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The search engine giant Google looks sure to conquer the world with the release of it new Google Voice application.

The technology was originally developed by GrandCentral which was aquired by Google in June 2007. It aims to improve the way we use our phones through a variety of neat features such as emailing you transcripts of your voice mail, archiving SMS and cheap international call rates through its VOIP service.

An absolutely awesome feature which is sure to appeal to all is the ability to have a single number to call your home, office or mobile and listen into the line before you answer (that can’t be good).

Unfortunately Google Voice isn’t available in the UK just yet and is only available in the US throguh invite. Lets hope it reaches our shores some times soon.

View the video below for more information on Google Video and some of its features:

Mr T say's eat my mash sucker!

Todays topic, my Super Sausage and Mash Recipe. I cooked this the other night and have been eating bangers and mash for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Ingredients

Sausages and mash AKA ‘bangers and mash’, good old fashion English nosh. My recipe sticks to the traditional recipe but features a few culinary tweaks of magic.

Here’s what you need for 1-2 portions:

• 2-3 large potatoes
• 4-6 sausages (preferably finest sausages e.g. chilly/apple something with an additional twang)
• a generous nob of butter
• Philadelphia cream cheese
• salt & pepper
• 1 onion
• milk

How to cook

• peel potatoes, slice into small chunks (not to small as they will go to mush, too big and they won’t cook properly)
• boil potatoes in salty water for 12-15 minutes (if you jab them with a fork and the potato falls off you’ll know they’re done)
• oven bake your sausages (see packet for time and temperature – normally about 35 mins on 220c)
• dice and fry onion in oil (i use what has come out of the sausages to add flavour)
• mash potatoes with butter and a couple of tablespoons of milk
• add onions, pepper and a generous lump of Philadelphia to the mash and continue to mash.
• slap that mash on the plate and add your sausages
• for added bang serve with gravy
• for a healthier option add some boiled mix vegetables

Your sausage & mash is now ready. Try the recipe and let me know your thoughts! If anyone has any further enhancements please share!

So, I finally decided to go for it and invest in got my very own Boss RV5 reverb pedal. Its an absolute fruit mole (thats a good thing btw).

15 minute left until i get the chance to make my way home and plugin in this baby so this post is going to be brief and opinionless as i haven’t actually played the thing yet.

A few points about the RV5 Reverb Pedal:

The Boss RV5 reverb pedal has 2 inputs and 2 outputs that provide a pretty awesome stereo sound.

Boss RV5 INPUT A/B

These jacks accept input signals (coming from a guitar, some other musical instrument or another effects unit).

Boss RV5 Modes

The RV5 pedal provides an e.level, Tone, Time and Mode knob. The mode has the following effect sounds:

• Modulate
• Gate
• Room
• Hall
• Plate
• Spring

Boss RV5 reverb pedal verdict?

I’ve only had a chance to play it in the shop so i ca’t really give a detailed description/verdict of the boss Rv5 pedal. Rest assured this will follow shortly…

Right, I’m sorry but its monday morning, I’ve had little or no sleep that i can remember and I just got totally soaked on the way in to work. Lets see if i can turn this around by thinking about the positive…

• The ducks that are outside our office seem to enjoy it.
• I’ve just had a bacon sandwich.
• I’ve got my holiday in a few weeks time.
• I haven’t swine flu!

Ok, I’m boring myself now. The chances of any one actually getting this far are pretty slim I’d say, so, if your one of the few that actually read this sentence, I salute you.

I don’t suppose anybody knows much about a Boss RV5 reverb pedal? I’m thinking about buying one. I had a little go on one at lunch and it seemed pretty damn sweet to me, although, for £154 it better be!

Also had a go on the Holy Grail whilst i was in there. Not a bad pedal at all. Not 100% sure on the flaberb setting though, not sure whether I’d get any use about that. The RV 5 won hands down for me but the price is a lot to swallow.

A few million google search engine queries going on when i get home me thinks. I’ll let you know how i get on. If anyone does know though, give us a hola!

Ta!

Heres some photos:

Boss RV5 Reverb Pedal

Boss RV5 Reverb Pedal

Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Guitar Pedal

Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb Pedal

Apparantly its oddles to Price phillip!..

Welcome to CleanIT.co.uk. Here you’ll find information on Music, Photography, Google and other random IT / web stuff. Feel free to leave your comments, views and suggestions are always welcome.

You’ll have to bear with me over the next few weeks though as I’m still tinkering. If you do notice anything out of the ordinary please let me know.

Tom