mattrutherford.com random header image

Entries from December 2006

New Zune Features (hidden at the moment)

December 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Interesting post over on Zunescene - someone has opened up the Zune software using some diagnostic software (Resource Hacker) and has found some features in the software that haven’t been enabled yet. Looks like some of these maybe enabled in future versions of the Zune software:

Synchronised lyrics display (not sure I’d be interested - but [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: music · random

Bose Triport IE

December 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments

A nice present came from ‘Father Christmas’ to go with my new Zune - a pair of Bose Triport IE earbuds, I’ve long admired the Bose headphones, especially the quietcomfort 3’s which seem to offer excellent noise isolation coupled with a nice form factor that stops them being too heavy. However, I’m not a fan [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: music · random · travel

A new look for the New Year

December 28th, 2006 · No Comments

As it seems to every year, the gap betwixt Christmas and the new Year provides some quality time to concentrate and find a new look for my website - here it is, only the second time I have strayed away from black text on a white background - but I’ve still kept it relatively clean [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: random · site news

The ‘Matts’ - 2006

December 24th, 2006 · No Comments

I’ve always thought it would be good to have an award named after myself - Oscar has done it, Tony has done it - and that guy ’Orange Bafta’ gets more popular every year - so its time to inaugurate the ‘Matts’, an annual shindig replete with red carpet, celebrity goodie bag and overhyped press coverage. [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: random

My first Christmas present…

December 22nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

 
Someone *lovely* sent me an early Christmas present - which arrived by DHL last night - a nice 30gb Zune. I’ve long been an ipod user, having a terrible 3g Ipod which gave up the ghost when its battery died, and then a Nano, which I love to death and carry everywhere with me. I’ve [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: music · random

Utterly classless

December 10th, 2006 · No Comments

I don’t normally do football on here - there are plenty of blogs who do a much better job and know a lot more about the inner workings of my favourite team, but I’ve just enjoyed the one each draw between Chelsea and my beloved Arsenal. Excellent game, much to admire from both sides, an [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: random

December 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Goodbye to the Normals

[Read more →]

Tags: random