Mostly This:

Off for the weekend and forgot my charger. Started the day with about a 20% charge I smelt trouble. Little did I expect it to be a flat tyre on the m4, maps saved my life as I pulled into a nameless industrial estate and called the AA. Maps identified the road and location so I could tell them where I was. When I arrived I popped onto tesco not expecting to find anything but a regular nokia charger (after years of demanding USB charging, I now had second thoughts) but I got a multiple ended charger for under a fiver, with a micro USB adapter. They also had car chargers just shy of £7.

In other news I discovered the swipe to unlock screen for the first time. It appears when you press the power button rather than the screen lock rocker. Nice.

I went to see gary numan last night, it was a 30th anniversary of ‘the pleasure principle’ which made me feel old, though not to fear when i saw the crowd i felt younger ;)

I guess ‘the pleasure principle’ was the first proper LP I ever bought. Grease being the first, as a gift. It sounded great again, and was reproduced pretty faithfully. Then they ditched some of the synths and brought on the guitars for his newer stuff, and FUCKING NOISE! it was bloddy brilliant, and to my surprise the crowd really loved the new stuff too. Mostly hard core fans I guess. If you haven’t heard the newer numan stuff, do. I suggest you start with his remix album ‘hybrid’.

All the photos/vids were taken with a nokia N900.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmmorrison/sets/72157622932722242/

I came across this amazing 8bit NES version of Left 4 Dead on youTube, quite a labour of love. And it reminded me of a project i worked on for SCEE back in 2001, an 8bit version of the first 10 mins or so of jak and daxter’s first outing, though its probably more 16 bit/snes level.

http://www.jakanddaxterlegend.com/en/game.htm

The site is still live, though it’s 8 year old javascript doesn’t play nicely with modern browsers, the game is thankfully java so works ok on the link above. It could do with some sound though.

These things make me happy.

Comes with Spotify. Spotify hits S60, a little while after iPhone / Android.  And it’s quite sweet, the iPhone version suffers from no backgrounding/offline storage/the total lack of O2 data in central london.

Oddly the S60 5th edition one uses ONLY a t9 keypad for text entry, though I presume a physical keyboard (like the N97) will work ok. which makes the interface a bit clunky, but it works a treat with my t-mobile sim / web-n-walk. I’ve only had a quick play with it and not tested its commuting abilities yet.

Just go to http://m.spotify.com on your phone to get it, you need a premium spotify account.

Stupid shared space thing in Sloan Square. This is a road, I wandered out of the tube, was obviously fiddling with my iPhone then out of the corner of my eye saw something big and fast, looked up and a car sped past me a foot away, had I of not stopped in my tracks it would of hit me. three more went past equally fast, you would think drivers would go though slowly, but NOPE.

There is a mini sign you don’t notice one bit, it looks like a parking restriction notice, as it’s not in the visual language of pedestrians to pay attention to such street furniture, we look for patterns on the road and flashing lights.

Utterly brainless, on what level is this a good thing, there is no positive/benefit to it at all.  I guess they thought they would try it out here and see if they can take out a few tourists.

iVulva: nokia have a range of phone for women, not patronising at all in a range of PINKS, add to the mix pixie lott and the name Illuvial, which to me sounds like the some scandanivian word for genitals. As advertised in heat, of course.

Modern Pricewars: Sainsburys had a nice tactical advert for MW2 in the gadget show last night, selling it for £26, obviously its sold out! both copy’s ;)  Tesco are doing it for £25 but only when you buy another game at 39.97.  Amazon look best/easiest option at £32. Game/Gameplay have it at £35. So looks like you are saved from its full retail price of £55.

From the home to the arcade, yes the conversions are now arcade versions of home console titles, adding in things like proper seats/stearing wheels and LOUD lit cabinets.  The Mario Kart arcade game ads in a web cam to put your face in the game as well.  Interestingly Tekken 6 was in the arcades for a period before the home release, but just used a PS3 internally.

Brutal Warnings: Brutal Legend makes a nice job of integrating ‘Parental Advisory’ into the game play, so the language popup appears mid sentence and just as he’s about to curse.  Like wise the gore popup arrives just before a metal dragon beheads three band members.  Though I’m not sure how the gore can be toned down, as it’s a game of constant killing. Though i doubt anyone will be accepting the censored options.