Archive for March 3rd, 2008

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Hamburg – A320 nearly crashed during crosswind approach

March 3, 2008

Has to be said, this is pretty amazing flying by the pilot of the A320 passenger plane to have handled it so well and prevent a crash. I’m sure the 131 passengers on board would have all been very relieved to have landed safely after that intial botched landing. They must have been some very strong crosswinds to have blown the plane as much as they did.

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My websites

March 3, 2008

It’s weird, I had all these big ideas on what I wanted to do with them, but then the more I think about it, the less enthusiasm I have for doing all I planned.

The www.student-ac.com came out of a sheer headache trying to find accommodation at uni and thinking that the only good site I found was the Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan universities own joint venture, www.manchesterstudenthomes.com. Now that is all well and good if you’re off to uni in Manchester, but else where, well I found a few university websites were lacking and the only other websites advertising student accommodation were pretty limited in content and not very effective. I decided I would just register the name and have a play around when I got to uni and found somebody to work on it with. But alas, nobody I know on my course so far seems interested in doing the internet computing side of things.

I also made up www.lettings -ac.com as an after thought at the time since the host I went with was offering me 5 free domains. Not really sure it is even worth spending the £10 a year each on keeping them alive since I really can’t see me ever using them. But then I think £10 isn’t a great deal of money and if I’m paying for yearly webhosting then it mabe worth hanging on to them just in case but yeah well…

So anyway, I really do need to get this new webhosting sorted, but my problem is I’m being offered 3 free domains with the new host which doesn’t include the three domains I am considering taking over with me which is a bit rubbish. I just don’t want to get to the stage where I have three new domains and then the three old domains too. Really isn’t something I’m relishing, having to pay £60 for 6 domain names a year just in case I ever do find a use for them :p

My ideas for website domains:

  1. New domain for homes for both sale and rent as well as a few other bits and bobs, but then there are established websites out there already doing what I want to do…
  2. New domain for bands, singers, producers and DJs to have their own artist pages, but myspace is just too popular!?
  3. New domain for… Who knows, but then they are free so I could register them and then give them up I guess!?

My current website domains:

  1. www.friedgreenkidneybean.com – just lots of randomness, help, hints & tips and links (like this blog will be)
  2. www.student-ac.com – a website advertising student homes and rooms for rent
  3. www.lettings-ac.com – a website advertising homes for rent, although I wonder if it’s worth bothering with…

Just far too much to think about and well, who knows…

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Akai MPD32

March 3, 2008

How annoying, no news anywhere about this and all they say is – second quarter of 2008!?

So now I have to wait it out and get one when they come out or maybe go for the MPK49, but then I have a Edirol PCR-50 so no real point in me getting yet another keyboard controller.

Oh well, I just hope it’s as good as Akai are billing it to be since they’re making me wait so long for this :o (

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Reason 4 and other bits of loveliness…

March 3, 2008

 

Reason 4

Been thinking for a while I used to have some real fun with Reason 2 and to some extent Reason 3 a while back and I really wanted to get a copy of Reason 4. Been considering it for a few weeks now and when I finally figure (30 minutes before the shop shuts on sunday), that I want a copy. I get there, drool at the Moog synths and all the over loveliness that was in Sound Control and bugger!!

They were out of stock! How gutted was I? Well oh well, grabbed myself a demo version but they’re a bit tight!? 20 minutes of running time? What’s that all about? I’m sure it was between 30 minutes and an hour in the past but oh well…

So anyway, since there is another Sound Control nearer to where I live in Manchester, I think I might be popping into their instead tomorrow after uni to see if they have a copy in stock as I can’t be waiting until thursday… :o (