Monday 29th June

I wanto write a blog entry but I’m so tired ad cannot be bothered – if you’re reading this I will post one soon when it’s not so hot

Best Dad’s on TV

So for a Father’s Day special blog entry, I’ll make a list of the 10 greatest dad’s on TV! I’ve tried to pick them from programs based around a family, so you can guess who these people will be! Enjoy!

10. Robbie Ray Cyrus

Father of Miley Cyrus in hit American Kid’s Show Hannah Montana and in real life too, Robbie Ray Cyrus is an inspiring dad for Miley and Jackson and is the one that teaches the kids the lessons in the end!

9. Ricky Butcher

Father of Tiffany and Liam in Eastenders, Ricky lives with Bianca and Pat in the soap square of Eastenders. With hidden secrets shared around the square, this dad has some unexpected futures that are bound to happen to him.

8. Fred Flintstone

Living in the Stone Age must be hard but father, Fred Flintstone manages alright with best friend Barney in the Flintstones.

7. DL Hawkins

Lucky little Micah learns that his dad is no ordinary dad, as DL can walk through walls. However the family’s abilities lead to his death in hit American show, Heroes.

6. Gaz Wilkinson

Two Pints, Gaz, is most certainly a dumb father to Corinthian, however his feelings are holding him back to tell the mother that he’s the dad. With the believed dad dead, it’ll be hard to tell Janet the truth.

5. Smithy

New Dad, Smithy, becomes a father after Nessa falls pregnant after a few nights in the town in Gavin & Stacey. Smithy tried to be a great dad however lives too far away from his child to see him.

4. Jimmy Venables

Jimmy Venables, father of two, lives with his ex-wifes mother as they have their ups and down in the comedy, After You’ve Gone.

3. Homer Simpson

Lovable Character, Homer Simpson, the dub-witted central character of the Simpsons, is often left in funny situations that leave the audience laughing out loud!

2. Ben Harper

Father of 3, Ben Harper, is My Family’s father that often hates his life. With this in mind, this leaves the rest of the family to do as they feel, leaving Ben in complete madness.

1. Peter Griffin

The stupidity that is Peter Griffin, father of the Griffins in Family Guy leaves it’s audience in crying with laughter matters as he finds himself in different situations often involving his family and friends.

iType this from my iTouch

Got an iPod Touch a few days and although its taken me a few years to convert from Creative Zen’s to Apple iPods, I’m quite glad I made the switch sooner than later. I mean Zens are nice and reliable but they’re basic and quite literally …. boring!! As from the title I can’t put the iPod Touch down, I’m either downloading extra appliccations or surfing the web while listening to my favourite hits. It’s addictingly amazing – get one if you were thinking of getting one but weren’t too sure about it and get it off amazon.co.uk because it’s cheaper!!!

Gotta love a bit of Typography

Time from another post from Flickr! This time I entered extra into the Search bar and got this wonderful graphics piece!

Check more of Simons work here: simoncpage.co.uk

Thursday 11th June 2009

Got back into Twitter again, however there seems to be a link with all my updates, check it out here: Twitter

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Had my first Media exam today, was quite easy! Yay! Had questions:
Explain how internet is used in the music industry.
and
Describe how advertising uses the internet.<
Anyone could guess the answers, but 50 mark answers require thinking and lots of words!

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iTunes, clicked on Preferences and you can change the fade in/fade out time period between songs! Set mine to 12 seconds and some songs sound great together. Some dont although….

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Noticed again in my exam today that I often, (when writing not typing) write the word, missing the first letter! So my text would be this:
i, y ame s ntony!
Then notice what I've done and go back!
I did check my answers before I finished as well just in case

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Flying insects and bugs don't understand that you want to help them leave the house, by opening the window for them to leave. Instead, they'd rather fly around the room, sometimes in front of your eyes and then fly into the window next to the one you've just opened…

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Dried bird poo needs water when trying to scrub off a plastic table. Wet tables need sunlight to dry. Water needs effort to get onto table. I need effort.

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Damn, I was going to ask my brother something about someone else and another person but I forgot and now I just remembered, but he's asleep…

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Draft has just been saved, in case we have a powercut

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I hate bus stops that are 30 seconds away from the last one….

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Facebook allows me to connect with friends and enemies. However those enemies got deleted from my friend list today.

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Currently listening to Rose by The Feeling, Album – Twelve Stops and Home on iTunes at 1.50am on Friday morning! That means my blog title is wrong!

The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver


Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra performing The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

After converting all my songs from Napster to iTunes (for my new iTouch I’m getting next week), I now know iTunes is much better for playing music. Although its no good at randomizing tracks. As I found out that I’ve listened to this song about 20 times.

To be honest it’s a good song!

Breeding

So I found a nice collection of images showing Photoshopped images of various animals blended together with an alternate animal and thought that this would be ace if it actually worked within biology, and genes. If it would work with animals, if could work with humans, and we’d finally be able to recreate mythical creature such as mermaids and centaurs! Or even better, if we could modify our own genes now, with any other animal, that way you could choose almost anything to be! Of course many would have their advantages and disadvantages but still. You’d have people walking around with elephant trunks, kangaroo pouches, aquatic gills, eyes of the tiger, sting of a bee, etc. etc. It would be ace!

Rosie and Aaron

Strange… I was looking at the Daily Mail online and noticed this article. So what do I do, check them out on Flickr! Got to be good. However when I search Rosie and Aaron, I fin aknacer… the photo I blogged earlier this month! Turns out it’s the same person – Aaron Nace. Strangeness!!!

Final 40

I’ve put together a collage of all the Britain’s Got Talent Finalists below! Can’t wait for the shows this week and the final next week! Ahh! It’s going to be brilliant all these amazing acts!

Britains Got Talent Finalists
Aidan Davis, 11, street dancer from Birmingham
Ben and Becky Milan-Vega, 18 and 16, brother and sister ballroom dancers from Essex
Brit Chix, Band composed of Victoria Wilding, Maddy Wilding, Paisley McHugh, from Boston in Lincolnshire
Callum Francis, 12, musical theatre singer and dancer from Hertford Town in Hertfordshire
Darth Jackson, 37, postal worker Philip performs Michael Jackson dance moves dressed as Darth Vader, from Birmingham
DCD Seniors, dancing troupe from Debbie Chapman Dance school in Cardiff
Diversity, street dancing troupe from Essex
DJ Talent, 30, gold-toothed DJ Anthony Gosh from London
Dreambears, male burlesque act from London
Fabia, 35, plus-sized burlesque dancer from Oxford
Faces Of Disco, comedy dancing duo Richard Hammond and Liam Collins, from London
Flawless, street dancing troupe from London
Floral Highnotes, flower arranging and opera from Ian Lloyd and Helena Leonard, from Stockport in Cheshire
Fred Bowers, break-dancer, 73, from Loughborough
Gareth Oliver, 28, comedy impersonator from Halifax
Good Evans, family singing troupe from Leicester
Greg Pritchard, 24, male soprano from Usk in south Wales
Harmony, 15 and 16-year-olds Demi Samantha Bennetts and Megan Elizabeth McKenna, dancers from Feltham in Middlesex and Woodford Green in Essex
Hollie Steel, schoolgirl singer and dancer from Acrington in Lancashire
Hot Honeyz, female dancing troupe from Maidstone
Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes, cat groomer and her pet dog from Oxford
Jamie Pugh, 37, singer from Blackwood in south Wales
Julia Naidenko, 24, bellydancer from London (originally from Latvia)
Julian Smith, 39, saxophone player from Birmingham
Kayode Oresanya, 31, the ‘human saxophone’, originally from Nigeria
Luke Clements, 36, street entertainer and juggler from Cornwall
Mama Trish, 48, drag act Peter Coghlan from Stafford, West Midlands
Martin Macham, 36, guitar player from Dover in Kent
MD Show Group, street dancing troupe from Liverpool
Merlin, 35, Escapologist from Barnstaple in Devon
Natalie Okri, 10, singer from Deptford in London
Nick Hell, 26, street performer who pulls objects with ear and nose, from Sunderland
Shaheen Jafargholi, 12, singer from Swansea in Wales
Shaun Smith, 17, singer from Lichfield
Stavros Flatly, father-and-son Greek dancers from north London
Sue Son, 24, violinist from London
Sugarfree, street dancing troupe from Chelmsford in Essex
Susan Boyle, 48, singer from Blackburn, West Lothian in Scotland
The Barrow Boys, Wheelbarrow dancing farmers
2 Grand, grandfather and granddaughter singers from Doncaster

Reasons why I NEED to win the Lottery!!!

Reasons why I NEED to win the lottery:

Polaroid Two
The Digital Instant Camera, Polaroid Two
http://www.firebox.com/product/2358/Polaroid-Two-Digital-Instant-Camera
£230

iTouch
Apple’s iTouch 32GB
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/
£282

TouchSmart TX2
HP’s Touchscreen Laptop/Tablet, the TouchSmart TX2
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/11/19/hp-releases-touch-screen-laptop-0
£609

Samsung LED TV
Samsung’s LED TV
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=television&type=television&subtype=ledtv&model_cd=UE55B7000WWXXU#
£2,799

Huf Haus
The Huf Haus
http://www.huf-haus.com/gb/intro.html
£3,595,000

Current Total: £3,598,920