If I was going to go to one festival this summer I would quite like to go to this one. After a short flight to Holland its a quick train ride from Amsterdam Schipol airport to the event. Add to this a friendly welcome and Dutch beer and it all sounds really good.
A good excuse to show this, I saw this live from the comfort of home in 2004
Now I loves me mobile phones, I don't like to think about how many I've had. The old ones have always always ended up in the grateful hands of someone in my family.
I've had the Nokia 5800 about 4 days now, this is the new 'touch screen' phone from Nokia and their first 'proper' phone using this technology. Anyway I'm just starting to get on with it after the first couple of days where i was seriously regretting getting it all.
The main problem is the touch screen, whereas using an iPhone you can really just gently tap the screen with a finger with the 5800 you really need push the button on the screen.
There are two keyboard choices for text input on the screen, a very small one in portrait mode or large qwerty keyboard in landscape. The small one is too small for use with a just finger tapping and its bit fiddly to be useful.
In addition to the keyboards there is also a stylus that tucks into the battery cover. This can be used in the traditional stylus keyboard on screen method. Also there is as a bizarre plectrum which can be attached to the phone with a hooped strap, I think the plectrum is quite a good novelty idea but i took it offer after a day. Maybe this is in anticipation of guitar hero phone version. Lastly there is also handwriting recognition on the screen by use of the stylus, I found this a bit slow and fiddly.
Overall where the iPhone succeeds with their touchscreen and one excellent method of text entry, the 5800 has 5 average methods for text entry. So there is plenty of choice but 2/3 are pretty useless. I am favouring the large qwerty keyboard and the stylus - and i didn't want to use a stylus with a phone!! I think these bad points are also testament to how good and easy to use the iPhone touch screen is.
Its not all bad there are good points to be found such as the new Symbian OS isn't too bad, messaging and email feature (POP3/IMAP), WI-FI, bluetooth, 3.2MP Camera, Web with integrated Flickr upload, 8GB Storage, 3mm headphone jack and a nice bright colourful screen. So for now until Apple start releasing the iPhone un-locked, I will give 5800 a chance and just see how it goes...
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I love this song! The Killers have recently covered it, i think both versions are good but The Killers cant really do dark...here are both for you to decide...
Shadowplay - Joy Division (1979)
Shadowplay - The Killers (2007)
This is a really good song thats great turned up loud. Though not really sure about the video..
Over at the Guardian Sport website, they have a new feature called Chalkboards. Here you can create your own football manager chalkboard that lets you analyse football player performances and track all thier contributions like shots and tackles.
In the chalkboard below I have compared Paul Scholes and Ji Sung Park (3 Lung Park) in two different games with the amount of passes they make. I think this highlights their positional play, with Park playing slightly more up front, and how involved they and accurate they are with their passes.
Now if you'll excuse me I have some important calls to make regards a few deals i'm closing in on.
More chalkboards to come
by Guardian Chalkboards
Those pavements and roads look very slippy, should i really go to work hmmm...
...the walk to work
Stinking Goat Corner, near Yarrawonga
Hot day that became hotter
Redback spider in Sharn's Mums back yard
Crossing the tracks in NE Victoria
Roof top bar in Melbourne
View from top
Swanston Street
The new bumble bee tram, air con with more room
only serving St Kilda on the 96 Route so far.
Yarra river with a beautiful native Australian bird taking a rest in the shade
Aussie tree
