Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclecticeclecticlinks for 2008-08-31- August 31, 2008 welcome to vue cinemas - the ultimate cinema experience Our other local Cinema - &039;Star City&039; in Nechells, although we don&039;t go too often as it went through a spate of being &039;stabbing central&039; at night and hasn&039;t shaken off that image well so far. A great shame as I&039;m a big fan of Nechells, especially seeing as I was brought up there. The boys and I went to see Hell Boy 2 there tonight and I have to say it&039;s improved a great...http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/links_for_2008_08_31 links for 2008-08-30- August 30, 2008 Blogging Roller: delicous.com Blog Posting tool Maybe someday soon... (tags: roller blogging aggregator dave-johnson) Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages A Google Page Rank widget - just not provided by Google. (tags: widgets website webdev webdesign web tools tool search utilities webmaster google page-rank pagerank) Small...http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/links_for_2008_08_30 My banana yellow Yamaha V-Max- August 29, 2008 And a series of posts about motorbikes wouldn't be complete without my own current ride, this lovely banana yellow Yamaha V-Max. www.flickr.com That's right, it's just a big ol' engine and a pair of wheels, lol...http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/my_banana_yellow_yamaha_vmax Horkan - Hungarian for 'snort'- August 29, 2008 I'm not winding you up on this one, check this out from Dictionary.com: I should think that a number of you will be more than a little amused.http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/horkan_is_hungarian_for_snort A pint after work...- August 28, 2008 Kieron, Darren, Ian and Graham at the Fine Line. www.flickr.comhttp://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/kieron_darren_ian_graham_pub Three pals bikes; a BSA low-rider, a Yamaha Genesis EXUP Streetfighter, and a mint Honda VFR- August 27, 2008 Keeping with this weeks motorbike theme, here's some photos of three pals bikes that I helped them sell on ebay last year. First up is Bob's wonderful, but insane to ride (unless you were Bob), BSA 'Low Rider'. Second is Martin's Yamaha Genesis EXUP 'Streetfighter' (mainly fairing removed). Third is a friend of a friends bike, in that's it's Ricky's brother Joe's bike, an almost mint condition Honda VFR. www.flickr.com And yes, they all sold double quick...http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/three_pals_bikes_on_ebay Graham Helsby and his BIG sandwich- August 27, 2008 Here's my mate Graham with a very large sarny... www.flickr.com Now that's a Big sandwich...http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/graham_helsby_and_big_sandwich What do Facebook, del.icio.us, and last.fm, all have in common this month- August 26, 2008 Yes, that's right; they are all suffering from functionality issues due to design flaws introduced in their last look and feel upgrades. Looks like this is the month for it, because in rapid succession we've seen changes at all three of these web2.0 stalwarts. So how have these changes effected functionality, and what's the real problem at hand FacebookIf your a Facebook user then you will have noticed the option to use 'new' facebook, which, although keeps the quite fixed layout (and.http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/delicious_facebook_lastfm_design_flaws Castle Bromwich Hall Church Fete- August 26, 2008 Our local C of E Church, St. Mary and St. Margaret's Church, in Castle Bromwich, just before the arrival of our new Parish Priest, Gavin Douglas, and family... www.flickr.comhttp://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/castle_bromwich_hall_church_fete A visit to the National Motorcycle Museum- August 25, 2008 Yep, it's Dad boring the poor kids senseless with the absolutely wonderful National Motorcycle Museum; we live that close that we've been so often they've only just let me take them there again... If you like Bikes, no scratch that, if you LOVE bikes, then it's definitely the place for you. www.flickr.com And that's right, I've tagged this 'Heaven'.http://blogs.sun.com/eclectic/entry/visit_the_national_motorcycle_museum |