Well, It’s been a semi-sunny Saturday in London so I decided take a trip to Totenham Court Road in London (which is quickly becoming my usual destination in London to see what was new and wander around a few of the electronics shops). I honestly didn’t do to much or see to much but hey, it was a nice outing anyhow. If you’re reading this I wish you well and hope that you had a great weekend.


Until next time...

Well, as most of you would have guessed I really want an iPhone being the Apple Fanboy that I am. On Friday I went to Carphone Warehouse only to get approved for a phone with a £150.00 deposit for me to find out they don’t have any. It sucks but I moved on. Later that day I went to the Apple Store at Bluewater Mall only to find out hey, we have them in stock but we can’t activate them. Come back tomorrow (Saturday) and we’ll have plenty.



Well, I show up 45 minutes after they open to get in line for an hour only to find out that they sold out of the 16gb Black which is the one I wanted only minutes before. Plenty in stock indeed. Ok. I’m not happy but I’m human and it’s just a phone. I call the Regent Street flag ship Apple Store to find out that hey, they do have them but they have closed the que for the day on Saturday. Fair enough. I go to the Apple store 45 minutes before they open (number 52 in line) and wait 3 hours (when I was told ‘no more than an hour wait.&rsquo only to find out that O2 now declines me service when just two days ago they said it would be no problem. So there it was on the desk in front of me... The 16gb iPhone I couldn’t have.



I”m about to say screw Apple and O2 and just get a Nokia E71 on Vodafone as I know it can easily be done. Apple, why did it have to be this hard to get a phone? I mean really. Why? Apple, if you want to contact me, please do. I would love to hear what you have to say for yourself and O2.

Chris

Hello again,

It’s Monday now and it was a long day. I’ve had a very busy and dreary day at work. There were a lot of things to keep up with and work on today at work.



I went to ASDA just after work to pick up some groceries. I finally broke down and bought a Freeview box for the TV in the living room. It wasn’t to much but it’s great to go from 2-3 channels with static to about 30 or so that come in clear now.



It’s been pouring rain on and off and it’s continuing to do so outside right now. I only hope that the sun comes out tomorrow.

Chris

*Pictures compliments of Google Image Search

Well, it’s a soggy Sunday in London.

I decided to force myself to go out today to see what I could find to do. With it being a bit wet outside I decided not too wander to far from home if the weather got worse or I simply got tired of it and didn’t want to spend an hour getting back home. I decided to hop onto the 486 bus towards North Greenwich (The O2) and see what I could find. About half way there I decided to grab lunch. I wandered into Pizza Hut and decided that it wasn’t for me so I left and went to Nando’s just down the way. I had a nice chicken burger, chips (fries, whatever...), and some garlic bread with a Diet Coke (Go Figure...). It was nice.



After that I got onto the 472 heading towards The O2 again and wandered inside to check out the concept O2 phone store and enquire about next Friday (The UK iPhone Launch) and a few other things. After that I went and found the King Tut exibition at The O2 which I believe I am going to have to check out this week sometime before it leaves the UK next month. Of note is that at The O2 they had some BMW’s outside (as an exibit / display) which I decided to check out. This included two F1 cars and several other BMW’s as pictured below.

Well, it’s been a fun day. I had a nice late start and decided to go into London to SOHO to check out all of the electronic’s shops. I wandered around, had a sandwich, had a drink, and walked around a lot. I was going to go back to Charring Cross and I got lost looking for a bus stop that wasn’t closed. I finally figured out where I was and went to Forbidden Universe for a while.



After walking around I realized that there were a lot more gay looking people (I’m not homophobic but it is something you tend to notice). I found myself at Trafalgar Square durring the Gay Pride Day event. There were a TON of people there. I would have to say 100K plus people. If anything it was a blast to accidentally run into the event. I hung out for a little bit, took a few pictures, and listened to the music before coming home to watch the new episode of Dr. Who.



I’m actually watching it now which is why I’m going to go and see what happens.

Well, I just got off of the phone with my Grandfather in Germany. I can’t even begin to recall the last time I spoke to him. It’s been too long and it was great to hear his voice. We went back and forth between English and German in our conversation which was great. I’m really glad to hear that he is doing well and is happy. With any luck I’ll get to go and see him next month if all works out.

I’m going to try to tinker some more with the site and add a few more things. Wish me luck.

Chris

Well, it’s Sale time at work so people from all around the world are ordering and returning things which keeps us very busy. I’m working on using a new web service more. It’s called QIK and basically it’s live online video and audio from my mobile phone anywhere, anytime. I’m hoping that through the use of this service I’ll be updating my website a bit more with content on my blog. Please let me know what you think.

A quick example is below:

Live Streaming (If I’m LIVE):