Good Name For A Band
By partickbateman | June 23, 2009
UPDATE: Ok, this used to be a page but you couldn’t comment so it kinda died a quick death. Anyway, turned it into a post so now you can. Go wild…
In nearly every pub conversation my chums and I mention some strange phrase, which is then usually met with the response “good name for a band”. So I thought I’d start cataloguing them:
- Trendy Frock Shop - Richie, 12/12/2007
- Instant Diarrhoea - Rob, 05/02/2008
- Testicales – Richie, 23/06/2009
- Unfortunate Typo – Richie, 23/06/2009
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iPhone 3GS autofocus test
By partickbateman | June 21, 2009
Quick test of the new iPhone 3GS autofocus capabilities. Quite impressed so far – see some examples of depth of field below.
Ok, so admittedly nothing groundbreaking here and if you want an excellent camera in your phone look elsewhere. However, it does show that decent photos can be achieved in poor light conditions and more importantly that the new features aren’t just hype. The new auto macro works well too, as my ashtray amply demonstrates!:
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Builders In Liverpool
By partickbateman | June 13, 2009
Seems a company I used to work for in the Summer holidays has had the sense to buy a decent domain name! They’re Builders Liverpool and had the foresight to pick up a nice generic domain. Good bunch of guys if a little on the nerdy side (can you get construction geeks? I think they prove you can). Anyway, good to see them online…
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Just beautiful: Amazing 1000 fps HD footage
By partickbateman | April 29, 2009
I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.
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Where The Monkey Sleeps record wall
By partickbateman | April 25, 2009
Popped along to Where The Monkey Sleeps earlier as we were both in dire need of a tasty butty. I hadn’t seen their record wall before, one side of which consists almost entirely of old metal bands. Some awesome covers:
The wall itself:
And finally my tasty butty! Pastrami. Dill Pickle. Swiss & Mozzarella. Yum.
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Frakking Spammers
By partickbateman | January 20, 2009
Been getting an inordinate amount of spam over the last few days, and in trying to fix it some of your Deathsweep entries got lost. Curses. So, if you want to be in it to win it, check here to make sure you are.
Anyway, apologies for the cock up, but look at the monumental spam spike:
Normal service will be resumed shortly.
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Deathsweep: The Revenge
By partickbateman | January 8, 2009
Deathsweep 2009 favourite B. Obama
Ok, so it’s time for a new Deathsweep. Same rules as last year. Given last year’s winner proudly took home pints and a Ped-Egg, this year’s contest can only get more fierce.
So, fire your selections in the comments below, and no fighting chaps. I bagsy the chap above.
UPDATE: In addition to a pint from each competitor, the proud winner will also receive The Mighty Snuggie.
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Specialized Cars – Used Cars Glasgow
By partickbateman | September 2, 2008
Been looking at cars for a while now and met a good guy called Joe from a company called Specialized Cars. Anyway, they’re having some trouble with getting their site ranked so to help them out (and hopefully myself in the long run) I thought I’d do a wee post and throw them a link.
The Porsche above isn’t the car I’m after, but I’m not mentioning which one it is in case I jinx anything. Update soon hopefully…
Anyway, if you need used cars in Glasgow give them a look (and tell them I sent you 
)
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Google Chrome: “Just SEARCH, assholes!”
By partickbateman | September 2, 2008
As you’ll have no doubt heard by now, Google have taken another step closer to world domination by releasing a browser, which they announced in the form of a comic book.
While I’m excited to see how well it performs (FF3 seems bloated and buggy), when reading the comic Idid find this panel interesting:
Yes. And maybe I'll use something other than Google.
Being the cynic I am, i can’t help thinking this translates as “Search, douchebag! Now! Get clicking those ads! (Oh yeah, and give us all your surfing data too).”
Ah well, we’ll soon find out…
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Good Name For A Band: 2.0
By partickbateman | August 5, 2008
Howdy folks, and apologies for the long absence… No excuses really, have just been too lazy to blog. Been updating my tumblr page a lot more frequently as I have it hooked up to a few cool things like Blip and can also email photos to it, which is a pain in the arse doing via wordpress. I’m planning on integrating this into my blog but it requires a lot of geeky to-ing and fro-ing, so for now you’ll just have to hold your breath. I can sense the anticipation already.
Anyway, as I hope you’ll notice I’ve updated the theme too, and the Good Name For A Band section is now as I originally intended – yes, you can now add your own band names! It was always supposed to be this way as I knew I’d be too lazy to update myself, but wasn’t possible before. So, get adding those band names and let’s get a list going…
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