Premier League Fixtures Saturday 31st

Some good Premiership action is up for grabs this new years eve including a good load of Championship matches also, here are the fixtures for the 31st as follows!

 

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Barclays Premier League

Man Utd v Blackburn, 12:45

Arsenal v QPR, 15:00

Bolton v Wolverhampton, 15:00

Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00

Norwich v Fulham, 15:00

Stoke v Wigan, 15:00

Swansea v Tottenham, 15:00

Npower Championship

Leicester v Portsmouth, 12:15

Barnsley v Leeds, 13:00

Derby v West Ham, 13:00

Millwall v Crystal Palace, 13:00

Watford v Doncaster, 13:00

Birmingham v Blackpool, 15:00

Burnley v Hull, 15:00

Coventry v Brighton, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Peterborough, 15:00

Nott'm Forest v Cardiff, 15:00

Reading v Ipswich, 15:00

Guys Don't Adjust Your TV Sets, You'll See The Fireworks Just Fine!

Ok so shoot me for not pulling out the most scandalous or shocking news story of the day but this one I read earlier on Sky News was worth a mention.
Pyrotechnics are pretty amazing really, there's a great deal of work and science that goes into the expensive displays that the vast majority of us love to watch.
To us it's a great thing to watch, but to the people who build and create them, it goes alot further than just worrying about if the crowd can see ok!

Countries around the world are beginning to realise the potential in having a great fireworks display on New Years Eve and the extra revenue it can pull in worldwide, I guess it's a bit like putting yourself on the map with thanks to the news companies that document the awesome displays.
So more concentration is being applied to ensure that tv audiences get just as good a show on their HD sets as the crowds are getting who are actually there in person!

So never fear, if you can't get to one of the major capitals of the world to see in the New Year with a bang then just turn your news channel on, make sure you have an HDMI socket and a couple of beers and rest assured that your gonna be watching so top notch fireworks this new years eve!!!

Related articles

• New Year Fireworks Are 'Made for TV' Events (news.sky.com)
• Australia prepares to welcome 2012 (news.smh.com.au)

"Slam" Your Viral Video On Youtube!

Youtube has acted on the recent viral videos that do the rounds on the net and created a weekly award section on the site called "Slam"
The idea is that a variety of awards will be given for various different categories of videos and Youtube users will vote on their favourites.

On the Youtube Blog it explains that for now the categories will cover the following five different aspects: comedy, cute, music, bizarre and dance.
It's a pretty good idea I guess, the overall idea is really to engage users more and get them to discover new videos, to me though the only drawback is that they probably won't be showing some of the crazy viral videos that have been unearthed in the past, Jessica Slaughter and Coppercab to name a few, I mean we all know how youtube like to censor the ass off everything we do on there!

Related articles

• YouTube Slam: viral videos do battle online for users' votes (telegraph.co.uk)
• YouTube Slam: Weekly video contest launched but has the Internet Got Talent? (dailymail.co.uk)

What Is Facebook Timeline?

The Timeline... Is It Better?

You see it everytime when Facebook changes something, hundreds of friends, well 20% friends and 80% of people who you knew once upon a time but really couldn't give a flying f*** about! but back to the point, you see the moaning and whining that Facebook has changed everything and "CHANGE IT BACK OR I HAS LEAVEN!"

Well whether you like it or not Facebook is changing and get used to it, you know it does and it will again!
So the timeline is the latest instalment to the second biggest site in the world and from what I can work out it's basically a walk of life if you like, which would be cool if you weren't born before 2005! Remember Facebook didn't really get going til around that time!

Beginning from the moment you were born the timeline tells people what happens in your life and what you have been saying, so get ready world, because when the day comes that you decide to have a child, before you teach them to walk and talk you have to make sure that 1, they have set up a Facebook account and 2, they know how to poke people effectively!

Seems the only good thing to really come out of this from what I am told is the Cover picture as you can see from the picture above, are we really bothered about having one of those either though, hmm debatable!

Facebook is changing so get ready! so far the changes haven't rolled out to everyone, me included, but I wait with slight concern that I'm really not gonna get over excited about a change that I'm not that bothered about!

Sorry to sound dull about this but I'd much rather they work harder on their privacy settings first!

Related articles

• FACEBOOK IS DOOMED BECAUSE OF TIMELINE. Not due to privacy concerns, but because the new Timelined ... (pjmedia.com)
• Ready or not your Facebook will go the way of Timeline (vator.tv)

Bring Your Passport And A Utility Bill Along With Your Copper Wire And Lead Please Sir

Theft of Copper wire is one of the most sought after in the UK

A new scheme being piloted in the North East of England is set to try and stamp out the lucrative stolen metal trade in a bid to save the country around £8 billion per year!

I generally struggle to understand alot of the initiatives and legislation that the UK government sets up in Westminster but this one seems asif it's a good idea for a change!

The plans set out state that if you are going to take metal to a scrapyard then you must provide either your passport or drivers licence and a utility bill containing your name and full address.
The idea is that the government and council of the North East will get all 240 of their scrapyards to sign up and follow this out in a bid to get onto of this problem.

Metal theft has grown massively over the years and the recession really hasn't helped the situation, with more and more out of work looking to make a quick buck by stealing copper, lead or whatever they get their hands on to turn it into cash for scrap.

Churches and railway networks are the biggest victims here, churches normally for their abundance of lead and railways for the likes of copper wire etc.
And this isn't just down to individuals and thugs with a transit van, this is also rich pickings for organized gangs who go out on a daily basis and do this for a living.

I'm against this totally, I understand that people need to make money but seriously just go get a f*cking job! Churches are some of the most beautiful and historic buildings in the UK and it's sad to think hat these places have survived years and years, world wars and mother nature, yet some chav comes along and destroys the place!
Disgusting..... And I hope this scheme works and it gets rolled out all across the UK, nevermind the inconvenience to the average customer at a scrapyard having to take his paperwork, let's just get this crappy theft stopped!

Related articles

• 1,000 metal thefts every week as growing 'menace' blights Britain (telegraph.co.uk)
• Metal Detectors: Scheme To Beat The Thieves (news.sky.com)