Beautiful Thursday to be alive

Today is such a beautiful winters day. The sun is creeping over the tree tops and the sky is perfectly clear. It's days like this that make me smile at life. I think i'll go on a walk later.

YouTube Users Top Picks

I'm going to share with you who i personally think are the best users on YouTube. The ones that never fail to make me laugh and always produce high quality videos. You might disagree with some but at least check them out!

TheWineKone: The very first person i ever subscribed to around about the time when YouTube was just taking off. He's one of the longer running YouTube members and still produces great entertainment. He's not making as many regular videos as he used to but when he does they are always on top form.

Vlogbrothers (Brotherhood 2.0): One of the more recent popular vloggers on YouTube and amazing personalities that make them two of the best people on YouTube. They are great fun and always entertaining. Check them out to find out more about Brotherhood 2.0 and the Nerdfighters!

foundmyrosebud01: A big favorite of mine yet not that well known throughout the YouTube community. He started out by posting video responses to Daxflames videos and has now good a good group of fans. His videos are funny and his personality shines when he's on screen with his other friends like Joel (who also deserves a nod of excellence) and he has great comedic timing.

sxephil: I subscribed to him around summer time and he's a great entertainer. His show (The Philip DeFranco Show) always has me laughing and with great writing and witty humor you can't go wrong.

Other users i recommend who i find just as good as the ones above but only recently subscribed to so can't review much about them.

What The Buck

cutewithchris

showmanROT

makemebad35

All of the above deserve to be checked out and i'm sure you'll find at least one you will enjoy!

Snow or no snow?

That is the question! Due to global warming I've been having doubts whether it will actually snow this Christmas on Christmas day. For the last few years the weather has decided to completely skip snowing on Christmas and instead snow in February/March time instead. Yeah a little bit mixed up. With only a 25% chance of it snowing this Christmas day i think the chances are slim...

Yarrr you can't get rid of the pirates! Yarr!

French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline.

Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers.

The anti-piracy body comes out of a deal agreed by France's music and movie makers and its net firms.

The group who brokered the deal said the measures were intended to curb casual piracy rather than tackle large scale pirate groups.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the deal was a "decisive moment for the future of a civilised internet".

Net firms will monitor what their customers are doing and pass on information about persistent pirates to the new independent body. Those identified will get a warning and then be threatened with either being cut off or suspended if they do not stop illegal file-sharing.

The agreement between net firms, record companies, film-makers and government was drawn up by a special committee created to look at the problem of the net and cultural protection.

Denis Olivennes, head of the French chain store FNAC, who chaired the committee said current penalties for piracy - large fines and years in jail - were "totally disproportionate" for those young people who do file-share illegally.

In return for agreeing to monitor net use, film-makers agreed to speed up the transfer of movies to DVD and music firms pledged to support DRM-free tracks on music stores.

The deal was hailed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the global interests of the music business.

"This is the single most important initiative to help win the war on online piracy that we have seen so far," it said in a statement.

French consumer group UFC Que Choisir was more cautious.

It said the agreement was "very tough, potentially destructive of freedom, anti-economic and against digital history".

So it's ok for the rest of the world then....

The Cell/Moble Phone takes over the world...

Almost a fifth of European households use a cell/mobile as their only phone, reveals research. Give it 5 more years and it'll be mainstream to have it as your only phone. It makes sense really. Only time will tell.

The curse of the slow internet

UK Broadband industry leaders have admitted that ultra-fast internet is slow in Britain. I'll be honest with you, I've known this for the past 7 or so years as have other people. Perhaps if these "leaders" went outside the country and looked at some statistics they'd notice the lack of speed from UK based broadband. At least it's not the worst speeds in the world as many other European countries have it far worse off.