LiveView watch case

So I finally got the case thing going for the liveview. It isn’t too bad either. Certainly compared to the old Fossil Palm watches anyway, which were more like having a small brick on your wrist.

Anyway, this watch is much better as the watch part is just a clip on back for the device so you can take it out and use it however you want. Good idea really.

Happy Birthday ZX Spectrum

The dear old Speccy is 30 today. Who could believe that! Amazing isn’t it? I think I should celebrate with some ZX Goodness today. I’ll see what I can come up with and post something more later perhaps.

App revisit: Vocoder SV-5

Another older app that I admit hasn’t been used too much for a while now. It is a good app, with lots of possibilities, but again, it hasn’t seen an update for a while, and for that matter YUDO haven’t done an update for a long time on any of their music apps.

Watching Heroes on Netflix

I really wanted to see Heroes, but when it was on the BBC it was always shifting around on the schedules, so I never got to see the whole thing. So, now it’s on Netflix I can see the whole thing, although I’m not sure that I’ll get to see it all in my free trial. We’ll see.

App revisit: Toro Mini

Toro Mini is a real fav of an app. I love the sounds it makes and how simple it is to work with. There was some talk about there being an iPad version too, but that hasn’t surfaced as yet. Shame really, it would be nice to see if get some updates.

A new look, a new theme, some tweaks

I’ve finally got around to uploading my new theme for the site. I’m quite pleased with it so far, and I’ve had a bit of a move around as well, so some of the pages have moved around too.

The Day of the Triffids

I watched this when it was on the BBC originally and thought it was a very good version, so it was good to see it again on Netflix. The performances were very good and some interesting choices on casting, and the triffids didn’t look too awful, which is really hard to do I’m sure.

The only downside is that on netflix it cuts out every few seconds!

App revisit: Noise IO Pro Synth

Noise IO Pro is arguably the first synth for the iPhone/Touch. It’s still pretty amazing to this day. Amidio haven’t done anything with it for a long time, although I thought there was a suggestion that they were going to issue an HD version or an update of some kind. Still, it’s worth remembering this app as a real groundbreaking event in mobile music history.

Trying out Netflix

I decided to check out Netflix to see if it was worth the £5.99 a month that they charge. So I’ve started out my trial today. My first look through showed that a load of things that I’m interested in they just don’t have. So that’s not a good start, but they do have a few things that I’ve been meaning to see or catch up with, so I’ll try it out for a while and see how it goes.

One thing I’ve noticed is that the picture quality isn’t always wonderful and the service cuts out on a regular basis.