thevoicewithin

Pimpin' - Win an iPod Shuffle or a load of DVDs

2007-03-03T09:41:11Z

I'm running a competition on The Ten Word Review for some lucky so and so to win themselves an iPod Shuffle or a bunch of 10 DVDs (paid for from my own pocket). Full details are here.

Please, go sign up and write/rate some reviews. Even better, pimp the site out to your friends. The more people using the site, the better it is for everyone.

Pimp, out.

[Edit: Wow. This post showed up on Google Blog Search 8 minutes after I posted it!]

thevoicewithin @ 2006-10-04T09:26:00

2006-10-04T08:27:13Z

Huh. My credit card limit has been sneakily raised by another £500 without me asking for it or being told about it. Not quite sure how I feel about this.

Ask more anonymous questions

2006-09-02T10:47:21Z

Ask me a question. I will answer all questions in a couple of hours when I get back home. When I answer them I will anonymise the questions.

All comments are screened, so you get to ask anything without anyone but me knowing it was you. Ask anonymously if you want to ask something, but you don't want me to know it was you.

JUST ASK ME A GOD DAMN QUESTION, AND MAKE ME FEEL LOVED!

EDIT: Comments are now screened :)

Anonymous Question Time

2006-08-29T22:34:33Z

Ask me a question. I will answer all questions in a new post at the weekend. When I answer them I will anonymise the questions.

All comments are screened, so you get to ask anything without anyone but me knowing it was you. Ask anonymously if you want to ask something, but you don't want me to know it was you.

JUST ASK ME A GOD DAMN QUESTION!

thevoicewithin @ 2006-07-05T07:10:00

2006-07-05T06:11:00Z

titter

Should I buy a Mac Mini?

2006-04-09T09:49:54Z

It looks like my PC is dying - should I buy a Mac Mini? (please go and comment there - I really want to know what you guys think)

Adsense

2006-02-28T22:11:33Z

Oooooh, yeah. Thanks to Standardista Table Sorting I've just made my first $100 from Adsense. And just in time for the end of the month too!

Now, I just need another $901 in the next 2 years.

thevoicewithin @ 2006-01-21T10:27:00

2006-01-21T10:31:50Z

Yay for Becca's birthday! Hurrah!

Boo for my computer randomly losing 256Mb out of a 512Mb stick, but only when it's in the second RAM slot. Boo for me having a lovely wireless keyboard which mean that I couldn't press enter when the computer got confused coming out of hibernation because it only had 768Mb of RAM instead of the 1Gb it was expecting. Boo for having to go down to the shops and spend £6.97 just so that I could press the enter key!

And now the computer has found the other 256Mb again. Bah and yay. At least I now have a wired keyboard again for when these things arise.

Queenie views olympic site

2005-10-12T23:34:26Z

Queen: What is this? An olympic site for ants? How are we expected to teach the atheletes to run good... if they can't even fit inside the building?

Official: Queen Elizabeth, this is just a small...

Queen: I don't want to hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... 3 times... that size!

(with apologies to Zoolander)

Mrs Voice and I were watching the news this evening (yes, it does happen sometimes), and we saw this piece with the Queen and her model of the olympic site. Immediately we were riffing off Zoolander. One of these days we'll end up being witty on our own.

Dolphins sing 'Batman' theme

2005-10-06T00:19:43Z

Scientists get dolphins to sing the Batman theme

thevoicewithin @ 2005-09-23T00:17:00

2005-09-22T23:13:22Z

The man in the hole decrees that there shall be cuddles for all!

A workingwith.me.uk post

2005-09-18T20:58:46Z

This evening, at 8:11pm, terrorists attacked my bath...

(From this point onwards, any personal entries which are not needing to be friends only will be being written on workingwith.me.uk (workingwithme). The only stuff that will still be being written on here will be the angst filled stuff, so if that's all you're here to read then feel free to leave workingwith.me.uk alone. If, on the other hand, you want to know about the good things in my life too, then go read workingwith.me.uk!)

thevoicewithin @ 2005-09-06T15:12:00

2005-09-06T14:08:22Z

goo goo boo gangaloo

Grr to radio 2

2005-08-27T20:04:29Z

This afternoon radio 2 were doing one of their normal text in thingies, today about what people spend money on that they shouldn't. As well as that, they asked people to text in about the stuff they wish they could have that money couldn't buy. Here's what I texted in with

I've got no money at all right now, but that doesn't matter. The one thing that would make my life immeasurably better would be to have my girlfriend Becca in my arms, rather than her being in Alderney. Neil, in Leicester

I was really hoping that they'd use it as one of the ones that they used so that I could take a capture of it and play it to Becca. But no, they didn't, did they?

Still, the thought was there.

While becca was here...

2005-08-24T19:57:46Z

Quote of the weekend from chewbeaker:

"Going over this bridge is just like being in WoW - I mean, look at the graphics!"

Oh, now I chuckled :)

BookCrossing.com

2005-08-12T17:54:46Z

After yesterday's entry on wwm, I actually released 5 books into the wild. I checked three of the places I left books in a few minutes later and they were gone. I hope they bring someone some joy.

thevoicewithin @ 2005-05-25T08:28:00

2005-05-25T07:27:56Z

I've been reading PVP instead of revising Inverse Kinematics for the last half hour.

This one goes out to cottonwoolfairy

Three hours, and it'll all be over. 14 hours and it'll all be over again. Hopefully in about a week it'll all be over for a third time. Then, life begins anew.

That damn movie meme

2005-05-22T15:32:31Z

God dammit. This is what all the kids are doing instead of revision, isn't it?

1. Take this list and post it into your own LJ, and mark the movies you've seen.
2. Add five more movies to the end of the list.
3. Count how many X'es you have. If you've seen more than 70 movies, you are a ~*~ Movie Whore ~*~. Post the score of how many movies you've seen in the subject line.
4. Use a LJ-cut since you've got at least one LJ-friend who doesn't really want to see an ungodly number of movies snaking its way down the computer monitor. (Right now, the list is at 350 movies)
5. (optional) Question your friend's taste in movies.

1. Napoleon Dynamite [x]
2. Saw [x]
3. White Noise
4. White Oleander
5. Anger Management
6. 50 First Dates [x]
7. Friday The 13th
8. Scream [x]
9. Scream 2 [x]
10. Scream 3 [x]
11. Scary Movie [x]
12. Scary Movie 2
13. Scary Movie 3
14. American Pie [x]
15. American Pie 2 [x]
16. American Wedding [x]
17. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [x]
18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [x]
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [x]
20. Resident Evil
21. Resident Evil: Apocalypse [x]
22. The Wedding Singer [x]
23. Little Black Book
24. The Village [x]
25. Donnie Darko [x]
26. Lilo & Stitch [x]
27. Finding Nemo [x]
28. Finding Neverland [x]
29. 13 Ghosts [x]
30. Signs [x]
31. The Grinch [x]
32. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [x] (which one? I've seen the original, so I'm going to say yes)
33. White Chicks
34. The Butterfly Effect
35. 13 going on 30 [x]
36. I, Robot [x]
37. Dodgeball [x]
38. Universal Soldier
39. A Series Of Unfortunate Events [x]
40. Along Came A Spider
41. Deep Impact [x]
42. Kingpin [x]
43. Never Been Kissed [x]
44. Meet The Parents [x]
45. Meet The Fockers [x]
46. Eight Crazy Nights
47. A Cinderella Story
48. The Terminal [x]
49. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
50. Passport to Paris
51. Dumb & Dumber [x]
52. Dumb & Dumberer
53. Final Destination [x]
54. Final Destination 2 [x]
55. Halloween
56. Halloween 2
57. Halloween 3
58. Halloween 4
59. Halloween 5
60. H20
61. Halloween: the Resurrection
62. The Ring [x]
63. The Ring 2 [x]
64. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
65. Practical Magic
66. Chicago [x]
67. Ghost Ship [x]
68. From Hell [x]
69. Team America: World Police [x]
70. Hellboy [x]
71. Secret Window
72. I Am Sam
73. The Whole Nine Yards [x]
74. The Day After Tomorrow
75. Child's Play
76. Bride of Chucky
77. 10 Things I Hate About You [x]
78. Just Married
79. Gothika
80. A Nightmare on Elm Street
81. Sixteen Candles
82. Bad Boys 2 [x]
83. Joy Ride
84. Seven [x]
85. Ocean's Eleven [x]
86. Ocean's Twelve [x]
87. Identity
88. Lone Star
89. Bedazzled [x] (again, which one? I've seen both)
90. Predator
91. Predator II
92. Independence Day [x]
93. Cujo
94. A Bronx Tale
95. Darkness Falls [x]
96. Christine
97. ET [x]
98. Children of the Corn
99. My Boss' Daughter
100. Maid in Manhattan
101. Frailty
102. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
103. She's All That [x]
104. Calendar Girls
105. Sideways
106. Mars Attacks [x]
107. Event Horizon [x]
108. Ever After
109. Forrest Gump [x]
110. Big Trouble in Little China [x]
111. X-Men [x]
112. X-Men 2 [x]
113. Jeepers Creepers [x]
114. Jeepers Creepers 2 [x]
115. Catch Me If You Can [x]
116. The Others [x]
117. Freaky Friday [x] (yet again, which one? I've only seen the original)
118. Reign of Fire [x]
119. Man on Fire
120. Braveheart [x]
121. Cruel Intentions [x]
122. The Hot Chick
123. Swimfan [x]
124. Miracle
125. Friday Night Lights
126. Old School
127. Ray
128. The Notebook
129. K-Pax [x]
130. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [x]
131. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [x]
132. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [x]
133. A Walk to Remember
134. Sweet Home Alabama [x]
135. Moulin Rouge [x]
136. Boogeyman
137. Hitch [x]
138. The Fifth Element [x]
139. Star Wars episode I: The Phantom Menance [x]
140. Star Wars episode II: Attack Of The Clones [x]
141. Star Wars episode IV: A New Hope [x]
142. Star Wars episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [x]
143. Star Wars episode VI: Return Of The Jedi [x]
144. Troop Beverly Hills
145. Swimming with Sharks
146. Trainspotting [x]
147. People Under the Stairs
148. Blue Velvet
149. The Sound of Music [x]
150. Parent Trap [x] (Which one? Again, only seen the original)
151. The Burbs [x]
152. SLC Punk
153. Meet Joe Black
154. Wild Things [x]
155. A Clockwork Orange [x]
156. The Order
157. Spider-man [x]
158. Spider-man 2 [x]
159. Amelie
160. Mean Girls [x]
161. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
162. Shrek [x]
163. Shrek 2 [x]
164. The Incredibles [x]
165. Collateral [x]
166. The Fast & The Furious [x]
167. 2 Fast 2 Furious
168. Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow [x]
169. Closer [x]
170. The Sixth Sense [x]
171. a.i. - Artificial Intelligence [x]
172. Love Actually [x]
173. The Sweetest Thing [x]
174. Shutter
175. Ella Enchanted
176. The Princess Diaries [x]
177. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [x]
178. The Breakfast Club
179. October Sky
180. Remember the Titans
181. Titanic
182. Boondock Saints
183. American History X
184. Fight Club [x]
185. Heavenly Creatures [x]
186. Stealing Beauty
187. Like Water For Chocolate
188. Powwow Highway
189. Secretary
190. But I'm A Cheerleader
191. I <3 Huckabees
192. Ripley's Game
193. Coffee And Cigarettes
194. Taxi Driver
195. Silence Of The Lambs [x]
196. The Exorcist [x]
197. If Lucy Fell
198. Lady Jane
199. When Harry met Sally
200. Me, Myself & Irene [x]
201. Kung Fu Hustle
202. Sin City
203. Labyrinth [x]
204. Much Ado About Nothing
205. The Cowboy Way
206. Paulie [x]
207. Blazing Saddles [x]
208. Galaxy Quest [x]
209. Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
210. Citizen Kane
211. You Can Count on Me
212. Young Frankenstein [x]
213. Raiders of the Lost Ark [x]
214. Starman [x]
215. St. Elmos Fire
216. Coyote Ugly [x]
217. The Other Sister
218. Rainman
219. Little Shop of Horrors [x]
220. Chasing Amy [x]
221. House of Sand and Fog
222. Mildred Pierce
223. The Big Lebowski [x]
224. Mallrats [x]
225. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind [x]
226. The Goonies [x]
227. Starsky & Hutch [x]
228. Saved!
229. The Upside of Anger
230. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
231. The Cat's Meow
232. The Rutles
233. Waking Ned Devine
234. Pirates of the Caribbean [x]
235. Little Women
236. Huck Finn
237. National Treasure [x]
238. O Brother Where Art Thou? [x]
239. Dick
240. Howard the Duck
241. Garden State [x]
242. Hero [x]
243. Spinal Tap [x]
244. Almost Famous
245. Before Sunrise
246. Before Sunset
247. Troy [x]
248. Gone With The Wind
249. Chocolat
250. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
251. Now and Then
252. Romeo and Juliet [x] (Well, I've seen Baz's version)
253. Ferris Bueller's Day Off [x]
254. Grease [x]
255. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
256. Mr. North
257. The African Queen
258. The Wizard of Oz [x]
259. Country Girl
260. The Philadelphia Story
261. Bringing Up Baby
262. The Aviator [x]
263. An Affair To Remember
264. Sabrina
265. Holiday
266. Conspiracy Theory
267. Stage Door
268. Rigoletto
269. White Christmas
270. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? [x]
271. The Wedding Planner [x]
272. Arsenic and Old Lace
273. A Day at the Races
274. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory [x]
275. Bend it Like Beckham [x]
276. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
277. A Beautiful Mind [x]
278. Urban Legend
279. Dead Poet's Society [x]
280. Kill Bill vol. 1 [x]
281. Kill Bill vol. 2 [x]
282. The Royal Tenenbaums [x]
283. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
284. American Beauty [x]
285. A Chorus Line
286. Iron Jawed Angels
287. Phantom of the Opera
288. A League of Their Own
289. Stuart Little
290. Notting Hill [x]
291. A Lot Like Love
292. Along Came Polly [x]
293. Billy Madison
294. Happy Gilmore [x]
295. Igby Goes Down
296. Sid and Nancy
297. Bruce Almighty [x]
298. The Usual Suspects [x]
299. Chances Are
300. SWAT
301. House of Wax
302. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
303. Gladiator [x]
304. Gosford Park
305. The Jacket
306. Red Dragon [x]
307. Hannibal [x]
308. Elizabeth
309. Quills
310. Velvet Goldmine
311. Chuck and Buck
312. Titus
313. The Pillow Book
314. Queen Margot
315. Sex, Lies and Videotape
316. His Girl Friday
317. Persuasion
318. Party Girl
319. Top Hat
320. Singing in the Rain [x]
321. Spirited Away
322. House of Flying Daggers
323. Goodbye Lenin
324. Willow [x]
325. Battle Royale
326. Dude, Where's My Car? [x]
327. Drop Dead Gorgeous [x]
328. Josie and the Pussycats [x]
329. Romancing the Stone [x]
330. Mystery Men [x]
331. Bound [x]
332. Crossroads [x]
333. Dawn Of The Dead [x] (both versions)
334. Shaun Of The Dead [x]
335. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
336. Brazil
337. A Matter of Life and Death
338. Vertigo
339. Bugsy Malone [x]
340. Honey
341. Dark City [x]
342. Mononoke Hime/Princess Mononoke
343. Being John Malkovich [x]
344. The Opposite of Sex
345. Gattaca [x]
346. 'Manos' the Hands of Fate
347. The Hitcher
348. The Evil Dead [x]
349. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
350. The Nightmare Before Christmas [x]
351. From Dusk Till Dawn [x]
352. Marathon Man [x]
353. The Lost Boys [x]
354. Sneakers [x]
355. Short Circuit [x]

So, 181 films. It's more than anyone else that I've seen on my fl so far, but to be honest I was hoping for more. Ach well.

del.icio.us

2005-05-21T10:19:53Z

Last month I asked who among you knew about del.icio.us. Most of you said that you either didn't know what it was or didn't have a del.icio.us username.

I've now written a little post about the site over at workingwith.me.uk and why you should use it to tag pages that you like. Those of you who don't know anything about del.icio.us might find it useful.

thevoicewithin @ 2005-05-21T10:17:00

2005-05-21T09:16:13Z

Powder mix-up fools sniffer dogs

Well, I thought it was very chuckleworthy

101 in 1001

2005-05-04T23:12:45Z

I've finally gone and finished writing up my 101 in 1001 list. Here's hoping I actually manage to complete most of it in the 1001 days available!

(Please comment on the post at the other end of that link rather than here)

Needs Java Help...

2005-04-29T16:03:42Z

So, does anyone here know of a nice Java component/library/wotsit that will give me a tree of my drives/directories in the way shown below?

I know that I could just implement it myself from the ground up using a JTree, but I'd really rather not re-invent the wheel. Come on - someone's got to have a nice available component to do this somewhere (a google did not return anything nice)

P.S. My little geeky Becca is growing up so fast...

A quick straw poll

2005-04-27T13:01:22Z

View Poll: The del.icio.us Poll

No Christmas for me

2004-12-19T18:27:38Z

Because of stuff that's been going on recently, I'm not actually going to be going home for christmas now. Ho hum

thevoicewithin @ 2004-10-21T16:29:00

2004-10-21T15:29:02Z

Fish