersey for an article that will end up a thinly vieled plug for Pirates of the Caribean.
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a moment ago in Work, Jersey.
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Did anyone see Jo Brand ranting about old people driving last night? It was too long and a painting by numbers ITV docu-com but good points.
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12 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Just got a new 28 - 300 mm lense for the Nikon D40 - it’s lovely :)
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13 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I’ve decided to start giving everyone the url of my tumblog instead of normal blog. Everything I do is pulled into that site so it’s easier.
By upyourego
41 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Multi Blogging →
I currently have about five blogs, I know this is completely silly and makes it harder for people to keep track of what I’ve got to say but I’m addicted to launching new blogs.
I’m currently writing Up Your Ego, 5tracks, Our Island, Grumpy Geeks and How to be a Geek. I have other domain names I was planning on turning into blogs as well but thought they’d all be one blog to far.
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The need to download →
Photo of Broken Television by Kevin Steele (Flickr)
I have a confession to make, although it’s more of a statement of fact that everyone could probably have already have guessed than an actual confession - a bit like a really camp guy coming out to his parents only for them to say “yeah we kind of guessed”.
Anyway, the confession is that I’m a television addict. Hello I’m Ryan and I’m a TV...
“So it’s padded out - most bizarrely with a train journey Nicholas Parsons...”
– Quote on the Jo Brand show on old people driving from the Guardian’s Sam Wollaston.
Reform isn’t a bad word
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Reform isn’t a bad word →
The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘reform’ as “The amendment, or altering for the better, of some faulty state of things, esp. of a corrupt or oppressive political institution or practice; the removal of some abuse or wrong.”
The Urban Dictionary defines it as “Give it a few years, and it will lead to chaos” and Google says “make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and...
The female to male dictionary
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The female to male dictionary →
In a couple of months I would have hit seven years of marriage, I won’t say it’s been easy and I won’t even claim that I’ve been married that long (my parents have reached 26 years) but I have learnt a few things along the way - mostly the hard way.
So, with the help of an e-mail meme I recieved earlier today here is a guide to what women say, what it really means and a way of dealing with it.
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American television shows run for to many episodes a season - up to 15/16 is a good number before it gets stale and boredom sets in.
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54 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I’m getting bored of Heroes - I couldn’t wait for each new one before the break but haven’t even finished watching the last two.
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54 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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It’s a beautiful day to day so I’m going to spend my lunchbreak on a beach reading a book. Of course I’d prefer beach wide WiFi :)
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53 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I went to see Magicians with Mitchell and Webb yesterday. Crap film but fun to spot Jersey locations.
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55 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I’ve decided I want a shed when I move house so I can sound proof it and buy a drum kit. I miss playing the drums - great stress relief.
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37 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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I’m going to see The Magacians with Mitchell and Webb for work - and my wife thinks all I do is sit around all day doing nothing!
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22 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Thank god for TV shows on my computer - my wife can watch the bloody soaps while I put my headphones on and watch something decent :)
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2 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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“A child who gets kidnapped is news, a pretty child who gets kidnapped is...”
– Taken from a Guardian article on Maddie McCanne and the massive news coverage the story has received.
Just watching Have I Got News for You on BBC ONE.
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48 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Schools break BBC
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To anyone that’s messaged me asking for a Joost invite - I’m going to send them out tonight when I get home from work. They’re coming :)
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26 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Keep looking down
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Up the Introvert
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Schools break BBC →
Alright the headline is a bit of an extreme, it isn’t the BBC and it isn’t even the full BBC website but it is a small side site. The BBC have launched a seperate website to host videos and ratings for the school choirs hoping to perform with the Any Dream Will Do, Joseph winner.
Basically the site lets any school interested in performing with the Joseph winner on TV submit a video and...
Keep looking down →
Over the last couple of months I spent more time than usual out of Jersey - most of it in Bristol and I was shocked by the number of beggers, Big Issue sellars and people generally stopping you on the street.
If it isn’t someone asking for money to get in a hostel, someone playing a carboard box with twigs and holding their hand out for money, someone selling you the Big Issue, someone trying to...
Up the Introvert →
PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t understand/get the following blog post then you’re probably one of those extrovert types that is always encouraging me and people like me to ‘get out more’. My response - stay in more!
I’m a fairly introverted person, as I’m sure are most geeks. I prefer to be alone and really do like my own company. I find large social gatherings a drain, exausting, uncomfortable and...
The Magicians with Mitchell and Webb opened today - looks like it might be pretty funny.
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8 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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Attack of Gulls
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Jersey Schools for Joseph
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The Pea-Souper
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The BBC go 2.0
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WatchFrom the BBC Seven Ages of Rock series.
Ooooo - BBC Seven Ages of Rock website lets you embed clips from the series on your own site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/
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31 minutes ago in Work, Jersey.
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The BBC go 2.0 →
We’ve known aunty have been planning their switch to the 2.0 world for a while - a world of sharing, mashing and generally being good to one another.
Well now they’ve launched a MASSIVE new site that does just that. As well as pulling in photos from flick, audio from last.fm and text from Wikipedia it provides people like us with video to embed on our blog from the BBC.
The only thing...