Blogger porn update

For those who are into that kind of thing:

Google backs down over Blogger porn rule change - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31659669

No porn

Google warns Blogger users over porn - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31602891

Well, not an issue for me, and if you use here for that, you are very sad.

Brands

Fashion brands, technology brands, other brands, but not food and drink brands. This blog entry is about the things I hate about brands, and peoples' attitudes towards them.

Fashion brands
First of all, I should point out that I really don't give a toss about fashion, but what gets me is how people are obsessed with brand names. Five Pounds for a top, or fifty Pounds for a top with a name across it? I know what I'd rather pay. People are just paying for a so called 'fashion' name. Designer clothes? Bollocks more like. Think for yourself.

Technology brands
Apple, I'm looking at you. They are now more of a fashion than tech brand.

I could have written lots more, but decided to keep it short and sweet.
People - Stop being so bloody shallow

Urinal Gum: Top Ten Tuesday: Annoying Things People Post on Facebook

Urinal Gum: Top Ten Tuesday: Annoying Things People Post on Facebook

I'm so with most of these.

Blogger idiot panic

Google provokes ire of 'adult' bloggers with letter threatening to delete blogs http://gu.com/p/3hvm9

Well this won't effect me.
A load of fuss over nothing.

Anonymous Citizen Journalism

Anonymous offers citizen journalism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22198707

This will be brilliant. It needs to happen.

Blogging regulation?

Internet fears over press regulation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21845555

I don't think this will be an issue for me, but for many it will.

Random Video Weirdness

These are all three of the really silly random videos I've made from on my YouTube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/wisteela

Haddock

Freak Out

Aardvark

Jeremy Clarkson wages war on hackers of his Twitter account

Jeremy Clarkson, beloved by idiots that actually care what he says, recently had his Twitter account hacked. Spam was posted as him, advertising eco-friendly transport, and the Morris Marina Owners' Club.

Furious Jeremy then tweeted, "I will find you planet loving and classic car freaks and kill you". Five minutes later tweeting, "Of course that was a joke. You found it funny, right?"

Luckily for Clarkson, no possessors of a fully functioning brain found his tweet offensive, mostly due to the fact they were not following him.

PlayStation 4

I just had to make this.

BBC News - Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May

BBC News - Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May

Sense at last.

iPhone 5

The iPhone 5 bores me so much that I can't even be bothered to blog about it.

Android

Just a quick entry, but this image sums up my thoughts, and I wanted to test the Blogger app.

The Cult of Apple

Oh man, this is going to be a complex one...

Ok, this is mostly about Apple's iOS vs Google's Android. Let's for a change drop all the really technical stuff like the openness of Android, and just concentrate on the more basic stuff, like what your can do on the device, how it does it, what you can install, and how much you can customise it. I will assume some basic background knowledge though.

With iOS you can do many things. You can install a wide variety of apps, but only what Apple will allow you to do install as all apps have to be approved. iOS has a simple, easy to use interface. You can't customise it much though - Wallpaper, lock screen picture, and of course the usual sound preferences.

With Android it can also do many things. You can install a wide variety of apps. Ok, not as many as there are on Apple's App Store, but iOS has been around for longer, but there are not the restrictions on the apps like Apple impose. For example, I have a WiFi analyser app. Now, I know to many users this would not be important, but for me it is for testing WiFi networks, finding the optimal channel to use, and often just to find out why a free WiFi hotspot is not working with my laptop/netbook. You can also install apps from other sources. When it comes to customisation there is much more you can do - Wallpaper, home screens with short cuts and widgets, and of course the usual sounds etc - And this is just on my lower end 2.2 phone. With Android home screens you have a choice of what you have short cuts to, whereas in iOS your home screens are full with ever app you have installed. Yes, you can put them in folders, but you can't use the screens for anything else. Mind you, there are no widgets. I prefer having widgets, and a wallpaper I can see more of. Also, apps can add stuff to the system. For example, apps can add to the share menus. This means that you have a choice of how to share photos, and apps can share via other apps. Examples on my phone being, I can take a photo from the gallery and share it via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Gmail, or even send it to BBC News! I can also take that photo and share it into Pixlr-o-matic and apply filters etc. Think of it as Instagram, but much better, more effects, and free add on packages. But I diverse. Say, I'm using the Guardian app and I want to share an article, well then I can share it via any of the installed supported apps, and they don't have to be supported by the Guardian app as they are added to the system's share feature.

They both also have a notification bar that pulls down from the top of the screen. Android has always had this, whereas iOS only got this in iOS 5.

Now, from the title of this blog entry you will gather that I have a problem with Apple. Here's why:

• You can only have the apps that they approve
• They are obsessed with suing rival companies
• They can't stand any form of competition (see above)

Now I'll expand on those in order.

Their app approval system has been known to be very random and picky. Emulation, for example is either not allowed, or restricted. A good example of this one was a Commodore 64 emulator that had BASIC. Apple made them remove BASIC. Why? How can an emulated, virtual computer affect the host OS? BASIC has since been allowed back in. Going back to my WiFi analyser, this would not be allowed. They don't like low level access to the system like that. When Google released their Google+ app, Apple would at first not allow it. Why?

Suing Samsung constantly. They seem to like doing that. Anything even remotely similar to their products, and they go the line of suing and banning.

A good example of this is once again against Samsung. They are attempting to put a ban on the US release of Samsung's Galaxy S III, citing the usual patent infringement. The S III has been reported by various sources of having nine or ten million preorders, beating any previous record of any other phone. Not liking competition much? Steve Jobs was determined to kill off Android, saying it was a rip off of iOS. Funny that, given how iOS got a notification bar a bit like a feature that Android had from the start.

Now to the cult thing...

Apple, more than any technology company has a huge following. Many of these fans take it to another level, almost like a religion. What ever Apple do or say, they follow. Like sheep. Drugged sheep. Mind controlled sheep. You get the idea. Some of these 'followers' are almost blind to any rival product. And smugness? Think of a really smug techy person. No, more than that. Now double it.

I'll end on this:

• The iPhone is good, but there's more choice in the market now
• I do not want an iPhone, and it will not suit my needs
• I do not want an iPad, and it will also not suit my needs
• Not all Apple fans/owners are smug obsessed gits

Now, RIM and the Blackberry...

The Royal Wedding

Well it's been and gone at last. Huge amounts of public money spent, an extra Bank Holiday to further add to the other three that would already slow down peoples' post, and of course the constant media barrage about two people we don't know getting married. I bet they were having constant orgasms in the offices of the Daily Mail and Daily Express. Thanks for the great timing of the death of Osama Bin Laden. It meant we actually had news coverage of something that really mattered. Now though we have the coverage of nothing, also known as their honeymoon. We don't know where they've gone, and I for one don't care. And on their return, yet more about them. I wish them well, and all that, they seem nice people, but there's proper news out there, stuff that really matters.

(Edited to correct typo. Posted May 2011)

Being English

Yesterday was another Saint George's Day, so once again an excuse for people to be 'patriotic'. I saw a T-shirt with the statement "a day for the English". Sounded like some crap from the EDL, but it wasn't. I really don't give a toss about Saint George, the fictional dragon, or his day. And I'm English.

The Mansfield Xmas lights switch on

The 'grand' switch on was on Thursday the 12th of November. Yes, the 12th of November. Why? Really, why? Can't they at least wait until it's actually December? First, the things I liked:

• The inflatable stage cover. That always looks cool.
• The random appearance of Barney the Dinosaur.
• The snow machine. More on this later though.
• Two great big video screens.

But the thing is, it's still pointless and a waste of money. Also, how about actually having impressive lights? The main ones may look nice, but they are just white ones that flash on and off. Hardly worth bigging it up that much is it? And going back to the snow machine, yes it was pretty cool, but it didn't exactly cover much of the market area with snow. Also, did anybody actually see the advertised camels? Maybe they were canceled due to the weather? November, and the weather is not so good? Who'd have thought it?

Oh well, it was good for some photography.

The war in Afghanistan

Just fuck it.

Nothing is worth the needless loss of life, and basically, that's what it is. Worried about terrorism? Then do something to protect us over here then! Pull all the troops out (both UK and US) and bloody leave it alone! It's Iraq all over again...

Nick Griffin on Question Time

I will start by saying that I think it was a great idea of the BBC. Why? Well it showed him for what he is. A racist fascist homophobic idiot. As for the anti-fascist protesters, I think that wasn't such a good idea? Why? Well I think it was best to expose him for what he is. Much as I support them, that wasn't the best way of going about it. The programme itself made for superb viewing. It was so great to see him digging himself into a bigger hole every second he spoke. And then to Mr Griffin himself. Why did he feel the need to try to laugh everything off? Could it be because he was basically shitting himself, and knew he couldn't get out of it? I think yes.

Please BBC, more of this.

The rise of the fuckwits

What is it with chavs? They are all scummy idiots, whose only contribution to society is via the idiot tax, also known as lottery scratch cards. The sooner that the DWP crack down on these scroungers the better. And then of course, you've got the way they look. They all hang around each other like a pack of zombie clones, hoods up, cap brims bent round at impossible angles, tracksuit bottoms, and trainers that only get use when they are running away from the Police. The words 'individual' and 'style' are completely lost on them. And then, you've got the way they love to play shite 'music' on their mobile phones on the bus or train. Just how much more cunty do they want to be? If they are the future of this country, please stop it as I want to get off.