Archive - June, 2004

Welcome Back my dear iPod!

June 28 1 Comment Category: Really Old Posts

My iPod just returned from a trip to Apple Care… an un-needed trip to Apple Care I should add.
A few weeks ago, I updated to Microsoft XP SP2 RC2, having installed an used most of the previous SP2 betas. Around the same time I updated my iPod to software version 2.2 and iTunes to 4.6.
I [...]

Robbed… Again!

June 25 Comments Off Category: Really Old Posts

I started to write about England’s exit at the Euro 2004 football championships… then I saw this post… I think that sums it up perfectly.
Probably not worksafe and you definitely shouldn’t be showing this to kids. :)

Predict England Score and win a Gmail Invite

June 24 8 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

As part of the gmail give-away thats been happening all over the net, I’ve got another gmail invite to offer to readers of my blog.
The first person to correctly predict the England v Portugal football (soccer) result before tonights game wins a gmail invite.
Good luck.
Winner

Kevin H. Stecyk (Closest Score)

More Gmail Invites!

June 23 3 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

Elizabeth managed to get her hands on 6 more Gmail invites and thought she’d donate them to those who missed out the last time round.
As there were 7 people who missed out, and Elizabeth only had 6 invites, I donated my last invite too!
Gmail Invites go to

Mike Strand
Nasir F
Damian
Adriana Cancro
Mich
Coubertin119
Peter

Hope you all enjoy using gmail [...]

Gmail Invite Winners

June 22 5 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

Congratulations to the winners of the Gmail Invites.
Winners

Susana Casais
Michele
Kevin Foster
Sharif
Mark Finstead
Adrian Murphy

I’ll pass your email addresses on to Elizabeth and she’ll get in touch.
Thanks to all who entered, and thanks again to Elizabeth!

6 Gmail Invites to Give Away

June 21 14 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

The lovely Elizabeth Howell is offering readers of my blog the chance to grab a free Gmail invite. She currently has 6 to give away!
If your interested, posts a comment and I’ll draw 6 winning names and email addresses later.
Make sure you put your name and email address in the correct fields and it [...]

A Real Problem with RealPlayer

June 18 4 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

I’m throwing this out to the public as I’ve not been able to find a solution anywhere to a problem I’m having with RealPlayer.
Look closely at the image to the left. If you look very closely you can see the squares make up the image. The squares are the problem as they are only visible [...]

En-ger-land, En-ger-land, En-ger-land

June 16 Comments Off Category: Really Old Posts

After Sunday’s heart breaking defeat to the French I was left feeling speechless and empty for a good few hours.
I found myself thinking what England fans have thought many, many times before… Why us?
40 minutes into the game, and whole country was ecstatic thanks to Frank Lampard’s brilliant header from a David Beckham cross. 50 [...]

Firefox 0.9 Available

June 15 3 Comments Category: Really Old Posts

The Mozilla team have just released version 0.9 of Firefox, the browser, reloaded. This release features plenty of fixes, improvements and new features.

New default theme named Winstripe
Browser migration tool to enable a quick transition when moving from alternative browsers
A new theme and extension manager
Massively reduced file download size
Help Files
Code optimisation for increased speed
many bugfixes

Note: The [...]

iTunes European Store – Now Open!

June 15 Comments Off Category: Really Old Posts

Today’s UK iTunes Store launch sees thousands of songs available at £0.79p each, and thousands of albums at £7.99. You can also purchase gift certificates ranging in value from £5 – £100.