Buffet meal

so it's the last day of 2011 and in 6 or so hours we start 2012.

So a buffet meal at home with a glass or two of Abbott's Ale I think will go down a treat.

Last day

So this is the last day of 2011, I see from my logs of my blog that this year I have written more blogs than I have ever done. I think it's because I now have access to software that makes it easier to do a blog when and where I have the idea for a blog. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

View

Do you sometimes fell as if you are viewing your life through a camera lens? I mean have you had that chance or feeling that you can relive part of your life thought your memories and that as you relive those memories it's as if you are seeing the world though a camera lens? Well if the answer is yes then you are not alone in that I have the same experience. Not that is either good or bad As far as I am concerned its a good experience in being able to replay in your head things that have happened, the good news is that when you replay your life in your head what you see is in 3d and in stereo and is much much better than anything you can see on the telly or at the movies. No it's true What you see in your head will always be better than anything that you see on tv or at the movies, the other great thing about it is that when you recall the events they will always be the same no matter how old you are when you recall them. It's also a bit sad that as you get older you will find yourself relieving the same events over and over again, I am told that it just something that happens as you get older! So my advice to you is make the most of the here and now as you are going to be able to in enjoy them more than once as the years pass you by and that in the end all you will have will be your memories of what was,and as they are so precious why not make sure they are the best memories you can have so that when you relive them that they are the best they can be! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

New car

So I said a while ago in another blog post that I am going to get a new car, now one of the biggest questions that needs to be answered is just what colour the car is going to be. I mean this is not a question that can be answered lightly, in fact as it is such an important question that needs an answer my wife and daughter are involved in this very important question and they have to be involved in the process. So even though it's me car the colour of the car is that important that wife and daughter will make the final choice! I know! But in my experience they have always made the right choice when it comes to car colour! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Rain

So guess what it's raining, it's not heavy rain, but it is rain nevertheless, I do wonder just how many days have passed without rain or it has rained but no one has recorded the fact. It must be many So I want to record the fact that today it started to rain in the afternoon, in fact it got that dark that I had to turn on the lights at 3 in the afternoon, which well before sunset at this time of year, I looked it up a d sunset is about 4 in the afternoon. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

New car

The joy of buying a new car is the fact you find out just how much money your car looses in the couple of years that you have owned it for. In my case I appear to have lost more that 5000 in just two years. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Boxing day

Well another boxing day over with and so onwards to the end of the year which seems to be approaching very fast. The holiday so far has been mostly good, it's just sad that daughter is not with us but that's what happens when they grow up. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Blogging

I have just noticed that I have done more blogs this year than I ever have, which is I suppose because I now have tools or the software to blog easier. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Fresh coffee

So fresh coffee in the morning , what else is there to say other than its great and sets you up for the rest of the day. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Cooking

Been cooking all afternoon been fun - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Xmas

Food brought, beer brought,now to tidy up house and start baking, while having a drink...always good - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Cold

So it's turned cold yet again - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Looking back

Looking back on 2011 one thing that has stood out for me is the fact that the year has gone passed so quick, and the fact that many others have stated the same thing. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Work

Well today was my last working day of 2011 and so I am glad that I can put my feet up for while and have a rest. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Updated BlogPress

Finally after rather a long time I am not to sure just how long it has been but it's more than four weeks BlogPress has finally arrived on the apps store of iTunes and it all appears to be working well, which is good as without the proper working version I have not done much blogging. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Winter solstice

So how did you spend your solstice?


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Work

Well one day left and then a few days off, which will be really good, as I need a rest.


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Xmas

So Xmas is yet again about to hit us big time and you know this when you find yourselves doing ordinary shopping at nine at night and it's busy and when you get home you find that you have not brought everything you need to for a normal week of living.

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Is it the right day

I wonder if I have got it right and it's winter solstice today or was it yesterday any way happy solstice day.

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Website Updates

I did some more work on the Dirk Maggs Productions website, not a lot as there is lots of other things at this time of year that one is supposed to be doing.

I managed to add tome pictures to the site for some of Dirks's early productions, eg his Flywheel stuff and also his Superman series two stuff.

The things is that redoing the website is taking so much longer than I remember it taking last time!

Why that is, I just don't have a clue.

But I suppose any progress no matter how small is better than nothing.....

Snow part2

So we were very lucky and the only snow we had did not last that long and did not settle.

Although I had to drive in it and it was not that bad, it did bring back memories of the snow from last year and also from earlier this year, which are ones that I really did not want to re live.


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Snow

There is a really horrible rumour that we could have snow in the early hours of Friday, I am hoping that the weathermen are wrong about this...


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Daylight

If I am right I think the shortest day is less than a week away and then the nights will finally start to get shorter.

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End of year

So the end of the year is fast approaching!

Has it been a good year?

I for one am not sure?

But a lot has happened this year some good some bad.

There has been some good books, tv,DVD's, holidays and food.




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L and lies

It would appear that L had been laying to me, it's sad when you find this sort of thing out, and it does open ones eyes to just how one can be deceived and also how people can deceive.

What benefit L got from lying to me I have yet to work out.

I suppose that this is all part of the human condition.


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Reading

Still reading books when I get time, the thing is at this time of year there never seems to be a lot of free time.


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Tom Tom

Has something bad happened to Tom Tom ?

As I don't seem to get connected to the Tom Tom server why?


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BlogPress

So where is the update to this programme it's over a month now....


I am not happy

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Website Updates

My main website Dirk Maggs Productions is as you will know from reading this blog being rebuilt after backups of backups not working and all that sort of stuff, one of the things that I have yet to work out is how to make sure that when its complete that the site can correctly be found, I have not yet worked out how to set up the web direct on my web host I am hoping that it will be just as easy as it was on the other hosting site I used to have.

Its not something that I have to worry about now, as the rebuilding of the site is going slow and at the rate of progress I think it will be this time next year before the site is fully back together again.

blogs

I have just seen how many blog entry's I have done 1266!

which is an awful lot from someone who does not have a lot to say.

Bored

Can you be bored when there is lots to do


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Cold

Still too cold for my likening

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iPod

Wonder when the ipad3 is going to come out and if it is worth getting?


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Still cold

My blog and I am going to moan that it is still cold.


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Cold

As this is my blog I am going to complain that I am cold

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Cold

So we are in the middle of a cold snap, and I must say I am not enjoying it very much. I think I have forgotten just what a frost is like....


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Website updates

Did some work on my database driven Dirk Maggs website, for the first time in many weeks as I had some free time.

The site has a lot work left to be carried out on it, and so far I can not see it being finished until late 2012, unless I get some free time from somewhere.


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Reading

I have finished the Clive Cussler book that I spoke about the other day, and for a fun read it was good, unfortunately the end of the book to me felt a bit rushed, but don't let that put you off, if you want some entertainment for a few hours then this could be a book for you.


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Bad news

The bad news is that BlogPress still crashes if used in offline mode, and to add to the bad news the update still has not appeared on the apple store why?


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Reading

Currently reading the following book, in fact I only have about twenty pages left its called Crescent Dawn and it's written by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler, I suspect that most of it was written by Dirk as it does read differently to a Clive written book.

As a story for entertainment it's great stuff, sadly it's something that could never be filmed as the costs for some of the set pieces would just be too great, it would I think work real well as a radio show, so if I had the odd 20k I could always commission it, you can guess who my producer and director and adapter would be?

Yes your right!

Dirk Maggs would be my choice, that is if I can get him away from his drums or the kitchen!

Anyway back to the book, it's a good read if you just want some simple fun entertainment with the characters written large and the scenery that is great and an eye opener, I really liked the very first opening scene and would so love to see it in audio and the big screen.


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BlogPress

Well it's a bit strange in that I had to reinstall most of the apps on my iPad and among them was BlogPress and guess what?

It all appears to be working under ios5 it's the same version so I am not too sure just what's going on with it all, but hey it's working.


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Test

Just a test from my iPad


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