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Are you happy with the phone? I have a INQ Mini that I use and so far love it. - Debra Denton

Hi Debra, well as it turns out T-Mobile put in an even better offer so I decided to stay with them for now. I pick up my new Desire today so will see how I get on with it. That INQ Mini looks like a nice wee phone! p.s. I totally forgot I had Freindfeed enabled - must check it out again... - Jer White from email

"Yippee! That's fantastic news!" - Jer White

"Noooooooooooo! That's a real shame, their last album was close to a masterpiece." - Jer White

"After seeing a massive Virgin Media ad in the newspapers here in Scotland promoting ITV HD (which we can't get here), I sent the following email to STV: I would like to say how disappointed I am that you are blocking ITV HD from Virgin Media customers resident in Scotland. Is this block permanent or might ITV HD be made available in time for this summer's World Cup? I heard a rumour that there may be an STV HD channel coming soon. Might this be available in time for the World Cup? They replied the same day with: Thanks for contacting STV. STV are working on plans regarding HD, however nothing can be confirmed at the moment." - Jer White

"I'm still not sure whether this means A2A will be an episode behind every week from now on then...? Idea for a post: list of the HD channels and whether or not they broadcast in Dolby Digital (5.1 sound) or not. Some of the new ones do, some don't..." - Jer White

"Hello, I'm planning a post on my blog about some great synthpop websites and wanted to include softsynth. Do you an "About" page? Just thought I'd let you know anyway.Cheers,Jer / afront AT pansentient.com" - Jer White

"Sorry to whine on about this, but I'd appreciate it if you could you change: ITV1 HD for all V+ customers to: ITV1 HD for all V+ customers in England and Wales" - Jer White

"hhehehe brilliant! And of course the alternate reality side plot is surely set on Newton Heath..." - Jer White

"Looking ahead a bit, looks like we may have to drop down to SD for episode 2 of Ashes to Ashes - looks like Golf on BBC HD instead (Fri 9th). @tvsersity agreed, Pan's Labyrinth is superb, a must-see." - Jer White

"Ironically, if you go the the STV website and search for "STV HD" it replies with "did you mean ITV HD?" - sigh - Still, as @lee says things are so much better on Virgin one year on and I'm glad I stayed with them. I understand that the reduced service for the same price in Scotland is not Virgin Media's fault, and it's just a small blot on the otherwise superb new HD lineup." - Jer White

"hehe how'd you guess? I've been looking forward to hearing this, it's had quite a few good reviews so far." - Jer White

"Not heard these guys before but listening to Liquid Love now on Spotify and loving it!" - Jer White

"Thanks for that Big Red. Here in Scotland we have STV on channel 103 but we also get ITV1 (London) on channel 853. It's labeled "AD" (audio description) and is invaluable when Doc Martin, Poirot, Champions League football etc. is on. Guess we'll just have to wait and see." - Jer White

"Can one of you guys "with contacts" find out about whether Virgin customers in Scotland will receive ITV HD or not? The latest press release says "channels from ITV available to all Virgin TV customers" - are there any other HD channels owned by ITV apart from ITV HD?" - Jer White

"The press release. Good to see some UK premieres on here, especially V." - Jer White

"Getting a bad feeling about this up here in Chillyjockoland... @virginmedia are saying: "Apologies, slight correction - we will carry across our entire network wherever we can, ITV/STV are in disc. about Scotland" and "We can't say at this time. ITV/STV are in discussions about Scotland."" - Jer White

"Yes, use the “label:” tag. For example, to search for the label Out of Line records, type: label:”out of line” in the search area. On any album page you can see the record's label listed in grey below the track listing." - Jer White

"Brilliant news, must now look into how to upgrade the Hard Disk in my V+ box..." - Jer White

"I've been blogging loads of Spotify hints, tips, etc. for over a year now at http://pansentient.com/ We're currently running “The Spotties” – a Spotify community site/app awards with over 50 nominees." - Jer White

"Sorry not sure what happened there - try from here instead." - Jer White

"Sorry not sure what happened there - try from here instead." - Jer White

"Hi Neal, glad you liked the graphic and thanks for the link! I'll update it to correct the placing on The Technician." - Jer White

"Hi Neal, glad you liked the graphic and thanks for the link! I'll update it to correct the placing on The Technician." - Jer White

"Here's a graphical timeline of Polity books." - Jer White

"What's the word on ITV HD on Virgin? Will it happen before the world cup? If I buy a Freeview HD box so that I can get ITV HD, it looks like I will have to watch STV HD because I live in Scotland. If it's STV then I may not bother, as they don't show ITV dramas any more and when England games are on ITV HD I expect STV HD will show any other game at all (or maybe an old movie)." - Jer White

"Ah there it is - thanks! I'm sure I did a search in Digiguide last night but it didn't show up. No matter, been looking forward to the return of this." - Jer White

"Also what about Damages? That used to be on HD but seems to have gone completely AWOL. Also the delay in showing Survivors is annoying - t'net is full of "end of series" spoilers..." - Jer White

"I was recently turned back on to fantasy after reading Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie and Alan Campbell. I don't care for all that hobbit and dwarf nonsense though: even accepting a bit of woo is quite a leap for me these days. I loved all Richard Morgan's books until he "did a fantasy" - I read it but unfortunately it wasn't for me. I recently read Alastair Reynold's Terminal World which was very fantasy-like for much of the book. Fortunately I loved it, partly because I think he's a great storyteller but also because the magic could be explained rationally (and there weren't any hobbits in it). Charlie Stross seems to do well straddling the genres. It seems his woo-less fantasy series sells well in the US. So I'm not too worried by Neal's diversion to fantasy - if it gets his name more known in the States then that's great: I have faith that it can turn out very well." - Jer White

"This EP is on Spotify here: Curry & Coco – Sex is fashion I'm a big fan of the Emperor Machine so that led me to this duo. Will definitely be checking out the album when it comes out." - Jer White

"Just spotted this interesting summary on Pocket-lint: Which is the right UK HDTV service for you?" - Jer White

"Seems to be load of new John Peel sessions on Spotify today: Buzzcocks, Skids, Cocteau Twins, Specials, Stranglers..." - Jer White

"Brilliant! Thanks very much Mike, really looking forward to reading this." - Jer White