Palmblogging

And next things bed. Got my other two this weekend so we are ahead of our
normal time for all this tonight.

BBC Technology

Apple to fix iPhone security flaw

Apple will release a software patch on Saturday to address a vulnerability
to SMS-based hacking attacks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8177755.stm

Subject: Favourite HELLO MY FRIEND

tina4love
09:14
Hello,
My name is tina i saw your profile here
(blog.co.uk) today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you
the more and estabilish a relationship that is bassed
on truth and trust with you gay.com i want you to send an email to my email
address so i can
give you my picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address
tina.karume@yahoo.com
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above please i have something
very very important i will like to tell you.I believe we can start from
here!
Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in
life.
tina.. tina.karume@yahoo.com


No Tina Just Feck Off

Not had one of these in a while.

John Wanamaker

"Half the money I spend on (advertising) is wasted; the trouble is I don't
know which half."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Wanamaker]

Change the word advetising for what takes you fancy and this will make
sense in your life.

BBC Science & Environment

Endeavour shuttle ready to land

The space shuttle Endeavour is set to return to Earth after a 16-day
mission to the International Space Station.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8177528.stm

Anyone know why the numbers for the visitors on it differ from the ones on
the stats page on Blog.co.uk? The widget says there was, say, 20 visitors
from over the world but BCUK says I've had 50 in the same time. Any
thoughts?

1. What is your favourite kind of weather?

Sunny windy autumn days

2. Do you prefer the sun or snow?

Snow on the ground and sun out in sky but crispy cold

3. Why does it always rain when I have washing hanging out in the garden
drying?

Did I lie when I was 17 (Travis)

4. Which weather presenter do you prefer....Sian Lloyd or Ian McCaskill?

Ian Mc Caskill he's a funny wee man

5. Will it really rain all summer??
I'm in Scotland so we should expect rain. But that's what makes the country
so green and lovely

Ah well could be a case of McGhee must go already?

McGhee and the boys play in the Europa Cup tonight will have to get radio
on to see how it goes.

Schumacher makes shock F1 return

Michael Schumacher will make a shock return to Formula 1 to replace injured
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.
The seven-time world champion retired at the end of 2006 but will drive at
the European Grand Prix on 23 August.
Ferrari said the 40-year-old will stand in for as long as Massa is
sidelined by the serious head injuries he sustained in the Hungarian Grand
Prix last week.
"For team loyalty reasons I can't ignore this unfortunate situation," said
the former Ferrari driver.
His spokesman Sabine Kehm had told the BBC on Tuesday that although
Schumacher - who was working as an advisor for Ferrari - was not willing to
make a full-time return to F1, he would not rule out standing in for Massa.
And the German racing legend has now decided to come out of retirement and
make a sensational return to the sport.

Was at market and guess what NO GAMMON. Really pissed at that got loads of
other stuff though that will make good meals. Lovely steaks and roasts but
alas no Gammon. :-(

BBC Health

Organic 'has no health benefits'

Organic food is no healthier than conventionally produced food, a large
independent review has concluded.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/8174482.stm

Digital Spy digitaltv

Freeview to launch retuning campaign

Freeview to launch a retuning reminder campaign as DTT is reconfigured for
HD.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a168076/freeview-to-launch-retuning-campaign.html?rss

Beryl Pfizer

"I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending
a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time
looking for the paper I wrote it down on."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Beryl_Pfizer]

BBC Technology

MSN launches free streaming video

Microsoft launches MSN Video Player, a free, streaming video service that
provides full-length television shows.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8175410.stm

Mail2blog is down just now? Just sent a few posts a while ago and they have not shown up yet. Oh well we will just have to wait. Its been ages since this has happened.

What do Mastercard and Peter Andre have in common?

Priceless

BBC Technology

Mobile music for teens who top up

Orange has launched a service offering music streamed for free to any
handset on its pay-as-you-go network.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8174152.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Sharp view of 'Orion's shoulder'

The Very Large Telescope facility in Chile takes the sharpest pictures yet
of the Orion star Betelgeuse.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8174643.stm

BBC Business

Microsoft and Yahoo unveil tie-up

Tech giants Yahoo and Microsoft announce an internet search deal to help
them take on chief rival Google.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8174763.stm

H. H. Williams

"Furious activity is no substitute for understanding."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/H._H._Williams]

BBC Europe

Swedish couple miss Italian island of Capri after GPS typo

Officials say a Swedish couple looking for the pristine waters of the
popular island of Capri ended some 400 miles (660 kilometers) away in the
northern industrial town of Carpi after misspelling the destination on
their car's GPS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8173308.stm

Just flicked through the channel list to see what's on and saw BBC4 and
South Pacific but alas its a documentary and not the musical. So no happy
talking talking, happy talk for me.

I just wish someone would show West Side Story one night I just love that
one.

Awwww

Check out this article at the Beeb

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8170234.stm

What do you think? I'll have to have a wee think first before comment.

Bugs Bunny ate only carrots why wasn't he orange?

I'm going to by a huge load of.............

Yes folks a load of GAMMON!!!!!!!

Have I told you all I LOVE GAMMON.

Gammon should always be capitalised as its the Queen of Meats in my
opinion.

Great afternoon we had at a place called Muddy Boots at Balmalcolm in the
Howe of Fife area. More about it here
http://www.smartcommunityfife.org.uk/directory/listing/muddy-boots-farm-shop/

This is a message I received after giving neutral feedback and messaging
why the feedback was so.

Dear Palmblogging ( not my Ebay name)

Are you always so misrable when you get a bargin if so get a life

-huggybear1993 ( his real Ebay name)

Now if you got something that was not totally as described but not that bad
to return you'd not give positive feedback but neutral. It seems to this
little twat that I have dared to give him less than he thought he deserved
so hence the tone of his message. Methinks I could take this further with
Ebay as this could get in to a slagging match if I take it that way. But I
won't just slag him of with messages as this appears to be a young un.
I have picked up stuff on Ebay no problem before except for a problem with
a Zire 31 I got that definately wasn't as described and resolved that. I
have also complaind to Ebay that someone selling a Psion Revo was using a
picture from here that I had posted so this wee prat is not a problem at
all.
The thing is I know he wouldn't dare say that to my face and would only do
it in message form. If he's going to sell on Ebay and not be as accurate as
he could be with descriptions then he won't get the positive feedback he
crazes.

Here endeth my rant and I do feel better.

Clarence Darrow

"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half
by our children."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Clarence_Darrow]

BBC Politics

Government advice urges tweeting

New government guidance is published urging civil servants to use the
micro-blogging site Twitter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/8171597.stm

I've just looked at the My Friends Posts on the My Blog.co.uk page and the
last post was 3hours ago by any of my friends list bloggers. Is there
something good on telly or some sort of blog outage tonight. Surely your
not all watching Uri Geller just now.

Mr Muscle Loves the jobs you hate.

Oh So he's Polish

This is where the roundabout in the play park at our bit was. It was
removed ages ago and the cooncil filled the are with sand. It is now the
largest litter tray around.

BBC Business

VAT abolished on text donations

Donations to UK charities via text message will be free of VAT from this
week as part of an agreement with mobile operators.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8169168.stm

Wonder how Orange are going to screw this like their Phone Fund thing is
screwing me out of my VAT reduction just now?

Nancy Astor

"One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good
time."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Nancy_Astor]

Strikes a chord with me that one. Anyone who has been a heavy drinker will
probably agree.

When we got broadband it was a wireless router. Now our lappy didn't have wifi so after a while I got a shot of the usb wifi dongle from work and set it up and iy worked. So just after dinner on Friday I went on Ebay and got one the same as works. It came yesterday morning less than 24 hours after buying.
Today it is plugged in and working a dream. It get rid of the network cable so lappy can go back to the table now. It also means as long as there is a power socket nearby it can be used anywhere in the house.
Next thing will have to be a new battery to allow it to be used anywhere. New battery on Ebay will be about £30 but will be well worth getting.

The Ebay shop for the wifi dongle was Gizmo-Deals.

This is Tegan all dressed up yesterday at the wedding.

BBC Science & Environment

Europe's Mars rover slips to 2018

Europe's flagship robotic rover mission to Mars now looks certain to leave
Earth in 2018, two years later than recently proposed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8168954.stm

Logan Pearsall Smith

"It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich
people."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Logan_Pearsall_Smith]

Stovies and they were lovely. What better thing can there be for a wee late
snack at a Scots "wedding".

Ever had sweetcorn in it. Well I got it today at the meal at this wedding.
Never came across that before myself before today.

BBC Science & Environment

Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar'

The refurbished Hubble telescope focuses on the result of an apparent comet
or asteroid impact on Jupiter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8168403.stm

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while
we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then
we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg]

It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb.

The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

Women reading this will be finished now.

Men who read this are probably still busy looking at their thumbs.

Yes a week off work and we will actually go places round Fife. Getting back
in touch in the Kingdom we stay.

Fife was a Pictish kingdom years back for those who don't know and we are
quite proud and refer to the place that way often.

Glad to get home today to see that Cookie the Kitten was ok but she did
give them a scare earlier. Everyone thought she was lost but she had fallen
asleep in the bottom of our veg rack. Everyone up to high doh and she was
zedding away. Aww.

Don't know how posting will go next week it may be less it may even be
more. No roaming data rates to worry about in this Kingdom.

Tomorrow we will be busy as we are invited all day to a couple we are
friends withs civil partenership or commonly refered to as the Lesbians
Wedding in our wee toun. Hell if they are happy and that's what the want to
do the best to them in my book.
Tegan is to be a flowergirl/bridesmaid so might post a picture of her.
Tommorow will be all go from early on to get people organised.

BBC Technology

Plug pulled on suspected pirates

Web users in Hull suspected of file-sharing are being cut off without
warning by their internet service provider.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8166640.stm

Wonder if this has happened to any bloggers out there?

BBC Business

Microsoft profits down by a third

Microsoft reports disappointing results for the April to June quarter, with
profits down by almost a third.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8166262.stm

Thomas Szasz

"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to
laugh at him."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Thomas_Szasz]

Its a wee girl cat and Tegans called it Cookie.

Tegan got a kitten tonight. She's well chuffed.

Technomist. Have a great day bud and all the best.

Good news that about last months stats and your becoming a regular in the
Featured blogs list now as well. ;-)

BBC Science & Environment

Views sought on knotweed predator

The public's views are being sought on the release of a plant-eating
predator from Asia into Britain to help control Japanese knotweed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8163730.stm

Dan Rather

"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell
Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dan_Rather]

The word 'Tsunami' is not in my phone's predictive text dictionary.

So if you ever get a text from me saying:

"Trumang!!!"

get the FECK off the beach.

I've been twittering to my daughter Paige for a while. Its so handy this as
she never has credit if I text her but she can get online with her
lappy.Its great being able to speak to her more that we did.

Secondly I've managed to post pictures to twitpic and then they show up in
my twitter stream. I just have to email in to Twitpic and the tweet seems
to go in the subject line. Works good and let's Paige see some pics of what
we are doing.

Just to get Tegan to have supper and to bed.

All this swine flu stuff, the stats on infection and the like. I'd like to
know how many smoked and didn't. Is there a prevalence to smokers or
non-smokers. I bet if say there 2 non-smokers to every 1 smoker they
wouldn't publicise it but if the other way round it would be another excuse
to ram the stop smoking message down our throats.

BBC Business

Apple admits iPhone supply issues

Apple executives confirm rumours that international demand for the newest
iPhone model is outstripping supply.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8162798.stm

BBC Asia-Pacific

Close neighbours: Quake edges NZ towards Australia

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has edged New Zealand closer
to Australia, scientists say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8162628.stm

Caught this just now and it really pees me off.

STV to launch new casino channel
- by Andrew Laughlin, Technology Reporter on www.digitalspy.co.uk

STV has partnered with NetPlay TV to launch the first ever live interactive
casino channel on digital terrestrial television in Scotland.

The move follows recent guidance issued by Ofcom to free up the rules
around public service broadcasting that enables viewers to place bets on
casino games.

Under the new regulatory framework, STV will broadcast NetPlay's
interactive casino shows live every Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting
from August.

Palmy's Thoughts

So STV decided not to show Lewis in Scotland. They are not going to show
The Bill. The reason supposedly is to show more Scottish content. But and
its a big But, they will do this on DTT. Will this be a new channel using
up limited space on Freeview or will more real programmes be dropped to
show this. To me its a bit of a disgrace that gambling is promoted this way
but for it to be by a PSB is beyond me. Yes there is a crisis that could
lead to ITV being in financial difficulty but Ofcom may have pushed it a
bit here.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe]

Solution announced for Scottish 'Bill' fans
- by Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter at Digital Spy

The Bill is to be repeated on ITV3 each week, providing Scottish viewers
with an opportunity to keep watching the programme, it has been announced.

Fans in Scotland feared that they would miss out on new episodes after STV
confirmed that it had decided to drop the long-running police drama earlier
this month.

The broadcaster's decision, in effect from this week, coincides with The
Bill's revamp as a post-watershed 9pm show, featuring "grittier" plots and
a shift to high definition filming.

ITV has now announced that repeats of The Bill are to have a regular Monday
11pm slot on ITV3 from next month. In the meantime, the first two new-look
episodes, which premiere on ITV1 this week, will be broadcast again on
Wednesday, July 29 between 11pm and 1am on the digital channel

Consider the lyrics from this Bruce Springsteen song.

Lyrics to I'm On Fire

Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I'm on fire

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby
edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
through the middle of my soul
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
and a freight train running through the
middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I'm on fire


Now consider it again if Gary Glitter decided to do a cover version.

Hark don't you?

Yup a loverly courgette.

No not the Ska stuff from the 80s but this from BBC Earth News:
Botanists solve the mystery of the two-tone autumnal displays

Botanists say they have solved the mystery of why autumn trees in Europe
are yellow, while those in America are red.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150773.stm

BBC Technology

O2 UK data network suffers outage

The data network for O2 has suffered an outage across the UK, disrupting
e-mail and MMS services for many customers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8161938.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Jupiter 'struck by large object'

The planet Jupiter shows evidence of having being hit by a large object,
either a comet or asteroid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8161723.stm

BBC Technology

A software update promoted by United Arab Emirates telecoms firm Etisalat
appears to have been surveillance software.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8161190.stm

It shows that if Government wanted to what's possible.

BBC Technology

On Eagle's wings

How Nasa plans to take man to the Moon next time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8154004.stm

Milly I may not comment much on your blog but I still read and catch all
your posts. Have a good one today. X

Someone I know has started a blog here after a good while wondering wether
to do so or not. So can I ask you to give her some encouragement and have a
read.

She's at
http://hobb-a-blog.blog.co.uk

Frederick L Collins

"There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well,
here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'"

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Frederick_L_Collins]

BBC Technology

Oldest UK television discovered

A 1936 television set is thought to be the UK's oldest working television,
after a nationwide search is held.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8159406.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Moon astronauts urge Mars mission

Two of the astronauts who took part in the first Moon landing 40 years ago
call for new efforts to send a manned mission to Mars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8158519.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Toilet trouble in space station with 13 astronauts on board

The main toilet on the International Space Station breaks down, Nasa says,
with 13 astronauts on board.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8158350.stm

Bernard Bailey

"When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Bernard_Bailey]

BBC Science & Environment

New images of Moon landing sites

A US spacecraft takes pictures of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, showing
footprints and hardware left behind decades ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8157368.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Astronauts on ISS spacewalk

Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour begin the first of five spacewalks at
the International Space Station.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8157625.stm

Sam Brown

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Sam_Brown]

iPhone gets 'World Of Warcraft' app

by Mark Langshaw, Gaming/Comics Reporter at www.digitalspy.co.uk
A World Of Warcraft application to help players organise their character
stats is now available to iPhone users.

World Of Warcraft: Mobile Armory is free to download via the App Store. It
allows players to keep track of their character, plan adventures, monitor
the activities of their guild, and provides full access to in-game stats.

It has been rumoured that Blizzard is planning to release a scaled-down
version of the popular MMO for the iPhone, with speculation suggesting that
the new app is part of the firm's strategy to build up a presence on the
Apple device ahead of its launch.

At Carina Software, we've decided to celebrate this historic day by
offering all of our downloadable astronomy software for free. That's
right: free.

For one day – Monday, July 20th, 2009 – both of our iPhone
applications, SkyVoyager and SkyGazer, will be free on the iTunes App
Store.

But that's not all. On Monday, July 20th, our desktop astronomy
software programs, Voyager and SkyGazer, downloads only, will also be free. You can
download them from our web site, and order a serial number – for free
– from our on-line store.

Can you give me cheaper car insurance?

Ohh Yess

Can you give me one of the best deals around?

Ohh Yess

Do I have the backing of one of the UKs most reputable insurance companies?

Ohh Yess

And do you like licking your bollocks and sniffing other dogs arses?

Oh Y.................

Check this out the kids are on it just now its on www.mygames.co.uk and
search for virtual knee surgery.

Aldous Huxley

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is
generally the by-product of other activities."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Aldous_Huxley]

Katy Perry is singing Queens "Dont Stop Me Now" and she's shite. The crowd
are singing better than her. The clevage and skimpy tartan dress doesn't
make up for her crap voice.

BBC Science & Environment

Shuttle docks with space station

The US space shuttle Endeavour docks with the International Space Station
for a record-setting visit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8155953.stm

BBC South Asia

India Moon probe 'malfunctions'

India's first mission to the Moon suffers from a technical problem, space
research officials in India say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8155120.stm

BBC Technology

Apple blocks rival smart phones

An update to iTunes software prevents unsupported devices, such as the Palm
Pre, from synchronising content.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8155795.stm

Seems touch but its their software I suppose.

Just a wee camera try out.

Smart dressers or call the fashion police?

sent from spv c550

Yes that what Tegan was nibbling on at work on Wednesday. Yes carrots are
not all orange. Photos will appear her at one point when they are big
enough.

BBC Technology

Symbian to develop mobile apps

Symbian, the dominant mobile phone operating system, is to become a
publishing house for mobile application software.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8152443.stm

Yes you used to get loads of Symbian apps on Epoc os of the Psions.I really
will have to dig out that revo again charge it and fire it up. The os of
the Psions where rock solid. Things like the Pocket Surfer have the form
factor and show where Psion could have went. The fact Symbian is the
offspring of Epoc and Psion os shows that as well.

So last night that's what I did. I setup both me and Debs emails to use
Outlook Express. It will mean we will actually use these accounts. As web
mail we seldom checked them so this will help. Debs gets a few newsletter
things from a couple of sights so she can get them read now.

The only problem is that last night when I sent a mail and picture here
last night the picture ended up in my media folder her but the email
content got rejected as some parser error of some sort. The compose bit in
Outlook Express is setup as html and not text so maybe changing to text
will sort that, who knows.

Kenneth Tynan

"A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Kenneth_Tynan]

Bill Watterson

"Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of
body experience."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Bill_Watterson]

Its a bit like all the virtual conversations that go on on BCUK.

BBC Technology

Twitter calls lawyer over hacking

Twitter seeks legal advice after hundreds of documents were hacked and a
number of blogs publish some of the stolen material.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8153122.stm

Science & Environment

Space shuttle finally blasts off

The US space agency Nasa successfully launches the space shuttle Endeavour
- at the sixth attempt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8153091.stm

Is the letter W called double U and not double V?

Found recipes for cucumber marmalade, pickle and cream of green pea and
cucumber soup today. The glut has went away with someone willing to try
these recipes out.

Sent a couple post since that laat one and they're not here yet looks like mail2blog playing up tonight.

So John Hartson has a brain tumour. They say it spread from his testicular
cancer. What is it the say about mens brains being led by their dicks?

That aside remember guys tickle that tackle. Check out your bits often and
do something if it doesn't seem right.

All the best though to John and here's hoping for a speedy and full
recovery.

That's what I was going to Google and then thought I'd better look for
cucumber recipes. God know what I would have found with the first search.

So apart from sandwiches and soup what else culinary can you do with
cucumber? Any thoughts just leave a comment please. We've started to get a
glut of them at work and we need a bit of variety in eating them before
everyone gets fed up like last year.

Mark Twain

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Mark_Twain]

BBC Technology

Facebook driving mobile net usage

Report finds that social networking is the most popular reason for going
online via a mobile phone.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8149652.stm

BBC Europe

Mars crew return after three month mission... to Moscow

Six volunteers emerge after spending three months in a capsule designed to
test the isolation of a trip to Mars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8150385.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Probe hints at past Venus ocean

A European probe at Venus returns infrared maps that hint at the idea of an
ocean on its surface in the distant past.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8149361.stm

Just thought it really good that the are at the cutting edge in the
prevention of major crimes in Fife.

http://www.fife.police.uk/Default.aspx?page=3934

So we are getting organised for our holiday in Fife. We know the food will
be good and accomodation fine as we will be based at home.
Debs picked up a leaflet at the cooncil offices yesterday and it was a
listing of events in Fife through the summer. There are loads of things in
the week I'm of that will be of interest to us and Tegan. There are other
things for weekends as well so it was well worth picking up.
Tegan is really looking forward to day trips and picnics everyday. So
hopefully me and Debs will be able to give her that this year as to be
honest holidays have be more a case of me having time of work and Debs
having less housework to do and getting a rest with her chronic fatigue
syndrome.
Sundays outing to Anstruther has given us a taste to actually do something
this summer.

Marty Indik

"Confusion is always the most honest response."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Marty_Indik]

BBC Technology

Microsoft Office takes to the web

Software giant Microsoft takes aim at Google, announcing a free web-based
version of its successful Office software.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8148969.stm

BBC UK

Help call for vanishing honeybees

The UK's honeybees are vanishing at an "alarming" rate, yet the government
is taking "little interest", a group of MPs says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8148999.stm

Hell no matter how I try with Treo or PC, with a blog user search or
through one of his many friends profiles I can't seem to get into his
profile. I was hoping to send him an invite but alas I can't do it.

Do you think I should post in the help or bugs blogs to alert BCUK to this?

Could it be that this stalwart of our community is no more?

We may have to get a petition then to get him reinstated on blog.









Or Not?

BBC Business

Energy policy 'too wind focused'

The UK must invest more in nuclear and clean coal energy and put less
emphasis on wind power, business leaders say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8146824.stm

I will have to check this out to see if it gived any more reason to object
to local plans for wind around my way.

Noel Coward

"The higher the buildings, the lower the morals."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Noel_Coward]

I think living in Fife I forget what a lovely place it is to "visit" as a
"tourist" myself so this summer when on holiday that's what we are going
to do spend a week on holiday exploring our home area. The East Neuk, St
Andrews, Falkland and the like. I used to work in Dunfermline and never
been there for years and even though I work everyday in Kirkcaldy it must
be over a decade since I was in any parks in the town. So this Fifer is
going to Fife on holiday.

So if you've not planned anything yourself what about spending a holiday at
home and rediscover places you think you know but maybe don't know as well
as you think.

Thanks to Menhir for inspiring this post.

Took this photo, got chips, Tegan had Scottish Tablet flavoured ice cream.
We bought a wee net for fishing in rock pools when I'm on holiday. Oh and
we did the wee job we had to do for our eldest lass while there, that being
the reason we were there in the first place.

What's that third nipple thing all about then?

Last night I got tucked in to a couple of techy phone things I felt I've
needed to do for a while.

I had a search on the net for unlocking tools for the Nokia 3510i I have
kicking about. Its a good staight forward texting and call phone. I have
Opera mini on it to enhance web use as well. This would do great just as a
spare phone incase any one needs it. It was locked to Orange which is ok
for half of us but the other half of the family are on O2 and couldn't use
it. So I found a UK site and was able to get an unlock code generated. I
put it in the phone and hey presto one unlocked Nokia.

The SPVs that me and Tegan have are ok being locked on Orange. In fact its
actually preferrable that way cause at Christmas the eldest lads phone
packed in and if Tegans one had been sim unlocked I have the feeling she
would have losted it to him completely. So I'm not going to sim unlock them
just now. The application lock though just had to go.

This is really annoying, the app lock thing. Fair enough a network locking
you to them but its a bit much when you are restricted on what you can have
downloaded to your phone. Yes they have their reasons but when you can't
have something like Google Maps it takes the piss.

So last night I signed up for MoCaDo forums and downloaded a registry edit
tool. The instructions on the site were really good and I was able to
change a couple of values in the registry and my C550 was app unlocked. I
downloaded TCPMP and it installed no problem when it wouldn't before. So I
went and did the same on Tegans C500. I still have to check the C500 with
downloading but I'm sure its ok as well. I will slip my sim in it later and
check it by downloading Google maps just to make sure.

So now the C550 has TCPMP as an app to watch video I think Tegan has her
eyes on it so I may end up with the C500 again.

I'm thinking of doing wee bits about people I've came across through my
life and a nice wee bit about them. All the happy memories I have of them.
The point of this being that one day when Googling their name the may
stumble across Palmblogging and leave a comment on that post.
I know I could do the whole Friends Reunited thing but hell this is my blog
and why use ITVs site.
So do you think this is a go-er just for the hell of it and see who turns
up.

Tonight is plain straight forward lower class fayre like I had as a child.
Chips beans and corned beef. Love things like this now and again.

Anyone remember when corned beef was the cheapest cold meat you got. Now
its as expensive as ham, chicken or roast beef. It used to be that cheap
that my mum would send me to the butcher so she wouldn't get the rad face
herself. Me as the Broons would say got black afronted

This is the pot grown stuff I've got at home. There is 3 pots of tomatoes,
a large courgette to the left, by the trellis there's a cucumber and a pot
with a dozen pea plants.

We've had loads of peas and courgette so far and the tomatoes have set
fruit and just need to ripen. The cucumber was actually a cutting and has a
wee bit to go before fruiting.

Just shows what you can do on a 3 x 4 foot space on a patio/slab area.

I'm not making light of this but hasn't the rate of death in British troops
in Afganistan went up dramatically since the US has taken a role and
presence in Helmand Province?

It was our eldest lads birthday yesterday and there's a box lying in the
kitchen that he'd gotten.

On the side is the word Best, on the top Calum. Yes he's got smelly stuff.
It must be a Calum Best branded product.

Does this mean he can smell like a complete and utter prat?

Nick Diamos

"Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Nick_Diamos]

BBC Earth News

Oldest dinosaur burrow discovered

Dinosaur burrows found in Australia suggest the creatures hid underground
to survive harsh climates.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8144000/8144199.stm

BBC Technology

Call for limits on web snooping

Governments and companies should limit the amount of surveillance they
carry out on web users, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8144713.stm

BBC Technology

Royal household turns to Twitter

The micro-blogging revolution has reached Buckingham Palace as a Twitter
account for the British Monarchy goes live.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8144381.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Weather may delay shuttle launch

Stormy weather around Cape Canaveral may prevent space shuttle Endeavour
from launching on time.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8145414.stm

Just update the firmware on my 680. I have put this of for absolutely ages
but done it tonight. Let's see if it does improve battery life.

Last night I installed the Java environment for Palm on my 680 and Opera
mini browser. I have serious problems with Palm Desktop and hot sync but
was able to untilise a hack/patch that allows Java to be installed with ot
hot syncing.
So I put it all on my sd card moved it to the main handset memory, ran the
installer and it was there.

I had to go on the net with the PC to get a bit of info on setting JVM in
the prefs but once done it seems stable enough.

The reason for Opera is that I have it on the SPV C550 and thought I'd give
it a bash on the 680 after the failed attempt before.

So now Opera is running. The Palm version is quite a small app but the java
app is huuuuge.

I will have to see if there are any Java apps that I can use to justify
the space the environment takes up.

A. J. Liebling

"Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/A._J._Liebling]

At work at lunchtime I really fancied a cheeseburger and chips for a
change. Got home and guess what was for tea. 2 cheeseburgers and chips.
This used to happen if I had macaroni at lunch often I'd get home and it
would be the same at home.

Wonder if I could manage to get Gammon at lunch time tomorrow I'd really
cope quite alright getting the same at teatime with that.

This thing about the jouralists "hacking " phones. Technically is this not
phone phreakers of the 80s phracking.

The book The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling covers a lot of this quite
well even though the tech side has progessed greatly.

It available as a free ebook around the web in several formats. Project
Gutenburg would be a good place to start.

If Asda are cutting prices daily, when will there be things for free?

I got done for shoplifting in ASDA today.
I paid for six cans of Sprite at the self checkout, but when security
checked my bag, they discovered I'd picked Seven Up

BBC Technology

Hardware makers support Google OS

Google announces which hardware firms back its browser-based Chrome
operating system.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8141964.stm

BBC Science & Environment

A glimpse of ancient dying stars

Snapshots of the most distant supernovae known to astronomy, which exploded
11 billion years ago, have been revealed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8141395.stm

Umberto Eco

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Umberto_Eco]

This from the man that wrote Folcauts Pendulum. Anyone else actually read
all of this?

BBC Science & Environment

Agencies outline Mars initiative

The US and European space agencies launch an initiative that could lead to
joint missions to explore the Red Planet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8130393.stm

George C. Marshall

"If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most
revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_C._Marshall]

BBC Technology

Google to launch operating system

Google has launched a new operating system that is set to go head to head
against Microsoft's Windows.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8139711.stm

BBC Science & Environment

Europe targets manned spaceship

European industry is asked to study the requirements and cost of a
spacecraft that could one day carry astronauts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8139347.stm

Had tea then put up couple of hanging baskets I had at work.
Then put bath panel back on bath. Tegan then asked about me sorting her
bike. The one she uses came from a friend and has done her as her own one
was a bit heavy when she was smaller vut the friend that gave her it keeps
reminding her of the fact it "is hers" so Tegs wanted her one going.
So I started on it around 8.30.

First job was to sort the chain out. Since it had not been used and out in
all weather it was rusty and stiff. I got some oil out and WD40 stuff and
got that done. Next the brakes needed done as the cales had siezed a bit so
I spent quite a bit of time on that. I have got them going but they still
seem a bit stiff for Tegan.
The seat got adjusted as she has grown a lot since she got this bike at
christmas.

Lastly I eventually pumped up the tyres as we've had issue with bike pumps
in our house.

So its all roadworthy and ready to go.
Now remember I started at 8.30 and when I looked at the clock when I
finished it was after 11.00.

So tonight it will another bit of work on the brake cables I think.

BBC Earth News

Aquatic deer yield evolution clue

Two mouse-deer species in Asia have been discovered swimming underwater,
providing further clues to the origin of whales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8137000/8137922.stm

BBC Technology

O2 signs Palm Pre exclusive deal

O2 has confirmed that it has an exclusive deal to sell the Palm Pre in the
UK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8138326.stm

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large
ones."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Francois_de_La_Rochefoucauld]

Ho Ho Ho

Well here's a bit fromBBC Technology

Phorm shares fall as BT opts out

Shares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen by a third after BT said it
had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8135850.stm

Used this for email and broesing a bit over the weekend. I did use Pocket
IE for a while but now getting to grips with Opera on it. Its a different
browsing expirience to Blazer on the Palm . So will have to load Java on
the 680 and give Opera a bash on it again.

Now its a pond due to "localised flooding"

Charles Wadsworth


"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has
a son who thinks he's wrong."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Charles_Wadsworth]

A guy manages to get this hot girl back to his house, and they're ripping
off each others clothes when she notices the scars on his knees.

Oh when I was a kid I contracted kneesles,he explains. You mean measles,she
says.
Oh no, Kneesles.

So they continue undressing each other, unfazed. Until she noticed his
crooked toes.
Ah I also contracted toelio.
Dont you mean polio?
No, I got toelio.

Bored by his denials, she shrugs it off. Until he drops his pants.

Don't tell me, she laughs. Smallcox

Dropped kids off tonight and on the way home listened to some Rush. It was
one of the compilations done of these ace Canadian rockers works up to the
Hold Your Fire album.

I have came to a decision that I will have to get at least a cd of 2112 or
download it somewhere. I have a vinyl LP and a cassette somewhere but no
"digital" version.

Anyone came across it cheap as a download. That cheap it may be free?

Dr. Thomas Fuller

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dr._Thomas_Fuller]

Funny our 17 year old talks on the net in french to others in France but if
we ask him something all we get is Uggh.

Hey kids, why don't you try a new social networking tool?

It's called, " outside".

Yes brand it as iPlay or iOutside and we've got it cracked.

New USB Freeview recorder unveiled

by Andrew Laughlin at Digital Spy


Digital Vision has unveiled its new GiGo Digital Freeview Recorder, which
is billed as the first ever USB stick-based recorder to hit the market.

The product is a standard single tuner digital terrestrial receiver with
access to the EPG, but without an in-built hard drive.

Instead, the box has three USB ports on the front that enable owners to
record programmes in MPEG-2 format to any storage device that is plugged
in. This also means that users are able to record on one channel, while
viewing programmes previously saved on the USB sticks.

An hour of programming takes up around 2GB, with file names and synopsis
information being drawn from the EPG.

The GiGo can be used for playback or the files can be viewed on any other
device that is able to support MPEG-2 format, including handhelds.

Digital Vision head of retail sales Rob Musk told Pocket-Lint that the GiGo
offers a "simple and affordable approach".

He added: "We've connected a 500GB hard drive [to the device] with no
problems. You'll then be able to archive to your PC to watch on the move."

Musk also said that the company may introduce a future set-top-box that
offers MPEG-4 recording.