BT Vault good or bad?

Up until about 2 months ago my “free” BT Vault was running fine to the point that I started to do a little spring clean.  I was deleting zip files that were out dated or duplicated and noticing the amount of space I was using didn’t go down. How odd. I sent an email to …

Me and MVC – Learning Curve

After installing Visual Studio 2008 on my laptop and having some spare time I decided to look at the ASP.NET MVC framework.  The framework is an architectural pattern based on model-view-controller.  I’m not going to re-invent the wheel and go into more detail about the framework as there are quite a few good articles dedicated …

Photograph on the BBC

Two weeks ago while experiencing power kiting for my 1st time in St Andrews I managed to take some photos.  After reviewing the photos I thought I would send 2 into the BBC. Over the weekend it was brought to my attention that 1 of my pictures was on the readers section.  I thought I …

Kid Beyond coming to the UK

If anyone hasn’t heard of Kid Beyond then you’re certainly missing out on a talented beat boxer.  Below is a video from youtube of him showing how he works his magic.    I received an email today with details to be confirmed outlining attendance at the International Beatbox Convention in London, Apr 18 – 20. …

Flickr users show what they think of Microsoft

Everyone has been talking about it, Microsoft trying to buy Yahoo, and by the looks of it won’t happen unless Microsoft show them the money.  Yahoo has alot of services under its belt Flickr being one of them.  I have a pro flicker account which I am now beginning to use to its full potential. …

Good call First Minister Alex Salmond….

Why is it our government likes to spend a shed load of money on something and then less that 2 years later they pull the plug? Today it was confirmed that the Forth road bridge will be scrapping it’s tolls in less that two weeks. However, only two years ago 4 million pounds was spent …

Hot Fuzz…. Have you ever noticed?

Last year when Hot Fuzz was released I posted an item regarding how much I enjoyed the film. For anyone who hasn’t read the above post or hasn’t heard of Hot Fuzz then you’re surely needing to nip yourself.  Quick overview: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the …

Weather forecaster was right…woooooot?

Yes well, in the early hours of this morning I posted an entry in relation to how the weather was and how they said it was going to snow.  At that time when looking out the window, not a cloud in sight, just the stars.  Today while up in Dunfermline getting my beer money for …

Weather could be better?

The next couple of days forecast heavy snow.  I don’t mind snow infact snowboarding down to the local would be an accomplishment. Getting home with all the gear would certainly be a problem though especially after a couple of drinks.  1st couple of days in this new year have just been horrible. Not long now till we …