Archive for July, 2008
Posted on July 31, 2008 - by Jordan H
More Super Lamb Bananas
I’ve added some more pictures of the Super Lamb Bananas I took at the weekend to my map. I’ll be updating the page shortly!
Posted on July 27, 2008 - by Jordan H
20 Great Places to Visit This Summer
I’m going to list twenty great days out in the UK this summer. I’m going to try and visit some, and if you have been to any then leave a comment with your views!
1. Alton Towers
Alton Towers is one of the UK’s most famous theme parks, and there is a great selection of rides for everyone there. Great family fun and it’s not extremely expensive.
2. National Media Museum
The National Media Museum at Bradford is a really interesting museum that also has an IMAX cinema. There’s an interactive television gallery where you can make your own television programme and more.
3. Cadbury World
Cadbury World is one of many great attractions in and around Birmingham, but if you’re a fan of chocolate then this is for you. Interesting and fun to go around and free chocolate samples too! 
4. Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor is a gigantic LEGO-themed amusement park with fun rides for kids (and adults too!) and a massive Miniland of London too. Then you can visit the massive “LEGO store” which sells almost every type of LEGO set imaginable. (more…)
Posted on July 26, 2008 - by Jordan H
Windows Live Messenger…
I turn on my phone this morning to recieve four (yes, four) messages from a friend who I won’t name, all saying “come on msn jordan” or some variation of that. As of writing, I have 57 people on my WLM friends list, with a select list of about 5 or 6 people who I actually enjoy talking to using it, mainly because they don’t talk excessively, understand that I’m busy doing coding or halfway through a Bad Company game and don’t say “jordan y u not my m8″ when I leave my computer to have breakfast.
I can’t block anybody from talking to me because they just ask their friends “Is Jordan online?” and then they get quite annoyed at me. And I don’t want to stop using MSN because there are a few people who I don’t mind talking to and can have intelligent conversations with. How I managed to get 57 people on my friends list remains a mystery… probably through a long web of “can I have your addy?” and multiple conversations.
Short of getting another MSN account, I’m not sure what I can do! Suggestions are welcome…
>Jordan
Posted on July 25, 2008 - by Jordan H
Two Months Later
So, it’s exactly two months tomorrow since I bought my Xbox 360, and contrary to Hilly Billy’s statements, I’ve had a great time with the Xbox 360 and never looked back. So far I’ve got GTA IV (story completed, working on 100%), Halo 3 (working on that one) and Battlefield: Bad Company (someway through story, playing multiplayer loads though).
Talking to PS3 owners, they’re still having awful problems getting online in a lot of games. Notably, the other day PS3 released (and re-released) their 2.4 firmware update and 2 years of work didn’t really show. In my opinion, the in-game XMB wasn’t well thought through - people don’t want to view their photos whilst playing a game, they just want to send their messages! Still no game invites on the PS3 either.
Now - back to Xbox. Microsoft have announced some HUGE changes to the Xbox interface and I think they look pretty cool. Yeah, maybe they copied off Nintendo a bit in the avatar design, but it’s still gonna be great to play for real prizes in 1vs100 and have eight-player parties before going into games.
I did play my PS3 today though, only for Burnout Paradise since I haven’t got that for Xbox 360 yet. Criterion have just released their Cagney update and I tried out lots of new features. It did take a few hours to download though.
Now, I’m going to sit here and wait until Hilly Billy leaves a comment, which I guess won’t be long 
>Jordan
Posted on July 24, 2008 - by Jordan H
Big Mother is watching you!
It’s been quite a while ago since the story of the Darwins began to unfold. If you’ve missed it all, then here’s a quick runthrough: John Darwen faked his death in a canoe accident in 2002, and then mysteriously walked into a police station in 2007 saying “I think i’m a missing person”.
Well, the police were half-convinced of this story, but when an anonymous single-mother typed in the words “John”, “Anne” and “Panama” into Google Images, the woman found this picture on the MoveToPanama website, showing John and Anne, and dated on the picture as 14th July 2006. (The picture was removed from the “Customers” page of the site, but somebody forgot to delete the file…)
In a further blow to their story, Sky News published a spreadsheet which they claimed to have got from the Darwins computers, detailing every part of the Darwins’ big plans. How they did this I don’t know, but I suspect hacking was involved!
The Darwins have been sentenced to over 6 years each for their scams. It also appears that they may have stashed more than £1m in many different accounts overseas.
It just goes to show that nobody can just ‘disappear’ nowadays, without leaving some digital trail that prying eyes can collaboratively piece together. It’s common sense not to publish a photo of yourself (dated!) on the internet if you are a missing person.
Posted on July 23, 2008 - by Jordan H
New Blog Design
I’ve got a new design for JordanH.net. I’m using the Tarski theme, which I think is very powerful and efficient! I’ve also integrated Twitter and Flickr at the bottom of the page. What do you think?
Posted on July 22, 2008 - by Jordan H
Damien’s New Blog
My friend Damien (aka Damo) has started on a new blog. Not long ago he had DamoW.net, but that never really took off. However with the dawn of his new product Xenon, he’s got a new web presence at DamienWalsh.net.
Some great plugins you should get Damo - WP Stats, All in One SEO, and AutomaticUpgrade. And of course, you need Plugin Central to install them all quickly!
I always wish good luck to a new WP blog, even if it’s using a Blogger theme..
Posted on July 22, 2008 - by Jordan H
GeekUp Preston at Forum Bar
Last night I went to my first GeekUp in the Forum Bar in Preston. We had a great time, talking about how we can get young people interested in geekery (grooming!) and talking about how we got into geekery ourselves.
Gemma was also talking about her big mess-up last Friday at the airshow. About 12 of us came, including me and Andy. I really enjoyed it and got to meet loads of new people.
Thanks everyone!