5am never works

So it has begun... I have a nine month old boy whom I love dearly, but I want to list a few ways in which my life has changed... Not complaints, just observations for any potential future fathers that currently enjoy semi-freedom. Let me just explain semi freedom; what I mean is that it's mostly ok to go photograph a band or see a film with a mate... It could be potentially ok to go to a festival to photograph it or even go skiing once in a while (all things with or without better half) anyway, you get the point... Baby changes things, for example, he is currently trying to sweep the floor, I don't know why it is but they never want their toys for very long... Anyway, mum is tired so I get up and pop him on for a feed (on her, not me) and sneak out to check my email in the corner of the back of our courtyard where we're staying... It's amazing having a little poppet, don't get me wrong, but if you think you can sleep with her, watch her give birth and then refrain from all childly responsibility you've got another thing coming.. I didn't ever for once think that and it's still much more hardcore than I expected! But very rewarding, too... One thing I didn't realise was that even at nine months the little monkey was going to have a strong personality and would throw baby tantrums which are like adult ones but a lot louder! See if you can work out what face matched what mood below... (another thing, the face don't always match the mood!!)

New iPhone No more Data from o2

O2 has destroyed its policy of letting customers use unlimited amounts of data [porn] on their mobile devices, in response to a rapid [who are you kidding!]  increase in data consumption on its network. So, If you were the executives at o2 and you watched Stevie Jobs (as opposed to Stevie Nicks) announce that the new iPhone could manage 720p video at 30fps ...and that it could be edited on the device and then re-uploaded to YouTube... Wouldn't you start to worry about your potential bandwidth costs going through the roof?

Let's assume for a second that o2 buy bandwidth from Level3 at say.. 0.04p per GB? How many users do o2 have? No idea... How much bandwidth is that? no idea - a LOT... but it's still VERY cheap

From that date, new and upgrading customers will get up to 500MB of data on tariffs of £25-£35 a month; or 750MB on £40-£45 a month; or 1GB on £60 a month. Anyone who signs up or upgrades before 24 June will have no cap on their data. Those starting a new contract on or after that date will get unlimited data until 1 October, after which the caps will kick in.

And, further to the iPhone, those peeps that get their dirty Apple fan-boy mits on the iPad 3G are going to gobble up more bandwidth than a porn spammed grannies computer... So, whilst I think o2 are missing a trick here, I also see their point...

My question is, what will happen wo the data plans of the other networks when the o2 plans kick in, will they follow suit? Three? Will you cap my data? Vodafone... What will you do? T-Mobile, I won't mention you as you're nasty...

What are your thoughts on o2 squishing their dirty hands around the bandwidth pipe?

Chris Rose | Iron Man - needs your support!

A CCNA student we know called Chris Rose has taken it upon himself to enter  the 3 city triathlon.  To do this he needs people to vote for him. Only the 50 entries with the most public votes get considered, so he can't do it without our help!!

HERE'S THE LINK

Apparently he will go for a very long swim in Paris, an extra-long bike ride in Brussels and then run around in London, sounds like a normal day at the office to me!

Chris is a top guy, likes chips and burgers and we are all amazed that he is doing it, but hey! who are we to deny the man the opportunity to knacker himself! Just look at his photos... Does this look like a sane decision?

You need to log in to vote, but you can do so with Facebook, please do visit the link below and show your support for Chris!! Well done Chris, you're a better man than I!

HERE'S THE LINK

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iPhone, You Phone, We all Phone...

Well then, Jobs has finished his chat, Apple fanboys everywhere are drooling over the new 9.3mm thick piece of sheer love, and, I have to say that I think I am too... Not because I think it's the "best" device I've ever seen, but because it has everything that I want in a phone... It's thin, though that doesn't excite me.. it's very sexy... it does video calling (yeah, so does my BluRay player) if your mate has the same phone and you're on wireless... sorta cool... where it does get my "techytype" juices flowing is when you start to talk about multi-tasking, which I realise isn't new - my iNQ Chat 3G does it (badly) but with the new A4 processor, the multi-tasking in the iPhone 4 may actually be seriously useable!... Being able to Skype and get something from your email at the same time? Yes please... What else floats my boat? The camera... It's been called "class leading" and I tend to agree that the iPhone 3Gs already had a semi-decent "camera phone" camera, so the new version is going to be better... I've not seen an actual still from it, but there you go... Also, 720p HD (30fps) editable on device video... You're serious? Yeah, that's RAD... video your kid doing something amazing, edit it, upload it, watch it... call your mum about it, tweet someone, facebook it... all right there...

So, will I be lining up to get my hands on one of these? actually... I probably will

If you're in the UK, get notified here If you're in the USA, you can click here if you're anywhere else, go play football...

Oh yeah, you can watch the keynote chat with Steve and Co here if you like.