a day in the life of wayne ward….

oh well back to work today ! its hard to get motivated in this weather as I hate the cold soooo much!
few laptops / computers to get out of the way amd some decent site work this week
first rehearsal back with blackheart afterglow which werent bad at all a tad rusty but its been a few weeks! and we have till the end of the month till the gigs start again…
thursday have a meeting with the hecklers and the new vocalist fingers crossed he is cut out for it………….

Musicians Classifieds had got some members already and is very functional although i have to say some of the important modules are not installed yet but wont take me long and I will finish up by adding a great theme … but in the meantime feel feel to join!!..

Lancaster Computers Customers can now pay by paypal for services – including remote fixes – onsite vists and web services ! click here to pay

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Yes my new pet project ive brainstormed is live!!
Needs some work and some modules yet but the basic functionallity is awesome
Comes with iphone client aswell for free

So if your a musician – DJ – Karaoke or in the music business

Join tooday for free!!!

Upload pictures – files – videos – music!! forums – chat!!

The musicians classified place for the UK and maybe europe!…..

http://musiciansclassifieds.co.uk

Happy new year to you all

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I put my mac into sleep mode then left the plug out for a few days and
now its dead

Called apple care sounds like a logicboard fault – so a new one is on the cards
And we just had our 13″ macbook stolen hen we got robbed little twats!

So ive built myself a linux laptop using ubuntu
Works damn great ! setup no problems ive got access to my contacts and calendars using thunderbird and all its great plugins!! ive got my bookmarks as I use xmarks to sync them! and ive got access to my evernote notes using a application called nevernotes.. seems to work fine
Ive had to mount my music/movie/photo shares using upnp and xmbc client which works great
Im just writing this blog on lekhonee which is a nice wordpress editor
LINUX KICKS ASSSSS

Was fairly ratted yesterday went to the wagon and horses in lancaster @ ellisons work do and then wandered off into morecambe to watch a soul band in the cheiftan – not bad at all! Got a few bits to get for my close family today and im set for xmas – im a bit disapointed with this year and feel let down by mainly one person who has caused so much trouble and split ythe family I hope this person is ashambed of itself as if you are readsing this you know who you are you disgust me with your interfearing habits but its bred into you and you know you are known for it so have a nice xmas…..
Im looking forward to the new year lots of new projects on the horizon – ive had to stop all domestic work as its simply a waste of time and its hard telling people i cant fix there computers anymore but ive let a few slip through and they are more hassle than anything so im defo not doing anymore! 100% – Im sticking with websites and commercial business only – and one of my new projects which i will start to reveal more on here in the new year…. had to knock all favours on the head and had to stop administering any sites ive been running there just aint no point putting in all the time I have time is money and if projects dont kick in within a year screw it – next year is for me and my family fuck everyone else simple as.

Bands are going well im now in two bands one doing covers and one doing original stuff which is great as im writing some great parts on the fretless and they always have new songs and plenty to do instead of stood round like a bunch of amateurs scratching heads saying what shall we do then! ppphhhffff!
Ive just stripped another bass body this ones going to be a jazz fretless and this one is unlined my number one is lined and I use this nearly all the time now – although a alembic is on the cards for the new year…… aswell as a new rig – yes i use a proffesional trace elliot not a little shitty practice amp! but im looking portable like a mark bass 2×10 combo which does like 500watt – ive tried a fre ashdowns and they suck dogs assssss.
Been having some good jam days with dan / gary / wrennie frank on a sunday – we have boxing day lined up which will be interesting !! i play bass and guitar which i enjoy!
Im going to get a film lined up for tonight on the apple TV for tonight and order a curry and have a few beers – looking forward to tomorrow nice easy day got my dad and andrew coming over so should be interesting

im popping to promenade music for a few last minute bits – you have a merry xmas you hear

ho ho ho ho

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good gig last night ! at the old smokey conners
played upstairs for works do with dan – i like playing rhythm / lead funny how some people are just crap and just think rhythm guitar is just strumming you can do so much with rhythm guitar (if your a natural that is)
got finished up and got a taxi through to lancaster to meet fiona on her work do
its been a while since ive been into lancaster as I dont want trouble from some people
but i thought sod it let them start and show themselves up
Bloody good night went to bentleys and ended up in lounge
although I have to say the bar staff in lounge rip you off if you pay for a double they put singles in
so beware – I personally dont like the place and will not return after they try to rip me off.
Suppose im just used to the good service in my local the george pity there wasnt any other decent watering holes in the area with bands…

just doing my last day of domestic repairs as most of the people in this town either have no money or will harass you as they so desperately need the computer back ! its quiet funny i was going to keep doing some for friends but to be honest ive just tried a few tricks out … ill basically go do a job for a mate for free and then ask them to do me a job for free and it doesn’t seem to work ! mad isnt it they dont want to return the favour – im out of favours – so basically no more mr nice guy – im zero tolerance now I will not be used for a mug by nobody – I no longer do computers for friends or family. Apart from that commercial work is going great – plenty of commercial work and websites.

just got back from marbella – had a smashing time – met some great people – looking forward to going back very soon…

Band stuff is going well black heart afterglow has plenty of gigs for the new year and hecklers is trying a new vocalist this week to kick some asss in the new year

Got all my bits together for the unlined fretless – this ones called number two and number one is a lined fretless – im going to strip her over the xmas holiday – looking forward to trying my hand at the unlined now my lined technique is spot on and have some great compliments regarding my playing and sound when i use number one. But lets face who can touch me round here? gary this and simon willan are the only people i know who are shit hot !!
calling all bass players….

well the aple tv 2 is ordered today! bloody great price of a hundred quid delivered direct from apple! now you get a remote with it and power lead but no lead to connect to the TV – usually hdmi lead but in my case were the TV repair man screwed me hdmi i got a hdmi to vga lead coming for it till i get my new tv … real soon!….
anyways quite a bit of change with the apple tv i see it has a 8 gig internal storage and 256 meg of ram and a A4 processor and bluetooth. Now out of the box you can stream movies and music from a itunes share on the network also photos from iphoto share and do some web browsing and some music streaming from last.fm
now getting your films and extracting them to the format to import into itunes sounds alright tp me but a tad messy – it is possible… but messy
so poked around and found a bit of software called atv flash – now this software opens the machine up to what it should be like including playing video from upnp and loads of other features like dvd’s on the network and other crazy stuff which makes techies like me happy now its been available for the first generation of the apple tv for a while and the 2nd generation is in beta test but they are looking like they are nearly ready to release!! ive signed up to beta test as im the perfect person for it! and i will test it – infact i cant wait to get my hands on it! ive already got the software and image to jailbreak my box when it arrives friday!!! then i can ssh into the box and then its prepped to get the atv flash softare on aswell
being able to get movies @ 2.50 GBP each aint bad at all
apple tv will cost you 100 GBP and atv flash will cost you 50 USD -> bargain
its mad that you flash the apple tv same as a iphone ! interesting …

atv flash details here

apple tv details here

yes times do change usually for the best – in my case yes for the best
things are all good – business is ticking
gigs are rolling and the music is better than ever!!

Im writing songs now which I admit i was okay at helping out before
Specially in when someone else was laying the words out
I just blast out the chords and help along! no worries
Just always got held up blocked when writing myself
Started writing using thoughts of things that happen and happend is helping a lot
Inspiration doesnt come easy and neither do good lyrics
Although I see some people write bullshit lyrics sometimes the bullshit is good?
As i do more like anything else I get pretty deep into it and get better
Although so far im pretty impressed with my self
I just need this big 12 string acoustic to inspire me to write the chords……..

Anyway in celerbration on my new successes ive changed out my blog theme!!! I hope you like it..
Cause I do !!!
I cleared and tuned my itunes collection on my laptop today and im getting ready for my main collection which should be interesting!!
Im just a third of the way through a new tune this one is real tidy “Rock and roll jigsaw”
Wait till i post these up – far better than the stuff ive done in the past they were shoddy work
Im so much more for getting things right these days……

Im just stepping down from being lugmaster and im waiting for the new person to come along and take role Ive said ill keep attending when i get chance – im sorry to leave the position but i feel its not fair the group should suffer while im so busy – thanks so far to all the support. Great group.

just like to thank the lads at tawpark 4×4
my rangie decided to eas error and which was fine for a while
till i got the 35 mph error on the dash
it still worked for a while then it decided to hit the bump stops!!
and believe me thats one bouncy ride :-O
contacted the guys a tawpack and bought a lead and software for £25 which came the next day!
hooked up the rangie to the laptop and diagnosed down to the pump
so ordered a pump kit from tawpack which came the next day with instructions
stripped and serviced the pump which took 20 mins
put the pump back in and started her up for 20 mins with the door open which stops rangie from rising
i waited till the pump finished and shut the door – which it should have gone up but never
so called back he said diagnose again which indicated a sensor error so he told me to jack that side up a inch a so and try again…
door open one wheel jacked started her up again …
waited till the pump stopped shut the door and up she went!!
I cant thank them enough for there quality tech support and fast delivery

if you get any problems with your range rover try http://www.tawpark4x4.com/

this is a @ sign for mikogo cause it dont work on a remote session !!
and i have to use crtl and c and v to copy and paste assssssss

try it on your mac or windows box here

http://www.mikogo.com/

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before i forget – got my new iphone 4

yes it kicks ass – yes its got two cameras and a flash
yes its re-styled – yes it feels more robust
yes its got some cool apps – yes its now squared off
yes it wasnt cheap – yes its got better battery life – yes i like it

yes buy one now.