Archive for December, 2005

Adding Adsense to Invision Power Board IPB

One of my sites I run, the Yamaha Owners Club is forever under redevelopment. The club is run voluntary by motorcycle enthusiasts and as such is all free to join. Unfortunately in today’s world with the costs of domain hosting, web hosting, maintenance and software fees it is starting to take a burden. Since the [...]

27Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued

Sony Bean, NW-E207 Drag and Drop

A surprise came early for me! I was able to have one of my presents this Christmas early, so I could test it out.
It was a cute looking Sony Bean, you can buy a Sony Bean NW-E207 from amazon.

At first attempt in using it… surprise surprise I never read instructions as they are for well [...]

20Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 77 comments | Continued

Einstein’s Happy Idea

Well so much for school. All my prior knowledge of the first man into space was blown into stardust (excuse the pun). It was not Yuri Gagarin, sorry USSR.
Just been researching and in fact on April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, not into space as I was always [...]

14Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued

My new domain

“Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”
-Archimedes, 230 BC

Yeah at last my blog is moved to a more aptly named domain, and for my quote of the day, well my first quote probably ever! This is my place to stand…
As you can see from the [...]

13Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued

Kendrick Property Services

Well I have to say that Kendrick Property Services in Kemp Town are maybe the worst estate agent in Brighton!
To cut a long story short they are guilty of severe malpractice. I placed an offer 10% over the other buyer and was offering to pay with cash, and for some strange reason this offer was [...]

8Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued

Brighton Bus Drivers

Well have to stereotype here but they are all wankers. Actually they are not all like that at all, just the ‘Park & Ride’ bus driver this morning. Who waited for another lady and I to get to the doors of the bus and then drive off and close the doors whilst moving… He was [...]

6Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 1 comment | Continued

Buying a flat in Brighton

I got an amusing email over the weekend asking for a Tesco Value with sympathy card, so I have had the pleasure creating one and it is up with the others here. I wonder if someone will still see the funny side in it?
Apart from pretending I was a designer for Clinton cards I spent [...]

5Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued

Bloody Germans…

Well it’s 0812 and I have just got into work this morning. To be greeted by an extraordinary long email in GERMAN! For some strange reason on nearly every occasion an email I receive is in English.
The thing that really gets me is this is a reply to an email I sent which obviously was [...]

1Dec2005 | Alex Asigno | 0 comments | Continued