The Dark Furie

Typically yesterday was also the day that the builders finally got around to remodeling our kitchen which meant we spent some of the day with no electricity. Anyway, the drilling's getting on our nerves and we're already sick of living out of the microwave so we're visiting Kim's gran all today.

Not much else going on really. Exciting lives eh? Laters folks and folkettes.

People who've been reading this page recently will know that I recently won an N82 loaner phone for my participation in the S60 Ambassadors project. What you don't know, cause I've kept quiet about it til I was sure no-one was in trouble over it, is that the phone arrived yesterday only it wasn't an N82. No, when I opened the package out tumbled two Samsung phones packed with developer applications. Seriously, of all the people they could make that mistake with, they made it with me. The fools!

Ahem, anyway... There's an N82 on it's way to me again along with a prepaid bag to send the Samsung phones back. All's well that ends well, and I've been helping myself to what I can get out of the developer apps.

Long time readers will know that I've been drooling over a video game called Fable 2 for over a year now, and that I've got some pretty unrealistic hopes for it. Well today the Official Xbox Magazine came out with the first playtest of the game, and it appears that my hopes are met and smashed in every way. This is so going to be game of the year when it comes out around Christmas. Keep your eyes open for it guys. When you see it on shelves, don't expect to see me for a while.

Roads were all backed up yesterday. Luckily we were on foot. Unluckily the people in cars were so impatient that they were willing to run a red light by driving on the wrong side of the road. What this meant to me was that I had one foot in the road at a crossing, looking to my right to make sure I wasn't run over, when six cars zoomed past me on the wrong side of the road from my left. If Kim hadn't have pulled me back I probably wouldn't be here now. I was so shocked and angry that I didn't get a single plate number or even drag anyone out of their cars.

This morning my headset arrived from Nokia for my participation in the Widsets beta test. It also included a Widsets neckstrap and two album vouchers for Nokia Music Store.

There's more that's happened but I can't really put it all together in my head yet so I'm gonna stop here.

We spent the majority of it at Kim's Gran's house, visiting. That allowed me to get some new music. I've got a phone that's capable of HSDPA speeds, and a network that supports them, but our network doesn't cover our home with those speeds meaning I'm reduced to 5kb per second downloads. It's ridiculous. Luckily Kim's Gran's house is covered by our network so I make a point of downloading an album each time we visit now.

More good mobile news is that both Opera and Google have updated their mobile sites in the past week or so to recognise more different phones. While the applications they give out aren't all that different, this does mean that you'll be more likely to get the right icon size for your phone now instead of the tiny ones we used to get. Always remember to delete the old version first, before attempting a new download.

Final bit of good stuff happened on the way home when I spotted a spare ten pound note just sitting there waiting for me. That used to happen to me at least once a week but hasn't happened since we moved out of my home town years ago. We used some of it to buy an expansion pack for Kim's game and the rest on munchies.

Today has been a good day and, like all the really good days, it was little bonuses that made it that way.

Just been reading a review of the latest Grand Theft Auto game, due out next Tuesday. Part of the design statement of this game is to give players plenty to do outside of missions. While wining and dining friends and girlfriends sounds pretty interesting, and bowling, pool and darts minigames have been included, it's the comedy clubs that really caught my eye. They were just mentioned in passing with no details, but I know the first place I'm going looking for in a week's time. The second place would be one of the internet cafes to check my in game e-mail (complete with spam) and maybe indulge in a little online dating.

I've been feeling a little detached recently. You may have noticed a distinct lack of personal posts, and now you know why. Should be back to normal soon. I don't know what's been wrong, but I've just been feeling kind of not here if you know what I mean.

Future Posts - Read an excellent book a while back which I'll be sharing with you all sometime soon. And I've got a few posts lined up which should be fun for people. You may even get a few game stories when GTA arrives on the scene.