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If you’re on twitter then you may have noticed the #uksnow appear in the trending topic. Watching the trend on twitter or a desktop client isn’t going to do anything for you. However, Ben March has developed the #uksnow Map 2.0 whereby a twitter user can update their status like the following #uksnow EH3 0/10. The status broken down.......

I'm not one for normal Saturday tv but last night I caught "Britains got talent".  The 10 finalists I have to say were fantastic.  If the winner wasn't chosen by the public then making a call like that would certainly be a tough one. For anyone interested in seeing the 10 finalists act again then here they are: Signature * 2nd most popular Kate & Gin Andrew Johnston * 3rd most popular Cheeky Monkeys Strike George Sampson * Winner Faryl Smith ...

If anyone hasn't heard of Kid Beyond then you're certainly missing out on a talented beat boxer.  Below is a video from youtube of him showing how he works his magic.    I received an email today with details to be confirmed outlining attendance at the International Beatbox Convention in London, Apr 18 - 20. I would love to see Kid Beyond live but I don't think I'll be able to get down to London :( For anyone in the area I would recommend seeing him live as his Album "Amplivate" is class. Links: Kid Beyond Official Page ...

A while back you may remember that I posted an item Biggest iPod to date.  After posting the problem I was experiencing in the forums over at apple it would appear that my machine was confusing my iPod with a network drive.  After reading the article it all fell into place however what I was more confused about was where my iPod was getting its name from.  It's still not known but I am glad to have control over my iPod again. This leads me on to the following articles that were posted a couple of days ago over at lifehacker. ...

It's December, it's cold, it's magnificent. Tonight I was astonished by this view.  It's hard to believe that the rail bridge is 118 years old on the 4th of March 2008. For more information on the Forth Rail Bridge check out Forth Bridges Visitors Trust Website.

Today while I plugged my iPod in to be charged something strange happened that I haven't noticed before.  My ipod is a couple of years old (30gb photo) however, this morning it's name was "yoda" and it's Capacity was "176.77gb".    After running several variations of the above through Google I couldn't find anyone else experiencing this glitch.  I did uncover numerous forum topics such as "what do you name your ipod" of which some names were amusing.  It's a shame that the reported space can't be used however, an understanding to why this is happening would be good. 

iPhone combines three amazing products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.Source :http://www.apple.com/iphone/   This ad was forwarded to me.  The phone looks and sounds the business. Looking at it's spec I have to say that being revolutionary the onboard camera could have been a bit better rather than just 2 mega pixels.   The rest of the ads can be found at Apples wesbite http://www.apple.com/iphone/ads/ Release date is the 29th of June 2007. Am not sure if...