30 August, 2010
Ipad
I think I have Ipad envy I could have brought one but instead brought a laptop, result is that I hardly use the laptop...
28 August, 2010
James Follett
I have some how or other found time to do some more work on the James Follett website, which is good as I really like they way it looks now, even if I say so myself.
One thing that I have noticed since rebuilding the website is that some of the pages in the website have for some reason or another different fonts on their pages, I don't know why they have ended up like this but they have.
So I am slowly going through every page of the website to make sure they have the same font, I have not worked out how to get the programme that drives the website to do this for me yet.
I have looked at the Official James Follett site and compared it to mine, both sites look very different and both have a different slant on the information provided and also how that information is presented, my site still goes into far greater detail, which I think is something you would expect from a fan site, and I cover all of James's work, where the official site just does a broad brush.
I think its a good thing to have 2 different sites on the one subject and even better that one of them is independent of James.
One thing that I have noticed since rebuilding the website is that some of the pages in the website have for some reason or another different fonts on their pages, I don't know why they have ended up like this but they have.
So I am slowly going through every page of the website to make sure they have the same font, I have not worked out how to get the programme that drives the website to do this for me yet.
I have looked at the Official James Follett site and compared it to mine, both sites look very different and both have a different slant on the information provided and also how that information is presented, my site still goes into far greater detail, which I think is something you would expect from a fan site, and I cover all of James's work, where the official site just does a broad brush.
I think its a good thing to have 2 different sites on the one subject and even better that one of them is independent of James.
Dirk Maggs
The Dirk Maggs website has had some work done to it and the good news is that I have evidence that Dirk is still doing stuff, not radio but is till stuff, and that's all that counts right?
According to the credits list Dirk was the script writer for the video for Final Frontier by Iron Maiden.
I have seen the video and its good but the music is not to my taste a tall, but I do understand what the song was about and how the video had to relate to it all in all a good job. I think I read that the time allowed to do video was very short 4 weeks?
According to the credits list Dirk was the script writer for the video for Final Frontier by Iron Maiden.
I have seen the video and its good but the music is not to my taste a tall, but I do understand what the song was about and how the video had to relate to it all in all a good job. I think I read that the time allowed to do video was very short 4 weeks?
Reading
Have read some more books that I have not spoken about here yet, so here goes The first is by James Patterson and is called Run for your life, now as entertainment this book mostly worked for me, but and this is a big but, for me the end of the book and the bad guy did not work for the very simple reason that the bad guy suddenly changed the way they they though and acted, through most of the book the bad guy was always intelligent and acted in a methodical manner, then you get to the last few chapters and he starts acting like a completely different person.
Why?
May be the deadline for the book came to soon or the word count had to be kept to, I don't know all I know is that the book could have been so much more.
The other book the I have read cost me nothing as its an out of copyright book that I read on my Itouch.
The book is called The Ultimate Weapon and its by John W Campbell, who if you are into your science fiction and the golden age of science fiction was the editor of Astounding Science Fiction in the 40-60's he introduced to the world authors such as Asimov and Helien.
The book was written back in the early 1930's and it shows in how its written and the science in it, but as for something to read it was great.
Why?
May be the deadline for the book came to soon or the word count had to be kept to, I don't know all I know is that the book could have been so much more.
The other book the I have read cost me nothing as its an out of copyright book that I read on my Itouch.
The book is called The Ultimate Weapon and its by John W Campbell, who if you are into your science fiction and the golden age of science fiction was the editor of Astounding Science Fiction in the 40-60's he introduced to the world authors such as Asimov and Helien.
The book was written back in the early 1930's and it shows in how its written and the science in it, but as for something to read it was great.
15 August, 2010
Waverley Abbey
Had an idea while the weather was good, eg not rato have a look at Waverley Abbey the ruins of.
I thought that it would be nice a peaceful with very few people around how wrong was I? busy or what it would apear that of folks who appear to be on holiday here from Germany decided that Waverley was the place to have a picnic, and I can't say I blame them, as it is a nice place.
The end result is 50 or more people descending on Waverley Abbey so bang goes a quite peaceful place.
I thought that it would be nice a peaceful with very few people around how wrong was I? busy or what it would apear that of folks who appear to be on holiday here from Germany decided that Waverley was the place to have a picnic, and I can't say I blame them, as it is a nice place.
The end result is 50 or more people descending on Waverley Abbey so bang goes a quite peaceful place.
Sunflowers
For the first time in years we got given some seed in the Radio Times, so we planted them, a bit late but they have grown well and it looks like soon will will have some flowers soon if it warms up a bit, as you may or may not know at this time of year August it is supposed to be warm eg 20 centigrade with blue sky and sunshine.
What have we been having?
Cloud cloud rain cloud and cool sometimes as much as 10 centigrade cooler then it should be at this time of year.
Now I know that our UK weather s at best changeable, but I would just love some warm weather so I can chill-out in the garden, also so I can hear the great sounds of summer, like lawnmowers and strimmers you know that sort of thing you always seem to get when their is a nice day a head of you and so every man and his dog decide that the lawn needs mowing of some other job that requires you to make lots of noise just so your neighbours know that you are outside.
What have we been having?
Cloud cloud rain cloud and cool sometimes as much as 10 centigrade cooler then it should be at this time of year.
Now I know that our UK weather s at best changeable, but I would just love some warm weather so I can chill-out in the garden, also so I can hear the great sounds of summer, like lawnmowers and strimmers you know that sort of thing you always seem to get when their is a nice day a head of you and so every man and his dog decide that the lawn needs mowing of some other job that requires you to make lots of noise just so your neighbours know that you are outside.
14 August, 2010
weather
I have had to check to see if it really is Aug and not Oct that's how bad the weather has been the last week.
13 August, 2010
Reading
another book that I read and completed on the 12 August 2010 is Medusa by Clive Clussler well that's what it says on the book with the help of another author who name I am afraid to say escapes me as I write this and don't have the book near to me at this time.
I get the feeling that most if not all of the book was written by the other author and that Clive only had the job of saying yes or no to the book.
The story is good and works well, I think the bad guys are just your typical Hollywood bad guys which is a pity as much more could have been made of them, which would have make the story even better, but as it is the story works and so does the characters in it.
Was it entertaining?
Yes.
I get the feeling that most if not all of the book was written by the other author and that Clive only had the job of saying yes or no to the book.
The story is good and works well, I think the bad guys are just your typical Hollywood bad guys which is a pity as much more could have been made of them, which would have make the story even better, but as it is the story works and so does the characters in it.
Was it entertaining?
Yes.
Reading
Books that I have read but did not record here in my Blog are Glasshouse by Charles Stross, this was a good read but and its only a small but I did work out very early on what was going to happen. What was great was that it did provide me with some good entertainment which is after all the main reason why I read fiction books in the first place.
I have read other peoples reviews of books and for some reason they forget that when reading fiction books you want to be taken somewhere else by the author and if he does that in such a way that structure of the book and the words he uses are simple, who cares! as long as the author gets the story in your head in stereo and full HD 3d that's all that matters as far as I am concerned.
Anyway back to Glasshouse, it has some great ideas that make for a good story that will make you think ( well it did me).
Now I did read another book but I have forgotten the name of it and who the author is, it was a fact book on the Lancaster Bomber of WW2, to make matters worse I have lent it to someone else on the understanding that he can lend it out after he has read it.
I have read other peoples reviews of books and for some reason they forget that when reading fiction books you want to be taken somewhere else by the author and if he does that in such a way that structure of the book and the words he uses are simple, who cares! as long as the author gets the story in your head in stereo and full HD 3d that's all that matters as far as I am concerned.
Anyway back to Glasshouse, it has some great ideas that make for a good story that will make you think ( well it did me).
Now I did read another book but I have forgotten the name of it and who the author is, it was a fact book on the Lancaster Bomber of WW2, to make matters worse I have lent it to someone else on the understanding that he can lend it out after he has read it.
09 August, 2010
Reading
As I said in a blog post the other day I have done some reading but for one reason or another I have not recorded here what those books are.
Well the first book that I have read is by Charles Stross called The Fuller Memorandum, which is one of the Laundry series of books by Charles.
If you have yet to read one of these books you are in for a treat.
This book was good and its written in such a way that you as a reader are drawn into the story without trying. Good entertainment as far as I am considered.
Well the first book that I have read is by Charles Stross called The Fuller Memorandum, which is one of the Laundry series of books by Charles.
If you have yet to read one of these books you are in for a treat.
This book was good and its written in such a way that you as a reader are drawn into the story without trying. Good entertainment as far as I am considered.
08 August, 2010
BBQ
It was touch and go but we had a BBQ tonight, what with how the weather has been over the last few days we where not sure if it would even be dry!
The weather gods were good to us and it was dry and the sun was out for just a little while. The only other problem was that it was a race cooking all the food before we run out of BBQ gas, and thats with that gauge thing they have on gas bottles these days.
Other news I have read a few books that for one reason or another I have not yet recorded here on my blog, but I promise I will do soon.
One of the reasons for not doing the blog has been that for some time now it takes a very long time for it to load up no matter what computer I use to access it, why?
The weather gods were good to us and it was dry and the sun was out for just a little while. The only other problem was that it was a race cooking all the food before we run out of BBQ gas, and thats with that gauge thing they have on gas bottles these days.
Other news I have read a few books that for one reason or another I have not yet recorded here on my blog, but I promise I will do soon.
One of the reasons for not doing the blog has been that for some time now it takes a very long time for it to load up no matter what computer I use to access it, why?
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