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Watch Football free online 2008-03-06 17:42:18 Ok, A pretty neat thing you can do with the power of the Internet is to watch live sports games on your computer which are not available to watch on TV in your Country. i.e. 3pm Saturday Premiership football games.Due to legal reasons these games can not be screened on TV in the UK. However they are televised across the globe and streamed to the Internet for all of us to watch.There are several P2P programs out there that allow you to view these channels on your computer. Such players are Sopcast, TVU and TV ants and many more. Personally I find Sopcast more reliable as the connections are more stable and the interface is more user friendly. So to start off, download Firefox (here) and start using this as your web browserOnce you are using Firefox, download any one of these players (you ma Read more:Football
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Lets all RANT 2008-03-03 06:40:54 Everyone likes a good old Rant from time to time. Its a great way to get things of your chest and calm you down. Well now we can all do it, and tell the world what we think.Check out this cool RANT website, that enables its readers to submit there own rants, as well as read up on the rants of the website creator.
Published!! 2008-02-27 07:29:06 Yep, that's right. I have just seen an article that I wrote get published on Ezine Articles.Ezine articles is a pretty cool website, where you can find articles about anything and everything. Articles are submitted by common folk and if good enough, will get approved and published online.You can see my article here it is a copy of one of my previous posts - this oneWhats the point in submitting an article if its on my blog? Well it should help bring in more traffic to my website. My article will appear on Ezine's high traffic homepage, RSS feed and Email alerts.So if you have a blog or a website you wish to promote, using Ezlines is a great way. If you submit an article then ensure that you put a link to your website at the bottom. This will also give you a free link to your page, which wi
HD-DVD KO'd 2008-02-27 07:28:26 So, as is common knowledge at the moment, Blu Ray have appeared to have won the war. Toshiba announced last week that they were no longer making anymore players and Microsoft officially announced that they would no longer make thier add-on for the 360.Its good news that after 2 years that the format war is finally come to an end. Its a shame that the better product for consumers didn't win though. HD-DVD was certainly imo better than Blu Ray, having more features and better picture (according to many reviews) , the greater sound and best of all the better priceWith Blu Ray having to play catch up on most features that the HD-DVD player provided (PIP, firmware upgrades etc), lets hope that the price will now follow, as Blu Ray seem to be pricing themselves out the market. With HD-DVD player
Torrent Downloading for n00bs 2008-02-26 08:29:17 Right, so I've been asked by a friend to provide a guide on how to Download movies from the net. Its very simple, and not to different from downloading MP3's from a P2P client. Instead of a P2P programme, you are required to use a Torrent
Client to download the files.There a loads of these around, a simple Google search will give you plenty of options to choose from. Personally I use a programme called Utorrent. To download this click here.In the top right corner there is a search field. Unlike a P2P client, this search will open up a Web Page. There are plenty of sites to use to find torrents. Utorrent defaults to Mininova. Mininova is a website where you can find thousands of files to download. Including movies, TV shows, Computer software etc. Simple type in what you are looking for, fo Read more:Downloading
Worlds Most Annoying Website 2008-02-25 07:36:56 Seriously this is Uber annoying. But funny at the same time. Check it out; Funny but annoyingThat's all i have to say on that, so this is a pretty short post.But while i am here, i also wanna share this video that I found on Youtube that had me in stitches.The video is put together by a girl called "Paperlilles", one would assume that that is an Alias, but you can never be to sure these days, with names like Apple and Romeo doing the rounds.While you are watching that you might as well check out some of her other videos, some are pretty good... others aren't so. Read more:Worlds
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5 Reason to Own an Xbox 360 2008-02-24 16:31:56 To be honest there are plenty of reasons to buy an Xbox
and there are plenty of Web sites telling you why you should by an Xbox. But here are my reasons as to why you should own an Xbox 360.Firstly, High Definition. Most people now own a Plasma or an LCD, with most people choosing these TV's as a fashion statement - They look better than old school CRT TV's. So if you have a nice HD ready TV, throwing an Xbox into the mix is a great way to start getting the most out of your TV. Not only are there hundreds of games to choose from, all made for HD TV's, but through the live marketplace you can purchase a great variety of HD films and TV shows.Secondly, probably the biggest use I get from my Xbox is not from playing games, but from streaming my divx files from my laptop to my Xbox so I can wa Read more:Reason
Tversity and Xbox 360 2008-02-24 16:29:46 Hi all, in this post I was going to tell you how you can watch your downloaded Divx Movies on your tv via your Xbox
360 by using a programme called Tversity. However since the winter update the Xbox now supports divx and Xvid vids.Therefore for the purpose of Streaming Videos to your Xbox, Tversity isn't now required, however im still going to post this because using Tveristy is still pretty cool for your Xbox (and ipod, PSP, PS3 etc).I've been using Tversity for a while now and my main use was for watching my Divx collection through my Xbox. I still use Tversity for this purpose as Tversity allows you to make several changes to its settings to get the best out of your digital collection and allows smoother streaming.Also, Tveristy allows you to watch URL videos on your Xbox, thus you can
Ask and You Shall Get 2008-02-22 18:12:35 We've all seen them magic 8 balls where if you have a tricky question that needs answering you can just ask the little black ball and it will give you its honest answer.Well, just like the Rubik cube and lava light the eight ball is so 1980. So what do we do now with a difficult question?Simple, ask the Internet. I found out today that it will not lie and gives you an honest answer.The question I haven been asking myself of late is "am i awesome". So i typed this into my FireFox web browser and a website come up confirming what I already know. Check it out yourself (or click right here)Cool ah?Now for the record, I'm not that sad and i don't really ask myself that question. I was just trying to find a decent domain name I could use for a new Blog. But guess what... all the good ones are al
One Dollar a Day 2008-02-22 08:25:52 This Blog has now been running for a little over a month now and as you can tell I have added a handful of Google Adsense ads, Adbrite ads, ads from Matched.co.uk and Amazon Ads too.The reason for this is to make money. Apparently people now manage to make a full time wage from just Blogging. That’s pretty cool.People like John Cow, Randy Brown and Jim Karter make a whole lot of money from there Blogs and Websites.John Cow has recently reported that he made more than $30,000 for the month of January from his Blog. WOW…Obviously it takes a lot of time and effort to pull in that kind of money from Blogging, but how cool would it be to actually quit work and just Blog for a living. You can work wherever and whenever you wanted. One day im going to start doing this...Well after reading up Read more:Dollar
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Face off: WitW vs Departed 2008-02-20 14:49:00 A couple weeks ago I showed you how cool it would be if your favourite film was taken and re-worked into a horror.Well if you search the net you will see plenty of these videos are floating about, but to be honest, the Teen Wolf and Mary Poppins ones were the best.Well as I was searching through Youtube I found a great cross over trailer. Departed
, perhaps one of the greatest gangster movies in the last few years, takes on the guys from the great childs tale, Wind in the Willows.This is some funny stuff and well worth a watch. Check it out:Im sure this will make you LOL and maybe even ROFL
Top Blogging Tips 2008-02-20 14:17:54 After having my Blog for 3 whole weeks now, here are a few top blogging tips to anyone wishing to start up their own Blog:Use Wordpress. Although Blogger is probably easier to use, Wordpress is where its at. The designs look better and Wordpress allows you more freedom. At some point in the future I will be changing to Wordpress, but at the moment im happy with what Blogger provides.Install Sitemeter to track your visitors. Other people tend to recommend Statcounter but I find that its easier to read all the information that Sitemeter provides. I currently have both installed on this site but Sitemeter is my preferred tool.Try picking a particular thing to Blog about. When I started this Blog I didn't have a clue what it was going to be about. And to be honest, I still don't know. After tr Read more:Blogging
Watch Sopcast on Tversity 2008-02-12 16:08:26 Happy Monday all. In this post, I will let you know how you can combine Sopcast and Tversity together through your Xbox. Meaning that you can watch your Free Sports online and stream it to your Xbox.Its pretty simple really. Firstly, you will need to download VLC from here Create a desktop shortcut for VLC, then right click and then click on Properties. Change the target field to this (include the speech marks):"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -vvv --sout "#std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:1234}"Now open up Sopcast as usual (if your new, refer to my previous article, here) and go to the channel that you want to watch.Open up Tversity (directions on installing Tversity found here) and add a new Video URL and enter: mms://127.0.0.1:1234Open up VLC using your desktop IconNow, switch on y
Why Firefox is Better 2008-02-12 16:01:16 Yes that’s right, im going to go there!! The good old Firefox
vs Internet Explorer war.As I have mentioned before I have installed Sitemap on my Blog and this tracks my visitors. It tells me where they live, what they look at on my Blog and many other things, including which Web Browser they use.Currently 46% of my visitors use Firefox with 52% using IE. Personally I use Firefox and im sure that anyone that has tried Firefox for a day will stick with it. The advantage IE has is that it comes pre-installed on your commuter. This leads me to think that anyone that uses IE only do so because they are unaware they have a choice and that alternatives exist. They use it because it is there. Which is a shame, because the alternative, Firefox, is such a better Web Browser to use. And here's why:
3 Weeks and 1 Day Later 2008-02-12 06:09:20 Its now been over 3 weeks since starting this Blog of mine and personally, I think it looks ok.Considering this is my first ever attempt at anything Webby and I had no experience with HTML im pretty pleased with how it looks.Obviously Blogger make it very easy to create a Blog and all you have to do is choose which theme and what colours you want and hey presto you have your own Blog. Very simple.However I have applied some personal touches to this site that weren't as easy (but was still pretty easy). I have added a Favicon to my site (the little icon next to the URL in your Browser - seems to only appear with Firefox and not when I use crappy Internet Explorer - Therefore if you use IE download Firefox now). A good reason to have a Favicon is to make your site stand out more and make it Read more:Weeks
I've Found Fame... 2008-02-08 12:56:21 Well not quite. Im not famous and you wont be seeing me in the Big Brother house anytime soon.But i've stumbled upon a fantastically talented guy, Frank Bell. During one of my regular late night searches of Youtube I come across a song called "the penguin". Check it out:Be sure to check out the rest of this guys videos. There is a wicked Justin Timberlake cover on there. This guy is sure to be huge.
Feeling like a loser? 2008-02-08 12:56:04 Do you have problems attracting girls? Do you find it hard to impress them? Do your mates find you boring and your family don't like you much.If you answered yes to one of them questions then I have found just the thing you need. Just by watching this video and learning this exclusive technique, girls will find you irresistible, Guys will want to be your friend just so they can look cool, and your family will have the up most respect for you.So check it out and change your life for the good, forever.There you have it people, the most awesomist thing in the world. The power to break an apple in half, with your bear hands. Nows who's laughing at you?BRING IT ON!!! Read more:Feeling
Scary Mary takes on the Wolf! 2008-02-08 12:55:48 One of my favourite films ever is Teen Wolf, staring the great Michael J Fox. I must have watched that film a million times as a kid… and as an adult. The film has everything; a tricky love triangle, sports, fights, parties, sex and of course a Teenage Werewolf. What else could you possibly ask for in a film?One film I probably watched more though when growing up was Mary Poppins. A Disney Classic. The story of a mysterious "super" nanny that is given the job of looking after these two spoilt it kids.Now, have you ever wondered what your favourite film would have looked like if, say, Wes Craven got his hands on it and reworked it in to a horror. Well the time of wondering is over, check out these chilling trailers below.First up is the "Directors Cut" of Teen Wolf. This video is absolute Read more:Scary
The Perfect Valentines Gift 2008-02-08 12:55:02 With Valentines
day less than a week away its time that we start thinking about what we can get our loved ones to show them how much we adore them and love them.Choosing a gift for that special someone can become tricky. It depends on a number of factors including; the length of the relationship, what typed of person they are and where you think the relationship may be going.I mean you don't want to send them 12 roses, buy her chocolate and Jewellery if you have only known them for a week. That could be slightly overkill, and on the other hand, you don't want to just get them a card if you have been "courting" for a couple of years. What the best way to show your girl you love her... Tap dance.Check out this video below for Vodafone. If your partner is as miserable as this girl, then it co Read more:Perfect
Google takes on the World 2008-02-05 17:17:22 I'm pretty confident to assume that everyone who uses the Web has heard of Google
. 'That place you go and search for something', and that’s what most people probably think all Google is, a search engine.However, there a loads and loads of other things that Google can offer Web users, and it seems that they are slowly moving into every kind of medium the web has to offer.To benefit from all the things that Google have to offer, you should set up a free Google account. This will enable you to sign in to all of their services with the same log in.You can start with Gmail, Googles own, free web based e-mail system. I switched to this from my Hotmail account last year and find it fantastic to use. Its easy to manage and you are able to customize different aspects of your lay out.They provide Read more:World
At War With 3 Hot Girls 2008-02-05 17:15:21 That's right, it looks as if I'm at war with 3 young ladies from London called "Smooch". What am i talking about? The number one spot on Google. At the moment if you search for 'iSmooch', this website is only at number 2.I doubt anyone would even search for iSmooch anyway, but I'd still like to be top dog. At the moment its the Myspace page for a girl band called "smooch".There are a number of ways to boost your Google ratings, and here's how;1) Submit your website to Google, its free and simple. Just submit your URL to Google using there submission form and Google well then send there Googlebot out and check out your site. If you don't sumbit a form, they will eventually find your website, but its quicker to point them in the right direction.2) Submit to other search engines and director Read more:Girls
Better Than your Boyfriend... 2008-01-31 07:13:18 ...is a great Blog that I have been reading for over a year now and I highly recommend popping over to give a few of the posts a read.The Blog is written by the self proclaimed; most interesting person in the world, Tynan.Better Than Your Boyfriend started out as a personal Blog to keep track of his polyphasic sleep schedule. People started to read his sleep deprived ramblings, and the site eventually gained popularity when it was featured on Digg a few times.Since then the Blog has turned into a catalogue of great adventures that Tynan has had through out his very interesting life, these include, living in the Project Hollywood house with the worlds top pick up artists to his carer as a professional Gambler. Other great stories include his pimping out of School bus and creating a giant sw
Blog help 2008-01-29 16:32:33 As already stated im pretty new to this blogging thing and what not. So i've been trying to read up on it.So here is a list of sites that i have found pretty useful while trying to do my blog up:Tips for new bloggersBlogging Basics 101Seth's BlogI'm sure there are load more helpful sights out there, but these are the sights I have been using for helpful tips as im going along.I've also used sitemeter to help me keep track of how many visits i get to my blog. This is a useful tool and allows you to customize it in different ways. i.e. stop the counter counting you as a visiter.Obviously im still learning and will probably come across plenty more helpful sites and will post them on here.
Annoying Hoax E-mails 2008-01-24 17:56:38 One thing that really annoys me is when I receive hoax e-mails warning me that if I receive an e-mail called "whatever" that I shouldn't open the attachment it comes with as it will make my computer blow up or something. I appreciate the warning, but 99% of these e-mails are a load of crap. As are the kind of stupid e-mails about poor little Timmy who is dieing and that if we forward the e-mail on to a million people then Microsoft or ______ (insert large corporate name here) are going to pay for his treatment! So I urge people, if you receive one of these hoax e-mails, before forwarding it on to everyone in your contact list and causing mass panic, please just check to see if the e-mail is authentic. Just by Googleing the subject of the e-mail you will get half a dozen websites tell Read more:Annoying
Cheap HD-DVD player 2008-01-24 16:22:24 Hi just quick post.For those that know me, know that I am a bit of a movie and computer geek. I love playing on my Xbox and watching movies in HD.For those in the UK, I have just seen that Amazon are now selling there cheapest HD player
at £119.00 and this includes 7 FREE HD-DVD's.For those who haven't upgraded there DVD collections because they are waiting to see the "HD war" end, this is a great reason to side with HD-DVD.And for those with a vast collection of DVD's this player will upscale your collections superbly to near HD quality.Ok, Ok, so Blu Ray may have won the exclusive Warner Brothers contract, but the War isn't over yet. HD-DVD is by far the cheapest option and many will argue that it is a lot better value for money. All players are future proof and are ready to be upgraded Read more:Cheap
It Stinks... 2008-03-10 17:17:34 I Like To Rant dot com recently posted a rant about that annoying Glade air freshener advert... you know the one with the smelly kid having a dump moaning about the air freshener all gone, all gone.Well me being me, headed over Youtube to see what i could find. Check this great spoof video by a couple of loosers:
Do Matched.co.uk pay out? 2008-03-19 06:25:47 Yes they do.I've been running Matched.co.uk ads on this site and on one of my other sites and today I received my first payment from them.£29 for one month of running there ads. Not that bad really if your just starting out in the website industry.Many people use Adsense by Google (as do I). But that only really pays out if you have loads of visitors to your site, which I don’t have, so using Matched is a good way for beginners to start funding there start up costs.Im waiting for approval from Matched.co.uk to start running there ads on another site of mine, so if that gets the green light, I will pocket another £15 a month.Obviously not quiet up there with the John Cows and Jimmy Karters of the money making world, but still a good start if your new to making money online.
Tversity on iPhone 2008-03-27 07:48:46 As per one of my earlier posts, to view my media on my Xbox 360, I use Tversity to stream it from my laptop to my Xbox, and this works excellently.I got an iPhone
the other day and thought i'd do the same for that, and although it takes a little to buffer, it does work awesomely.Whats even better, is that you can watch the media on your laptop, on your iPhone, anywhere in the world, just as long as you are in a WiFi area. Cool ah?So here is how its done:Open the Safari browser on the iPhone and point it to , where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the machine running TVersity. It is recommended to do it initially with the iPhone connected to your home wireless network. You can find out the IP address of any given Windows machine by going to Start -> Settings -> Network Connections -> L
Watch the BBC iPlayer on the PS3 2008-04-16 06:38:45 Last week the BBC iPlayer was released for use on the Nintendo Wii, giving users another way to experience the greatness that is the iPlayer and ISP providers yet another reason to get angry! This means that we can now catch up with our favourite BBC programmes on our PC's, iPhones, iPod Touches and now our video console.Well if your like me an don't have a Wii, this news isnt that great.Fortunately, a Hacker has found a way in making the iPlayer think your PS3 is a Wii, meaning you can now use your Hi Def games console to watch BBC favs such as Top Gear and Enders!Again, this still isn't great news to be, as I have a Xbox 360, but still thought i'd share the news.To use the service on your PS3, simple point your PS3 web browser to www.ps3iplayer.com! Its that simple. It makes you wonder w
Convert YouTube Vid to MP4 2008-05-20 06:30:49 Hmmm, long time no post.Just thought I'd quickly share this with everyone (or no one).If you see something on YouTube
and wouldn’t mind having a MP4 version of the video clip, so you can move it on to your iPod or leave it on your computer or do what ever you want to do with it, I recommened heading over to this cool website and following the directions.This works excellently with Firefox, so if Read more:Convert
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