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Facebook chat emoticons, emotes and smilies / icons

July 22nd, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Want to add smilies to your Facebook chat conversations?
Here are the obvious (and maybe less obvious) smilies / emoticons / emotes that you can send to your friends in Facebook chat!
Simply type what’s next to the smiley and it’ll show up when u send it to your friends in Facebook chat!

smile = :-) or :) or :] or =)

frown = :-( or :( or :[ or =(

tongue = :-P or :P or :-p or :p or =P

grin = :-D or :D or =D

gasp = :-O or :O or :-o or :o

wink = ;-) or ;)

glasses = 8-) or 8) or B-) or B)

sunglasses = 8-| or 8| or B-| or B|

grumpy = >:( or >:-(

unsure = :/ or :-/ or :\ or :-\

cry = :'(

devil = 3:) or 3:-)

angel = O:) or O:-)

kiss = :-* or :*

heart = <3

kiki = ^_^

squint = -_-

confused = o.O or O.o

upset = >:O or >:-O or >:o or >:-o

pacman = :v

Facebook Curly Lips Smily / Emote curly lips = :3

robot = :|]

Chris Putnam = :putnam:

Google Favicon Updated

May 30th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Just noticed that google have chaged their favicon (the little icon that shows in the title/tab bar in Web browsers)

I’m not sure i like it, looks a bit boring and makes it harder for me to spot among all my open tabs, also looks naff both on a white and grey backround!

Probably google changing their branding or something or might just be doing it as a buzz creating exercise.

What do you think?

Gambling Addict Gear on Streetwise Gear UK

May 27th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Newly added to the Gambling Addict Gear range on Streetwise Gear UK

Poker Hands Chart on a mug!

Ideal for beginners. Not sure how good your hand is? Take a sip of your drink and sneak a look at the poker hand chart.


New Gambling Addict Badges

probably the BEST POKER PLAYER at this table 32mm and 56mm badges

BEST POKER PLAYER at this table badges

Buy a car get a free gun!!!

May 23rd, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Holy Crap! Only in America!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7416120.stm

at least they require a background check i suppose, but still…

Microsoft Banning XBox Live “Gay” Gamertags

May 22nd, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Ok so i read this article about the Xbox Live user whose gamertag was barred because it violated XBL policies (you can’t have a sexual term in your name, regardless of sexual orientation). The incriminating gamertag was “RichardGaywood”. I can’t help but think that Microsoft’s policy is a little flawed. I know they have to appease everyone who uses their service and I know that there are some incredibly sensitive people on this planet

Microsoft’s Stephen Toulouse referred to the XBL Terms of Use in explaining why the user “TheGAYERGamer” received a ban, stating:

“Gamertags are visible to everyone and it would be hard for me to defend to a parent of a young child who saw it that the name did not contain content of a sexual nature.”

Surely it’s only offensive to someone who knows what this word means, a young child surely wouldn’t find this offensive even if he/she knew what it meant they’d probably find it funny and have a giggle about it. I believe it’s the parents who are over sensitive about things like this. I am also aware that there are a number of homophobes who may find anything to do with the word “gay” offensive but try and remember that the word gay actually means happy among other non-sexual things

By all means report anything you believe to violate the policy to XBL but if, as in the Richard Gaywood example, the person in question can actually prove that this is his/her real and legal name, it should be allowed to remain as their Gamertag and the person who complained should be notified that this is the case.

What other names/words could Microsoft ban gamertags for containing?

Want a Blu-Ray player?

May 7th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Got an HD Ready TV? Want to play Blu-Ray Discs? Buy a PlayStation3 It plays blu rays and PS3 games as well as allowing you to surf the internet on your TV and more!. Plus it’s cheaper than many of the “blu-ray only” players currently on the market. being a games console it doesn’t come with a remote control but does come with a PS3 wireless controller (bluetooth) and you can always buy a ps3 remote control if you’re that way inclined

Loud boom heard at 23:55

March 18th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

i was just woken up by a loud boom, sounded a bit like thunder. my dogs went nuts outside so i know it wasn’t a dream or a figment of my imagination. I also heard what i believe to be the same loud rumble a few days ago, cant remember the day or time but it was earlier in the evening. If you have also heard this noise please comment stating the date/time and your location.

Easy to Play Poker and Make Money

February 20th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

I’ve been playing poker online for a while now and the best one (for me anyway) is PKR. I have made a nice bit of money from it, not a ton of cash but a tidy sum.

PKR is easy to play and get to grips with even if you’ve never played before.

You don’t have to play for real money to begin with, you have the option to play for “play money” and the game-play is exactly the same as “real money”

If you want to check it out for yourself click the image on the right or click here

If you’re new to poker or just want to know a bit more about the game PKR has some good guides or check out the Gambling-Addict site for Poker Info and Poker Gameplay Rules as well as some handy poker hand cards to cut out and keep to hand.

Europe-DNS, European & UK Domain Registration

February 5th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

I use Europe DNS for pretty much all my domain name registration needs, the prices are good and they give you full control over your domains.

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They don’t just do european domains, they have every kind of domain available in one place including: .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz (worldwide domains) and .mobi (mobile domains) as well as country specific domains such as .co.uk (UK domains) and .ie (ireland domains).

Custom DNS Entries and Modifications as well as domain renewals are easy using their domain managment system .

The next level for video games?

January 24th, 2008 . by Alan Hart

Stumbled across this today. This guy is a genius. Might be hard to understand what he’s talking about at first but listen to everything and wait for the demonstration.

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