Don’t Press the Emergency Button!!!
Have you ever been tempted to press the Emergency button??? If you are ever tempted, DON’T, something bad could happen. Like in this case, below:
Remember, Don’t Press the Emergency Button!
Entries Tagged as 'Other Stuff'
Where can I download my music now???
Many of you would have seen the news about UK Internet providers having more powers over illegal file downloading, such as downloading illegal music. Internet providers in the UK will now sending letters to households who download illegal content. If they carry downloading this content, they will slow down their internet or block these websites off.
If you have decided to take notice of this new law, you will be after some legal music. Well, the best online music store I have found is at Play.com. It has a very selection of music for everyone, although it doesn’t have all the big labels. It is already a popular website for buying DVDs, CDs and Games, but now it sells MP3 Downloads. The great thing about Play.com, is that all the music is in MP3 format at a very high bit rate of 320kb/s and is DRM free! Singles are about 65-70p and albums are about £5. Also, you don’t need to download any software, so you can download music on to Windows, Mac or Linux PCs! Also, if you lose a song, you can go back onto the website and re-download it for free.
So, music lovers have no excusses for download illegal music 
British F1 GP
Hello All,
Just got back from a brilliant weekend down in Silverstone, to watch the 9th Round of the F1 2008 season. It was my first GP I went to see, and it was great weekend. It rained alot, but it made it the race much more exciting. I got some great seats by Abbey corner, where most of the action was happening!
Lewis Hamlition rightfully won the British GP, but I was supporting Mark Webber (clearly best driver of the the season!)
Image from BBC Sport
Firefox 3 Download Day
Just been catching up on last weeks news. I came across a great event Mozilla is planning. Firefox 3 is out very soon, so Mozilla has planned a Download Day. They are hoping to break a world record, to become the most downloaded piece of software in 24 hours! I have Firefox 3 already installed, so I am going to download again, to help break the record.
The idea is to first pledge that you will help Firefox 3 to break this record, then you need to spread the word (like I am doing). The main way to do this is to host download parties, like what Linux distros do. Get a brunch a friends together to download Firefox 3 on launch day.
So what you waiting for, “Spread Firefox!”
My Desktops
Just a quick post showing my three desktops, which I have created.
My Standard Desktop
Windows 98 on Ubuntu
Windows XP on Ubuntu
Please comment, and tell me what you think.
Whats your favourite game?
Quick post, what is your favourite game or game series? I want just get some feed back from you, about your all time favourite video game.
My favourite game is the Call of Duty series. I absoultly love this series, ducking & diving from bullets, explosions and none stop fun. The single player missions really pulled me into the game, fighting in WW2 and now in the present day is fantastic. Its hard for me to choose my favourite Call of Duty game. I think Call of Duty had the best missions, Call of Duty 2 was more fun and had memorable characters and Call of Duty 4 has the best multiplayer by far.
Thats my all time favourite game, what is yours?
WiFi Hotspots, not so hot
In almost every cafe you go into, there is a WiFi hotspot. Its a great to be able to sit in a coffee shop and browse the internet on your laptop. However, one thing which frustrates me with these hotspots, is all the different providers. Here in the UK, there are three main providers, BT, Orange & T-Mobile, there is more. Each coffee shop uses one of these providers, so if you go into different coffee shops each day, you will have to sign to all three. Why can’t there be just one provider, we sign up once and then browse the internet. We can all just go from one cafe to another, all over the country and login, thats it. Instead, we have to mess about signing, putting our card details in and then we can connect. I have not signed up to any of these services, because I’m not sure which provider I would choose, since there are so many in many different cafe.
However, some companies have seen the problem. Both McDonalds and Starbucks allow you to surf the net for free. Its a great idea, I have purchased food/drink and by offering free internet is a great bonus. Although, I would not want to be drinking coffee and using my laptop in McDonalds.
Ubuntu 8.04 Countdown
The countdown starts now…
The next release of Ubuntu is out 24th April, its going to be a very important release, since it will be a long term support and it will hopefully get more people to start using Linux as it gets more user-friendly.
