stevethedog

My website http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ is really just for my friends and I. There are only 10 of us on it just now and it's mostly viewed at the same office so it doesn't help that it's the same IP address constantly hitting it. I made $1.24 and then it just kind of sat on that for about a month despite getting hits and clicks which I found a bit odd. I mailed google and received a bit of a standard response that didn't help me much but it appeared that because most clicks are coming from familiar ip addresses then they stopped shelling them out. I was thinking about putting up ads on to my different pages but could never really get round to it. From reading this thread I thought I'd go and have peak at my balance and it is now up to $1.98. I don't know if it's still just allowing me to have my standard visitors or if I've maybe been getting more clicks by just getting my website out there a bit more. I do at some stage hope to make more of a business out of it but I'm not yet qualified enough on web design to acheive this. My site is non profit at the moment so I'm very happy to stick some ads up to make it a little bit more worth my while. At this rate it'll be a fair while before I hit the coveted $40 mark but the day it comes I'll be having a beer or 2 on google that's for sure So eh, yeah. I quite like google adsense and I don't know who else I'd trust sticking on to my webpage. Cheers, stevethedog

Thanks very much for your help guys. I shall give it a bash shortly and will no doubt be back seeking more help!cheers,stevethedog

There are so many different stories going on in Love Actually that you'd think it would be hard to keep up. But it isn't. I believe it's a beautifully crafted film with the best of British in there. It's funny for the guys and the gals. It's emotional for the gals And it's got a few tidy ladies in it for the blokes.Great entertainment all round. For me though the best thing about the film is the feel good factor it leaves you with. Just such a happy movie it leaves you all fuzzy and soft inside for a good few hours after you watch it. Oh and Martine McCutcheon....RARRR!

Hello all. I've been using Dreamweaver for a couple of months now and I'm learning as I go. I'm pretty much totally new to making websites so I'm happy with how things are going at the moment. I feel there is something super obvious that I can't work out how to do though. This is my site. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I'd like to be able to have like a banner down one side so that I could have all of my links in there and possibly the adverts. The way it is just now means that I have to push the table and important stuff of the site further down the page when I'd actually like it all alongside my links. I thought I'd cracked this when I done something like add vertical frame but whenever you then clicked on one of the links they would only open inside this small frame rather than over the whole page. Does this make sense? If someone could point me out to a dreamweaver made ultra easy page that would be most helpful too. I'm quite bad for jumping straight into the deep end I think. Cheers, stevethedog

Yeah sorry about that.Regarding yesterday's game, Wow...that was not very pretty was it?One dumb mistake gives Ronny a goal.That really was some save from Kuczack though, deflected so near to him and his reaction was instantly, briliant stuff.Anyone spot Ronaldo's triple bluff with the cross as well, that really was cool! He's got to be up there for the best in the world just now, the guy has absolutely everything in his locker, still improving & is a complete class act.MOM: I still think Evra is the best player on the pitch week in and week out. Best left back in the game?Vidic set to sign a new 4 year contract, bloody brilliant new as well. That should see our defence sorted out for a good while alongside Rio.

I liked that post. It started friendly but turned into a bit of a rant! Here in Scotland I believe teachers get paid a decent wage however the schools are having trouble paying it. Once you are finally qualified and accepted as a teacher you can start of at ?20k + which is a good amount as a start off. It's not going to get you a smashing house in the city but it's not bad going.That does seem quite a low income in California, and something that people should certainly be looking to rectify.It all seems to be about supply & demand and if you are replaceable or not. Firefighters, doctors, police - it's these guys that should be earning big bucks.As for Beckham, well that's a different kettle of fish. If LA are willing to pay that to bring him to them then think they will get more than that back, which judging by attendances & coverage they might acheive. He's getting all those bums on the seats in the stadium which would not have happened if they signed a guy valued at $150 Million, maybe Cheers,stevethedog

I think I've found my new favourite author! Joe Meno's new book, the Boy Detective Fails, was recommended on Jackson Publick's blog because it contains similar themes of failure to the Venture Bros. I've not read a good book for a while so I thought what the hell and ordered it on Amazon. While i was there i got a couple of others as well, notably Chris Nieratko's Skinema (which i'm looking forward to cracking open) as well as Hairstyles of the Damned also by Meno. It had amazing reviews so i clicked "add to basket" because i'm a shopaholic and just can't help myself. I finished Hairstyles of the Damned this afternoon, and it was such a good book it kept me captivated from start to finish. It's maybe what the Catcher in the Rye would have been if Salinger was a 1980's punk. It totally captured the contradiction of being a teenager, wanting to fit in but also wanting to stand out. He used a clever device, by constantly referencing bands such as the Dead Kennedys and Screeching Weasel and the Misfits he made me feel like I belong, cos I like those bands too. It really brings back the feeling of being desperate to fit in, so you're more likely to identify with the characters i guess. Anyway, I started the Boy Detective Fails this afternoon and as soon as I get paid i'm gonna order his entire back catalogue! http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Cheers, stevethedog

The girlfriend wrote this one up for Bebo and I go along with her sentiments other than that James were even better! Well i'm just back from Manchester, where I had a great time with Chris!Our hotel was right opposite Canal St, which is like the center of the gay district! We walked up it a couple of times, i even saw a tranny. It was a very exciting moment in an otherwise vanilla life.On Saturday we explored the city; the Northern Qtr which had loads of funny little shops (like Cockburn St and the Bridges) and record shops that didn't sell anything popular. Then we wandered round the main shopping areas, spent about 30 secs in Primark before leaving cos it's gross and going into Tesco (seeing the tartan of Clan Tesco made my day) where we bought some irn bru.We sat and watched snooker on a massive outdoor telly outside Selfridges near an amazing water feature made out of stepping stones, and got lost and wandered into Salford. We walked past the mental Hilton hotel, and marvelled at the crazy english people; THEY SMOKE INSIDE LIKE SAVAGES!!I had my first experience with Indian food that night and suffice to say, I don't like it! Had a keema samosa to start- I didnt know what keema was and wanted to find out. Well, ignorance is bliss! It was horrible and spicy. I had a lamb dhakan or something for main, and the menu said it wasn't spicy. Well, the little bastard lied to me! OWWWW! And to top it off the naan Chris ordered had spicy in it too! He felt bad for me and said i could finish the wine, but from the look on my face i think he knew- the wine was disgusting too! We both for some reason found this hilarious, but i dont think the waiters did.At night we went to the MEN arena which was fuuuulll of people. We drank cider out of plastic pint glasses and bought long sleeve tshirts to commemorate the event. We wandered into the Arena about halfway through The Twang's set. Chris thinks they're distinctly average but i like them.James were, however, fantastic! A marching band with flags piped them in to their hit song "Come Home" and it was really emotional. There were millions of people there! I kept getting annoyed cos folk in front and beside us kept getting up to walk about. WTF you pay so much money to go to a gig, then wander off?! My favourite was when they played "Laid"On Sunday we were going to get up early and go to Old Trafford and tour the stadium, then go to the Trafford Center and do some shopping. However we slept in cos we were knackered, so instead we walked up to China Town which was an adventure in itself. The Chinese supermarket was crazy, live crabs and lychee flavour pudding. The maddest part though was a family with little Chinese kids- with broad Mancunian accents! So cuteWe got some random cakes from a Chinese bakery, i had a sweet melon cake which was really sickly, and Chris had a spring onion fritter which was nice, and oddly, a bit sweet. We also had a red bean cake but i was drunk when i ate that and thought it was lovely- certain people might remember an incident last summer involving a spring roll supper with salt n sauce after a night at Mood- so who knows what it was actually like!We headed to the Trafford Center, but by the time we got there the shops were almost closing. They have an amazing food court though, where it's decorated like different regions of the world (New Orleans, Italy, China..) and then hit the arcade. I let Chris win at air hockey then he wanted to go on the Dodgems but no one else was playing and i had a heavy bag with me. We stayed at the center til about half 8 drinking cocktails, then headed back into town and had a lovely, very reasonable, meal at an italian restaurant just round from our flat.We stumbled back to our flat, feeling very full, and fell asleep after watching a wee bit Graham Norton. This morning we got our bags packed and wandered around the town. Chris bought more stuff from the Chinese bakery but i was low on dosh so didnt bother, then we had a beer at a Bar 38. Hopped onto the train and annoyed the wee old ticket man cos he couldnt believe we got tickets from Manc to Edin for ?1.25 each.Our journey home was subdued, we read some Dave Gorman and looked at the sheepies. I was so excited to see my car when we got back to Dalry!I have some photos up just now so you can see what we got up to. I'm currently waiting for Chris to upload his (cos he's got loaaads!)xxx

Thought I'd share this with you all As you all know i went to T in the Park this weekend, and although the gf seriously suck at roughing it i still managed to have a good time!We arrived on Friday evening in pishing rain, and trekked for miles through muddy fields. Eventually we found a spot to pitch our tent, which i erected in 5 minutes, and then (after I pumped up the airbed) we had a nap before catching some of the arctic monkeys.There were a few setbacks to our weekend, eg the cash machines weren't working and we didnt have that much dough, and also our phones ran out of battery. I was ever the gentleman though and listened chivalrously to my constant whinging, spent his last ?20 on a pair of wellies for the girl, and didnt even grumble when she spent our last 4 pound coins on some cardboard tubes that make girls able to pee standing up. How lucky is she to have a boy like this!?Some of the acts we saw were;Charlotte HatherlyKate NashJamesLostprophetsMikaJetBrian Wilsonthe Killersthe PipettesOcean Colour Scenesome really cool band who's name i forgetJames really were brilliant, I'm so glad that they are back together and I can't wait for the new album early next year.and yeah it was generally an awesome time, we left during Snow Patrol on Sunday night and are now clean and comfy! So although i had fun i dont think there'll be anymore camping for me in the forseeable futurexxx

Me and the lady were watching "Don't Fire Me I'm Famous" or some such drivel last night and the star of the show was Abi Titmuss!First of all, what is the point in this woman? She's only famous because she filmed herself having sex with Grant Stott's verperted brother! She was sitting through the interview constantly batting her eyelashes so she looked like she was having some sort of stroke, and pretending to be gutted about people seeing her having dirty sex.She was like "oh my life is so hard, it's so humiliating, my sex tape outsold Paris Hilton's and Pamela Anderson's, i'm so ashamed!" pretending to be totally gutted but is really chuffed to bits. What exactly is she famous for except making sex tapes? OH YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, living off the back of those sex tapes and constantly rearing her tired mug on "i'm a celebrity in the jungle!" and "i'm a celebrity in a kitchen!" and "i'm a celebrity on an island and i'm going to cry cos i weigh 12 stone and everyone else only weighs 4 and now everyone's calling me FLABBY TITMUSS"THEN she started saying how proud and happy she is cos she used to be nothing but a plain old nurse but now she's an AWARD WINNING ACTRESS. i'm sure she's doing more good to society as a *BLEEP* actress and amateur porn star than she ever was working in a hospital. (that's sincerity not sarcasm) So good for her, the *BLEEP*.Which brings me to my next point- i really fancy a ?750,000 penthouse so will somebody please find me a dirty C list celebrity to shag? Thanks.

I was watching the news last night and it surprised me how apparent the class divide still is within contemporary British society.A working class woman from Merseyside, Jacqueline Simpson, is currently in court for manslaughter after getting drunk at New Year and allowing her pet pitbull into the house while she was babysitting her granddaughter, Ellie. She says she turned her back for a moment and the dog savaged the child, killing her almost instantly.On the other hand the middle class parents of Madaleine McCann are considered to be national heroes, any criticism of them is met with derision by the British press and public. It seems we've forgotten that they left their three babies alone in a holiday apartment while they went out to drink cocktails and eat tapas with their friends for a few hours.Both of these cases smack of bad judgement and neglect, however only the working class woman is having to face up to the consequences of her actions in court.I wonder how the British press would be treating the McCann's if they were from a council estate? Or how they'd be treating Ms Simpson if she was a respected heart surgeon?I can only guess: very differently.

This year I'm going take part in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Basically, you have to write a 50,000 word novel starting from scratch on the first of November and submitting a completed manuscript by midnight on the 30th of November. There's no prize apart from the sense of achievement you get from completing a novel in a month. I think it sounds like a great laugh! Probably cos i'm an uber geek, but sign ups start on the first of October. If any of you guys are interested you should check out the site; http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Let me know, we could swap books at the end and read each other's awful attempts at literature! (it's quantity over quality) Haha ok i am a nerd but seriously it would be great if some of you guys joined me in my quest

I love the bit on Family Guy when he takes the ball and chain of the slave and says" so you're free to go..... we're cool right?"

Not really sure where to put this so here shall do.Any other fringe goers? 1/8Went and saw Andrew Maxwell with Jemma, Dunc & Cat. Twas funny, love the pleasance except from their prices. Good time had by all.A nice 73% for big Andy.Jemma and I then moved on to see Phil Kay at the Teviot. Love the place, it felt like Hogwarts to me. Got to the room where big Phil was playing and stood outside avoiding the muckle queue. Phil came out with his guitar and I started talking to him, much fun. Went in to see him and it was all rather bizarre. Completely unrehearsed, a bird gobbed on a cookie, all rather strange. Funny moments & cringing moments. Shook his hand after the show so that was nice.52% for Phillip.2/8I was sitting at home scratching my bits when Big Legge called me up asking if I wanted to see Reg Hunter, I was like naw, he then said it was in the big moo and I jumped up.Got there and spotted it was sold out, I asked the bint if they had any left she said...."2" I said "YES" she then fannied (a word I saw on countdown yesterday) and said "nope their gone" Cow. So we went and saw Jim Jeffries and queued for half an hour to get in. He had some very funny moments but he is ultra controversial. Not for the feint hearted.61% for Jimmy.We then plodded off and decided to see Tony Lee's XXX AGGRESSIVE hypnotist show. Reason being1) WTF is aggressive hypnosis.2) It was in the big moo.Had to sit in the 2nd row middle, Rory was bricking it as he was wearing a shirt with a giant NEON sign saying TALK TO ME. And this is what Tony Lee did. I swear I could smell the brown stuff. But Rory was safe as he moved on to find who he could take the piss out of.Funny things ensued and then we met Dunc, Cat & Kat after, said hello, laughed and ran away.89% for big Tony, go and see it. Although I'd imagine it could really vary depending on who goes under. Oh and fakers are gay.4/8Saturday was football day, that was fun.5/8As was Sunday but with added Jason Byrne at the Assembley on the mound. That was fun but Jemma was mad cos I wanted to go to the bar and we didn't get seats. I still saw it so all was cool.He was good but forgetable. 71% for Jase from me.6/8And so on rolled Monday which started with hitting my new bats at the range. Fun.Then we got into the good stuff, Debbie Does Dallas the musical in the big moo.While this was an enjoyable show with good singing but very little doing or diddies the one thing I will always remember it for is sitting ten foot away from no other than ROGER TAYLOR, fb. Happy Chris. I didn't pluck up the courage to speak to him though because he was surrounded by a large group of english people being posh, loud, gay and generally annoying. Should have sat with me Rog!Erm so Debbie gets a solid 68%and then on to the Hibs Hearts game which was a mare to find a pub anywhere close to the big moo showing it. Walked into Finnigans who had the game on their screens but told me they would be turning it off. FUDS. Ended up in Sportsters.BRIAN KERR BRIAN KERR BRIAN KERR MAKALAMBAY BRIAN KERR BRIAN KERR96% enjoyment on this one.Then up to puppetry of the penis, some funny bits but all in all it's just me in the bathtub with an audience.27% for the willies.

Thanks for that guys. Great help

It's kind of what I meant. What happens though if you are using more than the memory you receive with the normal 10 credit package as you were in the 30 credit package but you then fall between 0 & 30 credits. Does your account get suspended or do you have until you fall below 0 again.This isn't the important thing just now anyway, I need to get up to 30 credits first & find out how I can upgrade.I'm wanting to install the small machines discussion board on my site which requires 40 or so MB.Thanks,std

I'd say it was ok. I couldn't help but find myself smilling at so many parts of it. John Travolta as a fat woman was just plain mad! There were many spells during the film where I was bored stiff though and just wanted them to get on with it.Not bad, one to get in the gf's good books I'd say.

Watched this nice independent film that was heralded at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. It starrs Jamie Bell from Billy Elliot & King Kong as Hallam Foe.It's quite a mucked up film as Hallam is a little stalker who spies on people and he can't get over his mums death. He is a right loner and runs off to Edinburgh to start a new but becomes obsessed with a pretty woman who reminds him of his mother. There are some great shots of Edinburgh, which made the film all the more enjoyable for me. The actings is very good, the music is superb and there are a good few laughs in the film to go along with the odd sex scene. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable movie. Go and watch it!Cheers,std

The movie really did nothing for me.It's from the maker of trainspotting and shallow grave, Danny Boyle. I thought it was self indulgent crap to be honest. My girlfriend fell asleep during it!So much of it was utterly unbeliveable as well.Some may no doubt enjoy it but it was simply not for me.Cheers,std

I'm a huge fan of Disney and Pixar, so it goes without saying that I loved this movie. But this time around, I felt it was aimed a little more at adults than kids. Maybe it's just because I'm an adult. I wonder how kids feel about it. It's longer than your average kids movie, coming in at 1 hour 51 minutes. There were a lot of complex plotlines for an animated film (anime aside). There were all sorts of wonderful little touches. I loved when the rats were all cleaned in the dishwasher. So fluffy! I liked that Remy could speak, but only to other rats. To humans, he still squeaked. There was a veiled reference to Hell's Kitchen, and I enjoyed the description of the past lives of the kitchen staff. Very Anthony Bourdain. An interesting note: Thomas Keller (Per Se, French Laundry) was the chef consultant for the animators, and created the ratatouille recipe used in the end. The movie was unexpected, goofy, and touching. I loved it.

Hello all,I'm getting to the stage where I require extra memory and in time bandwidth. I understand this is available once you are above 30 hosting credits but how does it come about?Once you have reached this milestone does it automatically upgrade your account or is there something we are required to do? What then happens if you go into this additional memory/bandwidth and you the slip below the 30 days hosting credits?Thanks for your time.stevethedog

It's gotta be friends, no wait scrubs, no friends!!! Arrggh Son of the beach!

Sorry if this has been done before, but just wondering what everyones favourite food blogs are? Mine has to be Never Bashful With Butter (link below) I read it on a regular basis, currently the writer is on hiatus but she makes the most gorgeous looking cupcakes! The pics are absolutely beautiful! http://neverbashfulwithbutter.blogspot.de/ I wish I could cook like that, my girlfriend tried to make lemon and blueberry muffins she saw on the blog one day and it was a total disaster! They went all runny and gross but i ate them anyway because that's what you do when you love someone. Nothing says I love you like explosive diarrhoea! Anyway guys, let me know your faves!

This film covers territory that loads of films have covered before; it's the last week of high school and everyone wants to get drunk and have sex and confess their undying love for each other (American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait, etc etc). HOWEVER! It does it in the same sort of low budget random way as Napoleon Dynamite which is pretty much the best film ever, GAWD!The highlight of the film for me is when the nerdy guy (McLOVIN!) is walking down the corridor staring at a girls whale tail and she turns round and catches him and he goes "it's ten to three" and she just stares at him. and he's like BOLT! and shimmies off down the corridor. OH OH AND WHEN THE FAT GUY GETS PERIOD ON HIS LEG!This film makes me miss being underage, when being drunk was new, and having sex was exciting. Now both things are kind of standard procedure.

I've only read the last book, the Deathly Hallows cos i wanted to know what the big deal was. Chapter 33 had me crying my eyes out (i dont want to put spoilers here but it's when Snape confesses his undying love for .. ) although i thought the ending was a bit twee and kinda like bad fanfiction.