Just for a change, it was the wind that woke me up at three o'clock last night rather than the dog or general insomnia. Lovely. I also had a mouth that felt the inside of a tram driver's glove. In the Sahara. On a hot day. Fortunately it was nothing that a glass of generic cola loaded with ice couldn't cure. It also gave me a chance to download Fayjuball for my iPhone which is currently free.
I need to drive up to Newcastle tomorrow, so I hope that I get a decent night's kip and that the weather is considerably better than today, otherwise it's going to be a grim journey. Anyhoo, we will see. The wind seems to have dropped now, at any rate. Overtaking lorries on the A1 with strong cross winds is not my idea of fun.
The updates to the xbox dashboard arrived yesterday, and they were much as expected - after all there is not a great deal that you can do with a simple twitter client. The facebook app is quite good, and I think it might be useful for displaying photos and slideshows on the telly. The app that I think I will make most use of is an implementation of Last FM which is an excellent way of streaming music to match a chosen artist or genre, with accompanying pictures. The xbox feeds into the surround sound system, although the telly speakers are pretty much ok for general use.
iPlayer on the Wii to try tonight, and first impressions are very positive. I'm currently watching James May doing silly things with toy cars in a very acceptable full screen picture. It's buffering a little, but that's not too bad. I'll just pause it for a while to let it get ahead of itself, I think. Worth a try if you have a Wii gathering dust in the cupboard.
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