http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/ Home Entertainment and Audio Visual Home Consumer Electronics news, reviews and discussion forum en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:22:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.images.vb.static-avforums.com/misc/rss.jpg http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/ http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/5152-7-billion-you-you-just-number.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:21:32 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 // 5,056,462,429 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

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5,056,462,429 ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/5152-7-billion-you-you-just-number.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/4009-you-can-never-have-too-much-good-thing-lotion.html Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:53:57 GMT Purchased some adidas Beckenbaur's from JD last weekend. They are really nice; white with brown stripes. Anyway squeak squeak squeak. Was it a bath toy or a mouse? Turned out to be the leather around the lace holes rubbing against the tongue of the shoes! Tried wearing them in for a few days to no avail. Never had the issue before and so hit the internet. A casual Google later and got to rubbing lotion into the leather... small circular motion... working it in deep... et voila! Problem solved

Moral:

Believe everything you read on the internet. Unconditionally. ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/4009-you-can-never-have-too-much-good-thing-lotion.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3354-happy-birthday-stevie-wonder-yesterday.html Sat, 14 May 2011 08:23:37 GMT ^ ^ ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3354-happy-birthday-stevie-wonder-yesterday.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3325-how-much-blow.html Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:45:55 GMT I'm still in a learning process with how much one should expect "professionals" to charge, but it seems a tad excessive to this observer. Really? Does it come with anything else or a base price for the single job only? Nice way to earn money if you can get people to pay it! ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3325-how-much-blow.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3283-goodbye-firefox-4-hello-chrome.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:11:18 GMT Dumped Firefox, little ram hogger that it is And I do mostly luv Chrome. Fast. Blazingly fast. Extensions and Apps very neatly integrated into the UI. I cannot get enough of the NYT App. And did I mention that it is fast? One current minus is that for some inexplicable reason Chrome does not... Dumped Firefox, little ram hogger that it is

And I do mostly luv Chrome. Fast. Blazingly fast. Extensions and Apps very neatly integrated into the UI. I cannot get enough of the NYT App. And did I mention that it is fast?

One current minus is that for some inexplicable reason Chrome does not acknowledge my Logitech MX Revolution mouse's wheel button -> middle click. I have reassigned middle click to another button for now but hoping for a fix somewhere :(

Also no default live rss feeds bookmarking like in Firefox, have installed a third party extension to get round that but it really should be something Google have by default

Update: Fixed the middle click with wheel button issue. Turns out I had to alter Chrome setting so wheel is always in "free" mode. Coolio ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3283-goodbye-firefox-4-hello-chrome.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3274-so-just-how-many-times-does-stewardess-need-change-uniform-whilst-flight.html Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:07:45 GMT Perhaps not the most interesting of topics but the mind notices and picks up on the smallest details on what would otherwise be an even more mundane flight. Anyway last time out I lost count Perhaps not the most interesting of topics but the mind notices and picks up on the smallest details on what would otherwise be an even more mundane flight. Anyway last time out I lost count ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3274-so-just-how-many-times-does-stewardess-need-change-uniform-whilst-flight.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3269-looking-more-stupid-than-usual.html Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:46:00 GMT Due to my new intense tanned complexion. How conspicuous do I look now?! :facepalm: Due to my new intense tanned complexion. How conspicuous do I look now?! :facepalm: ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3269-looking-more-stupid-than-usual.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3245-epic-fail-vodafone-freebees.html Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:57:49 GMT Lesson learned yesterday - opt into the freebie *before* putting a £10 top-up on :facepalm: I got a free sim off Vodafone website, choosing option where a £10 top-up = 60 free international minutes. In an epic fail on my part I stupidly did not follow the instructions properly and topped up... Lesson learned yesterday - opt into the freebie before putting a £10 top-up on :facepalm:

I got a free sim off Vodafone website, choosing option where a £10 top-up = 60 free international minutes. In an epic fail on my part I stupidly did not follow the instructions properly and topped up before opting into the freebee. Damn. Now I have £10 of Vodafone credit with no freebee. What a loser

Well I still have a pre-paid £10 Virgin sim that I got with my cheap Alcatel £10 handset from CPW that I need to use and abuse. So can hold off on potentially loading £20 onto a Vodafone sim I will dispose of in March :suicide: ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3245-epic-fail-vodafone-freebees.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3240-why-my-smoke-alarm-beeping.html Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:13:27 GMT Every 30 minutes or so two short beeps; "beep-beep". It is seemingly trying to tell me something, but quoi? Hmmm. The mysteries of the universe ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3240-why-my-smoke-alarm-beeping.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3146-have-you-seen-my-nectar-card.html Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:03:17 GMT I keep losing the bloody thing :( Thankfully I have just discovered if I click "my account" on the email newsletters I can see my card number and points summary (you have to enter the password should you click any link) ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3146-have-you-seen-my-nectar-card.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3122-domesticated.html Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:37:02 GMT Image: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5281190665_39b54f700f.jpg Bloody hard angles to wrap too!

Bloody hard angles to wrap too! ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3122-domesticated.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3056-rock-paper-scissors.html Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:10:28 GMT ... is what will settle who out of myself or the brother will be responsible for preparing the duck currently in the freezer for Christmas day ... is what will settle who out of myself or the brother will be responsible for preparing the duck currently in the freezer for Christmas day ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3056-rock-paper-scissors.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3013-i-heart-paperchase.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:59:43 GMT So I purchased 3 items from Paperchase on Wednesday evening gone (to my surprise when I rushed to arrive there at 5pm to allow for browsing time the assistant informed me they are open until 8pm!) * 1x birthday card * 1x Christmas card * 1x snow globe Before anyone says the items are to be... So I purchased 3 items from Paperchase on Wednesday evening gone (to my surprise when I rushed to arrive there at 5pm to allow for browsing time the assistant informed me they are open until 8pm!)

• 1x birthday card
• 1x Christmas card
• 1x snow globe

Before anyone says the items are to be posted via international post and next week I would have had no time to go out shopping for them due to GT5

Anyway, we arrive at the entire point for the blog entry. On the back of the birthday card are the words

"Handmade for happiness" :) ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3013-i-heart-paperchase.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3002-rip-jeff-buckley.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:05:23 GMT Jeff Buckley would have been 44 today. He made great music and is missed by all RIP Jeff Buckley would have been 44 today. He made great music and is missed by all

RIP ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/3002-rip-jeff-buckley.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/2989-bemoaning-business-model-gaming-industry-2010-both-sides-fence.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:55:08 GMT When I was young a new game software release meant you was getting the full experience, or as close to it pending publisher pressure, as the developer intended. If sales proved to be successful then you received an expansion pack at 50% of the usual retail cost for the full game. Nowadays with the... When I was young a new game software release meant you was getting the full experience, or as close to it pending publisher pressure, as the developer intended. If sales proved to be successful then you received an expansion pack at 50% of the usual retail cost for the full game. Nowadays with the emergence of paid for download content, sadly only a small minority of developers and publishers hold true to the old ways. Now you will typically get a short main game with extra content to be released later which of course will cost you. It all adds up. Sometimes the excuse is a thriving multi-player but still it saves development cost to shorten the main game in itself. Too many developers, maybe from pressure being exerted by their publisher are succumbing to the temptation to release a shorter and smaller title and worry about sprinkling extras later (for a cost).

This continued squeezing of margins has conversely led to a sense of entitlement amongst some consumers. In the modern internet connected world people expect that all-encompassing multi-player without the attached cost. Because running servers and hosting games do not cost any money. You would not buy a car and never have to pay towards future running costs. Free petrol for life?

This sense of self-entitlement is of course greatest in the unashamed software pirate. True that the console manufacturers are good in having new ways to combat the problem like mandatory firmware updates and methods of detecting such persons on servers and banning them. For every "jailbreaker" (a more affectionate term signalling the desire to unlock useful functionality and the ability to backup purchases), you will have another ten people examining just how to get that torrent download playable

On a closing note once upon a time we played on games that came on cartridges. Great days. Game not working? Fuzzy image? Blow the game cartridge, give the console a soft whack and you was good to go again. None of these disc laser errors, failing hard drives, or too many powerful components in too small a space resulting in a melting failure and an error message (if you are lucky to see something on the display). Good times ]]> Steven http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/steven-57267/2989-bemoaning-business-model-gaming-industry-2010-both-sides-fence.html