Hopped Up On Lotus

I have been waiting (im)patiently all weekend for my tutor to mark my final assignment.

Results just in….92%!!!

Should average out at 85.5% overall, which I believe is a pass.

We’ve all seen that mesage somewhere or other, but check out what I found on The Life of Ken (an awesome blog, I suggest reading).

From what I can gather, if you don’t have the nag screens installed, Windows just won’t turn on for you one morning. So anyone who wants a copy of linux and some tutorials of how to use it off of me: just let me know.

I’ll do it for free, which is a total saving of £149 over the alternative. Which I should add is such a con as their new OS is so near, forcing people pay for an upgrade too. They pulled the same scam on XP 64-bit Edition. People brought the latest and greatest only to find out that none of their hardware would work (including some Microsoft branded stuff). They then found out shortly afterwards that the next Windows will also be 64-bit and WILL support all their hardware.

But never fear…

He’s back!

SOCIALISM:
You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM:
You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM:
You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and sells you some milk.
(more…)

So theres this new band Niall has been raving about on here and in the real world, so I thought I’d give it a listen. I’ve been listening to them all weekend as background music to my usual activities and I’m not sick of them yet so I guess they must be doing something right. He says I should listen to the lyrics, but I haven’t time for that yet. They have a very chilled vibe and remind me in places of Elbow or The Doves, and some of their songs seem to have a heavy scent of Placebo. The vocalist sounds a bit like Damien Rice. I have them on shuffle so I can’t tell if thats all one album or just a sporadic theme.

My only concern is that they won’t be very exciting to see live, their most upbeat song is a cover of “The Smiths“, does that not say something? I’ll will however go along to be proved wrong on that when they tour.

Favourite track so far: “Flustered / Hey Tomcat!” from “You Can Play These Song’s With Chords”

Here’s a funny site, one worth checking regularily. The Daily WTF is a bit geeky but your’ll still appriciate most of the stuff on there. Especially this: Pop-up Potpourri