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While Fill was busy making all the happy tourists in the south of France miserable, we went to a new pub for Friday lunch!
Peppercorn steak and a beer for £9.95. Doesn’t get much better than that in Belgravia I tell you! P.S. Noble beer is Certified MINT.
Beer + no fill = BRILL!
Posted on June 7, 2017
Full HD!
http://www.vipbox.live/rugby/481811/3/blues-vs-british-&-irish-lions-live-stream-online.html
Posted on June 5, 2017
Already using these terror attacks to push her draconian, snooping policies. It doesn’t take much brainpower or ‘deep web encryption’ knowledge to rent a by-the-hour van and get 2 of the boys to bring knives.
We’re getting to the point where the most inaccurate part of V for Vendetta is the man smoking in a bar.
Posted on May 31, 2017June 5, 2017
These pesky sports rights holders are making their coverage more and more expensive. Who can afford to buy a whole sky package so you can watch (some) of the premier league? Don’t play NBA in your town? Look no further.
Enter Ace Stream.
App for Android, and available on PC, this streaming engine connects you with other users in P2P (like torrents) and provides an ad-free HD experience. It is in beta, I have used it a few times and it is OK. The more popular the sport is the more stable it is, but the quality is fantastic and is safe to use.
You connect using an Ace Stream link, which is best found on Reddit. I have successfully used it for premier league and All Blacks matches. Once up, I just cast it to the TV with Chromecast.
Posted on May 30, 2017
Hi FTB,
I love the blog, and have greatly benefited from all the tips (thanks for the fantastic google flights tip!) 🙂
I was wondering if you could tell me about some phone apps you find useful or interesting? From an IT security perspective of course!Regards,
Abdulla Ackabar
Hi Abdulla,
Thanks for the support, really appreciate it. Currently I’m sitting here learning very quickly why failover clustering over VPN and different subnets is a bad idea…but more on that later!
Good question! I’ll try to keep it as brief as possible – while going a bit in depth. For reference, i’m using a Galaxy S7 (thanks Trandy) and it’s a fucking awesome phone.
Document Scanner – Office Lens
If you haven’t tried this app out, trust me, it’s fucking awesome. It turns your camera into a document scanner. It doesn’t matter what angle you take the picture, it will straighten it out like you have scanned it. Made by MSFT.
I have used it to send official documents to Czech/London embassy, and they accepted them, even though they need legit scans. Really recommend.
Cloud Storage – Google Drive
Previously I used Dropbox with the 15gb they give you with a Samsung. Dropbox is fine, but I found it to be super expensive (paid options are 30gb, or 1TB as the next hop – I don’t need that much!)
Google drive gives a nice price ~$2.99 a month for 100gb storage. I make sure I backup all my photos here in full quality, as the free version compresses them. (Although I have heard the compression method is very good)
Web Browser – Samsung Internet
“WHATTT?? WHY NOT CHROME?? HGSHKJNHDSG”
That’s right, I use Samsungs stock browser. I personally find it fast, slick, and lightweight. Chrome became a super hungry best for me, and my battery life has increased dramatically. Plus you can install an ad-blocker, use fingerprint for passwords stored in Knox. Give it a try if you can!
Weather – Yahoo!
I! know! I’ll! get! laughed! at! for! this! one!
It has the most no-nonsense interface for me. No clicks or swipes required. Awful for NZ but good for London.
Keyboard – Swiftkey
I like to have all my numbers and punctuation on one screen. Can’t be bothered doing a pointless click on the ‘123’ button.
Other fun apps:
Hope that satisfies your APPetite!
Cheers,
FTB
Posted on May 31, 2017September 13, 2017
This weeks Mong comes from one of the great Mongspawns:
Brixton.
Inside a very busy, lightly staffed bar, our Mong decides to buy a round of 10 drinks for all the boys. £50 total. Wants to pay by card:
Declined
Oh well, fair enough, he probably just got the pin wrong. Trying again:
Declined
Right, either this guy is really thick or has no money. Again?
Declined
Oblivious to the huge queue behind him (with me beside him) he takes out his phone to check his balance on the card. Waitress now looking at me, like ‘what the fuck is this guy doing…’
After a few minutes, I see he has £47 on his card. Was going to offer him a couple quid to pay the rest but didn’t have any. He asks to pay 40 on that card, and another 10 on his other card. Waitress reluctantly agrees. 40 goes through fine, and then £10 on the second card….
Declined
So I’m pretty frustrated, say to him ‘mate just get one of your friends to pay this, what the fuck are you doing’ etc etc
He ignores me, proceeds to open up the app for his second card…has £6 on it.
Our Mong then is just staring blankly at his phone, wondering what to do now. One of his more intelligent friends sees the problem, comes over and just pays the 10. Finally he is gone! 1 Minute later, my rum and cokes are poured and my contactless goes through.
Later on in the night, the guy shoves me for ‘being a dick at the bar.’
What a Mong.
Posted on May 25, 2017
A app-based ‘bank’ with a pre-paid debit card with contactless. No fees for spending abroad and no ATM fees. No bank account, so you can’t get paid into here.
The idea is that you only use this card for everything, and manage your money by the app. It’s smart, so can categorize any spending (pub, supermarket etc) and you can set limits (£300 a month on food, for example)
If you are new to London, and just need a card for paying for shit, this could be a good option. It’s free, the card is free, and comes within days.
Posted on May 24, 2017
We went and did it guys…got a photo at Peggy Porschen.
A cake/coffee place near work, it is pink, expensive, and always in the shade. This of course is a great combination for any hipster, and undoubtedly we find it full every time we walk past. Sitting outside on the hard ‘vintage’ chairs while it’s 8 degrees and raining, and not getting away for under a tenner, is a must do in London.
Every 3pm walk we go past here, we see a token Asian table, a rich mum with her baby, and a couple where the man looks like he’d wish he was anywhere else! Anyway, here’s the pic:
Lovely roses and workmates <3
Posted on May 24, 2017September 13, 2017
Check out downloads section for what i’m reading at the moment.
Posted on May 23, 2017
I love you Viccy
Posted on May 23, 2017
