Blog entries from Echoes

Kingston entry: The Apple side of life

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:40:12 +0100

After staunchly denouncing the need for an iPhone in favour of my Blackberry, I have decided that 2012 is the year to embrace my apple roots. I've always extolled the benefits of Blackberry - but, with the smart business applications available on the new iPhone 5 and its seamless integration with my other apple devices via the iTunes Cloud server (iCloud), it's logical that if I intend to be truly mobile and integrate my business, lifestyle and social networking needs in a smart way, Read More...

Driving with Serena: Review of the Navigon MobileNavigator App for iPad

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:37:30 +0100

Simply, NAVIGON is a GPS app for Apple’s iPhone and iPad and similar to TomTom, it provides turn-by-turn directions. The NAVIGON is 1.6GB in size, but I didn't mind as the data for the maps are preloaded to your system and does not require an active Internet connection once it has downloaded. This is a bonus as you don't need connectivity from your SIM or Wifi. However, it does mean that theseRead More...

Toys for Echoes: Thanks MyDL, Apple, Griffin, Angry Birds (my mommy and daddy).

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:39:16 +0100

Who knew a silly post about Angry Birds would get me an Angry Bird (iPad case)? The irony isn't lost on me. Anyhoodle, thank you so much MyDL and sponsors for the very cool bag of tricks I won in MyDL's Major Year-End Blogging Competition.

I won a Griffin PowerDock Dual iPad/iPhone/iPod charger, a Griffin Loop iPad stand, an Angry Birds case and a Navigon GPS app code (worth $60).

There are days when being a girl is just about the most delicious thing ever. It’s a world of bubbly, frothy, flirty fun. And then there’s days like today – or the past week actually – where life is just amazingly crap and you feel like a fat failure (does my ass look big in this?).

I know people who actually just hate their birthdays. My partner is particularly disinRead More...

Mad Monday Musings

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:19:22 +0100

Home

06:38

Aaarrgghhh...Dear lord in the heavens, why does it have to be Monday.? Mondays are a special kind of hell for the not-a-morning people (kind of like 'a tribe called quest', but grumpier).

06:59

Ok, ok....fek. Getting up. *sits on the side of the bed and contemplates the sleeping form on the other side* mmmm...maybe 5 more minutes.

07:04

*sigh* alright then...getting up. wha'! what the hell is that??? *trauma*

07:15

I'Read More...

Astrology bandwagon

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:50:58 +0100

Since Kitten has inadvertantly tagged us:

Mine is 09 April 1978 and those of you who know me will be able to say it's accurate or not *grin*

Sun 19°Ar17:

You are active, impulsive, impatient for results and are best for starting projects rather than finishing them. You are very confident and project sudden bursts of enthusiasm, but need to be less hasty, more diplomatic and considerate of others.

Moon 11°Ta32:

You have a warm and affectionate naturRead More...

The Echoes Toy of the Week

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:42:10 +0100

ippi days are here again ….
And soon I might not have to get my lazy arse off the couch to communicate with the world. Neither would I have to pause my movie or stop my Wii game for long to check an e-mail.
But until then I’ll invest in our favourite little 7" 4G gem that allows me to work, learn and play …any place and any time. (Yes. Shameless plug)
The Ippi is already very popular in its’ native Sweden, and was launched globally in Barcelona recently. Read More...

You happened

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:34:05 +0100

I cannot remember a single conversation with my girlfriends in the last couple of years that didn’t somehow come down to “where are all the nice guys gone”. In fact, a friend just moaned at me (via e-mail) that she’s quote “had it up to here with not meeting any nice guys” unquote.

Cheeky cow. I say this because I keep on hearing the lament from grown womeRead More...

Charmed's Game: J

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:49:26 +0100

Use the first letter of your first name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things - nothing made up. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same first initial - which by the way is hard, if you already have read their answers!

You can not use your own name for the boy/girl names.

1. What is your name? Jean

2. A four letter word: Jazz (arb, I know...but I can guarentee you, J is notRead More...