The iPhone OS is too broken

Just want to highlight why the i-OS is still not good enough. I know I'm fussy, but whatever. To create a more complete phone, install cydia, and install the following:

• Notifier - displays text message, email, voicemail, missed call notifications in the menu bar. Just like every single other phone on the market.
• MyBattery - simply displays how much battery you have left, in %
• iBluetooth - send photos + files over bluetooth
• Lockdown - My essential application, locks applications (text messages, eBay, anything else)

And, to do things which apple should have done from the very begining, try

• WeatherIcon - updates the weather icon with the action weather
• LiveClock - makes the clock real, it works, it ticks, it tocks

Second MacBook has died

I'm posting this from my iPod because my laptop has just broken. Some of you may know that my first laptop, a white MacBook, was recently broken too. And now my blackbook has gone. I'm seriously fucked off. Apple need to concentrate less on new software and more on building good quality hardware, or I'm buying a fucking PC. I'm not even joking, I'm sick and tired of this, and it has to stop.

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Hello All

Hello everyone! Well, I suppose I should introduce myself: My name is Ben and I live in Hereford. I'm (just about) 16 years of age and go to the Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School. I will be coming to Hereford Sixth Form in September where I will be studying Computing, Business, Physics and Politics. My main hobby is flying! I am currently training towards my PPL (Private Pilots License) and have 15.5 hours logged in a Cessna 152. I will be taking my Air Law exam very soon and that means that I will also be going solo in the near future!
So, what I want to talk about today is more to do with flying but there is a huge element of tech involved.

On the weekend I did something quite amazing: I flew in a Boeing 737-300 Classic "ZFT" simulator. (ZFT stands for Zero Flight Training. This means that the pilots do all of their type training in the simulator, and don’t actually fly the real thing until they have passengers (or cargo) in the back!) The simulator itself costs around £20milion and so it is very similar in price to the real aircraft, but considering the amount of training that goes on in this sim, it doesn’t surprise me!

I signed up for a shared "Future Pilot Program" flight with Virtual Aviation (www.virtualaviation.com) which included half an hour of briefing, two hours in the sim with three other people (so 30mins on the controls) and then another half hour de-brief. This package in total cost £450 ish - which, to be honest, I thought was a great deal!

I arrived at BMI, London Heathrow at 11:45 bang on time but was told that I was over an hour early. After much confusion the nice people told me that there was a mix-up and I had actually been upgraded to a singular course, which meant I would get only one hour in the sim, however I would have the controls for that full hour! This course was worth £650 ish and I was being upgraded free of charge!

I had just sat down and started to make myself comfy whilst waiting for my turn when one of the pilots approached me. He said that, because I had been upgraded, there was actually space on the course I was originally meant to be on! He then said that, because I was so early, it would be fine for me to go on both courses!

In total I ended up flying a massive £1100 worth in the sim and paid only £450! Now that’s a bargain by anyone’s standards!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the simulator at BMI and I would strongly recommend it to any other pilot, or aircraft enthusiast! The 737 is a real man's aircraft and requires you to be quite physical at times. She was generally a joy to fly, and a huge difference from my usual C152s!

Thanks,
Ben Bishop

eBay seriously kicks ass

The laptop was mine already, but... 5 G5's anyone?

iPhoto '09: Faces...

Don't worry, I didn't really die. I fell asleep and woke up days later during the post-mortem.

Afro Ninja - Movie!?

Okay, we all remember Afro Ninja. The guy with the nun-chucks who backflips and fails. If you don't, hit up on this link right now.

Mark Hicks , the star of the Youtube video is a Hollywood stunt actor, who has doubled for many actors including Chris Tucker and Marla Gibbs, is now creating a feature film based on the short clip. Afro Ninja - Destiny!

I've rememebered!

Tried explaining this to Tommey - but found it now!

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/addressbook

Crazy Monkey Men

This is frankly an amazing and highly refined state of unison between both body and mind. This is also absolutely nuts.

"You f***ing piece of log im gonna scream and hit you with my belt untill you die"

A lot of fun would ensue upon dubbing this monkey madness.

Whats the point?

Arduino Synth

A granular synthesis engine using the Arduino platform. Note the stylish gaffetape casing.

Project thanks to these guys

Oh, and while we are at it

flickr.com/photos/alexburgess/

From new to old

Firstly - brand new gripe with blogger... You can't reorder the photos? I was going to do this post REALLY pro, but it looks like that's not going to happen.

New camera in the post today - yay! Well, not really 'new' - its an olympus OM-30 from 1982 (... So I guess 26 years old). Got a wicked ass lense for it - completely retro, you 'pull out' to zoom.

Anyway, new camera to play around with.

My hangman completely sucks

..... Yeahhhhhhhhh....