| Firefox 4 |
[Apr. 4th, 2011|11:08 pm] |
Remember those adverts about "I can't believe its not butter" for some spread?
Now its "I can't believe its not Chrome". Firefox 4 is fast sleek and has that polished feel that Chrome gave you. But its Firefox! It is still oh so vastly more customisable than Chrome but with added Chromey glitz and speed. Awesome!
Also the thing that stopped me from moving to Chrome was I can have my tabs where I want them!
So not only does it look good, page loading times are fast. Flash is fast loading. Its like stepping up to broadband from dialup. Yay! Firefox 4 puts my confidence back in Mozilla in producing quality products. |
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| Modern art, architecture and music |
[Apr. 1st, 2010|04:25 pm] |
Having wondered for a while now where everything is going, and pondering when the demise of post-modernism will occur and be replaced with something equally radical and innovative, as post-modernism, is predecessor, modernism and all the previous all-encompassing movements before that.
We are now 10 years into the new millennium and there appears to be no strong movement that encapsulates all aspects of creativeness from art through to music. This is especially true where there appears to be multiple movements all trying to prove themselves and no overall cohesiveness. There is Starchiture, Neomodern (not to be confused with Neomodernism, which is a critique of modernism) and New Sincerity. The first is unfortunately for the privileged few who can get expansive, expensive commissions and the whilst Neomodernism proponents are critical of post-modernist thinking, the architecture of Neomodern is a retrospective look and mainly re-hash of modernist ideals and doesn't really mesh with the philosophical reaction to Post-Modernism . New Sincerity appears to be another reaction , but also harking back.
There is another movement that is trying to gain ground, Remodernism, which would interest my friend, as one of their early art shows was in Albuquerque! Though this movement does not seem to be gaining ground.
Unfortunately all of this is disparate and unconnected. There is no completeness of drive such was modernism or post-modernism. Maybe something will come out of this era or maybe it will be consigned to the bin of history.....
I think now is the time to bring forth a new era of design! Maybe i should start one....
I will name the movement Postasunderism, as the current period of art and architecture is fractured and widely dispersed. The unification of design will be borne of this splintered era! Long live Postasunderism!!! |
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| Inflated Train Prices |
[Jan. 21st, 2010|05:23 pm] |
Why oh why are train prices soooo expensive? I mean look at these prices! Approximately one month in advance whcih should be ample to get cheaper tickets and the return price for a weekend away would be £107.5 (oh plus the £1 booking fee for doing nothing). It is approximately 110miles from Bristol to London which makes that train journey almost a £1 a mile.
Really high prices on Great Western Trains
Using the Fuel Calculator and a good MPG car (50 MPG) which would use about 10 litres of fuel for the journey. That is about 10p per mile.
That is 10x more expensive! It is of course less than ten times due to road tax, depreciation, tyres etc but still even if the price averages out to be the same per mile the car wins by comparing the journey itself.
Comparing the journey, the trains are overcrowded, you have to sit with people you might not like, you have to catch the trains specified so if your itinerary changes there is no flexibility, whereas with a car the journey is door to door, in your own environment and times of journey are flexible.
People are not going to move over to using trains if prices carry on like this. If I had to pay prices like this I would get a car, luckily I can still manage to get cheaper tickets though these are becoming harder to obtain, even when booking two months in advance! |
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| Last.fm Superscrobble |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|06:36 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | geeky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Joanne Shaw Taylor - Going Home | ] |
Wow! Today I reached 40,000 tracks scrobbled on Last.fm. Awesome. That's a lot of songs in 4 years, 5 months, 14 days, in fact that is 24.6 songs per day or just over 1 an hour, every hour, every day, every month, every year!
I have also updated my listening trends graphs, you can see the new 2009 one here! |
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| Scaffolding, Hands and Skin |
[Nov. 19th, 2009|02:19 pm] |
I have never posted an entry about my skin before as it is something I don't like to talk about. But I have just come across a product that has revolutionised the way I deal with my building site visits. If you suffer from eczema, like me, and you work in the building trade or have to visit building sites as part of your job you might find that your skin gets very dry from the dirt the cold, especially in winter.
Normal gloves are not really an option as tactile sensitivity is reduced to point where when clambering ladders it is not safe. Whilst 'fingerless' gloves are a possibility dirt can still get trapped in the fabric.
It was a case of treat the damage after each visit and wait out the recovery time, every time. Until now! (I sound like an advert!)
A plumber came to fix my hot water tank and had skin allergies to some of the welding products. He recommended a pair of gloves that had a tactile rubber surface one side and were skin tight to avoid trapped on dirt in between glove and hand. I bought a pair and they are brilliant.
The gloves in question are ST Electron nylon gloves with a polyurethane coating on the palms. I found a pair at my local HSS Hire Shop (UK).
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| I'll have a Q please Bob. |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|11:45 am] |
Royal Snail, Parcel Farce. You have to love them otherwise you would cry. However today I came close to screaming. Typically whenever I get something delivered I get carded (Royal Snail does this pretty well, but ShittyLink fails to even card) and I have to go collect the parcel. Sounds OK doesn't it?
The depot is about 3miles away and is not on a direct or even indirect public transport link. Well its a bit of a hassle yes. Fine. The worst is the fact that due to the uesless opening times of the depot virtually everyone collects their parcels on Saturday. This leads to long queues from when it opens to when it closes at 12:30. Average queue time 20-30mins, been there an hour before though.
Meh. All this to collect a parcel, there has to be an easier way. |
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| Eating Out |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|11:42 am] |
I am not quite sure who designed South Wimbledon Homebase but its not at all pedestrian friendly. The two routes there consist of an overgrown path and the other you get wet from the local car wash. The upside is that you get to eat out at the best outdoor place in South Wimbledon.
Dining in Style. |
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| Call 999 |
[Sep. 9th, 2009|09:41 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Apoptygma Berzerk - Starsign | ] |
Its 09 / 09 / 09 today. :D |
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| Don't Knock too Loud |
[Sep. 7th, 2009|09:07 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Computer whirr | ] |
I am actually quite impressed with Sony Ericsson. As posted earlier my C902 faceplate came off and was an exciting flappy piece of plastic. Awesome. Anyway it was 11 months old at the time and was within the limited warranty.
So I sent it off to the repair centre, got no receipt that they had recieved it. Sent an email saying has you got it or has Royal Mail lost it (another story for another time). They said they would look into it. A week and another email later it turns up through the door. They fixed it! For nothing! Wow! I expected more hassle than that.
Looks like they have stuck the faceplate down and it works OK again. Down button still no clicky but I can live with that as I have a phone back. Not sure what to do with it though as I now have a W995.
Even came in a nice shiny box!
Look its a repaired phone! |
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