A couple of weeks ago I posted this about Blog Hopping and the Blogger NavBar.
Due to some evil person forcing spyware on my computer, i’ve now stoped, and removed the NavBar.
All posts by Ryan Cullen
Murder One
Whilst flicking through this months Empire Magazine, I saw an advert for Season One of Murder One, and instantly had to buy it.
Ok it doesn’t come out til Monday, but it is pre-ordered on Amazon for me 🙂 (only £29.99)
For those who never saw it (why not!), it’s a US Criminal Law show, featuring shock horror, only one case, which is finally solved at the end of 23 episodes.
Unfortunatly for us in the UK, the Americans just didn’t get it, and whilst they did make a Season 2 they dropped the people in the cast.
Can’t wait to rip the DVD, convert the episodes into P800 friendly format, and watch the episodes each day on the train to work.
CNPS
I have now created my CNPS tracker site.
In theory it is possible to let other people use my server/db to create their own tracker page.
If you would like one, beg nicely.
I’ve also added a small tracker to the sidebar, so you can check my progress.
Only to go…
Gmail
I have some spare invites for Gmail accounts.
If you want one email me at ryancullen@, well you can guess the rest (no, not hotmail.com!)
What a disgrace
The Olympics seemed to be well run and well hosted. That was until the 200 meters mens final.
The Greeks booed the athletes, because their man wasn’t there.
Why wasn’t he there?
Because he failed to do two random drug tests, had a motorbike ‘accident’, pulled out of the games himself, and his coach was found to have a large supply of performance enhancing drugs.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A good read, very much like other Bill Bryson books, except this isn’t travel but science. Easy to read and understand, although I found I didn’t really learn much, but that might be because I was a keen scientist a school.
4 / 5
Satellite fault shuts train doors
Hi-tech satellite systems used to open train doors automatically have been failing, leaving people trapped on trains in the South of England.
Now I’m no train expert, but why do you need a satellite to open a door on a train. Surely all you need is a train driver, and a open door button?
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Finally got round to manually installing SP2 after it never arrived via AutoUpdate.
Can’t see much difference, and as I already have Norton Firewall configured, the Microsoft Firewall is pretty pointless.
Oh well, at least the machine is a bit safer.
Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)
Very good, a lot better than Michael Moore, however as it features a lot of US TV Presenters and Politians, most of the time, I didn’t know who they were on about.
Had me laughing in places, and there is a new paperback version out, with an extra chapter.
4 / 5
Consecutive Number Plate Spotting
Having seen a post on Will’s Blog, a few weeks ago I decided to give it ago.
Once I can be bother to get motivated again, I’ll create a lovely webpage to record my progress (as www.cnps.org.uk is rubbish).
I am currently on 5 (having been stuck on 4 for a while).
Word of warning, try not to play on the M11 (whilst driving) at 10pm on a Sunday, it’s too dark!
Although my late night straw pole showed that only 64% on vehicles on the road, were ryan-cnps legal (no new plates, no old black plates, no foreign plates and no personalised plates, just good old A123 BCD or EFG 456H plates)