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Up and Coming Reviews : G-Form Extreme Sleeve & Best Skins Ever

February 5, 2024April 25, 2012 by TomBoyNI

I have been flat out over the past week, since I came home from the Gadget Show Live, however whilst over there I made a few purchases, one such purchase that I am particularly proud of is a G-Form Extreme Sleeve. http://www.g-formuk.com/

They dropped this thing from the edge of space, 100,00 feet, with an iPad in it, and the damn thing survived!

Now to be far in the latest episode of the Gadget Show : World Tour, a ninja was able to break an iPad in one (yes though it was a real ninja).

Full review to follow!

I finally got myself an iPod Nano! This thing is so cool, and I’m not going to bore you with a review of it, as there as literally thousands out there, but I do plan on sharing my thoughts on a ‘Best Skins Ever’ (www.bestskinsever.com).

I am a Zagg InvisbleShield (www.zagg.com)man through and through but this is my second Best Skins Ever and I have to say they are impressive, and a fraction of the cost.

Full pictorial on the install and a review to follow!

Gadget Show Live – 15/04/2012

February 5, 2024April 13, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Well I am leaving the hub of Northern Ireland at Stupid O’Clock in the morning and heading for the NEC in Birmingham were I will be attending the Gadget Show Live, and more importantly getting a glimpse at Suzi Perry!

I will be tweeting live from the event so make sure you follow me @TomBoyNI and I’m sure I’ll have a lot more to say about it when I return home, so watch this space!

Apple AppStore – Unale to Purchase Error – FIX – For iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

February 5, 2024April 4, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Have you get the “Unable to Purchase” error on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch when you try to update, or purchase apps from the AppStore? The error looks like this : Although maybe not as bad, as I have 56 Errors!

The name of the app and the number of “other items” will of course be different from person to person, and over time the number of “other items” will also increase.

Wrestlemania XXVIII – 01/04/2012

February 5, 2024April 1, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Well Wrestlmania returns this evening for its 28th main event.

Wrestlemania is the big one and to be honest I think I stopped having any interest in the WWE (or WWF as I remember it) about 15 years, or more, ago.

I am a fan from the era of Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man Randy Savage, Tatanka, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. In fact I think u have the WWF Album featuring these guys somewhere on a cassette!

However my Dad is a big fan. He is always caught out watching it and recently when I have been over visiting I have to say I have been glad to see it come on. It is simply good quality harmless fun. Obviously it is fake which is the guy of all the mon believers, but the WWE don’t even claim it to be real. It is entertainment and I think they are doing a better job at entertaining us than the majority of soaps and sit-coms at present.

Unfortunately tonight though I won’t be able to watch it as it starts here at 00:00. I have to be in work at 07:00 so thats not going to work.

All I can say is if you are lucky enough to get to see it tonight, leave your brain at the door and enjoy.

Finally – Come on the Rock and Undertaker. Do it for the old school! And Mr Undertaker Sir let’s make it 20 – 0.

Hopefully I’ll catch the reply when they take it off pay per view.

Oh and America, let’s play fair, and make these big events for Saturdays. Us guys in Europe have to get up and earn the crust in Monday mornings. We can do that if the WWE has kept us awake all Sunday night!

The Rock and Undertaker for the win!

– Posted on my iPhone.

Boots to asses!

National Cleavage Day 30/03/2012

February 5, 2024March 30, 2012 by TomBoyNI

One of the better ‘Days’ in the year for guys.

No idea how it works for the girlies but lets be honest this is definitely a day for the fellas. The ladyees have Valentine’s Day so it’s good for us to finally have something back. National Cleavage Day should become a male institution, a birthright that we all look forward to.

Ladyees – Don’t be haters, you all get flowers, chocolates, lingerie, jewellery and who knows what else, I have heard of iPads, TVs, and even a MacBook Air as a Valentine’s Day gift! What do we want, Cleavage Day, that’s all, stick a low cut top on ya and let us feast our eyes. It is not to be degrading or disrespectful, in fact is shouting it is Cleavage Day and damn girl you look good, take it as a compliment, it not males standing on or taking your femininity, it is just all about great boobs!

Happy National Cleavage Day – and wear them low!

New Apple iPad (3rd Generation) Unboxing and Zagg InvisibleShield installation

February 5, 2024March 23, 2012 by TomBoyNI

I know it now a week later since the new Apple iPad got released in the UK (amongst others) but I didn’t have the time to get my little post up on release day so I thought today would be a good enough day as it is 23rd MArch 20212, and for those of us not in the first wave of releases, it is release day for the new iPad. Today the new iPad gets released in a further 23 countries so here is my experiences with the unboxing. Also works quite well as on release day I was not in possession of my Zagg invisibleShield. It actually arrived on 17/03/2012 and I got it on on the 18/03/2012. This is despite it being advertised by Expansys eBay store as being in the UK and getting dispatched 1st Class, it actually came from France, so took longer than I was prepared to wait, had I have known this another UK based seller would have got my business! Anyway thats another story.

This story begins at 05:00 hours on 16th March 2012 when I pulled myself out of bed, and drove to the nearest McDonald’s, got myself an awesome double sausage and egg McMuffin along with a hash brown and some brown nectar in the form of Coca Cola, brilliant!

Feeling a little fresher off I trundled to the Apple Store, Victoria Square Belfast, arriving at the shopping centre at about 05:40 hours I was worried that the queue would be horrific (from last year’s iPad 2 release) but to my surprise there was only around 100 people ahead of me. By the time the store opened there would have been 200 – 300 people in the queue so I was happy enough with the timing.

In and went and out I came £658 lighter in the pocket, having picked up a iPad 64Gb wifi along with AppleTV (see previous post) and home I went, where I waited on the postman, with the iPad still in its little box, still untouched by a human hand, and there it would remain until 18th March 2012! Gutted, and all no thanks to Expansys! Not impressed!

A lot to do

February 5, 2024March 23, 2012 by TomBoyNI

So, I haven’t updated this is a few days and thats a real shame as I have so much to say, rather than this just being a blog post, this is actually here for two reasons, one to say I haven’t forgot about my little piece of the web here, and secondly to act as a reminder to myself as to what it is I actually have to say. Which is something like…

– The iPad unboxing and Zagg invisibleshield installation
– A few thoughts on ‘School Runs’
– A few thoughts on bullying drivers
– A taste of what a good clean to a car can do

And thats about it at this moment in time, but hey ho it is after all now 01:41 hours, and I have been suffering from a major lack of sleep lately due to work but meh whatever, that’s coming soon enough !

Launch Day 16/03/2012 – Apple TV; Unboxing and Quick Review

February 5, 2024March 16, 2012 by TomBoyNI

With each and every launch day that Apple announces a buzz inevitably follows. A buzz that means one thing, a queue outside your local Apple Store. Today is Friday 16th March 2012 and that signifies another Launch Day for an Apple Product. Actually on this occasion it means two products making their entry into the Apple world. The first needs no introduction as it is officially the world’s most popular tablet – The new iPad, or the iPad 3, or the iPad HD, or as the box says the 3rd Gen iPad.

The second product to be released today is the new AppleTV, the main thing for this sleek little bit of kit is the addition of support of full HD, or 1080p. I personally have never had an AppleTV before, but it has always intruiged me. I pretty sure I don’t need one, but I’m pretty sure I don’t need an iPad either, so negating the ‘need’ issue, the next question is do I want one? Hell yes!

So they come in at £99.00. Pretty tidy little price tag, I think when these devices debuted they were clocking closer to £400!

Why then do I want one? I have no idea! Probably because it has an Apple on it! Anyway I decided that I would sacrifice the 4G model of the iPad and take the £100 saved and splash the cash on this, and therefore in effect be £1 up, result!

So today I had a great day shopping, having queued outside the Belfast, Northern Ireland Apple Store from around 05.30am in I walked to the store and a mere 10 minutes later walked out £658 lighter in the pocket, but with a new AppleTV in one hand, the other gripping onto my new white 64Gb wifi iPad. Result!

Oh and remembering Northern Ireland is a pretty small wee country the queue at this time of the morning was reasonably substantial : (Although to be fair, last year with the 17.00 hours launch of the iPad 2 the queue was 4 or 5 times this!)

By the time the door opened I would reckon there was around 250 people waiting, good work Apple. And yep it was an event, cheering, high fovea, wooing, running, photos, videos, tweets, facebooking and free tea and coffee. All makes it that little bit easier when you are standing there! Anyway, I bought the iPad and the AppleTV. The net will be flooded today with iPad related posts so I thought I would go visa versa and mention briefly the Apple TV – (Also I haven’t opened by iPad yet as my Zagg InvisibleShield hasn’t arrived yet! Thanks expansys for your pi$$ poor delivery speeds by the way. Everyone else who does ‘1st Class’ gets things here First Class (99% next day) not four days, and with Monday being a bank holiday that won’t be happening either! Piss poor expansys, piss poor my friends! The AppleTV then, here you will find the unboxing photos, I won’t bore you with the details, that’s ultimately why I took photos, but it is easy to see the usual applies, the packaging is discreet, tidy and exceptionally well designed, beautiful from Apple as usual. Even the little plastic protectors over the AppleTV are works of art, remembering once you rip it out of the box these little strips are for the bin, but yet clearly effort has went into their design…

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Here’s the rest for you to admire…

The last three pics there give you a little insight into the new layout and new app icons that AppleTV has decided on, and with this being my first look at the product I am massively impressed. The first thing I noticed was that the setup was an absolute gift. Enter your wifi password, enter your AppleID and away you go, that’s it, it’s done! Then turn on home sharing in the settings and every tune you have, very movie is just waiting there fore you to listen to or watch, this to me is brilliant. I have noted also that Photostream is there and waiting however I haven’t turned this on yet, on anything, phone, MacBook, old iPad, so it is still a bit alien to me, so I will give you a verdict on that is a few days onceI have a proper play around with it.

Couple this with the vast library of stuff on iTunes and this is a pretty decent media centre for £99! I had a quick blast with the HD and decided to watch a trailer, and boom clicky, likey, streaming in glorious HD, it was quick and this was at 17.00 hours on a Friday evening. Good stuff, this is something I am looking forward to playing with properly.

I will post up more thoughts on AppleTV as I go along, but initial impressions are, easy setup, looks wonderful, vast library and home sharing…great.

Oh and Airplay just popped into my head, Airplay looks great, but I need to get the iPad cracked out for that, so hurry the hell up expanses and get my IS here quick smart!

Anyway, I bought the iPad and the AppleTV. The net will be flooded today with iPad related posts so I thought I would go visa versa and mention briefly the Apple TV – (Also I haven’t opened by iPad yet as my Zagg InvisibleShield hasn’t arrived yet! Thanks expansys for your pi$$ poor delivery speeds by the way. Everyone else who does ‘1st Class’ gets things here First Class (99% next day) not four days, and with Monday being a bank holiday that won’t be happening either! Piss poor expansys, piss poor my friends!

MLA’s get an 11% Payrise! Forget the teachers, doctors, paramedics and police!

February 5, 2024March 15, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Stormont — Yeah indeed, they get an extra £5000

Extract from the BBC News Website : See the full story here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17366868

An independent panel has decided that assembly members pay should rise by almost £5,000 from April 2013.

The 11% increase to £48,000 will be financed by a cut in office costs.

An MLA’s basic pay is currently £43,101. MLAs who are committee chairs get another £11,331, while deputy chairs get an extra £5,667.

Junior ministers get £19,609 on top of the basic while ministers get £37,801. The first and deputy first ministers are entitled to £114,535 each.

Now maybe I am out of line here but at a time when the average Joe is struggling financially, a time when fuelling a car is becoming difficult for the working man / woman, it is not the time for our ‘elected’ representatives to be bumping up their wage to the tune of £5000.

This is at the same week when health workers earning under £21,000 will get an extra £250 ANNUALLY, anyone over it will be FROZEN for ANOTHER YEAR!

This is at the same time were the UK Police are looking at having their wages FROZEN FOR THREE YEARS.

This is at the same time the genuinely decent human being out working every day is getting taxed on food, fuel, road tax, PAYE Tax, TAX TAX, to make sure the scum of society can get their benefits and luxuries like their 50″ Plasma TV to watch that wee shit Jeremy Kyle on, instead of getting off their ass and getting a JOB.

This is at the same time that the UK has accepted that there are around 500,000 illegal immigrants claiming benefits that they can’t possibly process. This is forgetting about the immigrants that are here and getting benefits under fraudulent asylum claims. (BTW I support beneficial immigration and genuine asylum.)

This is at the same time that the banks are being bailed out by the ordinary decent tax paying man and woman.

This is at the time when the average Joe is crippled trying to keep themselves right and decent! Who is paying these extra £5000, yeah indeed the average Joe!

Sort it out Stormont! I hear you scream but we are cutting expenses to fund this rise – behave yourself! We all know what Politicians and expenses means. Nice garden gnomes by the way where did they come from? Oh really expenses, well shit! Gimme my bit of the gnome back!

Show me the money, oh no wait the Politicians are getting it!

That’s right the big day is here!

February 5, 2024March 9, 2012 by TomBoyNI

Well Happy Birthday to me! I’m off celebrating it at the fine North Coast town of Portrush, Northern Ireland.

Ore importantly I have my tickets booked for Lush! Nightclub tomorrow night. So here’s to the freaking weekend… Have a pint on me and enjoy.

Oh and follow me on twitter for any random updates and photos that make it out there! @tomboyni

See ya later. After the hangover!

—posted from my iPhone—

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