26 April, 2009
22 April, 2009
75 not out
I see from looking at when I started on Blogger back in 2005 that I managed 75 posts in that year so today I have got to 75 yeh....
20 April, 2009
18 April, 2009
Edition 4+1
Just had a slight snag on this edition of the book. How do I easily make sure each production for each year in the book is up todate?
I have a very nasty feeling that I will have to compare the paper page with the digital page, if that's true then it's going to take ages
I have a very nasty feeling that I will have to compare the paper page with the digital page, if that's true then it's going to take ages
17 April, 2009
Edition 4
Edition 4 work has been going well in that it has been spell checked and lots of corrections made. Which in one way is good and in another bad( as it means there must have been lots of mistakes) personally I think the previous spell checker was as good as the new one, well that's how I am kidding myself!
The book stands at 330 A4 pages and 80 thousand words!
I know! even I was surprised and I have yet to add all the Dirk Maggs productions from 2008 and those so far produced up to this time for 2009.
So at this time I don't know what size the book will end up at.
So at this time I am happy with the Dirk Maggs book
The book stands at 330 A4 pages and 80 thousand words!
I know! even I was surprised and I have yet to add all the Dirk Maggs productions from 2008 and those so far produced up to this time for 2009.
So at this time I don't know what size the book will end up at.
So at this time I am happy with the Dirk Maggs book
15 April, 2009
Stuff that I have Done
It's good news this time!
Yes it's true
I have started on edition 4 of the Dirk Maggs Chronology as a said in an earlier blog post here, I have stopped work on edition three after it got stuck in edit hell, and have decided on edition four that the thing to do is to work on the content and worry about the indexes later if at all, yes I know that make the book a lot harder to use but, if I don't do that then I would never get another edition of the book completed.
As like the other editions of the book it will not be for sale but it will be printed, so that it acts as a reference of what the website was like in 2009.
I must admit that I am if anything looking forward to doing the edition of the book as there is a lot of new material and also lots of revising old material to do. If I am also lucky I think that I will also add some new spelling mistakes and also remove some.
Yes it's true
I have started on edition 4 of the Dirk Maggs Chronology as a said in an earlier blog post here, I have stopped work on edition three after it got stuck in edit hell, and have decided on edition four that the thing to do is to work on the content and worry about the indexes later if at all, yes I know that make the book a lot harder to use but, if I don't do that then I would never get another edition of the book completed.
As like the other editions of the book it will not be for sale but it will be printed, so that it acts as a reference of what the website was like in 2009.
I must admit that I am if anything looking forward to doing the edition of the book as there is a lot of new material and also lots of revising old material to do. If I am also lucky I think that I will also add some new spelling mistakes and also remove some.
13 April, 2009
12 April, 2009
Updates and all that
It's been a while since I reported on the various projects that I do here and there on the Internet so as I have some free time, I thought that I would do an update on what's been going on or not as the case may be.
The sad fact is that having started a new job with a new company the process of learning new systems and new ways of doing the same tasks has been a bit, well actually, very traumatic and at this time I still don't know when things will settle down, I am assured by those in the know and also those that have gone through this sort of thing that yes indeed it will get better, I just want to know when!
Anyway enough of my troubles and struggles
The main Dirk Maggs Production website has been updated with his last audio production, which was on 1 st April 2009, I did not get chance to hear this live or on playback, which is a bit sad.
I have also done lots of small corrections all over the website that only I can see the results of, but I know that the website is better for them, honest!
On the pod cast front nothing has happened apart from the hosting site loosing everything!
which was a bit of a worry, the good news is that the backups worked, well they did for me and my pod casts are back up, but due the the stuff that I said earlier, I have not had the time to do any more, and to be a bit honest I don't know if I want to do any more at this time, as I have found that talking to a microphone is a very intimidating experaince, maybe I will have to find a book or a website that could help with getting over this problem?
The DMP wiki's both 1 and 2 are still no further forward at this time, but are still working well with what they have, so that's good.
The James Follett website has had a few internal changes that make the site a bit smaller without cutting down on the content, talking of content there has been no new content now for several years as James appears to have stopped any work on novels, radio shows or whatever, but you can see him on the Internet newsgroups winding up lots of very gullible folks, and it's always fun to see some of them walk right into it!
So that's how the projects stand apart for the last project and that is the Dirk Maggs website book.
This book is still stuck in edit hell and I have not got any further forward with it, and as so much time has gone by it is now very much out of date.
So I have decided that the best thing to do is to freeze it where it is and archive it and start on a new version or edition, which at this time without looking it up could be edition 4 or 5.
So my plan for later this year is to get on with the new edition and not have an index or two in it until the main work is complete, as you can always add an index later can't you?
The sad fact is that having started a new job with a new company the process of learning new systems and new ways of doing the same tasks has been a bit, well actually, very traumatic and at this time I still don't know when things will settle down, I am assured by those in the know and also those that have gone through this sort of thing that yes indeed it will get better, I just want to know when!
Anyway enough of my troubles and struggles
The main Dirk Maggs Production website has been updated with his last audio production, which was on 1 st April 2009, I did not get chance to hear this live or on playback, which is a bit sad.
I have also done lots of small corrections all over the website that only I can see the results of, but I know that the website is better for them, honest!
On the pod cast front nothing has happened apart from the hosting site loosing everything!
which was a bit of a worry, the good news is that the backups worked, well they did for me and my pod casts are back up, but due the the stuff that I said earlier, I have not had the time to do any more, and to be a bit honest I don't know if I want to do any more at this time, as I have found that talking to a microphone is a very intimidating experaince, maybe I will have to find a book or a website that could help with getting over this problem?
The DMP wiki's both 1 and 2 are still no further forward at this time, but are still working well with what they have, so that's good.
The James Follett website has had a few internal changes that make the site a bit smaller without cutting down on the content, talking of content there has been no new content now for several years as James appears to have stopped any work on novels, radio shows or whatever, but you can see him on the Internet newsgroups winding up lots of very gullible folks, and it's always fun to see some of them walk right into it!
So that's how the projects stand apart for the last project and that is the Dirk Maggs website book.
This book is still stuck in edit hell and I have not got any further forward with it, and as so much time has gone by it is now very much out of date.
So I have decided that the best thing to do is to freeze it where it is and archive it and start on a new version or edition, which at this time without looking it up could be edition 4 or 5.
So my plan for later this year is to get on with the new edition and not have an index or two in it until the main work is complete, as you can always add an index later can't you?
D90
So I have now had my new camera for a few days and I must say that so far the experaince that I have had with it has been great.
I have not got all the new things that this camera can do in my mind yet, it will take time...
One thing that I have found is that a lot of the images coming off the camera, to me look a lot sharper than on the D80, why this should be so I just don't know, but I am glad that there is a noticeable difference, otherwise you do begin to wonder if your money has been well spent.
The other thing that has made a lot of difference is having an external flashgun on the camera the difference in the pictures is well, wow!
So all I need now is some nice weather so that I can get out there and have some fun, as its Easter as I write this, you can tell that the weather is well grey and wet, about what you would expect for Easter in the UK
I have not got all the new things that this camera can do in my mind yet, it will take time...
One thing that I have found is that a lot of the images coming off the camera, to me look a lot sharper than on the D80, why this should be so I just don't know, but I am glad that there is a noticeable difference, otherwise you do begin to wonder if your money has been well spent.
The other thing that has made a lot of difference is having an external flashgun on the camera the difference in the pictures is well, wow!
So all I need now is some nice weather so that I can get out there and have some fun, as its Easter as I write this, you can tell that the weather is well grey and wet, about what you would expect for Easter in the UK
11 April, 2009
Easter
So Easter in the Uk is either wet or sunshine, can you get which one we have this year?
Yes?
Your right if you said that it was grey cloud cool and wet.
Am I surprised?
No
Yes?
Your right if you said that it was grey cloud cool and wet.
Am I surprised?
No
08 April, 2009
New Camera
I have a new camera, a bit early for my birthday but as prices where going up it was time to get it now.
The new camera is a D90 by Nikon and I must say that it works real well, well as far as I have been able to test it so far, I even have a flashgun with it so that's cool as its something that I have not had on a camera for years apart from the built in flash and I don't think that counts? does it?
The new camera is a D90 by Nikon and I must say that it works real well, well as far as I have been able to test it so far, I even have a flashgun with it so that's cool as its something that I have not had on a camera for years apart from the built in flash and I don't think that counts? does it?
04 April, 2009
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