Gym Class Heroes' Lyrical Ode
Thursday 31st March 2005
A “Fueled By Ramen” punk/rap band called Gym Class Heroes have an ode to a lot of other similar musically-styled bands. Their ode is quite amusing but cleverly worked in to their song called “Taxi Driver”. The song itself features references to a lot of bands. I’ve linked to the respective band’s website/fansite in the lyrics below… I took…Wow, That Was Weird Part 2
Sunday 27th March 2005
…wow, that was weird!!! I was happily sat here playing Gran Turismo 4 (yes I’m addicted), noticed the clock was coming up to 1am, say about 00:50. I finish a 10 minute race, glance down to the computer clock and it says 02:02.. eh? WTF has happened. I’m sure it was just before 01:00 not long ago. I look closer, thinking my tired eyes are…More Gran Turismo 4 Photos
Friday 25th March 2005
In my previous post about the Gran Turismo 4 photo mode I stated that I was slightly disappointed by the lack of race situations, but still thoroughly impressed at the output quality of the images. I’ve had some time to play with the game a little more (currently on 29% completed) and I’ve found some features I missed before. I’ve found the…Happy Birthday To Me
Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Today marks a whole one year of posts on trovster.com. So I’m calling this trovster.com’s “official birthday”. You know, like the Queen has, an official one for the public to celebrate and her real one for when she was born. I’ve taken a leaf (metaphorically of course) from Google, and I have vamped up my logo a little. Birthday celebrations…The IMDB Meme
Tuesday 22nd March 2005
This was an idea taken from Neil’s World who often does these “meme” things. This meme is where you take the top 250 films on IMDB and highlight the films you’ve seen. This’ll be an interesting exercise for myself, to see how many films I’ve actually seen. Films I have watched are in bold bold and those that I own are also italicised. The…Gran Turismo 4 Photos
Thursday 17th March 2005
A feature introduced in Gran Turismo 4 is the “Photo Mode”. My first impressions upon hearing about this “mode” was that it is a waste of time. However, it is an extremely clever marketing idea to increase and maintain hype about the game after its launch. Users can now easily post high-resolution images of their favourite cars, special…Cheap Gran Turismo 4
Friday 11th March 2005
Gran Turismo 4, the next game in the famous PS2 racing simulation series, has just been released in the UK (09/03/2004). Not long ago prices for PS2 and other consoles were set to a recommended retail of £40. This is steep for a computer game IMO. Recently, console game prices have come down. They now seem match the price of PC games, which…Mobile Gmail Report
Thursday 10th March 2005
I have tested the new Gmail “basic HTML view” on my mobile phone using Opera’s Small Screen Rendering for handheld devices. I wanted to test the application in a real word situation so I was surrounded by distractions and in a “mobile environment”. The application was only usable with Opera’s small screen rending technique as with this turned…iPod Headphones Unsafe
Monday 7th March 2005
Students attending University in the New York area have been warned not to use their Apple standard-issue white iPod headphones. This is because they’re a call sign to muggers. NYU has been putting up posters in its dorms warning students not to use the standard-issue white earbud headphones that Apple includes with the iPod lest they find…HTML Gmail
Saturday 5th March 2005
It looks like there is now a “lite” version of Gmail for browsers without Javascript. By clicking on the bold, red “New features!” link on the top right of Google’s controversial webmail application brings you to information on… the new features (clever ‘eh). You should notice Not just any old computer. Actually, yes, any old computer!. The…Government Tax Computers
Friday 4th March 2005
The UK government is making proposals to tax computers, much like you pay a licence fee for your TV. THE BBC licence fee should be replaced by a tax on the ownership of a personal computer instead of a television. A legal loophole highlighted by the communications regulator Ofcom means that viewers could watch television and listen to radio…