Thursday 12 May 2011

SMULE APP - MAGIC PIANO




This is definately the most fun app I have downloaded in a long time and its FREE! This was originally just out for the ipad and I would imagine it plays a bit better on that. Well thats what I am putting my bad performance of the Theme Song from Mario Brothers down to (you can hear this below follow the link). You don't have alot of space on the iphone to get your fingers in positions for hitting the different areas of the keyboard or else i just suck at it which is quite possiblle. My wrists are sore from playing it for the last 40 minutes.

This is a free app with the company making revenue by users buying smoola points to buy new songs. They give you 30 smoola points to start with which is pretty pointless as you cant buy anything with it unless you want to get some bach or beethoven, the likes of lady gagas pokerface start at 75 smoolas. Super Mario Bros was the free song of the day and im presuming there will be some more over the coming weeks. It downloads straight to your phone from the app. More songs will be added weekly according to the official smule website. Im off to buy some Smoola dollars, laters!

DONT FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY AMAZING PERFORMANCE AT THE ADDRESS BELOW!



http://www.smule.com/play/37HB0

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Comiczeal



For anyone who is into comic books and owns an iphone/ipad this is great little application. It lets you read comics that are formatted in pdf, rar, cbr, cbz format. Its a bit strange that it doesnt link you up to the app store or some sort of specialised comic book store to buy comics directly but I guess the app was brought out for people who got fedup paying a tenner for a comic you read in an hour (expensive hobby). Still makes you wonder about Apples whole stance on this, its a legitimate application from their store which directly gives iphone users the ability to read files theyve stolen online. I have been reading the Scott Pilgrim series after stealing it on piratebay :)

Friday 11 March 2011

Winding up Paddy Power

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me: withdraw isnt working
im getting errors
can you manually send $30 to my account

James F: Good evening
There is an issue with the payment gateway at the moment which is affecting transfers and deposits. The issue is on our side and we are trying to get it resolved. We are really sorry about this and once the issue is addressed all transfers, withdrawals and deposits will go through. We appreciate your understanding with this


Me: Im not understanding this is terrible
i need to buy my kids dinner tomorrow

James F: I understand but we hope for it to go through soon

Me: how soon? i cant stand baked beans again, saturdays usually a treat

James F: I was to give you a timescale it would be a lie

Me: Id prefer if you lied, at least i could dream of liver and onions then
Bit of gravy too maybe

James F: I understand but we have no idea at the moment

Me: ah man, come on im fuckin Hank
you know Hank Marvin
Starvin

James F: Nothing can be done about this at present

Me: is this to do with the recession
shortage of staff?

James F: It is just down to the payment server going down and all customers being affected

Me : got let go myself, awful awful awful.
have they tried turning it off and on

James F: I am sorry to hear that. I am sure they engineers are doing everything they can

Me : no likey no lighty

Sunday 6 March 2011

Duck Tales, Oo-oo




Im still filling my flat with crap from the 80s. Im getting a pretty large collection of old Nes games from Ebay. Duck tales arrived in the post the other day and it is a classic. You stroll around as Scrooge McDuck who in spite of all his billions wants to stroll around such dangerous places as the amazon armed only with his cane which he uses as a weapon, tool and pogo stick.

This game was hugely successful and the morale of the story kids is that even if your a billionaire its ok to go out and kill a few tribes and steal their gold. Happy hunting, im off to the Himalayas to steal the lost Crown of Genghis Khan.

Monday 28 February 2011

Ridiculously cool app of the week!

On the tube this morning, a fellow iphone warrior sat down beside me. She was flicking through her apps and I noticed she had one called RunPee. I was intrigued and was dying to get off the tube to see was this on the app store.

I was trying to work out what the hell it could be. Was it some sort of app about pee? WTF! Apple surely wouldn't have allowed some sort of peeing porno app. Maybe it was an unofficial app installed on a jailbroken app.

Finally landed at Liverpool Street to find out it was an app that told you when it was a good time to go for a pee during a film and how quick you would have to be so you wouldn't miss an important scene. I was laughing really hard to myself as I walked through Liverpool Street Station which was attracting some dirty looks off the pissed off Monday Morning crew.

"The iPhone's Runpee app does what?" This was actually a question on who wants to be a millionaire and of course the dude got it wrong! The app is free to download from the app store.

Sunday 6 February 2011

Superbowl Britney Ad

In 2002 I was lucky enough to be in touring America with the DCU Uni Squash team. We were the Boston area and had played a University there whose name doesnt come to mind just now (not Harvard). The coach from the University invited us to his local bar to watch the Superbowl. Well New England won the game as I remember with a long distance field goal with time running out. Well that pub fuckin exploded. Next thing I remember is being hugged by some old man bawling his eyes out screaming "isnt it great when big black men cry". I didnt really get where he was going with this one but there was indeed two large black football players on the pitch in tears hugging.

Anyway to hell with the game, what I remember is the halftime ads and more specifically the Pepsi halftime ad featuring Britney!


Sky Atlantic

"Everything you see here, its mine. If you steal from my men, you steal from me."

A line by Enoch Thompson (played by Steve Buscemi) from the brillant new show Boardwalk Empire. The first show to air on Sky Atlantic, billed as the biggest show ever! Which had a merit of truth in being the most expensive pilot in history and directed by none other than Marty Scorsese(directed only the pilot). Is it time I moved flat just so I can get Sky? Not yet unfortunately!

The channel opened big, very big indeed. Sky Atlantic is basically HBO UK, so you can expect to see Mad Men from next season, Entourage and True Blood. These shows have of course been available on terrestial tv before but strangely were never highly advertised or given primetime slots. Sopranos for example was usually on Channel 4 at 23:30, Mad Men was on BBC 3 which I wasnt aware of until I stumbled upon it on iplayer. The Wire was broadcast on FX with an audience of around 30,000.

Will I be signing up? The problem for me has always been in the past, the show broadcasts in the US months before it reaches the UK. Boardwalk Empire Season 1 has finished stateside and yes I have seen it in its entirety now, the same goes for Entourage. Sky have promised they will be showing the shows much closer to the US premiere going forward. Unless its the next day I dont see them solving the problem of it being viewed online before its premiered on Sky Atlantic. The hardcore fans of these shows are young men 20-35 and we will not wait!

Sunday 2 January 2011

2011 Objectives not resolutions

1.Lose a stone.
2.Buy an apartment.
3.Go on 5 holidays.(Snowboarding - Austria, New York end of February or April, Germany in September) Other two holidays undecided, but potentially some interrailing across europe. Might bump into a blonde on the way :)
4.Pass driving test.
5.Buy a car.
6.Go to the British Grand Prix.
7.Go Surfing.
8.Play in the Sunday Millions Tournament.
9.Buy a piano
10.Start actively writing again.