Matt’s Journal

Tired.

Posted by Matt under General

Going out until 4am, having four hours sleep and then playing football is not good. It doesnt help when said football match ends up going to extra time and penalties. I ache like mad.

I have new shoes though.

Spell with Flickr

Posted by Matt under General

Create your own here.

Not well..

Posted by Matt under Update

I seem to have caught the virus that my brother had a week or so ago. I have a pounding headache, a sore throat and keep feeling either really cold or really hot. I took the day off work and have tried to sleep it off, but I havent got much sleep. I have also been drinking lots of orange juice to increase my Vitamin C intake and of course lots of water.

I hope its just a passing thing, being ill sucks.

The Laptop: Pics

Posted by Matt under General, Tech

Here, as promised are the pics of my new laptop.

The last one cracks me up, too many electronics!

Do your bit for charity…

Posted by Matt under General

Two of my good mates, Mike and Luke have decided to embark on a charity scheme that not only raises money for Scope (a national disability organisation) but allows them to ski down 24 peaks in 48 hours. According to their fundraising page:

Yes, its all about the fundraising…

You are here because someone has told you of our highly ambitious attempt to mount 24 snowy peaks in just 48 hours.

Mike and I survived a winter season in the same flat, and now plan to ride non-stop down some of Europe’s most gruelling mountains to raise money for SCOPE. Imagine going down Everest, twice. In 2 days.Thats the scale of the task!

Please give really generously, this is obviously one of the top charities to raise money for, and now YOU can do your bit!

Thanks again!

Luke (jib that sh!t) Dorking & Mike (nothing but gnar) Brown
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So, if you feel like adding a few quid towards their effort, click here and pledge some money for charity.

Betting is a mugs game..

Posted by Matt under Internet, Spendage

I have a couple of betting accounts around the web, mainly for adding a bit of interest to an otherwise boring weekend on football. I set aside £10 a week in the interest of predicting the weeks Premiership matches.

What I tend to do is predict the outcomes of all ten matches and then use the combined odds to place a bet of small value with a high pay-off. From those ten games I normally use the Seven-Fold Accumulator which basically means that from a result I get right, the money is reinvested back into the next game for the rest of the matches, I have seven matches I need to get right. In Lehman’s terms, if you get any seven results correct, you win money resulting in the combined odds of those seven games (if you get all ten, you get a greater payout).

The reason I say betting is a mugs game is because you can be so close yet so far. Two weeks running now, I have placed 6 correct outcomes and needed one more to come in to return some winnings…..did they come? No. I tend to lose about £5 on each bet, I have pretty much stopped going out so I see it that I would normally have spent it on beer so £5 on a bet a week isnt that bad.

I think I will have to learn the ways of cover betting, that way I can make some money!

Does anyone have any good resources or tips? I could do with some!

[tags]betting, football, soccer, tips[/tags]