http://www.slaterjohn.com/pages/news The latest news and updates from slaterjohn.com http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/O2_ARE_TWATS As happy as many of the Apple followers were at yesterdays semi-new iPhone announcement that was soon to be a subsided feeling which swiftly turned into nothing but sheer hate towards UK iPhone carrier/providor O2, they have been barraged with thousands of responses by unhappy customers and not just any customers, the most important customer of all, iPhone customers...]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/O2_ARE_TWATS 09 Jun 2009 19:26:38 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Best_Of:_YouTube Well its that time of year again where i post an update, i know its been a while but i have been away living life, not doing anything, but i have been alive, during my life, so therefore i've been living my life. god why do you question everything i do.

So updates are hard, even more so when your opinions are far to racists or sexist for a blog and its hard to pad out "Irish Women Cannot Dance but They Sound Hot" into more words, basic the title basically says it all. So instead of the last hour i went on YouTube and just ripped other peoples content and posted below. And you know what, it was freakin' easy compared to writting reviews about stuff or just generally talking to myself in a textual manner. Yeah. You know what i mean cracker.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Best_Of:_YouTube 06 Jun 2009 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/John_Slater:_Album_Picks_-_March_2009 So i'm not going to run out screaming that i'm the biggest music fan in the world and that i have the best taste in music at all. That would be silly. Very silly. Because i'm not. It's fair to say anyone with a Katy Perry album in their iTunes along side The Killers (the most awesome band ever) has a very varied collection of music, so that is what this post is all about.

Below are some of the newest albums i have fallen in love with and i think you should give them a whirl, take them for a test drive because i'm sure some of you will like some of these albums. So please download the album from iTunes or the links i give you and spend some time listening to the entire album before you make a judgement, then of course express your discussed or lust for the album in the comments or on Twitter.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/John_Slater:_Album_Picks_-_March_2009 04 Mar 2009 11:29:14 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/100_Truths:_John_JLS_Slater I found this little gem on Facebook the other week and saw it as a perfect opportunity to turn it into one big joke. There is nothing i love more than lying about my life to people i know because it confuses them and makes me look immortal. or is it a moron. i forget what they normally call me. So i found it on someone's Facebook notes and had to create my own just for the comical value.

Basically the purpose is to go through and name 100 Truths about yourself, however there are only 99 questions, now personally i think these things are pathetic which is why i always answer them with stupid comments and if i do fill them out, its because i'm bored.

Please don't take this seriously because very little/none of what i mention in this is true and i aim to pleasure not offend. Leave your comments in the comment section of on Twitter in reply to me @slaterjohn]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/100_Truths:_John_JLS_Slater 19 Feb 2009 16:37:52 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/My_Top_7:_iPhone_Apps The iPhone is the best thing on the planet. ever. fo'sho. So i decided to dedicate a whole article to the most amazing piece of engineering on the planet, aeroplanes and cars can suck my nads. I use my iPhone ever day and without it is very traumatic as i have described on the blog in the past, however with the amazing apps that you can aquire from the Apple Store it wouldn't be quite as amazing.

This article is dedicated to those wonderful little downloads that really make the iPhone value for money, below i have compiled a list of my favourite apps and reasons for why they rock my socks off.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/My_Top_7:_iPhone_Apps 10 Feb 2009 20:41:19 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Best_Of:_Nerd_Pickup_Lines_on_Twitter Let's face it, Twitter is full of geeks and has been for some time, only recently has it gone really mainstream in the UK. So it was no wonder that the day of my return to Twitter i got dragged into a new topic/trend called #nerdpickuplines which basically consists of people posting outrageously nerdy one-liners that other geeks can use to try and bed a lady. Luckily it wasn't taken to seriously which is why i joined in, i love a chance to post comical and borderline offensive comments and if i could poke fun at Nerds (who give Geeks a bad name) it would only sweeten the deal.

I decided i would post a chill-ass blog post with some of my favourites, the list is in no order, i was simply going through to find some of the ones that made me chuckle. ]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Best_Of:_Nerd_Pickup_Lines_on_Twitter 09 Feb 2009 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Brand_Spanking_New_Website Well for quite some time i have been planning a redesign but when you do web design for a living you don't really feel like spending your spare time doing design. With that said i did get some motivation this weekend and have spent all day 'boshing' this design together and coding it up.

I think it is a vast improvement on the last one which was a little too bright and didn't really emphasise the content too well, hopefully that has changed now with a chill-as-flunk background graphic and nice big tabs at the tab with links to the main content.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Brand_Spanking_New_Website 07 Feb 2009 22:19:46 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Farewell_Mr_Feed_Mailer So today has been a very busy day for me in the sense that something i have been involved in for over 3 years is going to be sold to make way for new projects.

Feed Mailer, a service i started back in college along side a fellow student (Chris Richardson) with a very simple goal of "Keeping People Updated Wherever and Whenever", is now open for offers from the public to hopefully keep it running and develop it further using some of their own and some of our documented ideas.

Personally i'm a little sad that it has come to this but i think it is more important that the service be passed on to someone else that can develop it further and hopefully add a little something that we never could. By selling the site, brand and user-base we are opening up ourselves to hopefully work on larger projects in the near future with bigger aims.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Farewell_Mr_Feed_Mailer 11 Jan 2009 15:09:11 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Why_The_Carphone_Warehouse_Suck_Ass!_-_Part_2 Well it's been almost 1 week since i posted my disgust at The Carphone Warehouse for their poor customer service and repair package. Since then i have learnt new facts which only add to my annoyance.

First let me start by saying I have my iPhone back and it works like a treat but apart from that i'm disappointed at The Carphone Warehouse for their piss-poor customer service.]]> http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Why_The_Carphone_Warehouse_Suck_Ass!_-_Part_2 08 Nov 2008 21:48:04 +0000 http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Why_The_Carphone_Warehouse_Suck_Ass! http://www.slaterjohn.com/news/Why_The_Carphone_Warehouse_Suck_Ass! 02 Nov 2008 16:38:07 +0000