Archive for April 2005
Here’s to Your Health 29 Apr 2005
I was thinking about how many days off I’ve had sick since I started work in my present job the other day. Zero, none, zip, nada, zilch. Sure, I’ve had the odd cold, but nothing strong enough to keep me from turning up. Thinking back over the preceding years, I don’t remember having any sick [...]
No Need for Speed 28 Apr 2005
I was somewhat taken aback after reading an article on BBC news about how 12,500 people were caught by a temporary camera in just two months. What was more alarming was this quote from a Sussex Safety Camera Partership, the people who operate the cameras in Sussex, spokesman:
Song Lyrics 27 Apr 2005
Listen to the lyrics on some of your favourite songs, a large number won’t make any sense. I’m of the opinion that what you say has no relevance to a song’s success at all, but rather the sound of the voice and how it works with the rest of the song is the important point. [...]
PC Help 26 Apr 2005
A friend of mine was asking for advice on what to look for in a new PC as he’s looking to buy, I did a quick no-fuss guide, I thought it might be useful for other people so I’ve cleaned it up a bit and here it is:
Driving Me ‘Round the Bend 24 Apr 2005
I’ve been driving to one of the other offices in Holland for the last couple of weeks and I think I’m getting a feel for the Dutch driving experience. I’ve driven in a few different countries and the drivers all seem to have a different style, the Dutch are no exception. When I started on [...]
Podcasting 23 Apr 2005
I hang out at some small business forums (don’t ask) and one of the guys there, Alex Bellinger, runs a weblog called smallbizblog (you see what he did there, it’s a small business blog, damn clever these PR types). So what? Well, Alex has recently taken up the latest craze on the interweb and is [...]
Game for Footy? 23 Apr 2005
I play football every other Sunday morning with a bunch of other guys who loosely know each other. Due to a few injuries and commitments to league games we are having trouble with numbers (we play outside on an astroturf pitch that is about a third the size of a full-size pitch so we need [...]
Skype Hype 22 Apr 2005
I’ve been hearing about Skype for some time now, but haven’t really had a need to use it. Normal calls within the UK, even via mobile phones, are cheap enough to make it an inconvenience. Besides, PC-to-PC calls are possible via most of the instant messaging (IM) networks, completely free, and the bulk of my [...]
Flickr Enhancements 20 Apr 2005
I got an email from the Flickr crew (aka The Flickreenies) recently explaining that, as I’m a Pro account holder I was being rewarded with an increase in my upload transfer allowance (from 1 to 2 GB), a doubling of my account lifespan (I paid for two years I now get four) and two free [...]
Something for the Weekend 19 Apr 2005
I only realised yesterday that I hadn’t posted all weekend and I was trying to remember what I’d done that had kept me away from my computer that long when I remembered that I seem to have had a movie-fest of a weekend. It all kicked off when I got home on Friday (I was [...]