Archive for the ‘Myself’ Category

Posted on October 31, 2008 - by Jordan H

Halloween

Well it’s the last day of the month, and quite evident by the number of trick o’ treaters calling round tonight that it’s Halloween. All over the web there have been sites celebrating the occasion, from Google to Twitter.

I’ve had a few ideas going around my head over the past day about redesigning my blog, but creating my own theme from scratch rather than using a WooTheme (even though they’re superb).

Tonight, I’m off out to see the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace tonight, and I’m really looking forward to it. I think I’ve grown out of Halloween now…

Posted on October 12, 2008 - by Jordan H

Lifestreaming

Well, here’s my first attempt at lifestreaming. I coded it this evening in PHP and it pulls RSS feeds from twitter/flickr/my blog. I’ll be posting up a tutorial on JordanHatch.co.uk soon on how I did it.

There’s some styling I need to do with it, but other than that I think it’s pretty extendable. What do you think?

Posted on September 27, 2008 - by Jordan H

Television

I’ve been waiting ages to get a High-Definition Television, and yesterday the wait was worth it! I went to Tesco and eventually decided on buying an LG 32in Television (32LG3000). I got it home, set it up in my room and I was stunned by the awesomeness of HD! 

The picture quality is really good. It’s not 1080p, but it has a sharp, stunning picture and a 15000:1 contrast ratio. It’s got a brilliant backlight and the screen seems huge in my room!

I’ve got my Xbox 360 and my PS3 hooked up to it now, and I’m on my second attempt of downloading the new Burnout Paradise updates for PS3. I’ll be reviewing those later!

Posted on September 5, 2008 - by Jordan H

A year on…

Well, JordanH.net turns the grand old age of one this week. It’s been a long year, many ups and downs and twists and turns along the way. But it’s still here (apologies for the downtime last week btw) and there’s nothing to suggest that it’s going anywhere soon!

Here’s to another great year!

Posted on August 28, 2008 - by Jordan H

London Calling…

Well the Super Lamb Bananas are gone, and although I’m a bit behind in uploading photos to Flickr, I’m already looking ahead to this weekend. I’m off to London.

I’m off early tomorrow, and we’ve booked into a Novotel. We’re going to see the sights, the London Eye, and I’ve booked a tour at BBC’s Television Centre. I’m hoping to be tweeting through my iPhone for the whole trip, something I did in Newcastle too (but that was when I still had the Viewty).

You’ll be able to follow my updates here and my locations here.

See you next week!
>Jordan

Posted on August 26, 2008 - by Jordan H

iPhone

Well, I said I was getting an iPhone, but I sure didn’t expect to get it this soon! I actually got it last Wednesday, but I’ve been so busy playing around with it that I haven’t got round to writing a blog post about it (until now!).

It’s amazing as a phone, amazing as a mobile device in all. I love the internet, the apps and the GPS. It’s so much better than the Viewty I had until last week. So far, I’ve installed iPint, Twinkle and Tap Tap Revenge. These are really cool, free apps from the App Store on iTunes.

It’s a phenomenal phone, and I can’t really describe it in any other way! Apple and O2 are fantastic.

Posted on August 19, 2008 - by Jordan H

Goodbye T-Mobile!

Out of some miracle I’ve managed to get myself out of an 18-month T-Mobile contract which was started in April. Because at the time, we dealt via Fonehouse instead of T-Mobile direct, they really messed something up and we were being billed more than we should have.

So, what’s next? I’m going to O2. And Apple. That’s right - I’m getting an iPhone (:

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