Google+, Google Plus, G+. Whatever you want to call it is one of the hottest and one of the fastest ever growing social networking websites going today, invites were very rare and difficult to acquire, not so much now, but there are people still out there searching for invites, being people scammed for invites and people asking what the hell Google+ is
In this second paragraph I will cut right to the chase, if you want a Google+ invite, simply just leave an email address for me in the comment field which will be seen to usually within an hour of you posting the comment as I am usually always nearby a computer so the comment you post containing the email address will be sent an invitation and immediately after the comment will be deleted to protect privacy, alternatively you can go through my other websites and email me if you found out how from the other websites, however I will not advertise my email address here
As for adding me to Google+, please do by clicking here
If you are new to Google+ or have never heard of it before I suggest you take a look at this page here to learn more about Google+ or simply by watching the video below, of course all of this will not tell you everything about Google+ but I found the best way to learn was to read that same link, watch that same video, using the actual Google search engine to find out about Google+ and joining the new social networking website I found also helped me a great deal to learn more about how everything worked
So ask for an invite and receive one, I will not scam you and I will not ask for anything in return, I am just inviting those who want to be invited out of decency, if you want to thank me though you can link to this post or my blog as a way of saying thank you, which is also not required
The point of this post and me wanting to invite you to Google+? Well I must admit I am a Google fanboy and user of many Google products, which I would also like to see others using for no specific reason. So get an invite, join me if you will and hopefully be a happy user of Google+ like I can proudly say now after about 3 days of using the service.
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Friday, 15 July 2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011
On the bandwagon
I am now a member of the bandwagon of the continuously growing helmet camera club. Having received the product today that I had recently purchased for £16.49 from Amazon I was like a child on Christmas morning, saying that though the packaging and contents are still in one piece
The camera I have is a clone of the more expensive Veho Muvi which I may purchase at some point if I get on well with using this clone that I have. So far even though I have not had much chance to use the camera I have recorded some short videos around the household and been playing around with an application called VirtualDub in order to remove that horrible yellow time stamp, there will be a tutorial coming soon that anyone should be able to follow as when I write the tutorial it will be in loads of easy to follow steps
I guess you thought I was not going to mention why I had not written a blog post in just over a month, well truth is there is not much reason as to why but I have seen the blog has still been getting views while I have been away so of course the blog will not be going away and the same applies to me, well if I go away again it will only be temporary, but just for a quick update I have been slightly busy while not writing on the blog, me by myself and also me and Sarah have been going out for the occasional bike ride exploring new places to ride and conquering old places. We are also eating more healthily than ever, although the smoothies have slowed down but we still drink healthily too. There is more to update on but that can be done another day as can some more blog posts like this
For now, bye bye
The camera I have is a clone of the more expensive Veho Muvi which I may purchase at some point if I get on well with using this clone that I have. So far even though I have not had much chance to use the camera I have recorded some short videos around the household and been playing around with an application called VirtualDub in order to remove that horrible yellow time stamp, there will be a tutorial coming soon that anyone should be able to follow as when I write the tutorial it will be in loads of easy to follow steps
I guess you thought I was not going to mention why I had not written a blog post in just over a month, well truth is there is not much reason as to why but I have seen the blog has still been getting views while I have been away so of course the blog will not be going away and the same applies to me, well if I go away again it will only be temporary, but just for a quick update I have been slightly busy while not writing on the blog, me by myself and also me and Sarah have been going out for the occasional bike ride exploring new places to ride and conquering old places. We are also eating more healthily than ever, although the smoothies have slowed down but we still drink healthily too. There is more to update on but that can be done another day as can some more blog posts like this
For now, bye bye
Monday, 14 February 2011
Get some juice down you and a review for the Cookworks Signature Juicer
Recently after some discussion between myself and Sarah we decided we should be consuming more fruit and vegetables so last week we decided to buy a juicer, at first we looked on Amazon for a juicer but as this was our first juicer we was buying we only wanted a budget juicer which it seemed Amazon did not stock, or they may have but the products may not have had any reviews which are important to me
Next I thought I would go to the website of a retailer I do not like that much, that retailer being Argos, after some searching we came across a juicer made by Cookworks who I understand is an Argos own brand, it seemed that this product had many good reviews and was an ideal price for us at just £19.99 so we reserved it and collected it later that day
I had better mention this now for anyone interested in this product, it seems the product is discontinued due to it being from the old Argos catalogue line, but it looks like there is a new model which is very similar in technical specifications and also in looks and it can be seen here
Continuing with the review of the juicer that I have, after collecting it we headed home and the following day we used it for the first time, and nearly every day we have been using it, mainly in afternoons, I can not remember what juice drinks we have been having but the ingredients list has consisted of many items of fruit and vegetables including kiwis, oranges, apples, avocados, pears, carrots, cucumbers, spinach, mangoes and I am still continuously experimenting with new fruit and vegetables to add to my drinks in future, I even have a nickname for the drinks I make almost daily, which is called my superman juice, should I trademark that? Thought not, but after drinking those juice drinks that the juicer produces I feel more energetic whilst out riding on the bike and generally feel more active and more alive so to me these juice drinks are going to be quite an important part of my life going forward to improve my health, endurance and much more
For anyone wondering what I had today, I did not have every fruit and vegetable listed above, would like to have seen how much I would have been going to the toilet otherwise, every two minutes maybe? But today I had a juice drink consisting of one large orange, two pears, one apple, 2 large carrots and a handful of spinach whilst Sarah had a drink that contained two pears and two apples and a chunk of cucumber, not sure about Sarah but my juice drink sure did improve my energy levels today whilst out on a nice bike ride with Sarah over a local country park, unless the improved energy levels were just my imagination, but I felt great today out on the bike
Now to go into some more detail and review the juicer some more, upon first opening the box you take all the parts of the juicer out of the box, actually lets skip the boring part. Assembling the juicer takes some getting used to, before plugging in the juicer you should play around with assembling the juicer, especially the clamps which I found quite tricky, but after about two minutes of playing around with it all I got used to it and found it quite easy to assemble afterwards and still do right now. loading the fruit and vegetables into the chimney which i imagine is not the right name for it is easy, you just have to make sure you peel the right fruits, like oranges and kiwis and cut some other fruits like apples and carrots so they fit down the chimney, you will also have a very handy accessory which is what you will use to push the fruit down the chimney into the blades to make that wonderful juice
The unit is quite noisy, Tatty our 4 month old kitten runs for her life when you switch it on, some reviews say it is too loud, but I do not think it is that bad, I would say it is as loud as a hair dryer but sounds more like a lawn mower, doubt that helps but at the end of the day the noise will not last long unless you plan on putting loads and loads fruit and vegetables in the juicer, but I would not recommend that as the manual says to only operate it for about a minute or two and leave it rest afterwards, which I can understand
Cleaning the unit seems to be quite an easy task, unless it is just the lovely Sarah that makes it look easy? But that is about all there is to it, I love juice and so should you, the natural juice that is, so go get yourself a juicer and loads of natural tasty fruit and vegetables to start experimenting with and see what you like and see if it improves the health and fitness levels that you may want to improve
Thank you for reading, and happy valentines day, and while on the subject of valentines day, happy valentines day to Sarah who I know will read this, love you Sarah
Again thank you for reading and I hope you will come back soon for more reviews and maybe I will mention some more of my superman juice drinks soon
Next I thought I would go to the website of a retailer I do not like that much, that retailer being Argos, after some searching we came across a juicer made by Cookworks who I understand is an Argos own brand, it seemed that this product had many good reviews and was an ideal price for us at just £19.99 so we reserved it and collected it later that day
I had better mention this now for anyone interested in this product, it seems the product is discontinued due to it being from the old Argos catalogue line, but it looks like there is a new model which is very similar in technical specifications and also in looks and it can be seen here
Continuing with the review of the juicer that I have, after collecting it we headed home and the following day we used it for the first time, and nearly every day we have been using it, mainly in afternoons, I can not remember what juice drinks we have been having but the ingredients list has consisted of many items of fruit and vegetables including kiwis, oranges, apples, avocados, pears, carrots, cucumbers, spinach, mangoes and I am still continuously experimenting with new fruit and vegetables to add to my drinks in future, I even have a nickname for the drinks I make almost daily, which is called my superman juice, should I trademark that? Thought not, but after drinking those juice drinks that the juicer produces I feel more energetic whilst out riding on the bike and generally feel more active and more alive so to me these juice drinks are going to be quite an important part of my life going forward to improve my health, endurance and much more
For anyone wondering what I had today, I did not have every fruit and vegetable listed above, would like to have seen how much I would have been going to the toilet otherwise, every two minutes maybe? But today I had a juice drink consisting of one large orange, two pears, one apple, 2 large carrots and a handful of spinach whilst Sarah had a drink that contained two pears and two apples and a chunk of cucumber, not sure about Sarah but my juice drink sure did improve my energy levels today whilst out on a nice bike ride with Sarah over a local country park, unless the improved energy levels were just my imagination, but I felt great today out on the bike
Now to go into some more detail and review the juicer some more, upon first opening the box you take all the parts of the juicer out of the box, actually lets skip the boring part. Assembling the juicer takes some getting used to, before plugging in the juicer you should play around with assembling the juicer, especially the clamps which I found quite tricky, but after about two minutes of playing around with it all I got used to it and found it quite easy to assemble afterwards and still do right now. loading the fruit and vegetables into the chimney which i imagine is not the right name for it is easy, you just have to make sure you peel the right fruits, like oranges and kiwis and cut some other fruits like apples and carrots so they fit down the chimney, you will also have a very handy accessory which is what you will use to push the fruit down the chimney into the blades to make that wonderful juice
The unit is quite noisy, Tatty our 4 month old kitten runs for her life when you switch it on, some reviews say it is too loud, but I do not think it is that bad, I would say it is as loud as a hair dryer but sounds more like a lawn mower, doubt that helps but at the end of the day the noise will not last long unless you plan on putting loads and loads fruit and vegetables in the juicer, but I would not recommend that as the manual says to only operate it for about a minute or two and leave it rest afterwards, which I can understand
Cleaning the unit seems to be quite an easy task, unless it is just the lovely Sarah that makes it look easy? But that is about all there is to it, I love juice and so should you, the natural juice that is, so go get yourself a juicer and loads of natural tasty fruit and vegetables to start experimenting with and see what you like and see if it improves the health and fitness levels that you may want to improve
Thank you for reading, and happy valentines day, and while on the subject of valentines day, happy valentines day to Sarah who I know will read this, love you Sarah
Again thank you for reading and I hope you will come back soon for more reviews and maybe I will mention some more of my superman juice drinks soon
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
TNA Wrestling at Wembley
It was the 29th of January, me and Sarah had been wanting to see some live wrestling as TNA Wrestling only comes to london once a year and we have been waiting to go to an event like this for years but usually find it too financially difficult to do so, but in the month of January our financial situation had not been too bad so we just about managed to do what we have wanted to do for a long time
Getting there was not the greatest adventure of all, it could have been better but at the same time could have been worse, firstly we had to get a train from Dagenham Heathway to West Ham to Stratford to Bond Street to Wembley Park, so because of the engineering works the journey took about nearly twice as long as it should have, the only good thing was though that we did not have to wait too long for each train
Once finally at Wembley Park, there were loads of people heading towards the arena which was expected and once finally at the arena there was a huge queue, I am not sure what that queue was for, but I am happy to say we did not have to get in any queues, apart from queues for the toilets at the arena while the show was in progress
After collecting our tickets from the box office we got directed to where we needed to go quite well and after a short while of searching for our block we finally arrived at the show, we got to sit down and we waited for the show to start which was about a 30 minute wait, but the time flew quite quickly, there was music being played while we waited which was good as it was also the kind of music I like, like Guns N' Roses
Just before the show, someone named Jeremy Borash came out to get the crowd going and was also ready to hand out backstage passes to the loudest crowd members, which unfortunately we were not I guess even after all the chanting, shouting and screaming
On with the show, the first match we got was Kazarian defending his X Division title against Shannon Moore and Chris Sabin, which Kazarian won and the match was quite a good one
The following match was a tag team match between Madison Rayne, Tara and The Pope and they were put against Mickie James, Angelina Love and Matt Morgan who was huge to see in person, the winners of that match were Mickie, Angelina and Matt and it was a good match with some funny moments too
The next match was Jeff Jarrett who was put against someone from England, his name was Johnny Moss, this match was better than I thought it would be, so the match did not disappoint, one moment in the match sent the crowd and myself wild, which was when Jeff Jarrett smashed a guitar into tiny pieces over the back of Johnny Moss, which the referee did not see as he was down at the time, so this was a match that Jarrett won
The match after that was Beer Money who were put against Brutus Magnus and Mark Haskins, who were both from United Kingdom, It seemed that Beer Money got the most love from the crowd on this night though, they kept the crowd chanting throughout most of the match, Beer Money eventually won the match
The following match after that match was Rob Vam Dam against Matt Hardy, who both got wild reactions from the crowd, the match was great to watch and as always was great to see Rob Vam Dam and his amazing set of moves, the match eventually ended with Rob Vam Dam hitting a Five Star Frog Splash on Matt Hardy to win the match
The next match was as Jeremy Borash said, a legends match, a present legend against a future one, which was Ric Flair and Douglas Williams, this match was good but not one of the best matches of the night, Flair got busted open half way throughout the match so for half the match it was a face full of blood for Flair, the match eventually ended with Ric Flair getting Williams into the Figure Four Leg Lock which Williams Tapped out to due to injuring his knee earlier in the match by jumping off the top rope
Before the main event TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter came out. She thanked us all for being there, she also reminded us that TNA Wrestling was coming to Challenge TV on Freeview soon. She also gave some shout outs, including one to her husband who was there that night, after that Jeremy Borash got the camera men to tape a short moment for TNA Today showing the fans
Now it was time for the main event which was Mr. Anderson against Jeff Hardy, who got the crowd reactions of the night, it seemed the entire crowd including us went absolutely wild as both came out, the match was also one that kept us on the edge of our seats due to the amount of counters and the great set of moves each man had, the match eventually ended with Mr. Anderson hitting his finishing move the Mic Check
After the match Anderson provided some entertainment with some comedy. First he cut Jeremy Borash off of the microphone as he announced the winner, Anderson jokingly said I do not like the way you do it and gestured him away. Anderson asked the crowd if they wanted to hear Borash on the microphone, which received a no, Anderson did his usual ring introduction, after doing that he talked about how he was a patriot and proud to be American but for one night only was representing the United Kingdom, putting our flag around himself and posing on the ropes, after that moment Anderson gradually left and not long after Anderson leaving we also left as there was nothing else to see
Getting out of the arena was easily done even though the crowds were huge once outside, even getting on the train to come home was not too bad, but we could only get a train to barking, with about 2 changes, once at Barking we had to wait for a rail replacement bus which took us to Becontree, once there we walked home which took about 10 minutes
That is pretty much all there is to say, I did not go into too much detail but the amount of detail I went into should be enough if you just want to read about our day out and experience of TNA Wrestling at Wembley Arena, If you would like to you can view photos of the event here on Picasa Web Albums which includes pictures of ourselves, our signs and of course the event itself that night
I do hope you enjoyed reading this post, it is not my usual kind of post I would make but I thought I would because I wanted to share my day and experience with the world and also something for myself and Sarah to read some years down the line, thank you for reading
Getting there was not the greatest adventure of all, it could have been better but at the same time could have been worse, firstly we had to get a train from Dagenham Heathway to West Ham to Stratford to Bond Street to Wembley Park, so because of the engineering works the journey took about nearly twice as long as it should have, the only good thing was though that we did not have to wait too long for each train
Once finally at Wembley Park, there were loads of people heading towards the arena which was expected and once finally at the arena there was a huge queue, I am not sure what that queue was for, but I am happy to say we did not have to get in any queues, apart from queues for the toilets at the arena while the show was in progress
After collecting our tickets from the box office we got directed to where we needed to go quite well and after a short while of searching for our block we finally arrived at the show, we got to sit down and we waited for the show to start which was about a 30 minute wait, but the time flew quite quickly, there was music being played while we waited which was good as it was also the kind of music I like, like Guns N' Roses
Just before the show, someone named Jeremy Borash came out to get the crowd going and was also ready to hand out backstage passes to the loudest crowd members, which unfortunately we were not I guess even after all the chanting, shouting and screaming
On with the show, the first match we got was Kazarian defending his X Division title against Shannon Moore and Chris Sabin, which Kazarian won and the match was quite a good one
The following match was a tag team match between Madison Rayne, Tara and The Pope and they were put against Mickie James, Angelina Love and Matt Morgan who was huge to see in person, the winners of that match were Mickie, Angelina and Matt and it was a good match with some funny moments too
The next match was Jeff Jarrett who was put against someone from England, his name was Johnny Moss, this match was better than I thought it would be, so the match did not disappoint, one moment in the match sent the crowd and myself wild, which was when Jeff Jarrett smashed a guitar into tiny pieces over the back of Johnny Moss, which the referee did not see as he was down at the time, so this was a match that Jarrett won
The match after that was Beer Money who were put against Brutus Magnus and Mark Haskins, who were both from United Kingdom, It seemed that Beer Money got the most love from the crowd on this night though, they kept the crowd chanting throughout most of the match, Beer Money eventually won the match
The following match after that match was Rob Vam Dam against Matt Hardy, who both got wild reactions from the crowd, the match was great to watch and as always was great to see Rob Vam Dam and his amazing set of moves, the match eventually ended with Rob Vam Dam hitting a Five Star Frog Splash on Matt Hardy to win the match
The next match was as Jeremy Borash said, a legends match, a present legend against a future one, which was Ric Flair and Douglas Williams, this match was good but not one of the best matches of the night, Flair got busted open half way throughout the match so for half the match it was a face full of blood for Flair, the match eventually ended with Ric Flair getting Williams into the Figure Four Leg Lock which Williams Tapped out to due to injuring his knee earlier in the match by jumping off the top rope
Before the main event TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter came out. She thanked us all for being there, she also reminded us that TNA Wrestling was coming to Challenge TV on Freeview soon. She also gave some shout outs, including one to her husband who was there that night, after that Jeremy Borash got the camera men to tape a short moment for TNA Today showing the fans
Now it was time for the main event which was Mr. Anderson against Jeff Hardy, who got the crowd reactions of the night, it seemed the entire crowd including us went absolutely wild as both came out, the match was also one that kept us on the edge of our seats due to the amount of counters and the great set of moves each man had, the match eventually ended with Mr. Anderson hitting his finishing move the Mic Check
After the match Anderson provided some entertainment with some comedy. First he cut Jeremy Borash off of the microphone as he announced the winner, Anderson jokingly said I do not like the way you do it and gestured him away. Anderson asked the crowd if they wanted to hear Borash on the microphone, which received a no, Anderson did his usual ring introduction, after doing that he talked about how he was a patriot and proud to be American but for one night only was representing the United Kingdom, putting our flag around himself and posing on the ropes, after that moment Anderson gradually left and not long after Anderson leaving we also left as there was nothing else to see
Getting out of the arena was easily done even though the crowds were huge once outside, even getting on the train to come home was not too bad, but we could only get a train to barking, with about 2 changes, once at Barking we had to wait for a rail replacement bus which took us to Becontree, once there we walked home which took about 10 minutes
That is pretty much all there is to say, I did not go into too much detail but the amount of detail I went into should be enough if you just want to read about our day out and experience of TNA Wrestling at Wembley Arena, If you would like to you can view photos of the event here on Picasa Web Albums which includes pictures of ourselves, our signs and of course the event itself that night
I do hope you enjoyed reading this post, it is not my usual kind of post I would make but I thought I would because I wanted to share my day and experience with the world and also something for myself and Sarah to read some years down the line, thank you for reading
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Britains Got Talent London audtions
Yesterday me and Sarah went to Britains Got Talent London auditions at Hammersmith Apollo
The day started off by us waking up quite early, we had also left quite early too, so when we got there we was about an hour early, but it was good that we got there that early for many reasons, for a start we was in front of the rest of the massive crowd behind us which was longer than it looks on the photo, the queue actually goes around the corner, and the people over the other side must have been priority ticket holders
But still, we were in a great spot as we got to see Louis Walsh, Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre walk down the path that was in between the 2 fences which was cool, I got to shake Michaels hand which was even cooler, Sarah did not manage to shake anyones hand unfortunately, we also managed to get some photos, all of which can be seen here, between photos 14 and 30, some of which I have also placed below

Once the judges had all entered the building, the crew that were dealing with the audience started letting us all pour into the building which we all did once the side where all the priority ticket holders were was clear, once inside the building it was surprisingly quite a nice walk to the room where the stage was, I expected it all to be a mad rush, but it seemed well controlled, once inside we must have been sitting only about 15 rows behind the judges desk so we were right near the action, usually we are up on the second level, higher up and further away when we go to these kind of shows, as previously we have attended X Factor boot camp in 2009 and X Factor auditions and Family Fortunes in 2010
There were many good acts that we got to see, some of my favourites from what I can remember includes a 6 year old girl talking about global warming and how animals such as snakes and polar bears are going extinct which was cute, it was a poem, I never would have thought kids thought of that kind of stuff
There was a Michael Jackson impersonator, but this was another kid and he was brilliant, and there was a dancing, ballet type act that was so unique, the stage was set to ultra violet lighting, about 15 girls came out in black suits with white sandals and white gloves, and the sandals and gloves were the only things you could see, it was magical how it was all done
There were many more acts but they were the stand out acts for me, for all the rest I am sure you will see all of them if you watch Britains Got Talent when it comes back to ITV soon
Thinking back now it was a great, fun filled day, it was tiring because we left early and were waiting outside for a long time, and the show went on for about 4 to 5 hours, but time did go quite quickly and the journey back home on the train was not too bad
While walking home we got some chips from the chip shop, unhealthy I know, but we were tired, not long after getting home we fell asleep
Hope you enjoyed reading, tried to keep it short and not go into too much detail so I hope you do not get confused by anything, thank you for reading
The day started off by us waking up quite early, we had also left quite early too, so when we got there we was about an hour early, but it was good that we got there that early for many reasons, for a start we was in front of the rest of the massive crowd behind us which was longer than it looks on the photo, the queue actually goes around the corner, and the people over the other side must have been priority ticket holders
But still, we were in a great spot as we got to see Louis Walsh, Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre walk down the path that was in between the 2 fences which was cool, I got to shake Michaels hand which was even cooler, Sarah did not manage to shake anyones hand unfortunately, we also managed to get some photos, all of which can be seen here, between photos 14 and 30, some of which I have also placed below
Once the judges had all entered the building, the crew that were dealing with the audience started letting us all pour into the building which we all did once the side where all the priority ticket holders were was clear, once inside the building it was surprisingly quite a nice walk to the room where the stage was, I expected it all to be a mad rush, but it seemed well controlled, once inside we must have been sitting only about 15 rows behind the judges desk so we were right near the action, usually we are up on the second level, higher up and further away when we go to these kind of shows, as previously we have attended X Factor boot camp in 2009 and X Factor auditions and Family Fortunes in 2010
There were many good acts that we got to see, some of my favourites from what I can remember includes a 6 year old girl talking about global warming and how animals such as snakes and polar bears are going extinct which was cute, it was a poem, I never would have thought kids thought of that kind of stuff
There was a Michael Jackson impersonator, but this was another kid and he was brilliant, and there was a dancing, ballet type act that was so unique, the stage was set to ultra violet lighting, about 15 girls came out in black suits with white sandals and white gloves, and the sandals and gloves were the only things you could see, it was magical how it was all done
There were many more acts but they were the stand out acts for me, for all the rest I am sure you will see all of them if you watch Britains Got Talent when it comes back to ITV soon
Thinking back now it was a great, fun filled day, it was tiring because we left early and were waiting outside for a long time, and the show went on for about 4 to 5 hours, but time did go quite quickly and the journey back home on the train was not too bad
While walking home we got some chips from the chip shop, unhealthy I know, but we were tired, not long after getting home we fell asleep
Hope you enjoyed reading, tried to keep it short and not go into too much detail so I hope you do not get confused by anything, thank you for reading
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