David Lowry

Test Project Meter

David — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:35:34 +0000

Please ignore this post (im trying something out for a client project).

My New Car Mix Tape

David — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:46:40 +0000

As previously mentioned I consider my first car to be a fairly major step in the growing up/life process.

So this evening I’ve put together a mix tape for my first journey. Here it is!

My new car mix tape

Comments welcome.

A loud beginning…
Wake Up - Arcade Fire (this one’s for Steve)
Ladies and Gentlemen - Saliva (p.s. that song isn’t actually ‘explicit’)
15 Step - Radiohead (I paid £3, what did you pay?)
Propane Nightmares - Pendulum (I like D&B…?)
Big Casino - Jimmy Eat World (Gotta love the Jew…)
Dig - Incubus (Ask the Americans)
Always Be - Jimmy Eat World

The slow section begins…
Gone in the Morning - Newton Faulkner
How to Save a Life - The Fray
Falling Slowly - The Frames (I hated it first time, thanks Connor)
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie (Best worst name ever)

And a bit of ‘old school’ action
Beat Mama - Cast (You recognise it from 5 Live)
Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis (Hockey Playoffs fun)
Dizzy - Goo Goo Dolls (CLASSIC)
Closer - Kings of Leon (Yes, I bought a Kings of Leon album, never thought I’d see the day)
Everything you Want - Vertical Horizon (QUALITY, Cool FM Classic!)

and finishing with…
Shine - Matt Redman

Buying a car

David — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:13:12 +0000

Anyone who knows me adequately well or is on my facebook friends list will know that I’ve been car hunting for the last few weeks. When Jonny Kirk and I went to do Route 66 we drove a beautiful Mazda 6 Sport 3 litre V6 which was a far more powerful car than either of us had ever driven before. Nevermind that Jonny informed me as we drove down I-405 in Los Angeles, CA that he hadn’t ACTUALLY driven any car on any road in four years and had never driven on a motorway… that was 3174 miles down the road.

Stolen from auto123.com

Anyway, a nice 2003 Mazda 6 2.0 Diesel Sport was in Charles Hurst and stole my little heart for a few weeks, distracting me entirely from anything reasonable or sensible that might come my way. Until two nights ago when I found on autotrader a 2001 VW Golf GTi for the right price and turned out the insurance folks over at Equity (used to be McWhirters in Lisburn) decided to be awfully nice and give me four year’s no claims bonus despite never having my own comprehensive insurance. Quality.

My New Golf GTi

So tomorrow morning I head to pick up the new vehicle, nice drive up to Bellaghy from Glengormley to spend and afternoon and hopefully not too long a night at Pete’s barn, making tea and toast and hoping that electricity supplies do not melt. Earnestly.

Ohh one thing I didn’t check - the sound system. Reminds me, I need to make my new car mix-tape. I feel it’s an epic moment that deserves such effort. To iTunes I go.

Also, turns out our internet is being disconnected today. Great. Haven’t even got our new connection details from O2 yet (cheap and appears cheerful, will review if otherwise. Sigh.

Free Mexican Update (No, not political)

David — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:59:33 +0000

To update: http://davidlowry.co.uk/oh-my-goodness-im-excited/

Boojum, Belfast’s Botanic Avenue Mexican restaurant have announced that on the 8th of October 2008 they are giving away Burritos for free, between midday and 4.00pm.

If you haven’t tried it, try it. It’s lovely. And I’d like free Mexican. Another review here.

Useful error messages

David — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:52:09 +0000

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Giants Capitals Hockey Live Webcast tonight FREE!

David — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:40:40 +0000

Belfast Giants take on the Edinburgh Capitals tonight in Elite League action.

Tune in to http://www.giantslive.tv at 7pm the game faces off with pre-show from 6.45.

Tickets are available from Ticketmaster or the Odyssey box office

By the way… the webcast is totally free.

Free live elite league webcast belfast giants nhl ahl eihl chl echl

Belfast Giants Cardiff Devils LIVE FREE WEBCAST

David — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:06:08 +0000

Hi All

This Saturday evening Live from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, HiDavid Ltd and giantslive.com are proud to present to you the Belfast Giants in action for the first time this season as they face the Cardiff Devils.

The Elite League kicks off it’s new season this weekend and you can check out all the action from Belfast this year live on the web. It is our intention to broadcast all of the games from home ice this season live and for free, so tune in on Saturday about 6.45 to giantslive.com (the website will be live Friday morning).

Also available this year we will be selling DVDs of each match-up, ready and available to buy at the next home game and who knows maybe there’ll be a ’season ticket’ DVD offer for those who wish to buy all games.

Watch here -> http://www.giantslive.com

HomePlug Wireless Wired Connections…

David — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:29:02 +0000

My house is old. And big. So wiring it with network cable would be a pain. Wireless connections are fine, except when building walls are made of unknown quantities of unknown materials!

So this week while doing some work on a couple of websites during my err … bi-daily … distraction break I came across HomePlug, which I had heard of before. Basically it’s a technology that allows the electricity grid inside a house to be used as a range extender. You can have four APs out of one source signal, but what I’ve done is brought a wireless router acting as slave into my room, and creating a ‘new’ wireless network upstairs.

We picked up a new wireless modem router and access plug from Maplin. I recommend you give it a go, the fact that you can rip out the plugs and put them in other places without any configuration is bliss (Xbox in living room, why not!?)

p.s. Pete, this is the solution to your house’s problems…

iPhone and Guitar

David — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:15:36 +0000

So I’m home and just about over the jet lag, and quote glad I bought my dad a James Taylor DVD. It’s awesome and makes me want to be BETTER. Expect to hear me trying to play You’ve Got a Friend as well as Free Fallin’ - which has been stuck in my head for the last month.
In other news I gave in yesterday and got myself a White 16 Gb iPhone. I like it, though it hasn’t and won’t change my life.

North Carolina (America 2008 #4)

David — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:43:49 +0000

Tomorrow I leave camp (sad face) and fly from Albany to New Bern, North Carolina, dropping in at Washington, DC (waving to Jo as I have a forty minute layover time) and Charlotte, NC. Quite glad it’s Washington as then I don’t have to consider the taboo of including a new state in my list of states I’ve been to even if it’s just a hop-thru. That’s somewhat un-kosher or so I’m lead to believe.

Really looking forward to seeing Martin (for the first time in five years) and Ashleigh (for the first time) in New Bern, and getting some ‘vacation’ time in while I’m in the states. I don’t think New York City can really count as in any way relaxing, so some beach time is planned this weekend.

States in rough order of visiting:

New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
California
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina

+ the District of Columbia if that counts.