Google Street View
I’m not sure weather to be concerned about the privacy issues that Google’s Street view brings about or to embrace it with open arms. I have to say it is pretty awesome that you can now pretty much view any street in the UK for free. Stuff that is free is always awesome. I can view my work place online now, my home, my old home, my other home and pretty much anything else, I’ve even found my car (twice). I have to say it is pretty cool and quite useful I suspect, I can’t imagine people actually using this with to rob your house, I can’t see how it would benefit, what stops them from going to your street and checking it out in person.
It’s a pretty cool tool. I can remember using it when I first heard I had an interview in Birmingham, about a year ago, and using to find out how to walk to the office and finding out that Google didn’t drive down the street the office was on, annoying! It was pretty useful though using it to view the City and areas that I thought about moving too, saves me driving there and checking it out myself.
All in all I think its pretty awesome!
Broken Down!
If you’ve been following my tweets you’ll know I broke down on the M6 early this morning. I ran out of petrol! I wasn’t happy and I was quite annoyed their is not a single service station on the A14! I was heading up to Stafford to collect my iPhone after having a break with friends in Great Yarmouth! It had been a awesome little break which was spent drinking ice cold beer in the evening and enjoying the little sun we had during the day. However the £135 recovery fee today didn’t end the break well.
Here is a picture of the Astra being picked up by the recover truck!
One Week To Go…
There is one more week of uni for me in 2008 left, which makes me half way though my second year… Scary! I’m not so much stressing out like most as I have planned ahead and I’m not doing my assignments last minute, which is a surprise. OK well one of them I have still got to do, The PED poster, I’m putting it off to be honest but I am half way through my Data Recovery Assignment! Yay!
I have had my final CCNA skills test which I didn’t think went well as I had a problem with the Frame-Relay connection which I think will hit me on marks but I haven’t had the confirmed marks back yet. Which brings me to placements, I have applied for a Cisco Internship. I think it’ll look great on my CV but I think I’ll learn so much if I get the job, I have my fingers crossed but I won’t hear back for a while I don’t think.
I have also got my car back from the body shop, a whole two weeks off the road, it was missed at 10am in the morning when it was freezing cold and I was walking to uni, but I have it back now and the work looks great! I have also had my wing mirror repaired from when it was hit during the first night on the road at my house.
I’m getting distracted by After Effects at the moment, I have seen some of its possibilities and thought I’d give a few tutorials ago!
The Car Is In The BodyShop
The Astra is finally in a body shop attending to its injuries. I decided to get a third opinion and as I was talking to the guy I decided he was the only one that seems to know anything about repairing cars, after spending about a week trying to chase up other repairers…
So the car is in, however the quote was fairly large nearing the thousands mark. Anyway I’m pleased it is now in the shop as otherwise I’d have to wait another 10 days for work to even start with the other repairer I contacted… so at least I’m able to go home with a car this xmas.
And it is Xmas, I’ve seen the coke advert! Its officially xmas…
Ahhhh
This week hasn’t all been fun and games but its not as if most weeks are. Uni deadlines are fast approaching and one assignment I havn’t really started yet. However I am looking positive towards it and will be able to make them, I have a CCNA4 skills test coming up which I’m not too sure about so I’ll be revising for that pretty soon.
My placement search is on the hills, although new placements are popping up I have found myself without the time to apply. I have got plenty of time however as most deadlines are for January so that will be a job for the xmas hols, however as expected I did not make the second stage of the GCHQ recruiment, I’m glad I tried though, somehow I knew I wouldn’t get through.
Last weekend I was down at the NEC on sunday afternoon helping my parents take their stand down at a show. At the time time is another hall at the NEC was the MPH show, didn’t get a chance to look round but there was some pretty sweet cars zooming around the car parks.
However this week hasn’t been a good week for my car, its finally got a problem with it. I suppose I’ve been expecting it, as I havn’t had anything major happen since I got it back in Mayand well this week with the lots of speed bumps and an emergency stop because of some stupid driver on the road. My front bumper decided it couldn’t hold on any longer and fell off, thankfully it fell over just as I was parking up at uni, so there wasn’t any drama on the side of the road.
Couldn't Hold On Any Longer
Lack of Front Bumper
Should be getting it fixed before the xmas hols so at the minute its hidden away, which is great I’m not spending money on petrol anymore! shame its now come down is price and is still falling, hope it stays that way.
Anyway until next time.
Look out for my review of my new D-Link DIR-655 router
Low and Slow!
The Astra was lowered today (40mm)! Looks ace. Very happy with the result!
Before
After
Also had a quote for a new rear bumper for the other driver of my crash, £450 
