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Updating Pages..

Well I am currently working on all the pages on the site and trying to update them as best I can. I have updated some of the pages including PC Specs etc. Check them out and have a read, still working on other pages and galleries.

Android Applications…

Well I have become a qualified Android Developer, so am currently looking for new app ideas to create. I am currently working on two applications at the moment but will be creating as many as possible over the next year or so. I plan to create usable apps, if you have any ideas please feel free to contact me. I am looking for all app ideas which have not yet made it to the app market.

New site in Development…

Well I am currently working on a website which will be purely for music and guitar. I have been planning and working on ideas for the site for months now. I don’t know yet whether I will use this domain name for the site or not. I am currently working with two bands at the moment recording and also recording and writing for two new Guitar competitions including Guitar Idol 2010. The site I am planning will contain backing tracks recorded by me and my own tracks, it will basically be a pure guitar orientated site. I am also planning on doing gear reviews on the site ranging from amps and effects through to studio recording software. If the site takes off and gets quite a few viewers then I might start running guitar competitions. Watch this space!

New site Design…

Well I thought that it was about time that I changed the website design of the site. I have had this design on my Development server for well over a year now and totally forgot about it, so I thought it was about time that I uploaded it! I am currently thinking about changing this site and maybe creating a new website for music, see next news item for more information.

Apple shares drop 4% over iPhone 4 issues.

Well I find this really funny actually that Apple has tried to bring out a new iPhone to be in competition with the Android phones that have been far more superior and better in hardware for over a year now. What I find even funnier is the people who bought the new iPhone yet ignore the facts about the differences between the iPhone and the Android.

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Makes for good reading, I think Apple have tried to hard to try to be the best when clearly they are not. The main things I look for now when buying a phone are: 1) Pricing 2) Development Ability 3) Hardware. While the iPhone is quite similar now to Android phones it is still 3x the price.

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio..

Well an extremely sad week this has been for me anyway. One of the greatest singers (if not the greatest) passed away on the 16th of May after a battle with Stomach cancer. Dio was the first band I saw and the first real band that got me into proper music and the metal scene. I played Holy Diver for years after I saw the band live and managed to collect a big collection of Dio’s work with other great bands such as Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Dio was a true hero of Rock and his music will never ever die. Not only that Dio did a hell of a lot of work for Charity – when he created the ‘Hear N’ Aid’ project it really showed what an impact Rock music had on people, this time period in my mind was the best Musical period EVER (I’m talking about the 80′s), he had a ton of amazing singers and guitarists play on this charity song, and what an impact it had and still has today. I have researched a lot of bands from the 80′s and followed musicians individual stories, be it Vivian Campbell (now in Def Leppard) or Craig Goldy (who replaced Vivian in Dio), there are some amazing musicians who are all still touring strong after 30 – 40 years. The current state of the music industry is really getting this period of music noticed as people are seeing through the whole manufactured pap that the mass markets try to spoon feed and are actually looking back at when music was about being a Musician and an artist.

An article that really got my attention to write this post was the one wrote for Metal Hammer by Dom Lawson (click). The two main paragraphs that I totally agree on are the following:

The mainstream media will never understand heavy metal. Just look at the clumsy obituaries that Ronnie has received from certain quarters this week, most of which focus primarily on his status as “the guy that invented the Devil’s horns”, with obligatory references to Denzil the Dragon and Spinal Tap and how silly heavy metal is etc etc…oh fuck off, you ignorant, patronising twats. Metal fans are fully aware that their music can be preposterous, over-the-top, bombastic and daft. That’s one of the main reasons we like it so much. But don’t pretend that it doesn’t have substance…that it doesn’t mean anything. Because it means a lot more to me and my metal brothers and sisters than the bland, banal indie rock and sterile pop tripe that mainstream magazines exist to exalt mean to anyone.

In the event of a nuclear holocaust, who do you think will crawl from the smoking rubble? It won’t be Pete fucking Doherty. It won’t be Justin ‘The Singing Wankstain’ Bieber. It will be some guy in a Venom shirt, clutching a half-drained bottle of Merrydown and shouting ‘Slayer!’ at the top of his voice. Heavy metal fans are the most devoted and passionate fans in the world and I defy anyone to prove otherwise. This music will never die. Ronnie James Dio’s music will never die. Every time we crank up Neon Knights or Stand Up And Shout and raise a glass to our fallen hero, his legend will grow.

Rest in peace, Ronnie. Thanks for everything. We’re missing you terribly but we will continue to rock in your honour, now and forever. Horns up!

Rest in peace Ronnie, your legacy will live on in our hearts and in your music.

The end of Rock Band?? Chance opening in this market?

Well a lot of questions need to be answered by the makers of Rock Band this week. The game is called Rock Band and you’d think they have all the Rock followers in mind when releasing Download packs right? Wrong.. this week Rock Band have added Lady GaGa to the game with download content, not only is this completely out of context to the game but a lot of Rock followers who have Rock Band 1 and 2 are saying that they will not buy another game made by the company involved (Harmonix). I too will never ever buy another game by this company, the whole point of Rock Band was to move away from the idea of adding all music like Guitar Hero is based, and to keep it ROCK BANDS. I really don’t see where they got their facts from for adding in pop music seeings as most people who follow proper music – Rock – Metal whatever music genre, all are against manufactured Pop Music.

So the plan is – if your a games company please create something for us Rockers and STAY with your promise that you are developing the game based on the alternative music scene. If a company could make a Metal Band game then I’d sure buy it if it stayed as Metal music and didn’t go in to commercialisation by adding manufactured Pop Music which has no instrumental input anyway.

Banning the whole of China.. WoW Phishing

Well I have been thinking about this for about a year now, I always check headers of scam emails and 98% of the emails come from China, is this because of bot nets or just because the people running the scams are actually from China? It’s sad to say that today I have blocked the whole country from emailing any of my email accounts. I receive on average 10 World Of Warcraft phishing scam emails every day on 1 of my email accounts. Until something is done with the security and laws on phishing scams I will continue to block whole countries if I have to. I will be logging all the IP’s which these emails come from from now on and will be placing a page on this site listing them all. The other country which seems to be sending out a lot of scam emails is Canada – the land of Jesse Willms & Co – a scam artist that has and continues to scam millions of people every year. I seriously can’t understand why the Canadian police have not put him inside yet with his cohorts. He has been taken to court by Microsoft for selling of pirated software along with loads of other out of court settlements, the public will be taking matters into their own hands pretty soon, mark my word on it.

There should be a lot more laws on internet crime, people are getting away with ripping people off of millions and what do the police do while they do it? Protect ‘them‘.

Bowling… Should I Stay or Should I Go??

Hey all well I have not been able to bowl for 3 weeks now due to a injury from bowling, basically my finger nail on the middle finger totally split due to the fingertip holes being too small on my spare ball, I felt it happen but didn’t realise how bad it would be until 2 weeks later when the part which had split had grown out. Luckily the new nail grew underneath the old one so I it hasn’t been playing up much pain wise, but due to the nail being totally split I have to wait until the nail has fully grown out before I can bowl again! Plus the new nail which is growing back does not look as strong as the old nail so it looks like when I eventually do get back to bowling I will probably need training again and maybe a new ball.

I’m really thinking whether to bowl or not anymore at the moment, I really am not enjoying bowling at the moment and I think joining the Gym would be a better option for me right now, I really need to get fit properly again. Thinking about doing the run 3 miles for sport relief at the moment, so if I do decide to do it next month then I need to start training now for it!