The Blog of G

I made some changes on the sidebar today, mostly the order, the excellent photo my sweetie took of me when we went for a Photo walk earlier and I’ve added a feed from my favourite online radio station.

So why do I like this more than other web radio? Simple, When you subscibe to these guys you can create your own stations by just telling what bands\artists\songs that you like and through the voodoo that is “the music genome project” they find tracks that are similar to it and use those for the station.

As the tracks play you can customise “your stations” further by giving a thumbs up or down to any track. This has helped me, since I started using it, to find some of the most unusual and pleasant new music I’ve heard in a long time. Bands such as Skalpel (Jazzy Groove Radio), Guttermouth and Gob (2 great punk revival bands on “Nerf Herder Radio”)

So give it a listen and see what you think yourself.

The newest gadget I have, as it was only launched in the last few days, is looking like it’s going to be used an awful lot for the foreseeable future.

Basically this is a web based application that alows me or anyone else to blog anywhere from there mobile phone or blackberry.

it’s fairly straight forward and you could say a litte limited in terms of functionality but I like it you can add any HTML you want into your post for links or formatting or post first and then add the links and formatting through the wordpress interface when you get to a full browser.

I love the simple clear interface and the fact that it looks great even on the 240 x 240 display of my smart phone.

While I’d love more features I’d far rather that it remains as easy to use and quick to load and post as it is currently.

What is it?

You can find more info here and click this link to signup for the service yourself.

Right so, my “about” page says I like my gadgets. Yet I haven’t said to much about them.

In truth time is a precious commodity and there are lots of things I would like to cover on this blog that I haven’t, as yet, had the time to. but thats a whole other post

Anyway, back on topic, I’m gonna include a list of my favourite gadgets and over the coming days/weeks I’ll post about each.

Hewlett Packard iPaq 6515
Media Centre PC
X-box 360
MP3 player
FujiFilm S5200 Digital Camera
This Blog
The mobile bloging gadget
Heart Monitor

There are lots more that I haven’t mentioned so bookmark this page, as I’ll be adding to the list and linking each gadget to the relevant post as I post them

Hehe, let’s see if this really works. I’m blogging from my mobile phone gadget/toy for the first time, over bluetooth to the Media centre PC and onto the web.

If this works well I will be able to blog from anywhere, just as soon as I get a data connection on here

Well, Ms it was a nice try but I don’t fancy having to login to after I click publish in your app to edit the date and re-add all my images. I might as well just use the wordpress interface to start with. If I feel the need to write when I can’t get online, I have a PDA. Sorry MS but the live writer report card is gonna say must try harder for now.

Just in case your wondering about the image, yes thats how live writer published my previous post time stamped from before I was born and leaving a hole in my blog where an image should have been.

Not to worry Live writer you won’t harm my blog again… *click’s Uninstall* bye bye