May 31, 2005: My third iPod
That's right. My third in eight months. My second iPod, which arrived February 23rd 2005 broke a couple of weeks ago. Today I have received my second replacement. Suffering from similar symptoms as the previous plus I couldn't update it and then screen stopped working.
Apple have been pretty good though. I called them last Monday, they picked it up on Tuesday and now I have a brand new one. Lets hope this one lasts.
May 30, 2005: Extracting email addresses
Recently I had to send an email newsletter to many recipients. The email addresses supplied were in a single column of a spreadsheet. My mass email sending application uses a comma separated list of addresses. Not usually a problem, a simple CSV export of this list does the job. Only in this case some email addresses were not in a valid format.
For examaple:
foo@domain.com [foo@domain.com]I needed a quick way to identify each of these non-valid addresses and manipulate them into a usable format.
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May 18, 2005: Nintendo Revolution
Nintendo have announced their contribution to the next generation of consoles with the new Revolution. I've always had a soft spot for Nintendo. Maybe it's their toy-like approach or the nostalgic memories. Maybe it's Mario Kart and Goldeneye. The Revolution is surely the underdog here against the Xbox 360 and the PS3. I certainly think they've got the design and the size right though. Let's hope it has some good games to back it up.
May 17, 2005: PlayStation 3 announced
Today Sony has announced the new PlayStation at E3. It's only fair that I mention it. Nintendo are also set to announce their new Revolution console in about 5 hours time.
I don't like the look of it. I was hoping for a smaller unit like the second PlayStation 2. The controller looks awkward, like it's going to fall out of my hand too and when I get frustrated with it and launch the thing across the room - it's gonna come straight back! I just watched the trailer for Killzone and that really is impressive.
Only time can tell what's going to be the better of the two. Personally, I can't wait!
May 13, 2005: New Xbox 360
Microsoft have announced their new console - the Xbox 360. Promising launch by Christmas this year backed by an affordable price of around £160. It's certainly a lot smaller and nicer to look at. Rare are developing Perfect Dark Zero, which will be a highlight for me. The original and Goldeneye both on the Nintendo 64 were pioneers of the first person shooter genre.
And at last they're introducing cordless controllers - how long has that taken!?
May 08, 2005: Soulwax gig
I've been very busy lately and still trying to recover from the stag do last weekend. So this is a little late.
James and I found ourselves at the Highbury Garage on Thursday to check out the electro-rock 5 piece Soulwax (aka 2 Many DJ's) for the first time in about 4 years.
May 08, 2005: Barcelona stag weekend
Spent last weekend walking around the beautiful city of Barcelona for Jai's stag do. I've been there before on a 3 day training course and managed to get up to the Gaudi Park, albeit at night.
It's amazing to me how little of a place you can see on a 2 day stag do. Trying to make 17 half-cut men walk 100 yards and not lose each other is hard enough as is it, so it's not surprising that we didn't see a single Gaudi bulding.
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