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  • 2009
    • September
      • Hi again everyone!
        09/27/09
        You may have noticed that I haven't updated my blog for ages! I'm so sorry about this! I've been busy with all sorts of stuff, like living a life! Haha!

        Anyway I'm going back through the last couple of months right up to when I received my N97 for key events which are

      • Beatles: Rock Band
        09/15/09

      • I decided to share it...
        09/14/09
        ...cos I'm not a fat bastard! I brought the Jaffa into work and it was very well received!

      • I fancy having a Jaffa Cake...
        09/12/09
        ...so I made one!



        It's so big it filled a dinner plate. It is... the... PERFECT size! Now to find a cup of tea big enough for it :P

    • August
      • One step closer to a proper cinema system
        08/27/09
        Remember this?



        Yup, it's the box that used to be the server at my old place. It was lacking a hard drive before but now I've fitted a modest... 20Gb drive.

        "20Gb!?!? Why, man!?!?" you may be asking. Well, it doesn't need a big drive. All of

      • Chester Zoo
        08/23/09
        Carly and I decided to take a day out and go to Chester Zoo. I think we chose the best day for it. It was hot and sunny, and there were loads of animals out as well! Plenty of opportunities to take great photos, like this one:



        I've uploaded my pictures to the Photographs

      • A little bit of TLC
        08/09/09
        Just a quick note, really. My parents stopped by this weekend and brought some RAM for me that they weren't using... and couldn't use, as it's incompatible with their computers. As a result, I've now got 3.5Gb of RAM, only 512Mb short of the 4Gb maximum that the motherboard can t

    • July
      • Damn power cut!!!
        07/31/09
        Power cuts aren't fun. No siree! Let me tell you about the one from last night.

        I wake up at about 4am and can hear a distinct beeping coming from somewhere. For a short while I try to ignore it, but it was even starting to disturb Carly, so I went out to investigate. It was the flat

      • Wii Sports Resort
        07/24/09
        I picked up a new game today, and it's jolly good fun! Why? Well, watch the video...


        I don't really need to say much more. The game is an extension of the original Wii Sports with an add on for the controller that picks up more of your movements. An excellent title overall

      • Nokia N97 gets its first firmware update
        07/13/09
        I've had the phone for less than a month, and it's first firmware comes out! V11 has actually been out for a few days in the rest of the world, but has only just come out in the UK.



        There are many different fixes in this and I've noticed that the phone is runnin

      • Ostrich, anyone?
        07/09/09
        While I was on holiday, Clare and I popped over to Boston to get some steak, mince, and eggs. This doesn't sound all that interesting by itself, but I've missed out one important detail. Everything... was Ostrich!

        That's right! Ostrich steaks, Ostrich mince, and Ostrich egg

      • I'm back, baybeh!
        07/04/09
        Yup! Back from my holiday! Glad to be here again! I've missed a proper internet connection for over a week because mobile signals were terrible where we were staying. I've put up my photos in the Photographs section for you all to have a gander! This was a unique opportunity for me to take

    • June
      • Holiday Time!
        06/27/09
        Yup, time for a holiday! I'll be spending a week in North Scarle with the rest of the family. It's a fishing holiday though, and I'm not one for fishing, so I'll be out visiting different areas nearby, thanks to having my own car now! I'll post some photos on here when I get

      • I'm so excited!
        06/21/09
        Absolutely knackered as well, but still excited! I don't think I could be any more excited! Sure, I FINALLY got my new phone on Friday, and I'm very happy about that, but something else has happened...

        ...I've met someone! 8o 8o 8o

        I was out last night with Tim a

      • It's finally arrived!
        06/19/09
        I had a team meeting today at work and I just couldn't concentrate properly. I had one eye out the window looking out for a UPS van dropping off my new phone. I wasn't sure if it was going to arrive today, as it could have easily have been Monday instead. My boss wasn't too happy with

      • ...or do they?
        06/18/09
        On Wednesday, five hundred quid disappeared from my bank account. Today at 14:23 I received confirmation that my Nokia N97 had...

        LEFT THE WAREHOUSE AND IS ON IT'S WAY HERE!!!
        That means one of two things... it'll arrive tomorrow... or it'll arrive on Monday!

      • Nokia lies
        06/15/09
        Nokia have been promising for weeks that, if you pre-order the N97 directly with them, you will be amongst the first to receive it, at the latest on the day that it's released in the shops. However, after hearing about the pre-order troubles that the US had, where pre-order'ers were having

      • Diet Update
        06/14/09
        Well.. it's been a long and difficult journey, which started some time in September 2008 when I looked in the mirror and said to myself "You've gotta lose some weight, you fat bastard!". At 13st 8lbs, the finishing line seemed so far away.

        Today, I weighed myself, afte

      • New Project - Big Brother 10 Mobile Site
        06/13/09
        It's that time of the year again. Big brother has hit our screens for the 10th year in a row! It's only been a week and a bit but it seems pretty good this year, although the housemates (understandably) haven't fully come out of their shells yet.


        Channel 4 have shown

      • A long arduous wait...
        06/05/09

      • Nokia N97 set for 19th June UK Release
        06/02/09
        That's right everyone. Thanks to All About Symbian, I can now reveal that Nokia's next flagship phone, the N97, will be coming to British shores on the 19th of June. That's about 2 1/2 weeks from now.



        It's also been revealed that UK networks will start sell

    • May
      • My mind's made up...
        05/23/09
        I've finally decided what I'm going to get... Phone or PC... and the winner is...


        Yup... I'm getting the Nokia N97. I've just pre-ordered it from the Nokia website and it should arrive some time next month. I'm not exactly sure when it will come out because

      • Trying to do what I can with what I've got
        05/18/09
        This "Phone or PC" debate has been pissing me right off, because I can't decide on which one to go for. So, tonight I thought I would do what I could with my PC to see if I can speed it up without spending a penny. This is what I've done:

        Overclocked the CPUIt has been

      • The end is near... I can feel it...
        05/17/09
        I don't believe it! I just don't believe it! I've hit my next target! When I worked out my average weight for this week, I was shocked to find that it was:

        21.99 BMI
        This is amazing! I can't be far away from hitting my final target! I had five days out of seven th

      • New Phone or New PC?
        05/13/09

        I'm in quite a pickle at the moment. I've been saving up to get something that I really want (because I should be allowed to treat myself) but I don't know what to go for: a new phone, or a new PC?

        Here's my arguments for both...

        Phone
        Nokia N97
      • The first of my last three targets
        05/12/09
        Just a quick post. Today, I have successfully hit the first of my last three targets! I weighed in at:

        21.97 BMI
        and I'm well chuffed! This means that I am now officially 11 stone!

        Time to tick it off and move onto the next one...

      • Celebrating one year of individualism
        05/10/09
        One year ago today, I moved into the flat!
        One year ago today, I started living the life that I know and love today!
        One year ago today, I became completely independent!

        So here's to me, kid! :)

      • A year of Wii Fit
        05/07/09

        It was a year ago today that I bought Wii Fit after hunting all around the shops in Middlesbrough, only to find it in the very last shop I was going to check (Argos). Now, a year later, how have I done?

        My BMI when I first bought it was at 25.47, slightly overweight. Now, let's

    • April
      • Robinsons Be Natural
        04/30/09

      • A little bit of rearranging
        04/19/09
        There've been two issues I've had since I moved into the flat:

        So today I decided to kill two birds with one stone... I've swapped the bed and desk around in my bedroom! My bed's out of the direct sunlight now, and my computer desk is right by the window. The moment I

    • March
      • 118 247
        03/30/09
        Oh my god! This advert is awesome!


        118 24 7
        Give them a call, it's directory heaven!
        If you need a cab, the service is fab!
        You fancy a curry and it's there in a hurry, yeah!

        118 24 7
        Send them a text, it's directory heaven!

        W

      • New project underway
        03/10/09
        I used to have a site I built myself. Now I'm using SimplePHPBlog. It's really good, but I feel I've lost touch with who I am a little... a web designer. Sure, I do web design at work but I haven't done anything about my own site for ages!

        So I'm redesigning it.
    • February
      • Congratulations Nige!
        02/14/09
        Yup, love sucks! But I still wanna congratulate...

        NIGE AND LAURA for getting engaged!
        Nice one man!

      • Another stupid valentine's day
        02/14/09
        Oh joy of joys!* Another day where couples all around the world insist on rubbing it in the faces of single folk. At least I don't have to go through the hassle of trying to book a table in a restaurant tonight, and it gives me an excuse to use this again...


        Love sucks!
      • Goodbye tapes!
        02/13/09
        What was the one problem with the new car? The stereo. It came with a cassette player that, sadly, busted a long time ago. Ya stick a tape in there and it won't play cos the motor's gone, and the eject button is borked as well. In order to listen to anything, I had to use an FM transmitter

      • A Politically-correct snowman
        02/08/09
        We all live in a world now where everything has to be politically correct, such as making gingerbread men into "gingerbread people", which can be a bit of a pain sometimes. However, I came across a genuine SnowMAN! And here he is, in all his glory...

      • My very first car
        02/01/09
        Well, I have a car now! I've been looking around for a couple of months for a Honda Jazz but sadly they're too expensive... that, and I was turned down for a loan by the sodding bank! Bloody recession! Anyway, the folks stopped by this weekend and gave me my dad's old car. It's a

    • January
      • Diet Update
        01/28/09
        It's certainly been a short while since I had any diet updates for you all! Then again, I've had my birthday, bonfire night, christmas AND new year to compete with since I was no longer declared as overweight. Over Christmas and new year I didn't follow the diet because... well... how

      • Guitar Hero: World Tour
        01/16/09
        FINALLY! I picked up a copy from Morrisons because I didn't get it for Christmas. One word: Awesome!

      • Yet more neglect
        01/11/09
        Sorry everyone, I haven't updated this blog in quite a while. I'm still alive and kicking and a few things have happened in the last couple of months.

        Instead of cramming everything into one post, I'll magically travel back in time to when these events took place and post t

      • Spam spam spam spam spam
        01/01/09
        Another year has gone by and another recount of my spam has been made, and I'm very surprised! Just as Anne Cohen collected her junk mail, I've been collecting my spam to see how much is being sent out every year.



        Now I don't know if it's anything I've

      • Happy New Year!
        01/01/09
        I think I can happily say that 2008 hasn't been a bad year for me! Here's a list of some of my positive highlights from the past year:
        Granted there's still no girlfriend on the horizon, but nonetheless there's been quite a few good things happening with me this last year. H

  • 2008
    • December
      • Merry Christmas!
        12/25/08
        First... as always, it's MERRY Christmas not HAPPY Christmas!
        Secondly... here's a nice picture...



        So what did I get? I got some moolah, a small bottle of JD, a toaster (yay!), a lap-mat thingie for when I use my laptop when it's not on the coffee table, Th

      • Friendface
        12/20/08

    • November
      • Wii Music
        11/15/08
        Woo! Another game I've been wanting to get hold of! Wii Music lets you conduct and produce music by waving the Wiimote and nunchuk in a variety of different ways. I haven't played it for long and already my arms hurt! :P



        The only problem I can see is that there aren&

      • Trauma Centre: New Blood
        11/09/08
        I picked up a new game when I was in Leeds visiting some of the family. The sequel to Trauma Centre: Second Opinion has finally come out and I've been dying to get my hands on it! Here're the opening credits:



        It kinda reminds me of the intro used for House M.D., don&

      • New licence!!
        11/04/08
        After a couple of months of re-learning...
        I'VE PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!!!
        I'm well chuffed with this feat! The last time I had been behind a car was a few years ago when I was leaning under the instruction of a capable instructor in Middlesbrough who was a friend of the family.

    • October
      • Happy Birthday!
        10/29/08
        Happy Birthday to me!
        Happy Birthday to me!
        Happy Birthday to meeeee!
        Happy Birthday to mee!

      • Diet Update
        10/18/08
        Yup, it's that time again for another DIET UPDATE and I'm especially proud of what I've achieved today!

        Wii Fit informed me this morning that I am now within my IDEAL WEIGHT range! Only just, mind, at:
        24.97 BMI but it's not overweight anymore! Excellent! That

      • Podcast Mini-rant
        10/13/08
        So who in the UK watches video podcasts about gadgets?

        I like possibly* many other fellow UK-eans like watching video podcasts on gadgets and upcoming technology. The problem I'm facing is that there's very few out there that are decent. I stick to one at the moment - Sky News T

      • It's nice to have company
        10/08/08
        I've been pretty bored recently, so I thought I'd sort out the gallery on the site again and then add some photos of my friend coming to visit.



        Just use a link on the right to see them all.

      • Sorry everyone
        10/03/08
        [NOTE] This was added because I hadn't updated the site with any posts. I have since travelled back in time and added them. [/NOTE]

        I've been neglecting again! Here I am getting bored now and then, when I could be making a post on my blog! Oh well... Here's a quick update o

    • September
      • That's it... I'm losing it for good!
        09/17/08
        I haven't been on the diet for absolutely ages... and sadly it shows! When I first bought Wii Fit a few months ago (just before I moved) I was at 25 BMI at the lowest, now I've weighed myself in at 26.16 BMI... that's just over 13 stone!



        So it's about time

      • They can take our lives but they can never take our FREEDOM!!
        09/12/08

      • Rachel wins BB9
        09/05/08


        Yay! Rachel won! Sure she sat on the fence a few times but I honestly thought she was one of the most genuine housemates this year! Plus she's so sweet! And pretty! Congrats to her!

        When BB9 started, I thought Mikey would win and I was so sure I was going to place a bet o

    • August
    • July
    • June
      • GH Aerosmith released the same day as SSBB!?
        06/29/08
        I only found this out last night... Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, a game I'd been looking forward to getting, was released on Friday... the same day that Super Smash Brothers Brawl was released. What were Activision thinking?? If you don't know what I'm on about, watch the video...
      • Finally the UK gets Smash Bros Brawl!
        06/27/08
        The US have had the game for months, and we even got Mario Kart before they did, but it took Nintendo ages to finally get Super Smash Bros Brawl to our shores. Why that is, I don't know... but it's here and it's mint!



        I've been playing it all evening and if

      • I'M BACK!!!
        06/23/08
        Hi everyone! I finally managed to get my internet sorted out at my new place! This is just a quick message to say I haven't died, I'm still here! Quite a lot has happened over the last few weeks but I'll fill you in with the appropriate details if and when necessary :)

    • May
      • I'll see ya's later
        05/09/08
        OK everyone, I have to start packing up my PCs and get ready to go to my new home... where there's no internet... and where I won't be able to afford to run my own server 24/7.

        Tonight I've moved this site and The Anythings website to a brand new host and they're worki

      • UGH! THAT IS SO UNFAIR!
        05/08/08

        Influence: Harry Enfield

      • Wii were expecting something smaller
        05/07/08
        Guess what I went and bought today...

        Go on... guess... *

        I bought Wii Fit today (Hooray!), which is quite a feat in itself actually. It was sold out everywhere!
        HMV - gone. Game - gone. Gamestation - gone. Curry's Digital - gone. Vizavvi - gone. Chips - gone!
        I

      • I've got a flat!
        05/03/08
        I put a deposit down on a flat today in Chapel-en-le-frith. I had four homes lined up for viewing today. That was difficult, getting them all setup for the one day I was coming down to view them. Still, it all went well.

        The first flat we saw was in Heaton Chapel. It had nice high ceiling

      • Crack open the champagne lads, Wii did it!
        05/01/08
        That's it! All the characters unlocked in Mario Kart Wii! The only thing I've been doing these days is looking for a new home and playing Mario Kart... hence completing it so quickly! Don't believe me?



        Anyway, next stop: Online! Or at least it would be if our in

    • April
      • I've got a new job!!
        04/25/08
        Yes indeed peeps, I've been offered the job that I applied for. It's at Digital Umbrella, and get this... it's a Web Developer job as well! Finally, my knowledge and my degree is going to be put to use!! No more lounging around the house all day and scraping pennies, and certainly no

      • Another job interview
        04/24/08
        In my quest to find myself a new job, I've got myself another interview to go to this morning. It's about 2 1/2 hours drive away so that's going to be fun huh? I'm all ready to go and am nervous as hell! This is the second job interview I've gotta go for since I left Garland

      • Here Wii Go!
        04/18/08
        I recently thought that since I'm going to have to send off my Guitar Hero III disc to get it replaced, I won't be able to play it for a few weeks. That, coupled with the fact that a game I really wanted just came out, I thought maybe another title was in order.


        That'

      • Replacing your GH3 Wii disc in the UK
        04/17/08

        Everyone who got the Wii version of Guitar Hero 3 learnt that it didn't output sound in Dolby Pro Logic II as promised on the back of the box. Instead they output sound in MONO instead!! This has been a bit of a pain for me, and I thought I could live with it... until I played my friend&#

      • Not much to report
        04/13/08
        I must apologise for the absence of posts on here. It's not that I've forgotten or that I'm too busy, it's entirely the opposite! I've got too much time on my hands and doing almost nothing!

        I've been working on re-launching the band's website this last

      • Feeder Competition
        04/07/08


        My band, The Anythings, have entered a competition to support Feeder at their Newcastle gig! If we are to manage this, we need your help! Please support us by following the link below (or on the banner above), download our music and leave comments on the indiestore page!

      • It's snowing
        04/06/08
        WTF?!

    • March
      • New N95-1 firmware... again
        03/26/08
        This morning, Nokia released another firmware update for the trusty N95-1 on the NSU. It's brought it up now to v21.0.016.



        The updates in this one include extended battery life, Flash 3 lite built into the browser (so youtube and iplayer will work), support for standalone

      • Well that's that finished
        03/23/08
        I finally got Service Pack 1 installed for Vista last night. It was an absolute nightmare getting it sorted out. If you have a moment, I'll tell you the tall tale...

        It kept failing all the time when it got to "Stage 3" of the installation, and I think I know why it was doi

      • Vista SP1 - About Bloody Time!
        03/19/08
        Microsoft have now released their first Service Pack for Windows Vista to the public. I just did an update for Defender and my sound card drivers, then it showed it as available. I'm downloading it right now.



        There are two things that I hope to be fixed in this update:
      • Back From Birmingham
        03/17/08
        Yup, just come back from Birmingham after having an inverview there. After reading all of my FHM, playing Hot Pxl for an hour and listening to music all the way back home on the coach, I'm ready to hit they hay.

        I managed to take some time to take a browse around the Bullring, a (or

      • It putz teh loshun on itz skin...
        03/15/08

      • I'm officially out of Garlands!
        03/14/08
        Yup, just got home now from my last day at Garlands! I've been there for almost 3 1/2 years and worked in a couple of different departments and now I have my degree it's best I move on. I would've left sooner if it weren't for the friends I'd made while I was there. They eve

      • WOO!
        03/11/08

        I know some people won't be impressed by this, but I sure am! Just 10 minutes ago I managed to get five stars on Muse's Knights of Cydonia on Hard! Anyone who's seen that song on the game knows it's a tough one, and I know it's not Expert level yet, but it shows I'

      • All 242 Stars Collected!
        03/11/08

        I couldn't be arsed for ages, but I finally managed to get round to collecting all 242 stars in Super Mario Galaxy. I'd gotten to about 80 ages ago with Luigi but couldn't be pestered, but tonight I fancied playing it so got the remaining 42. To be honest, as pretty as the final

      • Diet Update
        03/10/08
        This last week I've lost...
        -0.5lb!Err.. hold on... I GAINED weight?!
        Oh that's right, I threw the diet out the window didn't I? I'm sure everyone who's been on a diet for so long have momentary lapses in it and give in to something(s) fat and greasy! I've sti

      • Uurrgh! Bad!
        03/07/08
        Yup... went out last night! I really wanted to have a good time so I threw the diet out the window and took to the Jack Daniels! I can't believe I had so much to drink! I wasn't really counting them to be honest, but I know I had enough for me to head straight home without getting a parmo

      • IT'S BACK UP!
        03/05/08
        Yay! The sites are back up again! I'm working on the gallery at the moment so that should be up again soon as well.

        Oh, and I've got the FTP server to sort out... and the shared network folders too...

        The sites are up though :P

      • Diet Update
        03/03/08
        This last week I've lost...
        0.5lb!Eek! It's slowing down pretty fast! I wonder if I've come to the point where I'm not eating enough to keep my metabolism going. I'll use a few more points this week and see what happens next Monday.

      • Cleveland Cruises' first cruise
        03/01/08
        How did it go?...


        ...shite to be honest. All of 11 cars turned up, including ours, and it was bloody freezing! I spent most of the evening supping a McDonalds coffee and watching Qi on my PSP. I'm told things will pick up when the warmer months come along. It'd better...

    • February
      • Charity
        02/29/08
        It was discussed on Dilbert that it's impossible to perform an act of charity without it costing you all of your money. This was then disproven when Dilbert saved his boss from drowning.

        I've further disproven this tonight when I was waiting for my bus. A lass walked by me doing

      • So, who felt the quake?
        02/27/08
        If you haven't seen the news already, there was an earthquake in the UK at 0057 this morning, with a magnetude of 5.2*. The epicentre of the quake was located a little north of Market Rasen, which is under 90 miles SSW from where I live.




        Obviously, 90 miles away I d

      • Diet Update
        02/25/08
        This last week I've lost...
        1lb!It was bound to slow down at some point, but a lb is a lb. It's still weight lost.

        In for a penny...

      • New Printer... ish
        02/24/08
        It's new to me, but it's really 3 1/2 years old. It's my Uncle's old Epson Stylus Photo R300 and he doesn't need it anymore. He gave it to my folks who had nowhere to put it, so I took it off their hands to replace my old one.



        It better than my old one

      • Going out again!
        02/21/08
        I'm off out to the Crown again in possibly the 5th week in a row! I can't believe how long it's been now! I'm re-bluing my hair as I type, and I've already got my clothes sorted out. I was gonna wear that new black shirt I got last week but it would've meant having to i

      • ClevelandCruises.co.uk launched
        02/19/08


        Finally got the cruising website up and running again. There were issues surrounding the last one but they've all been sorted now. Basically it's a site where you can discuss car cruises in the North East, and I did this as a favour for a couple of mates of mine who wanted to g

      • Diet Update
        02/18/08
        This last week I've lost...
        2lbs!I'm now 12st 5.5lbs, which means...
        8o8o8o I'M NOT OVERWEIGHT ANYMORE!!!! 8o8o8oOh happy day! I've been waiting for this moment since I started this diet! I could happily go down to the Life Centre in town now and have them say to me &qu

      • I quit
        02/15/08
        That's right, I handed in my notice at work! In three week's time I won't be at Garlands anymore. Granted, I don't have another job to go to at the moment, but I'm sure I'll find one that will bring in some money.

        Sudden... wouldn't you say? Possibly, bu

      • Valentine's Day... what a crock of shit!
        02/14/08
        ...and that's putting it nicely!



        Myself and a couple of my friends at work all feel the same way. In fact, we're going to turn up to work in black tonight, to protest against this Hallmark holiday. They want us to wear red or pink to "celebrate" it. No than

      • OMGWTFLOL!!!!
        02/13/08

      • Diet Update
        02/11/08
        This last week I've lost...
        2.5lbs!I'm half a pound away from having lost an entire stone since I started the diet, and I'm 1.5 lbs away from not being overweight anymore... and this is despite the two double cheeseburgers I had at the JNE meet yesterday. I wish I'd have tak

      • February JNE Meet
        02/10/08

        Another month, another JapNorthEast meet. There was a HUGE turnout today and, despite only taking up to 400 photos this time, loads of pics made it to my gallery today. I'd learnt from last month that using the burst mode option is a good idea, but before I was going overboard with it. In

      • Iz smoov on da inside and crunchee on da outside
        02/08/08

      • the maytricks i has it
        02/07/08

      • Another Christmas Present
        02/06/08
        Another Christmas present came through the post today. Mother had ordered it before Christmas but it was out of stock. It's...

        It really is very good. It wouldn't be worth the while if you got it by itself, but coupled with Diamond/Pearl on the DS it's excellent! I'm g

      • Ow! My arms ache!
        02/06/08
        Ow! I've been to the gym yesterday and today. Yesterday was a warm up, doing the same routine as I did before. However, today Nigel had me on a new routine involving lots of weights. My GOD my arms haven't hurt so much for ages!! He says after a few visits I'll get used to it. I sure

      • meowth... ...uses tailwhip
        02/06/08

      • i'm hidin behind u, eatin ur fevvers
        02/05/08

        Stolen from Orange's website.

      • Diet Update
        02/04/08
        This last week I've lost...
        1.5lbs!Which means I'm at 12st 10lbs now. Another 3lbs and I'll have lost a complete stone since starting this diet, and one more lb after that and I'll no longer be overweight (according to the NHS). I'm also lighter than I was before Christ

    • January
      • Hi mistor bond, I has bean ecspektin u LOL
        01/31/08

      • Diet Update
        01/28/08
        This last week I've lost...
        2.5lbs!Yeah, peculiar isn't it? I stepped on and off the scales a few times and couldn't see how much I weighed, so I stepped on them one last time and took a photo. I'd lost a half pound, which was why I couldn't tell how much I'd actua

      • Big Crisp
        01/23/08
        I was just tucking into a packet of Thai Sweet Chilli crisps (3 points per bag, before you have a go at me) and I spotted this crisp!



        It was bigger than my mouse! Oh, and it tasted nice too! :P

      • Diet Update
        01/21/08
        This last week I've lost...
        3lbs!I'm now down to 13st precisely. I've had a couple of slip ups, I admit (such as the KFC on a drunken Thursday night, and the double cheese burger from a van from yesterday's JNE meet), but weight lost is still weight lost. Let's hope for

      • JNE had another car meet
        01/20/08
        I haven't been to one in 6 months so when Trig invited me to come along this time I was more than willing to go.

        I took about 600 photos overall! This is because I was trying out a new photography technique. I don't know what it's called, but it entails putting the camera i

      • Ghostbusters T-shirt
        01/17/08
        I've just ordered this tonight while I was at work.



        My brother told me a few days ago that a Ghostbusters game was in the making. Looking up on the news and screenshots, I then felt like watching the film again. Right at the end, fans are cheering the famous four waving G

      • Diet Kickstarts Again For 2008
        01/14/08
        Yup, the diet is starting again today after having almost a month off just eating what I want for the Christmas and New Year peroid! I've been starting to watch what I eat last week (as in, watch it go into my mouth!) so that I knew how severe the situation was, and now I can start the diet aga

      • How is this NOT a good joke?
        01/09/08
        I posted this joke on Sickipedia.org just yesterday and currently it's got a rating of -43! I mean COME ON PEOPLE!!!! Here's the joke:

        The McCanns are going to produce a film to raise awareness of their missing daughter Madeleine.

        It's rumoured to be called "

      • And the spam is in...
        01/01/08
        Last January 1st I stopped deleting my junk email and starting saving them. I wanted to see how much spam email the average web user receives in a year, just as Anne Cohen in Tyneside is collecting her junk mail to show how much is delivered on her street (See related link for reference). Of course,

      • Happy New Year!
        01/01/08
        I'd like to wish everyone a very happy new year 2008! I sodding well hope it's better than the last one! Sure, I finished my degree but many other things such as leaving my long-term girlfriend and being stuck in a fucking shit job, have made 2007 a very crappy year!

        As usual, a

  • 2007
    • December
      • Last post of the year
        12/31/07
        Well, 2007 was a big load of bollocks wasn't it? Sure, I finally finished my University degree, but pretty much everything else went tits up. At least I'm gonna let it end on a high note. Time for my checklist. Let's see...

        Washed/Dressed for tonight - Check
        Hair re-bl

      • Head Under A Lamp...
        12/27/07
        As the title suggests, my head is currently under my hot desk lamp. Why? Because I've just recoloured my hair and I'm letting it set in. It doesn't state on the instructions of my hair colouring that I need to do this, but this is what they did when I went to get it done at Tony Galla

      • What Did I get?
        12/26/07
        Did you all enjoy your Christmas this year?

        So what did I get get? I'll just list them here:



        * Guitar Hero III for Wii - This game kicks ass! As a guitarist myself, I can really appreciate a game like this. Just clip the Wii Remote into the body of the guitar a

      • Aye no's kung foo!
        12/25/07


        This is the first of (hopefully) many submissions I'm going to make to I Can Has Cheezeburger where there are lots of photos of animals - mainly kittens - with funny captions! With each one, I'll post a link to it on the website so you can vote for it! It'll be a related l

      • Merry Christmas!!!
        12/25/07
        Merry Christmas everyone! Hope y'all have a good'n! Here's a cute little snowman for the festive season.


      • Diet Update
        12/24/07
        This last week I've lost...
        ...I dunnoI haven't weighed myself today. I haven't been feeling well today, and Wednesday and Friday I haven't been following my diet. At the end of the day, it's Christmas!

      • Two drunken nights and a day of shopping
        12/22/07
        Ooof! Dehydrated! :sick:

        I've been out drinking on Wednesday and Friday night. Wednesday was the Garlands Christmas ball that I was talked into attending by my team leader. I had to turn up in a tuxedo, which is good, but we were cramped in our seats... which was bad. On Friday we�

      • Diet Update
        12/17/07
        This last week I've lost...
        3 lbs!Ten pounds in three weeks! That means I'm only a pound overweight now, sitting at 12st 11lbs :)

      • Not long 'til Christmas
        12/16/07
        Nope, only 8 days left until the big day! I'll admit, I haven't got all my presents yet. I usually leave everything until last minute at Christmas. I'll have everything sorted out soon though, ready for next Tuesday.

        Still, I've been preparing for the Christmas Ball th

      • Is this better?
        12/13/07


        Maybe the related link will explain a few things...

      • Thought I'd show y'all the two angels I made from b3ta
        12/13/07




        Thanks go out to HappyToast and Thor_sonofodin

      • Graduation Photos Arrive
        12/12/07
        Well, they arrived yesterday to be exact. However the stiff envelope they were in was too big for the letterbox. Unsurprisingly a card was slipped through the letterbox telling me to go down to Cannon Park and pick it up in 24 hours time. Errm, Postie... ever heard of a frigging DOORBELL!? I was up

      • Diet Update
        12/10/07
        This last week I've lost...
        2 lbs!That's a whole half a stone already in two weeks! I'm definitely making some progress here.

      • I've drank so much Coke Zero I just want to...
        12/10/07

      • Shit night
        12/08/07
        Well last night was a bust! After a couple of pints in the Hogs Head we went over to Sumo where they play alternative rock, amongst others. The place seemed absolutely massive, and the first few songs were pretty good.

        Then the music got worse...

        ...and worse...

        ...a

      • Got my phone back!
        12/05/07
        Yay! I got my phone back today so I'm now back on my N95. The N70 served me well in my time of need, and actually it wasn't quite so slow as before... once I reflashed the firmware of course! It's nice having a brand new phone again. The spot of superglue is gone from one corner, a sc

      • New hair!
        12/04/07


        Yup! I did it! Finally I've done my hair blue! It's really meant to be highlights but because I have short hair the colouring bled down to the root. I'm told just the tips will remain after a couple of washes. You like?

      • Diet Update
        12/03/07
        This last week I've lost...
        5 lbs!Wow! What a start huh!? I'm now just over the 13 stone mark! Got another 25lbs-ish left to lose.

        Wish me luck :)

    • November
      • Sod's Law
        11/30/07
        Just my luck huh? I wait forever for the new N95 firmware to come out and my phone knackers up! For the last day or two it's been showing "Sim card registration failure" or something along those lines. I wasn't able to make any calls or anything, yet the phone seemed other wise o

      • New N95-1 firmware
        11/26/07
        I thought it best to post about this here, because I know a lot of people who are anxious to get their hands on the update and this is just easier. Nokia have released new firmware for the N95-1, which brings it up to V20.0.015, quite a leap!



        The main features of this update i

      • 120 Stars
        11/23/07

        I've got them all! All 120 stars in Super Mario Galaxy!! Are games getting easier? I remember it took me ages to get all 120 on Super Mario 64.

        I've heard a rumour that if I face bowser again I'll be able to play as Luigi. I'll soon find out if that's true.

      • My first gnop
        11/23/07

      • No longer a student
        11/22/07
        I officially graduated today. I had to dress up like a tit all day but now it's all over. Here's a photo :P

      • Am I going to die?
        11/20/07
        I thought I would mention this because it's suddenly become a bit of a shock to me.

        I'm sat at my computer watching episodes of Enterprise supping JD and Coke, when I decided to browse through the past posts that I'd made through the time that I was on b3ta. I came across a

      • Wii have landed
        11/17/07
        Well, that was quick. I just completed Super Mario Galaxy. Of all 120 stars in the game, you only need 60 to face bowser and complete the game. I'm now working on getting the remaining 60, but it's strange that I was able to get so far in the space of 30 hours, taking into consideration th

      • Wii have lift off
        11/16/07

        Yup, I bought one of the most anticipated Wii games of all time this morning... Super Mario Galaxy! Well... I say bought... I actually used some of the vouchers that I got for being at Garlands for three years, so in a sense I got it for free! I know, I was going to use them for getting Christ

      • Woke with a shock
        11/10/07
        Bloody hell, I was woken up with a shock this morning 8o

        I was fast asleep when my mobile phone started ringing. I answered it, and it was Virgin Media. The woman on the phone wanted to confirm that she was speaking to Andrew Irvine, the account holder of 4Mb broadband for £25 a month...

      • Sick as a parrot
        11/09/07
        Ya know I mentioned that I had a sore throat a couple of days ago? Well... it was a full on cold! :sick: I could bearly speak today as it hurt so much, and I've been feeling awfully drowsy as well! Luckily, I didn't have to go onto the phones tonight. My TL could tell by just looking at me

      • Well... it's completed
        11/07/07
        Yup, I completed Zelda Phantom Hourglass today. That was quick, wasn't it? 8o

        A review I'd read said that the game was easy. Well, there were a couple of times where I was stuck for a short while, but that was it really. However, I've only completed the main storyline. Like

    • October
      • RIP White [[ XX/11/04 - 31/10/07 ]]
        10/31/07
        White passed away this morning. I found her laid there on the bottom of her tank just motionless. I feared the worst and, sadly, I wasn't mistaken.

        She'd been ill for the last couple of weeks, and for a moment it seemed she was getting better (even the vet said she was), but for

      • Zelda Phantom Hourglass
        10/30/07
        Yes everyone! I finally picked up a copy of Nintendo's new Zelda outing on the DS.



        After waking up with a (not as bad as I thought) hangover, Matthew's birthday card for me had arrived. He included a £15 HMV voucher inside for me to spend on whatever tickles my fanc

      • My Buh-bu-buh Birthday!!
        10/29/07
        I am now officially 25!



        I've gotten a few things so far. I got money off some of the folks, and Paul stopped by last night to drop off a card and a present. It's a t-shirt with CTRL ALT DEL on it, in a font that looks like keyboard letters. Not bad.

        I'

      • One day remaining
        10/28/07
        Only one day left until I turn 25. A quarter of a century! Oh dear! :\ I've already come to terms with being in my mid-twenties, but before I was in my early-mid-twenties, y'know?

        Still, hopefully tomorrow night will be a blast! I'm going out for alot of drinks, starting in

      • Long shifts and full of cold!
        10/26/07
        This week I've had to catch up with my holidays at work, by doing the occasional full-time shift. This happened because I'd taken three weeks off back when I was in the technical support department so I could focus on my final year project (which will be available on this site soon). Now t

      • Wii Remote Jackets
        10/24/07
        Back on the 2nd October I ordered some Wii Remote Jackets. They're a new accessory that Nintendo have released for their Wii Remotes, and all remotes (by now) will be sold with one in the pack as well. However, since many people have remotes without the jackets, Nintendo offered free ones to th

      • My Lovely Gerbil
        10/22/07
        I took White to the vets again for a checkup today. The vet said that she has improved. She's not squeaking or clicking when she breathes and she seems to me much livelier than she was a week ago, which is good news. "She is a bit on the thin side though" she pointed out, and I agree

      • After 7 long years, I now host my own site!
        10/18/07
        Just a few moments ago, andrew-irvine.co.uk switched over from notnet's servers to my own server sat in my room. I now host my own website on my own web server (yay!).

        I've done the same for www.theanythings.co.uk (formally Nemo - link below) and I'm going to make arrangeme

      • White's poorly
        10/15/07
        My 3 year old gerbil, White, is ill. She's having difficulty breathing and seems to just sit around dozing off with her eyes half closed. She doesn't seem to move around much either.



        I took her (and Misty, my other gerbil) to The Animal Health Centre today, a vets do

      • Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin.
        10/07/07
        I've decided to go clean shaven. I ain't shaved for something like 5 years, so this is truely bizarre for me. The shaver I used is one of those Philishave CoolSkins, that cums moisturiser on your face while ya shave. It's certainly done the job!



        I'm in the

    • September
      • Seabrooks!
        09/18/07
        Popped down to the Royal Mail Offices today to pick up my parcel, and this was inside.



        It's HUGE! Apparrently it holds a pint and I've already had a cup of tea in it. It's a meal in itself!

      • Just come back from Keswick
        09/02/07
        And I took lots of photos with my new N95!! I didn't bother taking the HP digital camera with me because I wanted to see how the N95 would cope with the different kinds of photos I'd be taking. I remember last years trip with the N70, and the year before that with the 6600, and they perfor

    • August
      • Am I mad?
        08/29/07
        I've spent 500 fucking sheets on THESE!!!!



        These are my new 240W amp and my 12 string electro-acoustic guitar! They both sound utterly AMAZING! I got the amp so that I had something bigger and louder for when the band plays gigs. The electro-acoustic will replace my curre

      • Me and Helen have split up.
        08/27/07
        It's been going a bit funny for the last few months so we decided to call it off. That's all that can be said really.

    • July
      • OH! I need to make so many changes!
        07/30/07
        This site may be half decent, but there are SO many things that I want to change on this. I'm currently working on my server in order to host my own web site, rather than relying on a 3rd party. I also want to make the switch from perl to PHP. I've learnt a great deal of PHP at Uni and I f

      • More proof I'm under-appreciated
        07/23/07
        Putting it straight: I've been told tonight that Orange are getting rid of all part-time technical support staff in our building and focusing on full-time instead. That's me up a rather popular creek without anything to maneuver with.

        "But you're not gonna lose your jo

      • The Results Are In...
        07/18/07
        And I'm a clever little bugger! I've just learned from my University today that I got a...
        2:1!
        Of course, yesterday and today I've had to make a few phone calls because they claim to have not received payment for the course from studentfinance. I was surprised with some of

      • New Phone!
        07/05/07
        Introducing the Nokia N95!



        An absolute marvel, this is! 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, DVD quality videos at 30fps, built-in wifi, built-in GPS, 3G, 160Mb internal memory, MicroSD expandable... the list goes on! This phone will be replacing my trusty N70 which has been excelle

      • Treated myself
        07/02/07
        Well, the student loan came in today. Since I've been working throughout the academic year, everything else has been paid for... so I bought this!



        I got Mario Strikers Football with it as well, which is ace! Wii Sports is truely amazing though! Just a flick of the wrist a

    • June
    • May
      • UNI IS OVER ONCE AND FOR ALL!
        05/29/07
        I've had my one and only exam today on Advanced Database Systems... AND NOW I'M FREE!!!!! FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

        I'm pretty sure I did terrible on it though. Those questions were TOUGH!

      • Not another presentation!
        05/10/07
        I pretty much cocked up the Emerging Technologies one by getting a C, now they want me to do a presentation for my dissertation! I'm not looking forward to this at all...

    • February
      • CACTUS BLOG!
        02/08/07


        I needn't say more! Follow the link on the left and take a look!

    • January
      • iRaq
        01/10/07

      • Happy New Year
        01/01/07
        I would just like to wish everyone many happy returns for 2007. May it be the year we... err... win the lottery or summit or nothin!

  • 2006
    • November
      • GTA: Middlesbrough
        11/23/06

      • Site will be a bit messy
        11/20/06
        I'm currently fiddling around with my CSS in order to make the site run a little better over different browsers. If you see a few things on here that don't look right, don't be alarmed. It won't be like that forever.

    • October
    • September
      • Zoomerman has a new car
        09/17/06

      • zxoncam comes to the site
        09/13/06
        I'm making some changes to the site at the moment, including adding zxoncam to this website. I figured that it's pointless having two small websites when I could have one larger website. I'm also fixing a few bugs in the administrator sections, but that can only benefit myself. Keep y

    • August
      • I got my gerbil stoned
        08/16/06

      • More geekyness!
        08/14/06
        I've really got too much time on my hands during these summer holidays. However I'm putting them to good use. Since I've upgraded my computer (and the "my pooter" section WILL be done at some point soon) I moved the old CPU and motherboard to the server. Now that should run

      • I'm bored...
        08/11/06
        ...so I translated a huge block of alien text on a Futurama DVD. Sure, I could've just looked on the net for the translation but it's more fun doing it yourself. Plus, as I made my way though, it was clear what I had become...

        NOTE: What follows is a spoiler! If you want to work

      • I posted an image on b3ta
        08/10/06
        I've decided that any new images I post on b3ta should go on here as well. It'll fill in any gaps and give you all a good laugh, I hope.

      • 64 bit baby, yeah!
        08/08/06
        I've finally upgraded my computer after what feels like god knows how long! I've finally ditched shoddy Intel and gotten onto AMD. Before, I had a Pentium III 1.2Ghz PC with 1.5Gb SD-RAM. Now my PC is running on a sweeeeeeet AMD Athlon 64bit X2 Dual-Core 3800+ with 1Gb DDR-RAM. The speed i

    • July
      • 2nd year of Uni passed!
        07/17/06
        I got my results this week for my 2nd year at University! I got 3 A's and 3 B's, and my average score at the moment is 70.16% meaning I'm on the way to (hopefully) getting a 1st class honours! Generally I'm quite happy with the overall results, although there are a couple of thin

    • April
    • March
      • Lots of funny quizzes...
        03/05/06
        I came across all of these and thought I'd give them a go. Quite some funny answers from them, I must say...

      • First ICA mark
        03/03/06
        I just got my first ICA mark an hour ago. It's for Enterprise Web Development 1... and I got an A! It's not the highest in the class (The fellah who did get the highest I knew would do exceptionally well!) but it's one of THE highest, so I'm told by the lecturers. Here's hop

    • February
      • Everybody's Golf - 100% Complete!!!
        02/21/06
        Another of my titles has come to completion today. The 2nd hand title I bought has finally gotten every single item unlocked on it, as well as full loyalty, all challenge games finished, and all putting challenges finished too. Now to focus my attentions on PES5... until Gran Turismo Mobile comes ou

      • Valentines Day
        02/14/06
        Hope everyone is having a good valentines day, swapping cards, pecks on cheeks, maybe having a shag or two! I'm off to our lass's house tonight but will have to leave again first thing in the morning... damn uni!

    • January
      • Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - 100% Complete!!!
        01/31/06
        After much thumb twiddling, shooting gangsters, the police, blowing things up, racing punks etc etc I've finally 100% completed GTA: LCS! I heard recently that it's going to be released for the PS2. Well I just say to PS2 owners... have fun catching up, cos I finished it before you guys ev

      • And another PSP title...
        01/05/06
        ...2nd hand this time. I managed to get Everybody's Golf 2nd hand for under £20 - It's really cute and addictive! I'm not normally a fan of golf games but this one really opened my eyes! I'm gonna have hours of fun with this baby...

      • Happy New Year!
        01/01/06
        I would just like to wish everyone a very happy new year! I sincerely hope that it's better than last year.

        It bloody well better be for me!

  • 2005
    • December
      • Another PSP title
        12/28/05
        I decided to get myself Pro Evolution Soccer 5 for my PSP. I've already got it for my PS2 but you can connect the two versions together and update each others data. It looks really crisp and clear on a PSP screen. There are a couple of snags though. For a start, there's no master league, a

      • Merry Christmas!
        12/25/05
        Merry Christmas everyone! Remember everyone... you're not HAPPY at Christmas, you're MERRY! And don't stoop so low as to call it Xmas... and definately don't go as far as saying Happy Xmas because it just doesn't work at all!

        So what did I get? A bottle of JD (whi

    • November
      • Life (18 Rated)
        11/20/05


        That's better! Why not take my BRITISH rating quiz? to take the test.

      • Life (R rated)
        11/20/05


        I'm quite chuffed with this. I've seen others go on who're rated PG or PG-13 and so on. I wish there was a british version of this though, cos it'd be funny to have an "18" rating on this site...

      • 30 teeth
        11/16/05
        Well finally, today I've had the other wisdom tooth taken out. Just as unpleasant as the last time, but it doesn't seem to be bleeding as much as it did before. I'm kinda glad it's out now, even though my gob is throbbing like hell. When it was pulled out, the dentist was ever so

    • October
      • FIXED!
        10/24/05
        My PC is now up and running again, as good as new! I've installed everything I need, including a few things I didn't have installed before (Freehand and Visual Studio, to name a couple) and the machine is STILL running loads faster than it did before. How do I know this for sure? Last nigh

      • Heuston, we have a problem...
        10/23/05
        Tip: If your computer starts making funny clunking noises, be sure to backup everything of importance and go get a new hard drive. On Wednesday night it was doing exactly that. Even after a surface test and defrag it was still making the clunking. Then the next morning it just went off and the BIOS

      • 31 teeth
        10/19/05
        Well, I've had one of my teeth out now. I was under the impression that I was going to have both out but that's getting done another day, approximately a month from now. The whole procedure felt really wierd, but I have to admit the most painful part of it was the injection. Once it kicked

      • 32 teeth
        10/19/05
        As of approximately 2:15pm today, I will no longer have all 32 teeth in my gob. I'm getting two wisdom teeth removed today and I'm not looking forward to it. The last time I had teeth removed was when I was very young and, because I was (and probably still am but it doesn't bother me

      • Shatter/Tender
        10/17/05
        Anyone heard the new Feeder single? (If you haven't then I strongly recommend that you do) Well it was brought to my attention by Nigel (Bassist - Nemo) that my name was on the hall of fame on the DVD copy of the new single.

        If you've got a copy, go 25 seconds into it and take a

      • Burnout Revenge is so very, very sweet
        10/11/05
        And it is! Just today I picked up a parcel from the local (yeah, right!) Royal Mail HQ and it just so happened to contain a copy of the oh-so-lovely Burnout: Revenge. Pretty much the same as the previous one but with a couple of new features and prettier graphics. I think my Uni work is going to suf

      • Someone PLEASE come up with a cold cure within the next 24 hours!
        10/10/05
        Woke up this morning... stinking cold! I don't feel like crap yet but I can see that on the horizon. It's only a matter of time before what is currently a cough becomes something catastrophic. Better keep up with my Vitamin C intake until it blows over.

        I went to my first practi

      • Damn you firefox!
        10/09/05
        I've just had to tidy up the code for this site so that it looked ok in firefox! It was hideous before! But that's all part of being a website designer isn't it? To design sites that work in all browsers? That's one thing that I had neglected for such a long time... Oh well, does

    • September
      • My new toy!
        09/06/05
        Allow me to present the Sony MZ-RH10 HiMD Recorder/Player!



        It does everything that my previous (not-fully-funtional) MD player does, except it also supports 1Gb HiMD discs, which means more music for my money wherever I go! Now I can record band practices and gigs again, as we

      • My life is on the turnaround!!
        09/01/05
        I don't know whether God wanted me to give up something I loved in order to achieve this or not, but I'm finally going back to uni! I'm doing a BSc in Computer Studies. Don't let the name fool you, I get to do almost anything I want in this course. I'm starting off with some

    • August
      • RIP Jack [[ 07/08/03 - 25/08/05 ]]
        08/26/05
        It is with regret that I have to report that my cat, Jack, has now passed on. He was found in someone's back garden where he had staggered to after he was hit by a car on our street.



        They say that cats can leave paw prints on your heart. Truer words were never spoken. Jac

      • Keeping my promise... so far
        08/13/05
        Well here's another diary entry, the 2nd within a week. That doesn't happen too often. I haven't had much free time recently what with having to go to work at unsociable hours and everything. I have, however, had the time to be introduced to a very peculiar game called Sentient, a 1st

      • zxoncam up and running...
        08/10/05
        ...but not much more to report. I've sorted out my server computer so that the webcams are running their live feed of myself now. In fact, I've added a 3rd camera to the site so there're three feeds all at once :) Albeit I had to reduce the resolution of the feeds in order to get thre

      • Back up and running once more!
        08/02/05
        Have you noticed something? Since November, this space was completely empty. But now the site is alive and kicking again! Not only that, but the Nemo and zxoncam websites are also back up again. I finally got round to paying my hosting bills and just look at me! A fully fledged webmaster once more!<

  • 2004
    • August
      • Pooter's a little better than you thought.
        08/18/04
        Just yesterday morning I received through the mail a P3 1.2Ghz processor. Now I'm running 400Mhz faster than before (50% improvement). I can't really tell if it's made any difference at the moment cos I don't have enough space on my HDD for any detailed games (e.g. Vice City, UT2

    • June
    • April
      • Freeview
        04/18/04
        Yay! Finally, I'm putting my widescreen telly to some proper use! I got a freeview box the other day and it setup in no time at all. At least now I've got some decent channels upstairs!

      • Super Mario Reloaded
        04/14/04
        This is absolutely brilliant! It's the Matrix... Mario style! The animation's 4Mb mind, but well worth it! Click here to watch!

    • March
      • Funny as hell cartoon!
        03/23/04
        23.3.2004 - 21:11:41 -
        After following a link on Brookfresh (Online PS2 website) I came across a website called VG Cats that had a whole load of little cartoons based on various different videogames. Here are a couple of pics that're my personal favourites!

        Grand Theft Auto
      • Friends info updated
        03/09/04
        Hmm, since I haven't said anything on here for a while I thought I'd post this... I've updated the friend's page cos the info there is ancient! That is all...

    • January
      • A bloody kick in the teeth
        01/11/04
        I just got an sms off O2 a moment ago...

        From O2: As a user of O2 Email to Mobile, please go to www.o2.co.uk/email for information on forthcoming changes to the service & new pricing.

        Turns out that O2 are now gonna be charging ME 10p for every text message that I recieve o

      • New telly
        01/07/04
        God bless christmas time! I've been using a small 14" telly for ages now (In fact, it's prolly not even 14"!!) and I was sick of it. SO when fortune was pointed my way on christmas, I decided to take advantage of it. I went and bought myself a new telly... a 28" widescreen b

  • 2003
    • December
      • Woohoo!
        12/03/03
        Whey-hey! Today I got a new case and 375W PSU from Mr. PC Computers in Stockton-on-Tees. This was all I needed to get the server up and running and now I have it!

        Be sure to check up on the server page for the results later!

      • Two... yes, count 'em, TWO webcams!
        12/02/03
        Today is a great day for webcam sites everywhere! For I have a 2nd webcam attached to this here computer. Now you can see live feed from my zxoncam website from two different angles! I got the cam off a friend who I was sorting a couple of computers for. Hell, he had no use for it.

        Also,

    • November
      • Times they are a-changing
        11/27/03
        Aged 20 --> Aged 21
        Dreamweaver MX --> Dreamweaver MX 2004
        Flash MX --> Flash MX Professional 2004
        Paint Shop Pro v7.04 --> Paint Shop Pro v8.0
        WebcamXP Pro v1.04.700 --> WebcamXP Pro v1.06.962

        Yup, things are upgrading a bit over the past couple of week

    • October
      • It's nearly here
        10/28/03
        Damn this has been a busy week! I've had work, uni, and band practice already. Tomorrow its my birthday, Thursday I've got a gig at Liberty's In Town, and on Friday I'm off to London for the weekend! Ooer! Three hours until my 21st birthday! I dunno what I'm gonna do to pass

      • Countdown to the birthday
        10/27/03
        That's right folks! It's my 21st on Wednesday! God knows how much stuff I may (or may not) get but nevertheless I'm having a party (Gatecrashers: I'll tell you where it is after I've had it :P ). There's only two days left. Anyways, I've got work to go to so I'

    • August
      • Processor taking the strain
        08/14/03
        Over the past week or so, us brits have been victim of one of the hottest heat waves the country's ever known (Reaching 101°F on Sunday!). It's been hot as a desert in my bedroom cos I get the afternoon sun, and my processor's having a little trouble. Recent checks have shown that it

      • PS2 Networked and Online
        08/02/03
        That's right folks, I got the Network Adapter for my PS2 today and I'm quite chuffed with it. Looks pretty ugly though, sticking out the back like that. Just wait 'til I get my HDD for it (it uses the same connections as a PC does) and Linux installed...

    • July
      • Ooops!
        07/14/03
        I've just broken a mirror! When I was cleaning up my room one day quite a while ago, I came across a 2" x 1" mirror with a sticky back... stuck to a pair of jeans! Bizarre, up to this day I've still no idea how it got there. Anyway, I stuck it on my monitor for a laugh. Recently

      • Big Brother Bugger up Big time
        07/06/03
        I can only assume that the official Big Brother 4 website is down today because of the hacking competition thingie that was on. Because of this, I have resorted to going to O2's BB WAP site to get the updates, and here's a snippet from an entry that I thought was quite comical...

      • How good am I!?!?!?
        07/06/03
        Today was the day of the infamous worldwide hack where, over the course of 6 hours, many hackers around the world will try to hack into as many sites as they can. The prize? 500Mb of webspace...

        ...which brings me to this post. I received an e-mail today from Notnet, the peeps who host my

      • Mum caught on cam!
        07/05/03
        Before I left for my trip to Doncaster on Monday, I locked my room and left my webcam on in there so that I could keep an eye on it while I was away, using my Nokia 7650. When I checked it while on my way home on the coach, I noticed that I had an intruder: my mum!



        After some

    • May
      • Exams are over
        05/21/03
        Yes folks, all my exams for the second year of Uni are now over. I only had the one this semester, and that was yesterday. Wow, and everyone else is working hard, revising :P

      • Pooter has improved... indeed it has!
        05/17/03
        To cut a long story short, I bid for a P3 800Mhz CPU and won. It was the Coppermine socket 370 style, so I had to get a new motherboard cos the one I had at the time was a slot 1 (totally different)... but that wasn't the only reason. The board I had turns out it doesn't support any higher

      • YAY! New pooter case!
        05/04/03
        Get this! I went to the pooter fair this morning in Stockton and got myself a Soundblaster Live 5.1 Digital sound card and the pooter case I've always wanted!!! Click here to see pics of it. Oooh, so sleek and sexy :)

      • Yay! Money!
        05/04/03
        My student loan came in on Monday, so I've been a little happier this week. I got myself a pair of trainers - Adidas Galaxy 6 White/Blue (Brilliant design!) - and a 16x DVD-ROM for my pooter, replacing the 52x CD-ROM. I'm popping to the computer fair at Stockton Sixth Form College tomorrow

    • April
      • FTP Server
        04/21/03
        I've got an FTP server setup at home now. People can now download from me pretty much 24/7. The IP for the FTP server atm is 213.107.173.97 but that won't help atm. I won't allow anonymous connections to it. E-mail me to request a username/password.

    • March
      • Site downtime
        03/25/03
        Sorry folks, my sites went down for a couple of days but everything's sorted out now, thank god!

        Christ I'm bored!

      • Negligence and stuff
        03/19/03
        Yup, it's been a while since I've been on here. I've had a load of problems going on this past week or so that I'd rather not go into right now. I just hope things sort themselves out through time, and if not, then I'm screwed, basically.

        Of course, because of thi

    • February
      • Got my router back!
        02/21/03
        Yay! I got my pooter back. Angela had it for quite a while so she could show her students what the inside of a computer looks like. All I need now is the necessary software and I can set it up! Oooh, it's all so exciting... errm, ok maybe it isn't but I'm still happy it's back.
      • New Monitor!
        02/04/03
        Yay! I got my 19" monitor today! No longer do I have to put up with a crappy 15" monitor only capable of handling 1024x768! I've got 1600x1200 now and there's no stepping back!

    • January
      • Filling in an entry with my 7650
        01/23/03
        Hey there folks! I've just managed to get my phone to get onto the REAL internet! The software is sharewere mind, gonna pay for it as soon as i get home.

      • Got a few things done
        01/23/03
        Lets see:

        * Moved the pooter to a proper computer desk in my room.
        * Set up the USB devices on said machine.
        * Starting Weight Watchers diet again.
        * Setup my Nokia 7650 to send/receive e-mails (Been quite useful).
        * Downloading South Park episodes.

      • Hmm, so much to catch up on.
        01/19/03
        I dunno where to begin, so I'll just say stuff at random...

        I've got my exams out of the way. I only had three but damn they were bastards!! I doubt I've passed any of them, really. I've only managed to get in approx. 24 hours revision for each of them (That might expl

      • Happy New Year peeps!
        01/01/03
        Just wishing everyone (expect those who I hate) a very Happy New Year for 2003!

  • 2002
    • December
      • The birth of a new era!!!
        12/16/02
        Aye, it is indeed the birth of a new era, for I finally hauled my arse and got that router put together.... ish. Got a phonecall off Helen saying she needed a pooter to do her Uni work and asked if she could borrow my laptop. After giving her the sad news that it was comatosed, I offered to salvage

      • Currently Listening to...
        12/15/02
        I've decided to get shot of Winamp 3 on the main pooter here and put v2.81 back on. I'm just more accustomed to this version, and plus it allows me to have the script in the top-left corner showing what I'm currently listening to. I'd like to improve it so that it'll say tha

      • GTA: Vice City
        12/08/02
        Whey-hey! I finally completed it the other day! There was quite a twist in the plot at the end that I wasn't expecting. I won't give anything away... or maybe I already did by saying all of that. Oh well, no harm, no foul!

      • andrew-irvine.co.uk lives on
        12/04/02
        A belated e-mail that I received today. Take a peek...

        Dear EASILY Customer,

        We are pleased to confirm that the registration of your internet domain

        andrew-irvine.co.uk

        has been renewed on your behalf. The registration period has been extended by 2 year(s)

      • BTOOLKIT IS FINALLY FUCKING WORKING!!!
        12/04/02
        After many hours of fiddling with setting in Mandrake Linux, logging on/off root, untar-ing soo many files and drinking many a cup-o-coffee, I've finally got BToolkit working on the Linux machine downstairs.

        Now I can do my assignment work.

      • Neglect
        12/03/02
        Jesus christ! Talk about busy! Uni's been taking up all of my spare time, basically, so I ain't really had the time to add an entry onto here. I really should...

    • October
      • Switcheroonies
        10/09/02
        I moved my pooter and tv/vcr over to the other desk today. There's a shitload of stuff just laid about all over the place! This is gonna take another day...

      • 2 years old!
        10/03/02
        andrew-irvine.co.uk will be 2 years old tomorrow. Not really a cause for celebration, but I'm sure it's a good enough reason to get pissed! :)

    • September
      • Funeral
        09/26/02
        I was at John's funeral this morning. It was a beautiful sunny morning, warm too. I'm just glad I got to pay my last respects to John before his burial in Guisborough. Now it'll be a while until I can put this behind me. It'll be difficult.

        May he rest in peace.

      • R.I.P.
        09/18/02
        John Alexander McLean

        R.I.P.

        1982-2002

        He was a good friend and I, as many others, will miss him a great deal.


      • 09/04/02
        I'd tidied my den today. The place was an absolute mess. Thank god I don't have any "before" shots, but here's a few after shots...









        Maybe I can actually find stuff now...

      • Bloody hell!
        09/02/02
        Geeze, looks like I've totally neglected this diary thing! Oh well...

        The holiday in Cyprus has been and gone, I'm getting ready to head back to Uni for my 2nd year, I've lost a shitload of weight on the Weight Watcher's diet thingie (I'm 10st 12lbs last I checked

    • July
      • Neglect
        07/14/02
        Wow! A number of things happen and I don't post it on here. The holiday's been and gone, our band's recorded it's first demo, and I'm in the process of designing the official Nemo website. Other than that, there's not much to report, besides eating less (as in avoiding

    • June
      • Yay!
        06/08/02
        I found my passport! After having turned my bedroom upside down and back again, I found it in a box full of misc documents and papers in a cupboard. Now I can go on holiday next week! Yay!

      • Damn
        06/07/02
        Now a week after my last exam for the semester, I'm now preparing for my holiday in Cyprus as well as working on a couple of websites by the start of next week (ish). Not alot more to report really, besides the new USB scanner and the 2nd monitor for the computer.

        It's nice to h

    • May
      • Quite simply... hell
        05/25/02
        Past week or so has been busy, what with exams and work. I'm not really gonna make work interfere with my life for the next few days, or at least until I've sat my Formal Methods exam next Tuesday.

        Just tidied my room after days - perhaps weeks - of neglect. I've now got so

      • MSN MSGer
        05/17/02
        Oooh I've found a few tools on the 'net that'll let me fiddle with MSN Messenger a little more. I've now changed it so it adds the name of a song I'm currently listening to to the end of my nickname on it dynamically (e.g. zxon - currently listening to "Offspring - Pay

      • More quotes!
        05/10/02
        That little thing that appears in the top right hand corner of every page, the thing with the random quotes... I've added 28 more to the list. These are quotes taken from lines that peeps have said on Trekkers Rest, in one form or another. There's a few good eyebrow raisers there that'

      • "F"
        05/01/02
        Has anyone else come across this? I just bought a small packet of Peanut M&M's about 20 minutes ago and I've come across this M&M...



        It could just be an uncomplete M that's usually found on the side of each M&M but at the same time it doesn't se

    • April
      • X-Port v2
        04/26/02
        A few days ago I'd bought the Datel XtremePak from GAME (Includes Action Replay2 v2, X-Port v2 and Datel *crappy* keyboard - I was gonna sell the keyboard to a mate of mine but not anymore, you'll see why). I got it because it was soooo damn hard to get hold of the X-Port v2 from the Codej

      • g/f b-day
        04/21/02
        T'was my girlfriend's birthday yesterday. We decided to go out on a booze-up but she didn't want me to turn up like a "scruff" so we spent the day doing clothes shopping. I got myself two new shirts, a denim jacket, some new trousers, a watch and sunglasses. I guess my image

      • Yay!
        04/16/02
        Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 is now in my hands! Mwahahahahahahahaaaa!!!! Errm, *cough* *cough* Utterly brilliant game t'is :)

      • Ooooooooh...
        04/12/02
        What've we got here?


        Ooooh, it's the keyboard I ordered from scan.co.uk


        I got it for my PS2 so that I could play UnrealTournament properly, alongside my USB mouse. What's good about this keyboard is that it's got a 2-port USB hub built in (Well,

      • Duck
        04/09/02
        I took radiac's advice and took the Duck Test. Check this out!


      • Queen Mother
        04/09/02
        Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mother

        1900 - 2002

        May she rest in peace, amen.

      • I'm fooking knackered!
        04/08/02
        First day back at uni today... I'm knackered! Probably because I had to get up at a decent time (7:50am!) and then had lectures and tutorials throughout the day, 9-6! Still, Monday's are always the roughest. At least tomorrow I can sleep in cos I'm not supposed to be in until 3pm :)
      • A productive couple of days
        04/05/02
        Ahh, I've finally had a little more relaxation. Any work that I've done over the past couple of days was work that I actually WANTED to do. The other day I didn't do much though, spent the day with Helen :) We went swimming yesterday. T'was fun, except that there were shitloads o

      • hmm
        04/05/02
        My lunch.... yum!

      • Sheer hell!
        04/03/02
        I've been working my arse off since Monday on a couple of websites that LBS want doing. I've done as much as I can at the moment but I need to get in contact with the server admins about file attribute problems... as in the inability to do it. Oh well, they'll have to do without enqui

      • Hooray!!!
        04/01/02
        Ta radiac, for helping me increase security on the diary :)

        I also took the liberty to include this news script on my Pointless Fanatics website as well. It's made things so much easier now. Before, Dan would e-mail me the news he wanted on the site and I'd have to cut+paste it

    • March
      • Happy Easter!
        03/31/02
        Upon awakening tired and confused this morning, I set my clocks forward an hour and go in search for a cup of tea... which I find. Had a scrummy easter dinner with my folks earlier this afternoon and I got a 6-pack of Creme Eggs 'n all. Nice one.

        Finally got hold of a replacement cop

      • A new beginning
        03/29/02
        Whey-hey!!! We've got ourselves a diary! This should come in handy quite a bit.

        The router is nearing completion. I've got a 52x cd-rom, new floppy and new AMD 150Mhz motherboard to play with. Unfortunately, I can't find my copy of debian, so I hafta download it again. That