I am going to change the blog design over the next few months. The design is nearly complete, and I am going to work on some features to make the most of it

*header taken from auto blog *

Watch this video, it would be great to have another angle but still shocking anyway
*note everyone was ok*

Ever Since Friday My internet at home as been a total disaster, we have lost it between 8am - 6pm for the past 3 days and it keeps going off and none.

Apparently there are no working under way though I now have internet again out of the blue, and an engineer is coming on friday which is completely pointless because it probably will be working fine when him/her arrive.

Due to this issue I have been using my built in 3g for my laptop and it's great, I use it mostly for in the car or at work when I am bored, and I am always happy with it.

The only issue is that the IP is band on the server my websites are on, so I have no access. Which is great...

Hopefully the internet will work perfectly and the issue of the IP will be sorted out

The Microsoft Courier is now dead which is a same as it was one of the most innovating thing to come from Microsoft in a long time.

The Courier it's self is a duel screen tablet, with a stylist and touch screen capabilities. It was going to be based off windows CE or the Zune OS with ti's own custom UI.

It had amazing videos of how the concept was going to work, and from my point of view it was going to be my paper pad replacement. To me it felt that microsoft had created a device for people who used OneNote and designed an OS around it.

It is a same that it died but hopefully it will come back if enough people or interest in the product hit Microsoft.

I am now back at University which means coursework deadlines, lectures and bbqs.

Though I now only have 2 months left of uni it's one of the busiest times of my life, as I must sort out a placement for next year and do a lot of work which I have yet to do.

I am yet though focused on the challenges ahead unlike how I was over Easter, so I hope my next blog post will be less about me and more fun things... maybe another fail blog video =]

My current desktop and laptop background

Windows phone 7 has interested me ever since it was revealed, it seems to be the middle ground between what the iphone os is and what windows phones used to be.

Now I was one of those haters of windows on phones, I just couldn't work it, seemed very pointless and clunky (though the two people who have used windows' phones say they love it).

Below is a video demonstration of office on windows phone 7, and I have to say it's very promising for the OS, though I can see the animation getting annoying.

For the first time in my life I decided to shop online, as it's easier and can add things over a long period of time.

I first checked out Asda's offering, and though there is a lot of focus on their deals which is great. There is a definite conflict of interest, as their website says for best performance they want people to use ie8 & firefox 3 however the website takes non of these browsers increased performance into account (well not that I have seen anyway).

Next up the UI, and it's horrible, they try and cram as much information as they can in such a small space, and if they cannot fix the entire name of a product they put ... and then require the user to highlight over, and sometimes that still does not tell all. The over all main issue is that non of the products are high resolution. This is a huge problem which they need to sort out, even when clicking the product to find out more information, it is still a low resolution photo.

They do have a few UI things which makes the experience easier which consist of a quick add to basket function and increasing the quantity. They also don't hide much when it comes to offers, they sow it, though that causes other items to be hidden.

Over all the website is good, though still has a long way to go. I would have to assume that if you use it as your main way of shopping that it will become easier to use and features such as shopping list to quickly find items will become a great addition but for me, it's a pointless add-on.