As unbelievable as it may sound Microsoft have released Windows Live Writer, a blog authoring tool that works not only with MSN Spaces (Microsoft’s bogging service from MSN) but with may others including Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress and more.
This is my fist post using it, and although I am not wondering how I survived without it, I am finding it intuitive and it is not annoying me. If you want to have a play then a beta version can be downloaded from the Windows Live Writer blog.
I am not really in to computer games, and that normally includes games on the Internet, but I was really impressed with Goggles. This is a fun flash based flight simulator that uses the satellite imagery from Google Maps.
Last night I was watching the BBC’s Click Online programme that I recorded at the weekend. Half way through they played the Llama song, that I most enjoyed, and I am please to report that is can be found online here. A Christmas number on do you reckon?
Please note this video is not appropriate for someone who does not like llamas or ducks. :-)
The office is in turmoil today after the realisation that the Bakers Oven may no longer be able to supply us with the Cornish pasties and ham and chicken sandwiches that we require to get through the day.
We first herd about the closure on the BBC local news, but it was not until today that we realised that our favorite store may be converted to a Greggs store.
After watching the Sunderland air show a few friends and I stopped off at to a local shop to stock up on essentials and we noticed the price comparison above. So if you want Draught Guinness (from a can) then the cheapest place to get it is Tesco, or Asda, or Morrisons.
It is not often I get the opportunity to compliment a support service, so imagine my surprise finding that I want to do this for a free service.
I have been looking at a few ways to manage my images and make select ones available online and have been playing with Google’s Picasa beta, and the test online image hosting service Picasaweb.
While using the software and the online web service I have had a few issues and logged both support and feedback. To my surprise I have always got a personal and constructive reply. What surprise me most was that each post was not considered blindly in isolation but looked at in context and considered properly.
I shall helpfully not be contacting them again, not because I don’t want to, but because all my issues have been addressed. Well done Google.
You may have noticed that many images disappeared from my blog. This was because I have moved my blog from Blogspot to my web site and new (or reimplemented) security restrictions blocked the old images. The old images have been moved to my web site and all is well. Some reader may have noted this as a change a flogged up my old postings as new that I am sorry about, but this should not happen again.
In a previous blog posting I stated that “I will speculate that we may see an 06 code in years to come that is like an 01 or 02 but non geographic and that so called lo-call 0845 numbers (intended to be charged at local rate) will cost the same or more than the national rate numbers.
Well I got the number wrong, but 03 numbers are on the way according to an Ofcom press release.
I while ago the Garmin i3 satnav devices were going cheep as they were at the end of the line, and after a lot of pondering I decided to get one. Although I don’t do that much driving and like to plan my journey in micro detail before I leave I am still very pleased I purchase the device.
It is a very basic device with limited functionality, but it doss have a full postcode look-up and gets me from A to B, and that is all I need. If you occasionally need to drive in a place that you are not familiar with then I recommend the Garmin i3 as a great budget device.
I mention this now because Comet have a few left of £99 in there online store.
Occasionally I see the odd thing that makes me chuckle. This example is when a traffic warden (or should the be traffic control officer) is parked in a place that he would have written anyone else a ticket for doing. Strangely the chap did not find the whole thing as funny as I and started calling after me for taking the photo, but I was in a hurry and couldn’t be bothered with an argument so smiled, waved and walked on.
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