The Geeky Brit

Wow,
So today I booted up my Mac, and started entourage. Since I checked last night, my hotmail account had received over 500 messages. All of it offering me various ways of increasing the size of certain things, or telling me that there are certain uniquely talented individuals living nearby who would be more than happy to meet up with me.

I am amazed. I remember a few days ago visiting some web pages to unsubscribe from certain emails. I am aware that sometimes these are scams and are actually just mail registers, but I really wanted to stop receiving some of the mail I was getting and I thought they were legit companies. Perhaps this is the cause?

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My sister and my dad built a little playhouse for my nephew and niece today.
I could not resist sharing these pictures as I think the look on my nephews face is priceless.

My Dad before the roofs goes on

The completed project

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This story on CNN is describes how a friend arrived at his mates wedding a whole year early! Thats commitment, and the sign of a true friend.

Or just a lesson to us all to check all details before we go to such expense.

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“A Great Mobile Phone”:

Calling its user interface “simplicity itself,” Bob LeVitus (Houston Chronicle) praises iPhone. “It’s easier to use than any phone before it, and it introduces a fantastic new feature known as “Visual Voicemail,” which lets you browse through all of your voice messages on screen and listen to them in any order.” As an iPod, LeVitus adds, iPhone offers “the best video functionality ever in an iPod. Everything — movies, TV shows, photos, video podcasts, and album art — looks absolutely fantastic on the high-res display.” And “speaking of screens, iPhone’s is huge, gorgeous, and touch-sensitive,” providing “rich, deeply saturated colors at an ultra-high resolution which adds up to a sharp picture.”

I played with my colleagues IPhone some more today, and was even more impressed. It is by far the slickest “gadget” I have ever seen. Apple has really done a fantastic job, and deserve the praise they are getting.

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