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I can blog from Mac Journal!

Winton — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:45 +0000

Excellent! Thank you MacHeist now I can lazy blog from the comfort of my own computor!
No more pesky internet logging on to things.

LOL. No Bad Stuff.

Winton — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:16:46 +0000

I found this after being told that there was some sort of LOL juice… I was quite surprised that Golden Circle of all people would be full of really bad internet language.

“A new product to have hit the markets recently is ‘LOL Juice’. Coming in radical flavors such as ‘Tropkl’, ‘Razz Bri’, and ‘Go Man Go’ this must surely be a hit with the young’ns.

I just Google’d ‘Go Man Go’ to get this. Yay for making a drink flavor a adult novel as well. Smart move juice company who will remain anonymous.

But seriously. What were they thinking? I first saw the word LOL and instinctively went to buy it until I saw the flavor name and the ridiculous face on it. And the fact its just carbonated juice with a heap more sugar. How heaps? Try 26 grams of sugar per 250mL can.

Back on what I was saying. Trying to target the younger audience to get into drinking juice with 1) a gimmicky name (LOL), 2) Names obviously made by a geratric who ‘knew’ all the slang kids are using these days, and 3) making it look like an energy drink with the alluminium casing and (In stores) putting it with the energy drinks.

When I tried interviewing one of the kids who had recently drunk the stuff I was responded to with a scream followed by ‘GIMME LOL! I WANT SUGAR!’. Enough said? Seriously, in the provided picture (see above) the kids look hyped up on sugar just looking at the damn thing.

Oh and on the can the ‘No Bad Stuff’ slogan is clearly a lie. The 26 grams of sugar and the faces of the kids drinking it clearly shows there must be either a lot of sugar or a lot of weed in it.”

Ohgod. Next we will have Rick Astley flavoured Cola. I can’t decide if that would be a good idea or not…. LOL….
That is quite enough capitalised laughing for one day even if you are Golden Circle!
Original post can be found here .
Also thanks to Jack (next door neighbour) for finding this at his school!

Shameless self promotion much?

goodJess — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:40:10 +0000

http://boysenberry.thejesssquared.com/

it’s my new blog, warbl

DDD

macfriend arrives!

Winton — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:20:41 +0000

So as most of you could tell I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new/first Mac for the past few weeks now and on Tuesday it finally arrived, delivered straight to the doors of my home… the maclab!

It’s a shiny 17″ MacBook Pro!

2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM 2X2GB
320GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm
SuperDrive 8X
DISPLAY-HI RES, GL,Widescreen
Mini DisplayPort – DVI Adapter
Mini DisplayPort – VGA Adapter
Apple Remote

Of course the first thing you do is spread money all over it.. isn’t that what everyone does?!

The other side of the box.

The first image when you open the box Mmm don’t you just love that new mac smell!

Here I am getting it out of the box. Careful now!

The expression on my face says it all

Now for one with the apple the right way up…

And finally the opened product!

So far I’ve had my macfriend for about 5 and a half days and it is absolutely fantastic, exactly what I had hoped for and more.
The screen is superb and the sound volume and quality is amazing, it really is an excellent machine.

Thanks to desplesda for taking the photos during the unboxing!

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Winton — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:13:43 +0000

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