The Bourne Ultimatum

Woooo!

I won tickets to the advanced screening of The Bourne Ultimatum for this evening and it was pretty good.

Lindsay and I choo choo'd over to the Southbank IMAX thanks to channel TEN and found our seats in front of what must have been the hugest screen in the world and awaited the action.

It started out pretty much where the Bourne Supremacy left off and the action came thick and fast! I wont spoil it for any of you but Mr Bourne kicks ass in the usual manner and makes for a great 2 hours entertainment with car smashes, rooftop chases, kersplosions, some lighthearted funnies and ass kickings galore. My only complaint is its filmed in "shaky cam" and on the screen that filled my entire field of vision it made me feel a liiiittle motion sick but apart from that it rocked almost as much as Die Hard 4.0

I give it an 8/10

Thanks again to Channel TEN for the tix!

Wahoooo! Disease free!!

Thank God!!! well not god cos I don't really believe in god in a religious sense, Thank whatever/whoever made people! (evolution?)

I got all my test results back and the were all good. My bloods showed no sign of any diseases or ailments that would have needed astronomically costing treatments and I have no problems in the liver or pancreas.

There was however the presence of Helicobacter Pylori which could mean I have the beginnings of an Ulcer(gay) but not in quantities to worry about yet, as long as I keep on the medication till it runs out and dont drink alcohol or too much caffeine(GRRRRRRR) for a while and then only in moderation ill be ok! (fuck the moderation, what doesn't kill ya makes you stronger, muhahahahahahahah) I managed to avoid the endoscopy too so far which is great cos the last time I had one I totally empathised with any girl who tried to unsuccesfully deep throat! it was bloody 'orrid.

Now my google adsense is gonna find that sentence and put porn links on my blog. Ah well at least Woggzeh will be entertained!

Lee

Nokia N95, My thoughts!

Howdy guys and gals!

So I've been playing with my new N95 for a week or so now and I figured I'd write a little something about it.

When I first received this marvel of technology I was in awe of the size, its not much bigger and feels slightly lighter than the K800i. It was boxed better than the old Ipods used to be with everything in hard plastic shells and presented pretty well with a thorough manual and a decent CD with some useful software on it as well as a provided TV-Out cable, in line remote for headphones and I got some free JBL "On tour" travel speakers which actually don't sound bad at all

I unpacked my new baby and found it comes with a screen protector! upon trying to apply this fiddly device I dropped it so I got covered in dust on the sticky side! never mind I thought, I'll buy a new one, still haven't got around to it and I really think I need to as it doesn't have that Anti-scratch glass the SE models do.

The memory card came next, The SD micro doesn't slip in as easily or as smoothly as the SE M2's do and it feels a bit rocky getting it out but it works fine.

After that I dropped in the (U)Sim and battery and booted her up. THIS PHONE IS FAST!

There was no waiting for contacts or software to load up, it was just there! My K800i used to take a good 2-3 minutes before you could even use it. The screen quality took me aback too! its bright, huge and crisp. It has a light sensor above it so it can control the brightness and the key lights saving on battery too.

Phone calls are crisp, the voice recognition for dialling works great most of the time with no need to train it and if you put the option on to tell you who's calling, that Stephen Hawking like voice saying someones name phonetically is quite a giggle, as is the txt to speech function (who didn't make their Amiga say rude words right).

The music player is AWESOME! the quality puts the Ipod Video to shame, I thought I just had dodgy headphones but using them on the N95 the Bass difference was immense, the great thing is it takes 3.5mm standard phones, I think a 4gb card may be in order and the Ipod can stay hooked to the stereo.

The camera! what can I say! QUALITY by far the sharpest camera I have used so far, I compared it at 3mp to a Fuji finepix F450 and an Ixus 5mp version and its better than both with a little tweaking of the settings, my only gripe is the LED flash and that there is no option to silence the camera sound.

The ringtones and sound are LOUD and playing with the 3d settings is fun for a while. the GPS is good but not great, I found the route planner useful though a few times. on Wi-Fi and 3g its fast and responsive MSN works perfectly but I'd get the opera browser, it is better than the nokia one. The addition of skype and the possibility to use the phone as a Wi-Fi VOIP phone is a great extra, the quality is good but you gotta stay in a full signal Wi-Fi spot.

Now the bad points! The build quality isn't as good or solid as the K800i, or any SE phone since the T610 to be honest, the buttons are slightly tacky and I find my fat thumbs close the SMS screen accidentally sometimes and the slider has a slight rock to it although that is apparently fixable easily. The battery life is dismal. I think it couldn't be helped that I was installing lots of things on it as well as using the GPS and wi-fi all the time, I just never got a full day out of it until the last couple of days (maybe the battery is conditioned or I'm not using it as much.

Overall though this phone grows on you! I just cannot put it down. I've been browsing symbian sites and putting allsorts of apps on it to test out.

I give it a 7/10, 2 points off for battery and the other for the slider wobble.

I'll post a Flickr show when I get around to taking some pictures other than from my balcony :)

Lee

Illness that requires the elimination of alcohol!

Stupid body! It seems its giving up on me for a while. I've been down and out for a couple of weeks now feeling really sick and having pains in my abdomen just under the ribcage. I managed to pile on 6Kg in 4.5 weeks and almost pass out doing nothing this morning. After waking up and crying in pain and peeing an almost orange trickle every hour and feeling my pulse strongly thru my body every now and again I figured something was wrong.

So today I thought enough is enough. I went to the doctors and paid $75 to find out I could need treatment anywhere between $500 and $2500! I was felt up and probed all over and have had bloods taken to test for ulcers, pancreatitis, diabetes and liver problems. The main suspect is apparently the pancreas and ulcer combo as my kidneys have been affected quite badly and I'm concentrating my urea. This why I've been tired all the time apparently. On Thursday I gotta go for a C-14 breath test an endoscopy if the C-14 is positive, or an ultrasound if its negative! Yay.

I've been advised no more alcohol for 8 weeks or so and been given some lovely tablets that will make Lee feel sick, If its a pancreatic issue no more beer ever is advised! FUUUCCCCKK!!!

Hopefully its just an ulcer and not a diabetes/pancreas problem.

wish me luck, Im gonna sit on the balcony and savour my last Coopers Sparkling Ale for a while before I start my meds.

Lee

Somethings on Fire!

I Dont know whats happening but out towards Brisbane airport is a huge plume of smoke, more details when I actually find out whats going down!

UPDATE: It seems there was no big plane crash or anything, thank god. Something caught fire and managed to wipe out a large area of scrubland near the airport. Still dangerous but not a horrible disaster.

RIP K800i, You were a good soldier!!

It seems my plan to go onto a contract with 3 was a good plan indeed! My poor poor Sony Ericsson K800i has died a premature death. After 4 long hard months and for no reason whatsoever the screen has turned into a multiple coloured line display.

He lived gracefully in my pocket, keeping warm from the heat of my leg and slowly tickling me now and again. He purred with delight as phone calls and messages came through. He called out when he was hungry with his delightful little beep and woke me in mornings with his enchanting variety of melodies, oh how I miss him so!

what caused this premature death of a $600 mobile phone? only Sony Ericsson will know and to find out I have to send my little friend all the way back to the UK as an international multi million pound company can't fix or replace a UK phone of the exact same make and model as its Australian cousin because it was bought with UK pounds and not Aussie dollars.!GAY AS FUCK!

It annoys me that, in this day and age with tin foil suits and flying cars, that a multinational company cannot fix or replace its shoddy products no matter where you bought them! Its disgraceful to be honest. Nokia manage an international warranty, Asus, Acer and even the evil Apple manage it too. Now I have to spend money to fix a problem that wasn't even caused by me (for once) and is supposedly covered by warranty. The poor little thing hasn't even been dropped or exposed to liquids of any kind.

So well done SE, for your awesome warranty services and fantastic customer support.!! NOT!

Rant over :) I'm going to play with my new internationally covered Nokia N95

Gadget Time (Nokia N95)

Wooooo!! I just signed up with 3mobile here for a $49 cap on contract which gets me $300 of calls and texts and 200mins 3 to 3 plus upto $120 calls to the UK (out of the cap) and got a special offer on a Nokia N95.

I've Been reading news and reviews for the last few days and it looks like a beauty, apart from the battery life, but there are ways around that by turning stuff off thats not needed. I'll never get lost again thanks to the GPS and Google earth and I can use MSN messenger at college on the Wi-Fi connection!

Got to wait a few more days to get hold of it though cos its out of stock but as soon as I do I'll post my mini review of it.

Isn't she pretty?