I’ll admit it. I was excited about the new iPhone. OK, I was really excited about the new iPhone. WWDC2009 came and the keynote was posted. I was still excited. The new iPhone (dubbed 3GS) looked great, some of the new features were just what I was waiting for before dipping my toe in the iPhone ocean. Copy and paste, directional maps, WIFI tethering. I could resist no longer, I would brave the expensive O2 contracts here in the UK to own this gadget. Yes they would tie me in for 18 to 24 months on an inflated tariff, but it would be worth it.
I rationalised over and over again. After all having access to things like directional maps would allow me to dispense with the notion of a TomTom. I could just get the TomTom app. I could also dispense with the need for a mobile broadband dongle, I could tether my MacBook Pro straight to my phone using the unlimited data offered with the pricey mobile contract. Unfortunately my worst fears as to the business ethics of those that operate mobile telecommunications here in Britain were proved correct. Boy is it horrible to be so right.
Next up, the former worlds highest skydive of 31 KILOMETERS done in 1960, thats in space (and therefore technically makes Joe Kittinger the first man in space)! He reached around 600mph due to the lack of atmosphere, taking 3 hours to reach this altitude in a helium balloon. Its only been attempted once since by an ex SAS soldier turned stunt man and he only went 5000 feet higher with modern technology in 2007!
In case you didnt know or havent seen it yet, Pepe of Real Madrid lost his temper when a player dived looking for a penalty, his resulting reaction has left him with a massive 10 match ban, check out just how stupid this man is…
Yes its back! You many have already heard they are filming a new six-part series coming in the autum .
Have you noticed they seem to be bringing all the old comedies back. Its the BBC’s own stupid fault. They decided to drop shooting stars, red dwarf and other great shows choosing other badly written sitcoms to replace the comedy. My Family is a good example with Bafta winning amazingly good actor Robert Lindsay running around like an idiot. OK My Family and other sitcoms are bearable at the start but that’s not what I expect from the BBC. I want to be laughing my ass off and Vic and Bob are just the ticket.
With the success of the Christmas specials they have decided to give a new series the go ahead. Jack Dee will be a new team captain and seems to suit the show perfectly. Ulrikakaka is the other team captain. It would not be the same without baby George Dawes keeping the scores so I am happy to see Matt Lucas join them.
Now all they need to do is a new series of Red Dwarf for Dave (which is a joint venture with UKTV and the BBC) and good quality comedy is back on the TV. A bit older and maybe a bit senile but still quality!
Connect360 is a fab little app that will allow you to stream your music, movies and pictures from your Mac to your Xbox360. The streaming of movies from the computer to the Xbox is smooth with hardly any buffering and no stuttering or jumping. There are some drawbacks, all the media has to live in the default Music, Movie and Pictures folders, the UI on the Xbox compared to using Microsoft Media Center is limited with no album art or rating etc. Due to the wonder that is DRM you will also not be able to play anything brought from the iTunes store and movies may have to be converted into the right codec to play.
However, apart from those drawbacks it does a very good job of getting your media onto your TV for a bargain price of $20 from Nullriver.
If you are looking for a way to remove the 3D dock that comes with Leopard then all you need are a few carefully typed Terminal commands.
First open terminal and enter this command:
