@ATFAD #twitter how about now?

This better not result in any more spam.

@ankhwatcher did this work?

After my post conversation notes to Eske, got reposted twice without @eske at the start I thought I would investigate a means by which this can be avoided.

Now my rss pumper is set up to only put "Blog Post:" in front of posts with no @ symbols in them.
This probably won't work. But it's worth a try.

Valve Have Planned My Night For Me

Hey there,

The Left4Dead Team over at Valve Studios seem to have been a little worried that I might watch tv, study or work on Appz.ie tonight.
In order to avoid this outcome they have planned my night out for me as best they can.
They have released a free* update to L4D 2 called "The Passing".
This update adds a new campaign mission to the game and bunch of new new features you can read about on the L4D Team Blog.

So hey, I know how I'll spend the night!

If you'd like to play with me just add Ankhwatcher on Steam.

*Free for us kickass pc users. Those sheep on the XBox get to pay money for it. Hah.



Thanks for reading!

-Rory

Relax and talk phones

Hi there reader,

It is time to sit back, relax and have a nice sip of root beer.
You don't have any root beer? Well then it sucks to be you.

Along with root beer I have a newly rooted Google Nexus One (root phone?).
Why did I root my phone?
Simple really: I was sick of the contacts icon.
You see the contacts icon seems so unnecessary.
When you've seen the slick design of the HTC Sense UI the native google one seems clunky.
Of course I was being a complete idiot, as both the Cyanogen Mod ROM and the Modaco ROM don't change the stock interface*. (The screen grab on the left is actually the Modaco ROM).

What rooting my phone has done for me is allow me to install great root-only applications this includes ROM Manger, which I used to switch from Cyanogen Mod to Modaco (and am currently switching back with) and the screen grabbing tool I used to take that screenshot.
I'll continue to play around with it and install the HTC Desire ROM when I'm sure it's stable.

*Technically this isn't true Cyanogen changes the interface a little bit, it adds more blue and makes the WindowShade (Notification Pulldown) transparent.

Thanks for reading!

-Rory

@eske conversation show notes

Applications:

Twicca

Listen

My Tracks

Hoccer

AndAppStore

BatteryLeft

Battery Indicator

Podcasts:

No Agenda

Daily Source Code (from restart)

Skeptics Guide To The Universe

NSFW (second to last episode)

Phil Hendrie Show Flashback

Websites:

Escapist Magazine. Com

Android Guys

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