Nov

4

More of the same… and a zebra crossing

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Download dads lead the iPod generation | Money | The Observer iTunes is an a la carte model: you see the track you like and pay your 79p. A big drawback with iTunes is that it has inbuilt digital rights management (DRM), which prevents you playing ‘your’ music on anything other than an iPod [my [...]

Oct

9

Save the World (no mention of cheerleaders)

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In the continuing quest to rebuild the compilation tape that, as I recall, was the soundtrack to our 1985 summer holiday (along with ‘Brothers In Arms’), and while looking for this week’s free single of the week, I was surprised today to see on the iTunes Music Store that George Harrison’s catalogue has just been [...]

Jul

4

Victory at last

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One of the perils of teaching is having to endure the odd day of INSET (a fine example of trying to force an acronym when it’s not needed: ‘training day’ would be so much more self-explanatory) where members of staff demonstrate some of their weaknesses as teachers in front of the entire teaching body of [...]

Jul

2

New high score

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Steve may not be doing quite so well as me at Excite Truck but I’m guessing his high score on Galaga is somewhat greater than my 55510. He did, after all, spend much of the 1980s playing its BBC Micro equivalent. In other news, I had a premature attempt at an online game of Mario [...]

Jun

25

The best fun you can have on four Wii-ls

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I’ve finally managed to complete the last of the Platinum races at Super Excite level. Without wanting to give too much away to those who haven’t done it yet, try the tree runs. The solitary Diamond race is actually quite simple: it took a couple of attempts to get the requisite B grade. Should I [...]

Jun

24

Super Excite

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Well, I finished Excite level today on the game of the moment with S-grades on all the races. Mastering air spins helped to eke out the final few points necessary on some of the tracks and discovering that Rad has, to my taste at least, the right balance of air, grip, handling and speed helped [...]

Jun

22

Excite Truck: Platinum

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After a lot of repeated efforts led to me not completing the second of the Platinum races in Excite Truck, I followed Kate’s advice and did some more of the tutorial. Having learnt how to fly the trucks, I finished Platinum tonight only to discover that I need to complete all the races with an [...]

Jun

21

Excite Truck

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Meet the Robinsons, which just wasn’t my kind of game, today turned into the thirteen pound note that made Excite Truck that bit more affordable. I would be lying if I claimed that it’s very hard: I completed the Bronze and Silver levels tonight after a little confusion caused by trying to hold the Wiimote [...]

Jun

9

Adding ringtones to a Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV

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I have a new mobile. It happened to be on special offer for a few hours yesterday so I managed to get it for thirty quid or so, which isn’t bad considering that the Lobster includes a DAB radio which can be used to watch BBC One. It’s a ‘smartphone‘ apparently, which means it syncs [...]

May

29

iPod DAB radio

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Almost two years after I blogged about this, Broadcastnow.co.uk reports: Manufacturer Roberts Radio and digital technology company Frontier Silicon have joined forces to develop the UK’s first DAB/FM plug-in for the iPod. Digital radio stations will be able to reach a potential audience of millions by opening up their services to iPod users. The device, [...]

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