I got my first car, have a look. Tis a Peugeot 106 with a 1.5l diesel engine. As its so small and light, it does pretty good on the fuel consumption side of things, doing ~75mpg optimally that’s according to the manual at least…
Well it has been a few Tuesday’s since the last ‘Apple Tuesday’ which was probs the edu iMac but here it is again.
The new tail-less mighty mouse with laser tracking…
Same as before except with no tail and laser tracking… Interesting thing about it though is that it can take one or two AA batteries and it will still work okay, aren’t there different voltage there aswell 1.5v vs. 3.0v?
Anyway, if I have a big specific need for some wireless ‘quipment, this may be the first thing i turn to…
Syd Barrett the founding member and main influence on the early Pink Floyd passed away yesterday aged 60. His notable (but only) album with Pink Floyd was ‘Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ with the psychadelic songs ‘Bicycle’, ‘The Gnome’ and ‘Astronomie Dominie’
Well, I read somewhere on the net that the key combination Command-Apple-Eject put your computer to sleep which is pretty odd, but what is considerably more annoying is when u press that slightly differently and accidently press Control-Apple-Eject, your Mac just happens to restart… d’oh
Just worked out a great new way to listen to iTunes, when ure bored, or just haven’t a goddam clue what to listen to, and can’t be assed party shuffling as it is all very odd music comin up then try this…
Anyway, thats probably the only way you’ll find Robert Johnson, 2 Unlimited and Starfish Extravaganza played after each other…
Have fun!
Been away for the last week and a bit which kinda prevented me from posting things during that time…
One of these big things that happened during this time is the amazing T In The Park festival in Balado Kinross. This is an immense 2 day music festival that went on on the weekend and hosted such greats as The Who and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others this year.
Mainly going because of The Who’s and Chili’s presence there I found their sets absolutely amazing, especially the Who, albeit with only half of them remaining… The usual Pete Townshend guitar smashing replaced by Roger Daltrey tambourine destroying! The Chilis too, despite the great Scottish weather at the time were stunning, they really are a band that are best seen live and until you see them live (not counting concert videos, although they may be good, they are no substitute), you will not properly understand how great they are… It all goes back because originally in the ‘old days’ which are basically the mid 80s from ‘84 onwards, when the Chilis were just starting out, they were famous for their live sound, and as a result the first albums they released weren’t great as they did not capture the ‘energy’ present at their shows, resulting in EMI dropping them and Warner picking up their contract. Since then, which is Blood Sugar Sex Magik onwards, they have been considerably different and producing better, in my opinion studio albums, this could be because of John Frusciante (a great guitarist, worthy even of Zappa, apart from his drugs habit). Anyway, although the Chilis albums have been much better, the power of the live concerts is still miles better than the albums, thus I highly recommend getting to one before their tour ends, which is fairly soon. Although if it is fairly impossible, pick up, or at least download a copy of their recent Rock In Rio gig in Portugal as it is 1h40mins of pure immenseness…
Thats all I can think of writing at the moment, so maybe I’ll add something later. Just go out and buy some tickets for the 2007 T in the Park festival which go on sale tomorrow at 9am!!!
