Last blog 2012

So the last blog of this year 2012 wonder what 2013 will be like

Drink of the day part 3

Today's drink of the day is........... Tea!

Yes I know but as its the last day of this year I am staying sober right up-to midnight.....

Gallery 3

Had a lot of fun today trying to install Gallery 3 on my web server, the result so far is all the files are on the server, the database is set up.
So the end result?

Error 500

So until I work out what throws this error no Gallery 3.

Gallery 2 works well.

End of year

So the last day of 2012 and I have to note here that the weather has been wet dark and cool all day.

2013 iPad

Dear Apple before you loose your market share and become a has been could you please produce an iPad with some decent memory storage. 64GB is just a joke especially if you are really using the iPad to create things on it like music, books, images, its a great device for consuming content but with so little memory creating content on it is getting to be rather hard.

If you can not see your way to creating more storage, and don't say I can use the cloud, what use is that when I have no connection to the cloud?

Also I don't want to have to keep paying to store my files, which may or may not be safe from others actions.

Why can't I have a USB port on the machine?

I have a lot of content that I don't want to move but if you keep coming up with iPads that can't do the job then I shall join the other millions and look else where for my new tablet.

Largerita ( Updated Content part 2)

How to make a Largerita ( Updated Content)

Largerita

This is a great summer drink (Yes, it's true that the UK does have summers, it's just they don't last very long!) that with great food and friends is a very nice, and is also a hot summers day drink and a hot summer is even better (But much much rarer here in the UK), and a BBQ is well even more better!

So to make my version of a  Largerita you will need ( I did say to make my version of a Largerita! you may find others that have similar ideas, they are also worth having a go at, it may be that one of the versions is just what you are looking for! )

So you need the following bits and pieces

Bottle of Mexican Beer (Sol) (330ml) make sure it's cold,(I said Cold got it?) if you have no Sol,(yes and I also do bad puns!) I have found that any 5% (Alc vol) bottled Larger works, but for some reason the less "sweet" ones work much better, your taste buds might have other ideas....(and if they do, give them a taking to.....)( make sure the beer is cold, you will see a theme, about cold here....)

One shot of Tequila (The best you have around, also without this ingredient you will not have a Largerita, and I mean the best you have, your Largerita will taste much better if you don't skimp on the quality of the ingredients  honest.....if you happen to have Patron Platinum, and who doesn't? then go for it it really does make a big difference to the final drink, I should know as I have tried this drink with several different Tequila's and its sad to say that in the case of Tequila you get what you pay for, at least that's what my taste buds are telling me!.)

One shot of Triple Sec (Any make seems to work, but please do note that different Triple Sec's do have different tastes, and deep flavor so find one you like.)

One shot of Lime Cordial (The higher the Lime content the better, here in the UK, I have found that Britvic and Rose Lime Cordial work well, for me that is (my taste buds again).)

Fresh Lime Juice to taste (Not really needed, but try it for the first glass or two, it's a real surprise what a little fresh Lime juice can do to the taste of a drink.)

Mix vigorously& serve with ice. (Well don't ask me why, but do not leave this out, as it makes all the difference to he final drink you end up with in your hand, well to me it does...and I promise you I have tried this recipe both ways and this is the best way (with Ice that is) I have read somewhere that it deepens the taste, whatever that means!(All I know is that it really does change the drink into something-worth having on a hot day, with Blue sky, your shades on and a BBQ near by...)

So there you have my version of a Largerita, which I have to say it always works well for me.

I suspect that the better the ingredients the better the end result, but then you know that don't you?

Also it's a bit like when baking, keep to the measures given, as it makes all the difference.(yes just a little bit over on just one of the items can change the whole nature and final resulting drink) (I have warned you as I know from my own experience! that it can make a great drink complete crap!)

Have fun, please do let me know how you got on, and if you can remember what Larger, Lime cordial and Triple Sec and Tequila you used, let me know, so that I can try them out assuming I can get them in the UK that is.

Drink of the day part 3

Today's drink of the day is......Tea!

Well it works for me.

Drink of the day part 2

So today's drink is not that exciting, as things go, but it is a nice steady drink it is Fosters Larger 4.0% which according to the can has been brewed in Europe by the fine fellas and sheilas of Heineken, so I have no clue where the yeast used has come from, and from what part of the world the water is used to brew the Larger is also supposed to come from, is it Austria ? or somewhere else?

The thing is the can does not make this clear, where the water for the larger is to come from and as you know Europe is a big place so it could be anywhere.....

AF Lens Part 2

It now appears that I don't own two AF lenses only one, the good news is that the lens that I do own is a primary 1.4 lens, and very nice it is too.

AF Lens

It appears that I do own two AF lenses this is good news and I am sure my Nikion D600 is also very happy about it.

Reading

For the first time in ages I have read a story in a book, which for some reason or other I have not managed to do for more than a few months now.

Yes there is stuff I want to read I get the book out either in paper form or in electronic and for some reason after a few minutes I give up reading, strange that.

Car service

So the car is having a day away from me while it gets its service, will I notice any difference in her when she comes back to me?

Dark

Why is it so dark today, apart from the rain clouds that is, it does not even feel like early afternoon.

DJ studio

DJ studio is an app on the Ipad that I use a lot in fact its now one of my music apps that I use the most.

So you can how happy I was when I saw that there was an update for it, which like a prat I downloaded straight away, this was not a good move on my part as it turns out that the update has just a few very bad errors in it.

To add to my joy Xmas is not a good time to get quick fixes for software, being that fact that everyone likes to have some down time, and why not?

So the several faults are the that I can not recorded anything longer than 3 minutes, which is just a bit of a pain as some of the items I now recorded are 20 minutes or more in length  the other problem is that the brought in app purchases don't appear even after doing a restore purchase.

So I am not a happy little bunny but the good news is that the programmers are aware of the errors, the question is can they fix them?

I hope so, as its a program that I spent a lot of time getting used to, I have also spent a lot of money on.

I shall report back if and when another update is released that fixes the problems.

Drink of the Day and other stuff

Just for my records on when I look back at this day in my life the drink of the day today is Carlsberg 3.8% which means that sadly it was brewed in the UK but I am told by the guys that know this sort of stuff that the yeast is as used in Copenhagen and that the water used in the UK is made to be very very similar to also what is used in Copenhagen.

Now for some reason I don't think the UK version tastes the same as the one from Copenhagen maybe it has something different that can not be added by those clever chemists?

The only thing that I can think off, but here I have no poof is that the zoology of the Bactria in the water is some how different and the fact that it is boiled is supposed to kill all the low temperature Bactria, does not mean to say that the Bactria that can survive temperatures of 100 centigrade are not still alive and that some how or other they react with the yeast and that what goes to creating the taste difference?

I know its a stupid idea but I can not at this time think of another reason for why a can of UK brewed Carlsberg and a Copenhagen brewed Carlsberg taste to me different  and yes I have made sure both cans are of the same age and are both the same temperature when I taste tested them side by side.

I have no problem with the fact that there is in drinking water Bactria that lives on after being heated and having Chlorine thrown at it.

Normal drinking water has lots of stuff in it that don't do us any harm but are in there, in fact it may be that we need some of the unknown stuff that is in the water after being Chlorinated.

End of Year

So the end of the year is coming real quick and in one way that's great in another its not so good. But with the end of year comes something that I do like and that is the fact that the days are getting longer, and in my book that is always good.

Nikon D600 Part 2

So I have the new camera and I now find out that DX lenses are not using all the sensor of the D600, after getting off the floor at the cost of AFX? lenses its a good job the camera knows I am poor and can use the cheap? old lenses that I have even if they are only DX type.

I must say that the results from the camera are very nice, yes they are very nice.

Nikon D600

So the new camera is going well I have worked out how to put the straps on to the camera, now I have to work out what settings I want on the camera.

Patte

So we got some duck patte from M&S why is the date so short on is use by date?

Famous dead people

So each year we loose loads of people who I have heard of from the world of entertainment, I think the rate of loss is no more or less than any other year, I suppose the only differance is just how much or little attention I place on who it was who has passed away, and also weather or not their work had any impact on my life in some way or other.

New toys

I got a new camera for Xmas, which was very nice to get, it's just the cost was to say the least more than I have ever spent on a camera but I am sure that the d600 is worth the money.

The only thing is I am going to have to learn how to get the best out of it.

Rain

So for a big surprise it's raining again,this is good in one way in that its not cold.

Xmas

So Xmas is over and all to soon it's back to the grind.

Lost days

Arh I appear to have a few missing this week, how does that happen?


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Boxing Day

Boxing Day time to take things easy

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Upgrades

So I have an iPad that is used very very heavily one of the apps that I like to use a lot is called dj studio. Before the latest update I could create track or mixes as long as I wanted but since the upgrade it only runs for some 3 minutes.

I am not happy....

Rest

Yeah time to have a rest from work, and I really need it this time.

Books

Why is it that I have brought some books that I do want to read, but for one reason or another I find myself unable to read them?

Podcasting

Pod-casting again?

Well I have done just 3 pod-casts

Then time has some how got in the way so I have not done any more yet....

To add to my lack of pod-casts another excuse that I can use is that the software that I use on the iPad has just been updated and there are new things to learn.

Well that's the excuses that I am going to use.

Rich

Would I be happy with no worries about money?

How different would my life be if I did not have to go to work?

I suspect that even the very rich are never completely without something to do and always worry about their last million, and who can blame them?

Would I be happy being rich?

I don't know the answer but I would love to know the answer!

Sometimes I get upset that I am never going to be anything other than a small wheel in the big wheel but at least I have the chance to be happy with what little I do have, which is more than I thought I would have, so yes I would love to be rich, who wouldn't?

But I am never going to be well off that's just how life is... unfair and it does not care but then again when you see just how few really rich people there are it makes sense that most of us are going to be poor.

Darkness

I have had I suspect the same thoughts as many others as to what happens when your time is up. As I think about my life I have noticed that I can only go so far back with the memory's that I have, I have seen photo's taken of me when I was younger and I have no memory of them being taken.

I have spoken to lots of people and they have the same problem, it would appear that you only start to form memories from a certain age, and as far as I can tell that age changes from person to person, but in broad brush strokes we all only start to lay down memories at about the same time.

So I suppose it should not come as a surprise that the first 3 or 4 of my first years of life I have no hard and fast or complete memories, why is this?

Any way I started this note to myself with what happens when your time is up?

As know-one has ever answer from beyond the grave yet the answer is unknown.

I would like to note here that I don't worry about my end when ever it is, what I do worry about is that I hope my exit from this world will be pain free, as I don't like pain and sadly my pain threshold is so low that I think it is one of by biggest fears that my passing will not be pain free.

not that I want to go any time soon.

I have also found when talking to others that it appears to be a common fear, so I am not so different from everyone else, that's good out of some 6 billion humans on this planet I turn out to be just like everyone else...nice that.

Real Ale

Just a note to me I have just had a drink of wells Bombardier which is a real ale 4.3% it's okay as a drink, but not for me as there is a long after taste.

Is it true?

Well just seen a news item if that's the right word that according to one of the many Maya calandra the world is supposed to end on the 21st December, not that I believe that it will but it did make me think we're the maya aware of the rest of the world eg the UK?

I think the answer is no, so I have decided that their prediction only meant the maya world would end and I seem to remember it did in the 15th century under the Spanish.

How many?

How many designs are there in the world at any one time?

How many designs were created today?

Is there any way of finding out?

I think the answer to the above questions is nobody knows and also nobody knows how to find out in an easy to do way.

Sir Patrick Moore

So I have now just found out that Patrick Moore has died which is sad but I don't think it was that unexpected as his health was and had been in decline for some time.

It would appear that through his long life he effected lots of people in lots of ways and that he himself was a complicated man who like all of us had good and bad parts of his personality and I without the good and bad parts Patrick would not be the person he was.

I think seeing him on telly when I was younger sparked an interest in the night sky and also in science which has stayed with me to this day and I thank Patrick for that.

I never met him but from what I read he could be a fun person to be around and as he likes cats what more is there to say.

So thank you Patrick for bringing the wonder of the skies into my live and many many others.

Colder again

Wow I think today has been the coldest day of the year so far.

Dark

Wow its getting dark quick, i know the shortest day is soon but wow.

Wolford Tights

I wonder just how many pairs of tights a year Wolford sell a year.

Colder

It is according to the weather people 6degrees colder than average at this time, that's not news to me I know it's cold.....

Cold

Just a note to me that as soon as that wind turns from theNorth wow it gets cold quick, either that or I just feel the cold real bad these days.

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Dirk Maggs Website

So my Dirk Maggs website is no longer listed on Google, bum....


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Websites

Just checked my websites out on google and I am nowhere to be found!

Yes it's a surprise to me, but thinking about it I have not updated my sites for a while so I suppose it should not be a surprise.

Growing up

So daughter is going to leave home to be with her boyfriend, this was not unexpected and they clearly love each other, so why do I feel sad?

Grand Prix

Well it was great watching the last race of the year in formula 1 entertaining although towards the end it was obvious who was going to win the race


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Podcast Pt 3+1+7+kjghgfdhgk

Well I know there are lots of blogs today about my pod-casts on my server, but hey it works and so its my new toy and i just want to play with it.

one thing that I have noticed is that all 3 of the episodes on there have the same date, even though they where recorded at different times, the story or the reason for the same date is that I had to move them from one part of the server to another and the files got re date stamped..

Podcast test

Looks like the podcast test works....well it did today 24th November 2012 Odd Thoughts from a High Desk go on click it, it might also work for you.

If you are looking at this years into the future I would be surprised if it works, but you never know it might, so what have you got to loose?

Test podcast lik

This is a test of links to my server with pod-casts on.http://pod.dswilliams.co.uk/?p=home so click the link should get you to my pod-casts, there are not many of them, but they are mine all mine.

Sub domains

Well setting up sub domains on the server are proving interesting not sure if I have got it right yet, it takes my ISP an hour for them to become active, so I don't know if I have got it all working right.

Podcast

Managed to install on the server software that allows me to serve my podcasts which is good.

ESB

Drinking ESB from Fuller's and its nice but I am not sure if I like it more or less than Fuller's London Pride, then again I am only on my first pint.......

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Weather

Not so windy today, which is good, but sadly the weather people have said that its going to get cold.

Podcast 3

I recorded podcast no 3 of odd thoughts from a high desk yesterday and I have today managed to put it on my web server.

What I have yet to work out is how to link to them on this blog!

The podcast it's self runs to a whole twenty minutes....

Weather

It is very very windy at this time 20.07

Things

Wonder what else I can note here apart from the fact that this post is being written on an updated version of the blogger software on the iPad, it's not got lots of bells and whistles, if it has I have yet to find them. The good news is that it just works.

So this now means that I have two bits of software that I can use to do my blog on my iPad and that has got to be good, hasn't it?

Podcasting again

So some how I have done 2 podcasts and I have even got them sat on my web server , what I have yet to work out is what to do with them next.

I have not yet worked out how to get them linked into a blogger post, although from the reading that I have done that should be possible, which is good

Perhaps what I should do is just carry on doing the podcasts and stack them up ready to go, so that when I work out how to link them there will be loads for people to try. Not that I expect to get a lot of downloads, as the subject of my podcasts is similar to this blog and I do this blog for myself, if people find it and read it good for them.

Rich

I often wonder what it would be like to be rich, by rich I mean that I don't have to worry about the odd million or two as petty cash!

Do really rich people have a better life than me?

Do really rich people have the same worries as me?

Do really rich people have a happier time?

I don't know the answers to theses questions, and at this moment in time I don't know any really rich people to ask the question.

Another thought that just occurred to be as I wrote the above was do really rich people even talk to people like me , sadly I think I do know the answer to this one....

Tights with Patterns

Tights

Donna brought from Marks and Spencer the other day a pair of Autograph tights with a really great pattern, which were very expensive, I was surprised when she told me just how much she paid for them.

I did say to her that they made her legs look longer. and that they looked really great

I think I got a smile and a thank you!

Father in Law

Well the good news is that he is now on a surgical ward and is getting better, sadly it looks like he will be in hospital for at least two weeks as his breathing is not as good as it should be.

But the goods news is that he is doing well.

Misting

So why is it at this time of year the inside of my car keeps getting misted up?

I even put the AC on to try and demist it, as it is not nice to be driving along and then suddenly you can't see out of the car window.

Cold

Wow cold but not cold if that makes any sense. The gauge reads 3 centigrade but its colder than that.


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Cuddle

Why are cuddles so good


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Father in law

So father in law is in hospital and had to have an emergency operation. The good news is that he is now breathing on his own, but he is still in ICU.

Testing Blogger

So Blogger has had an update and this is a test post to see if it all works.

Podcasting

So the test podcast links don't work, I think I shall have to go on the Internet to find out how to get blogger to link to my mp3 podcasts


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Test Podcast

This is a test podcast

Books

Just done a quick look at my reading pile of books and find that I have got far too many needing reading, how did that happen?

As for my ebooks the number is even more than the paper ones, I shall just have to get back into the habit of reading again.


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Most looked at

One of the most looked at blog posts of this month is called November why? I just don't have a clue. But someone somewhere has managed to find that post, sadly it's not even an interesting post and is also very short.

So why is it getting hits?

I suppose it's one of those mysteries......


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Mocha

I have to admit that a hot cup of mocha is going down a treat and why not.


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11/11

Did twitter go a bit slower at 11am today?

I don't know as I was remembering the fallen.


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Podcast

I have not yet moved any nearer to doing a podcast again  other than buying some real neat software for the iPad that makes pod casting much much easier.

There are only two things that are getting in the way, choosing the music at the start and end of the podcast, which is just a case of me getting off my backside and getting on with it.

The second and much more difficult thing to get over is getting used to the idea of talking into a microphone again, why a bit of metal and plastic can be so scary I just don't know.

Subject matter for the podcast is not a real problem as I have lots to say about my two website, The Dirk Maggs Production Website and also the James Follett website.

As there is a lot to talk about on both sites hopefully by the time I get any where near the end Dirk Maggs might have done some more radio work, although looking at the BBC's output its not looking good, as they seem to be on a downward spiral into producing less and less radio plays ect...

Sunrise

Note to self at this time of year you should not be surprised that sunrise is 7.10am.....

Real ale

Drinking a real ale called TEA traditional English ale, and very nice it is to.


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November

It's easy to know that you are in November as the shops are now full of Xmas stuff that you just know that in a few weeks you are going to hate the sight of it.

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Work

Do you work to live or live to work?


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Lottery

I think it's time for me to win ten quid on the lottery.


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Winter

I know it's winter cos it's cold.... And some folks yesterday had snow in Wiltshire.


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Birthday

So it's my son's birthday hard to believe he is now 27!!!

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Figts

Figts

This is a small DJ type set that I did a while ago, apart from the sudden silence part way in I like this track a lot.

I have real trouble believing that its nearly 6 months old!

I have more sets, some last for over an hour, I have to say that they are all rather great fun to make.

Fade into the night

Fade into the night

A track I did some 8 months ago

Summer has Gone

So the movement of the clocks has happened again, (here in the UK)

It's winter now, the nights are going to be dark....

Drink

I was going to have some pics of some of the real ales that I have tried this week, but for some reason BlogPress will not let me upload the images it keeps saying that I am not connected to the internet, when I know I am.

I have a feeling that this is a bug in BlogPress, sad to find one the first time I try to use something for the very first time.

I try to just use one picture or more several times but it was always with the same result...


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Holiday end

So it's nearly the end of a weeks holiday do I feel rested?

Yes, I think so,

 I have had so many lie ins that its getting embarrassing ( but I will not stop me from enjoying more!)

As the weather has been horrid staying in and reading, listening to music and drinking have been fun and the only way to go. (Well it works for me, that all that counts)


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Secrets

So what do you do when you find out a secret of your partner of over twenty years?

In my case the secret is nothing to do with infidelity, which is good news to me... But it could have been much worse if that was the case.

So what do you do when you find out a secret?

I don't know the answer to this as my partner told me her secret

I don't know weather to feel sad or angry that she keep this from me

It doesn't alter our relationship in any direct way other than the fact that its been something that she felt I did not need to know about.

I think that my best course of action is to do nothing and just accept the fact that she has told me and that why should it change how I feel about her.

Perhaps in a few weeks I can reflect back on it and also why she has decided to tell me now.


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Blogs

I was looking through some blogs today as I am busy chilling, and very well thank you, when looking at these blogs the one thing that I noticed straight away is just how many are either dead or are only just alive, some blogs appear to go through a stage where they are not updated for months at a time.

I must admit that my blog does go through this cycle, but in the last year so so it's more active as I have now decided that the blog is for me and that if anyone else happens to find it and read it good for them.

So the other thing that I have also noticed is that most blogs do not have an audience, this does not make them any less interesting its just that a lot of blogs are written like mine for the owner or are a seep list blog in that the contents of the blog will only ever interest a few people.

With there being so much on line the change of your blog become a big draw is always going to be small unless you are out to make a name for yourself, and if that's what you are after then the old tricks of using sex or scandal will get you an audience of some kind or other.

As by blog has no pictures no sex and is not in any way going to cause a scandal, it's always going to be one of those blogs not seen or read by any one and I am okay with that, no really I am.

I think I could not cope with the idea that my thoughts and words being read by millions and that every one you say is ceased on and looked at and commented on, I just don't know how the celebrity or big name blogs cope with it all, and if you miss putting something on your blog for a day or two, well it's going to be the end of the world or your stick dead or you don't care anymore, so I am happy that my little read blog is out there amongst all the others and that over two or more billion people on the Internet pass it by, thank you very much.

You may ask why do a blog then?

No answer really other than its a great place to store stuff, and even in the years since I have had this blog stuff I wrote a few years ago that I have read read recently has come as a surprise to me, and I wrote it.

I believe that I have seen in my own life some thing called selective memory taking place, and it's scary just how much your brain edits out, and just how quick this editing takes place, so for that reason alone I shall keep making notes to me.

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Music

Music it always works when you need to listen to it, and there is always just the right type of music that does the job.


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Fog

Fog why does it change the world so much.


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Rest

What is rest?

Whatever it is does it come in its own sweet time?

Is rest the same as chilling or are both something different?

I don't know the answers to these questions, but as this is not book for me I have recorded it here and perhaps one day I will have an answer or two.


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29 years married

So it is 29 years to the day that I got married, it only seems like yesterday but its still great fun being with my best friend and I love her just the same as all those years ago.


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Own time

It funny on holiday and I have time to do nothing, it's a very strange thing, having time to do nothing....


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Wet

So it's wet, but as I am on holiday I really don't care, still waking up far to early, so I am not chilled out yet.


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Abbott ale

Just like to note to myself that Abbott ale is nice from a bottle, I suspect that from a cask it's always going to be better.


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Holiday

So I am holiday and its great to be able to chill out


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Uncooked fish

So I took Donna out on a date tonight, and took her out for a meal at a gastro pub that we have been to before,where the food was good.

Sadly tonight that was not the case, I decided to have haddock and chips, which when you think about it is an easy meal to cook or so you would think ?
so what happened I hear you ask?

as if you don't already know the answer as if nothing happened,I would not be writing this would I?

The fish was not cooked all the way through, now uncooked fish is not nice, well to me it's not.

To say that I am still upset is an understatement, in fact I think it has totally wrecked my date with donna, it's a good thing that me and donna have been going steady since 1983' well not steady more like married and very happy thank you very much.

So another date night wrecked just because the chief took the fish out 30 seconds or so too early.

I did not get charged for the fish but that does not make up for a date night wrecked, as to me going on a date with so e one you love is one of the most important things that you can do.




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Holiday

Are holidays better if really looked forward to?


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Power 2020

So how much power will the iPad of 2020 need? More less than the one of 2012?

One thought that I have had and I am sure lots of other folks have had this one before me is this, why can't the clothes that we wear and move in and also warm up with our body heat be used to generate power?

Could your jeans or tights have a network of nano generators in them arranged in the right way so that when you are moving around or just sitting there breathing you generate electricity, and if the devices of 2020 are also nano powered and the power they need is a lot less than today why can't they be powered by your clothes?

It's a good idea and I am sure that it will happen, probably not in the way I talk out here, but it will happen.


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Night

So have you ever just stopped to watch the coming of night, no not watching the sun set, just watching the daylight dissapearing?

Its a nice thing, but also sad thing in that yet another day in your life is over, and its sad to say that you do sometimes stop and think did I make best use of the day that is just fading into the night?


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Do stars pulse (not neutron stars)

Do all stars pulse?

 Do the pulses last minutes or  days?

If stars do pulse do the stars vary in brightness?

and finally will the size of the star make a difference and if its a metal rich star?

Tights 3

I know that I have now written two blogs on tights, that this is the third, but I don't think you will work out where this blog is going to go, on the subject of tights!!!!

Anyway here I go with this, I wonder where it will go to.

My thought about tights this time is, who invented the machines that make the tights?

How did they work out how many threads they need to make tights?

How did they work out what speed the thread or nylon could go through the machine?

I don't know the answer to these questions and doing a search on the net has not given me any answers.

Rather sadly though I have seen lots of people in various states of undress wearing tights and doing things to each other, (I suppose that's my fault for not making sure that I have safe search on.)

So to sum up

I don't know who or when the machines used to make tights were invented or created, for all I know they might have just used an existing machine and put it to a new use.

I also wonder just how much money a year the sale of tights is around the world, it must be  rather a large amount, as over half the shops I have looked in always have new designs of tights for sale, and you don't do that unless you are making money, that's not only the shop but also the persons or company's making the tights, designing them let a lone the new types of yarn or whatever they use to make them with.


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Tights 2

Donna brought some patterned tights yesterday(from all of people M&S), to go with her new shoes, the thing is, that it appears this year the trend in tights here in the UK is for either nude coloured tights or patterned?

Am I right in this belief?

Am I also right in that more women appear to by wearing tights instead of jeans and a like, or is it that I am just paying more attention to what women are wearing because of what Donna is wearing?

Good questions, sadly I don't have the answer to them, I did think that I could do a little experiment and say spot how many people are wearing brown shoes and see if I notice if I notice myself seeing more people with brown shoes on.

I shall carry out this little experiment for a while and let you know if there is a result one way or the other.


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Shoes

Brought Donna some shoes yesterday, which are very nice and all that, does she like them, I suppose she must do as she did not take them off for quite some time yesterday even though they were brand new. They also make her taller which she always likes, she does have a pair that put her 6ft up ion the air, it's a strange experience having to look up into her eyes, when I normally just have to look straight ahead.

There is a phot of her shoes on Facebook.


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Winter

I know that winter is due here real soon but why does it have go cold so quick, like overnight?

No use moaning about it, as unless I win the lottery I am stuck in the uk for winter.


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Free time

It's nice to have free time, Its also what is known as holiday.....


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Sleep

When you can't sleep you realise just how nice it is when you can.


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Mediawiki joys

So I have started yet again to try and use mediawiki. Since the last time I looked at it, it has be come easier to install. One thing that has not changed is that it is still wide open to abuse from people you really don't want playing with you data.

So I have started to look into how to lock it down just a bit more.


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Mediawiki

Trying the newest version of mediawiki.


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Rain

So it's Monday, so it has to rain why is it always so wet on Mondays. I do wonder if that's true that its wet on average on Mondays?

Even more stupid is to go and look on the Internet to see if the above is true.


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Time

Why does time pass so quick on Sundays


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Music

I like to make and listen to music,sometimes the making part is more fun than the hearing part, why?


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Cats

Why does your house cat suddenly want to start prowling around the house?


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Rain

Rain then so it must be the weekend, Donna is working late so no date tonight...


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Tights

Donna brought some tights from M&S last week, both are her size, one was shinny 15 denier and clear or taupe the other glossy 20 denier and nearly black, both fit her very well and make her legs look great, the only problem being, that the glossy tights look cheap and nasty, yet they cost more! how does that work, why?

Donna likes the shinny ones more for that reason, I wonder if the overall look is to do with how the tights are made to get the respective finish, who knows?


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Concrete 5

Concrete 5 is a great cms, I have used it on several of my websites, it's been a while since I last used it due to a number of factors that I shall not go into here, but the whole point of this post was to say that I have just installed the latest version and the improvements and easy of use are even better than the last time I used it.

At this rate I may have to revisit one of my older websites.


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Fridays

I like Fridays not the daytime but the evening, as its when I go out on a date night with Donna


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Rocket launch

Liftoff! Delta IV Launches Next Generation GPS Satellite

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/#ixzz28M5DGG3V

It was nice to see this reported somewhere on the internet.

Shows

Went to a show the other night that was great fun and well worth the cost of the tickets, even if we ordered them more than three months ago. The show was Chicago and we saw it at the Ambassador Woking. If you get the chance to see this show go.... It's well worth it


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BlogPress

The good news is that I have got BlogPress to work with ios6 and also with the changes that Google have done with Blogger, it's only taken me 4 months.


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October 2012

So first day that's colder than the others lately.

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Relax

I often wonder just what the word relax means, as I know that to many people it means many things, for such a small word it has a big impact on people.

Wet

Wet then, so glad to see it in one way, only have to think just how hot Florida is.....

Where is L?

Someone did ask is L alive?

I have to say that we believe she is alive at least she was earlier in the year but things can change.

Perhaps we may find out something in the future who knows....

Colder

So it's even colder than yesterday what a surprise but it should not be as its the right time of year for it to be this cold.

Just for fun I looked up the temperature in Florida like you do and found it to be a barmy 30 centigrade.

It's just not fair.

Finding People

Just how do you find people and their phone numbers?

Where is L?

If you read last years posts you will know that I spoke about L well now its been a year and I wonder what happened to her....

Will I ever find out what became of her and how her life has been?

who knows?

If I find out I will let you know here.

Dark

So dark nights are now starting to draw in, just that today i noticed that it was only 7.10pm when it was dark enough to put the front room light on.

Updates

Well I have some how or other done an update to the Dirk Maggs website the strange thing is that when I went to check it it did not look any different than before I did the update

It does not help that I can't remember how to clear the cache on the web browser

Dirk Maggs

I have just looked at the last time I updated the Dirk Maggs website and I notice its been more than a few months, sadly one of the reasons for no updates it that he has not done many radio shows, live shows yes, and very good they were to.

So the other reason is time, in that I have some free time but not enough to do a full updating job.

Perhaps I will have to leave it until December when I will have some free time.....

Colder

Its has got colder?

I ask this question as having just come back from Florida I think my body thinks its still 30+ centigrade!

Rain

Rain and its dark and its only 8.00pm what happened?

Luggage

Well all the luggage for reasons only it knows has now come home.

I would like to thank British Airways and also Delta Airways for getting me and my luggage home safe and sound.

I would like to thank the pilot of BA flight 1567 from JFK to LHR on Thursday 6 Sept which took off from JFK at 8am local time for a really smooth landing at LHR it was great and left a lot of us very happy that there are still Pilots out-there who know how to land a plane real smooth as some of the other landings that I have experienced where less than smooth so thank you mister/ or Mrs BA pilot.

Luggage Part 2

Apparently part of our luggage is coming home tonight, but 2 parts of it are still on holiday....

lue sky

So home from holiday pleased to report have brought blue sky with us...

Gatorland UK

Just happened to have seen on the local BBC news a item on a Gator park here in Oxfordshire, so why did I have to travel 5000 miles to Florida? when I could have seen them here and this is the bit that also blew my mind they have more species of Gator in Oxford than in Florida, how does that work?

Holiday

So had a holiday in USA, all very nice and that but I don't like paying for it with Jet Lag......

Luggage where are you

It appears that my luggage has for reasons of its own decided that it wanted an extra day in New York, I wish it had told me before hand so that I did not waste a lot of time in T5 waiting for it.....

Jet Lag

Oh the joy of jet lag......

Gatorland

Went to gator land today on what was one of the hottest days of this holiday so far

Not sure about gators as they appear so old and slow but when food is on the menu then they are just savage

Dandy Dick Play

Last night 31.07.2012 went to to a farce written back in 887 by Arthur Wing Pinero's 1887 farce

I must admit that it was fun and that I did enjoy it, I think the actors and actresses did as well. The farce may be old fashioned but it worked I thought rather well.

Hot

Hot today finally

The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files #4)

This is book four and itsa worth the wait to find out how our hero survives again by the skin of his teeth.

I have read lots of reviews and I think a lot of them have forgotten that a book is supposed to entertain and that is what this book does, true our hero does change but then the world our hero is in also changes.

I have to agree with others that having read books 1 to 3 helps but its not needed this book does stand on its own.

If you have read books 1 to 3 I think its like having a really rich sauce on your meat when you read book 4.

I would love this to be an audio movie, I think Dirk Maggs would and has the skills to make these books into a 4 series 6 part 30 minutes episodes movie, sadly I don't yet have the money to pay for them to be made, I look to the lottery to make this dream of mine come true, I estimate that I will need some 10K per episode, yes, I am thinking that big in production terms.

Dream off........

1400

This is my 1400th blog, not many in the big scheme of things but for me it an event, I am off to enjoy a cup of tea, and I shall have milk....

Podcasts

I wonder if the number of pod-casts listen to each day has dropped as they don't seem to make the news very much.

I suppose it goes without saying that the number of pod-casts being made must have also dropped and with podcast-fade alos present I suppose it must always mean that the number of new pod-casts is always going to be small and the number that say get to 20 episodes or so must also be small.

I wonder if the failure rate is different for what ever language you speak and where you are in the world?

Sunlight

I wonder if at this time of year the human body from my part of the world expects there to be lots of sunlight and blue skies?

Ideas

Just some ideas for the website or other places like a books or two.

Website on hot to make a largertita

Upload the DJ sets that I have produced and updated the music website to reflect the uploads.

Add chapters to the Garlic and the Citrus books

Upload the tracks for the music for audio movies project

Popular Pages

So its with some surprise that I found out that some how or other people out there in the world have read some of y posts. This has come as a bit of a surprise.

My most popular posts as of today are Cottage Pie and How to make a Largeritia

Yes Makes no sense to me.

For some thing better to do I will great a website with all the Largeria recipes I can find.

I wonder how many hits if any it will get?

Semantic wiki

So I have had some bad luck with my semantic wiki, in that while using the built in updater, complete with restore points it some how when installing an update to one of the extensions broke my wiki.

Luckily the amount of information lost is small as I am still getting to grips with the semantic markup.

The Hitchhiker's Guide Live Radio Show at the Woking Victoria a look back.

 The Hitchhiker's Guide Live Radio Show at the Woking Victoria 

Another view looking back from 2 weeks ago.

Was the show as good as I remember it?
Mostly is the honest answer to this questions. Part 1 was very good and was a lot of fun, the sound effects and the band where very good. The second part was I think in hindsight uneven, why it should be so I just don't know but that what I think.

I have seen some other reviews and there are several that mention the fact that the first part is stronger than the second, I suppose one of the problems Dirk had when writing this show was that most if not all the material is so very well known by most of the audience.

This then leads to a problem in what do you leave out?

Douglas Adams had lots and lots of ideas so there is plenty of material to choose from, do you go with a safe bet or do you chose something that will stretch all parties concerned eg the cast, the audience and the production team?

I like to think that Dirk went for let's be brave, and I think for the most part it works, the only trouble is the first part is just so good that you can not but help compare the second part with the first.

so then important question looking back at the show and also with hearing the recording is was I entertained? did Dirk do a good job?

The answer is yes to both questions.

Slow Posts

I have noticed that I am not doing as many blog posts as I did last year, I think this is due to the fact that I cant blog from my ipad as easy as I used to.

Internet Speed

Just a note to me 1200/75 baud was slow.....

REVIEW: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY RADIO SHOW LIVE! : WOKING

So I went last night (26.06.2012) to see The Hitchhiker's Guide Live Radio Show at the Woking Victoria and the question is, did I enjoy it?

The answer is that I did, the cast had fun, the drummer of the band was having fun and the audience also appeared to have fun. I think I have read somewhere that Dirk Maggs was asked what his plan was for the show and what did he want the audience to come away with, well if it was some 2 hours of entertainment with some great verbal and also visual comedy, then I have to say that he did it, and did it well.

Most of the audience got most if not all the jokes and everyone like what they saw and heard.

The great thing about a live show is that you can never know how that nights performance is going to go, and so it was with last nights, some of the mistakes were very funny and had not only other cast members and director laughing but the audiance as well, I think its great also that everyone was relaxed about any errors, if you could call bring the house down in fits of laughter an error, me I don't think so I think the errors were great.

Was it worth the money?

Yes

Would I go again?

No, Once seen why dilute something that is already great and never to be repeated exactly the same.

It makes me wonder just how good a live radio show of say comic book hero's would be?

part from the sad fact that getting permission would never happen or the costs would be so high so as to make it not worth doing I think that Dirk could do such a project, perhaps one day...

I am looking forward to being able to purchase a copy of last nights performance so that I can hear it again in the car and enjoy it all over again but in its original format.

If you can catch the tour before it ends please do so, its a treat for your ears.

I will when I get chance add some more stuff on the live tour to the Dirk Maggs website when I have the stuff I want to put on it.

Mid Summer

so from now on we are on our way again towards winter. I must say I don't think we left it going by the weather we have had over this last 8 weeks.

Website

So I have done some work on the Dirk Maggs website yet again, mainly editing.

I am thinking if I should do a cast list for hitchers live, I have yet to make my mind up on it.

Dirk Maggs Website

I have done a small update to the Dirk Maggs Productions website, mainly about the Hitchhikers Radio show Live! tour. as its a work by Dir but not a radio show it has been put in the other audio works for 2012.

as a side note to the above I shall be going to the Woking show, and I am looking forward to it.

HHGTG live show Woking

So the good news is that I am going to see the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy live in Woking next week on the Tuesday show.

It should be a great show and lots of fun as I can not see how Dirk Maggs could organise a live radio show any other way.

I shall report back on this event. It will be the first Dirk Maggs production I have seen or heard this year...

Test

This is a test

June

So here in the UK summer appears to have got stuck somewhere between March and April, I can not remember the weather being so bad at this time of year. Its cold dark and wet, in fact its more like November than June at least to me it is.

may be it will get better, as a Brit I am going to hope so.

Events from the past

You may remember from last year that I spoke about L on my blog and the things that she was up to.

Well I have just found out what has happened to her or at least someone is saying this is what happened, I don't know if it true or not that is for someone else to work out not me.

I am told that she has lost her job and that she is still out of work. That she now lives on her own in a caravan as she admitted that she was cheating on her husband. I don't know if this is true or not.

So if it's true then you really don't know just how good things are and the choices you make can have large changes to your life.

I can not check if what has happened to L is true as I have no way to contact her.

If true its sad that she has ruined her life for a bit of sex on the side.

Perhaps one day I will find out what happend.

Working

Well blogger works but BlogPress does not, why is that?

Test

This is a test of blogger on the ipad

Flat Roof

Good news, well it is for me, my flat roof has been repaired...

My bank balance does not like this very much as its taken a hit.

updates

I cant blog from my iPad again, why do Google keep changing things.....

Websites

www.dswilliams.co.uk is working now, which is great, sadly I don't know just how long it has not been working correctly but its some time, perhaps as long as a week or more.

The good news is that I have not lost any of my data, and all the hard work that went into making the sites in the first place.

I suppose when I have anything new I should update the sites.

Website

So after a bit of email here and there been new and old hosting companies my website www.dswilliams.co.uk is back up and working.

I am please that its finally all back on the internet, I suppose I will be lucky if I get 2 or 3 visits a day ....

Website Missing

Just discovered for reasons that I don't understand that my previous web host has not transferred something called a IPSTAG to my new hosting company, and that's nearly a year ago!

To say that I am not happy is an understatement, in fact I am not happy with both of the companies concerned, surly these days they can get their act together to transfer a domain from one host to another without me having to chase them.

Espacally as I don't have a clue as to what a ISPTAG is, and I really don't want to know I just want my domain transferred on the date I want it.

So I have now chased my old hosts who are in the USA for them to hand over the IPSTAG to my new hosts, I have a really bad feeling that this is something that is going to take time to sort out.

Meanwhile none of my websites work.

Not happy...

Rain

Rain and holes in roof don't go together, and so it seems with insurance companies..


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Flat roof

Just found the reason for dripping water coming through the light in the bathroom, yes it's bad the flat roof over the extension has a large hole in it, looks like the whole roof will have to be replaced..

Not happy.....


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So wet

I don't remember having this amount of rain before.


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Wet

So at least here it's been just wet


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Blogging changes

Not to sure if I like the new changes that google have made to the blogger website

Semantic website part whatever

As you know if you have been on my blog I did try some time ago to setup a semantic website on Dirk Maggs and all of his works, which as it happens is what one of my main websites is all about.

Now when I tried last time to set up the site I had some problems with the software that drives the whole thing, mainly getting it to work without it crashing on me.

I must say here that I am running all the software as a local server using xamp to drive the web server and MySQL as the database.

So after a few months I gave up as I was not getting anywhere with it.

So it's been some time so I have decided to have another go at a semantic website.

The good news is that I think I have found some good software in SMWplus which for individuals is free to use, but it does not come with any support, but there is a lot of information on the website, which I must admit I have used very heavily over the last few days.

The good news is that I am up and running. The bad news is that some of the extensions to the software tend to cripple the whole thing and I have had to reinstall on more than one occasion, but as I have learned this process has become an easy step to make and carry out.

No the snag that I have hit is this.

I have worked out how to mark up a page so that it has a category, that was easy, and how to make new category's.

I have learned how to do annotations on some of the items in a page.

So for instance I have done the following as an example

[[actor::dirk maggs]] this gives dirk Maggs the property of actor, I have done the same for him as a writer, director, producer and male.

I have added him to the category person.

I can search for male actors, and that works.

The problem I now have is how do I attach all the productions that he has done to him, and also to the other people who are involved in some way with the production?

I want to be able to do a search for say Shane Rimmer and see all the productions he has been in. Or do a search for all the productions made in 1990 that have 30 minute episodes.

I have as yet not worked out how to code this information.

Do I have to use category or properties? Or a mixture of both?

Maybe it's time to hit the manuals again, I have to get this to work as without it what's the point of having a semantic website?

If I can get the local copy to work then putting it on the Internet will be I suspect not as hard a task.


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Gammon

Had our Easter gammon this evening and I have to say that it was great, cooked in cider and then roasted with brown sugar and mustard.

All I can say is very nice, and as a bonus it was a family meal.


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Bank hoilday

So its raining and I have not seen the sun for a few days, but that does not matter as its a day off and I can chill and relax, what more is there to ask for?

Family Day

So had a family day today, which was nice, met some of the family who live in Australia, and I have to say love the accent.

Wet

So it's a long weekend and you can guess what it's doing out there, yep raining, mind you it's the first rain that we have had in weeks.


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Weather

So its Easter Saturday, so the weather is as you would expect wet... at least yesterday was nice.

Wheels day

Went to wheels day in Rushmoor Arena today, the weather was really great and it was nice to look at all the very differant cars that were on show. It was well worth the money.

There were several cars that if I had the money I would love to buy. One of them was an AC Cobra.

Even saw Tiff Nedell, luckily did not not interpret me viewing of the cars.


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Websites

Had a bit of a clear up on the websites and have removed some files that are no longer needed


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Easter

Easter break is just around the corner so you can guess just what the weather is going to be like.


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Updates

So the good news is that most of my websites are now back up and working.

Warm days

So we have had four nice and warm blue sky days so you know what is next .....


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James Follett website

The good news is that I have updated the James Follett website, with new material and also the good news that he has started to release some of his books on the kindle.

So I shall buy my self some of the books that I have never managed to get in paperback and read them on the ipad in kindle

James Follett website

The good news is that I have updated the James Follett website, with new material and also the good news that he has started to release some of his books on the kindle.
So I shall buy my self some of the books that I have never managed to get in paperback and read them on the ipad in kindle

BBQ2

Second BBQ of the year, and it was good.


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Posts

I see the my how to make a Largerita has had some folks look at it, so far no feedback but I suppose that might never happen as most stuff on the Internet is consumed not created.

If its not the above I suppose that it could also be the having tried the drink they are not sober, and so can't give any feedback as they are not able to.

Well I can dream! Can't I?


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Sunrise

Just a note to me that today's sunrise, was rather nice, not a lot cloud to light up, but nice all the same.


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Summertime

So the clocks move forward again, so summer starts...


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Solar lights

It a bit of a surprise just how many solar lights did not make it through the winter this year.


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BBQ

So today I had my first BBQ at it was very nice thank you


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Flstudio

Just downloaded a Demo version of Fruity-loops Studio, thanks to a utube video I have now managed to get some noise out of it, note I said noise, as that's what I have managed so far to make. I suppose that it is progress as for about an hour or so I could not get any thing out of it.


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First see

Today for the first time this year I have seen my first dandelion


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Podcasts

I listen to a few podcasts , well six of them if you want to know numbers, three of them are music and the other three are all voice shows all are science based, as I happen to like that sort of stuff.

One podcast that I have started to listen to just a few months ago is called recycled electrons, for some reason it just is a fun listen the two presenters have fun and I get the impression that the banter that you hear on the podcast is the same as what they are like without a microphone in front of there faces.
One of the presenters is used to speaking in public and on television while the other is not, although it must be said as the podcast has gone on he has got much much better at speaking and I think now forgets that there is a microphone in front of his face, both presenters have easy to listen to voices and the subjects that they talk about are always interesting and have a typical British look to them which for me is great as its nice to know that there still some British science go on.

So if you like science and astronomy and acronyms then have a go and download a podcast from recycled electrons, what have you got to loose?


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Peace

Do you think there is such a thing as no sound but at the same time there is sound?


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Spring

Just noticed that the old hawthorn bushes are starting to go into leaf, and that I have to say its a very nice light green.


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Not much

I have not had that much to write about


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How to make a Largerita ( Updated Content 2024)

Largerita 2024

This is a great summer drink (Yes, it's true that the UK does have summers, it's just they don't last long!

 

Summers normally last 3 or 4 days then it's rain, rain and rain!)

 

So, this drink is great with food and friends, it’s a very nice drink that always goes down well, and is also a hot summers day drink, a hot summer is even better 

 

(But much much rarer here in the UK!), and a BBQ is well even better! 

 

(hey English is my first language, which I am still trying to learn!)

So to make my version of a Largerita you will need;

(I did say to make my version of a Largerita! you may find others that have similar ideas, they are also worth having a go at, it may be that one of the versions is just what you are looking for! )

So, you need the following bits and pieces, leaving any of these items out, will as you have worked out in you not making or being a Largerita!

Bottle of Mexican Beer

 

(For me this is Sol, as I have not here in the UK found anything else for sale from Mexico!) (330 ml) make sure it's cold, (I said Cold got it?)

 

If you have no Sol, (yes, and I also do bad puns!) I have found that any 5% (Alc vol ABV) bottled larger works, but for some reason the less "sweet" ones work much better, your taste buds might have other ideas!.

 

(And if they do, give them a taking to.....)

 

(make sure the beer is cold, you will see a theme, about cold here....so the beer has to be cold, okay? got that!)

One shot of Tequila

 

(The best you have around, also without this ingredient you will not have a Largerita, and I mean the best you have (Tequila that is),

 

your Largerita will taste much better if you don't skimp on the quality of the ingredients honest.....

 

If you happen to have Patron Platinum, and who doesn't? then go for it, it really does make a big difference to the final drink,

 

 I should know as I have tried this drink with several different Tequila's and its sad to say that in the case of Tequila you get what you pay for, at least that's what my taste buds are telling me!)

One shot of Triple Sec

 

(Any make seems to work, but please do note, that different Triple Sec's do have different tastes, and deep flavours so find one you like.)

One shot of Lime Cordial 

 

(The higher the Lime content the better, here in the UK, I have found that Britvic and Rose Lime Cordial work well, for me that is (my taste buds again).)

Fresh Lime Juice to taste 

 

(Not really needed, but try it for the first glass or two, it's a real surprise what a little fresh Lime juice can do to the taste of a drink.)

 

 No, I don't know why but it just makes a difference!

Mix vigorously & serve with ice. 

 

(Well don't ask me why, but do not leave this out, as it makes all the difference to the final drink, you end up with in your hand, well to me it does...and I promise you, I have tried this recipe both ways and this is the best way (with Ice that is.....)

I have read somewhere that it deepens the taste, whatever that means!

(All I know is that it really does change the nature of the drink into something-worth having on a hot day, with lots of blue sky, your shades on and a BBQ near by...)

So there you have my version of a Largerita, which I have to say it always works well for me.

I suspect that the better the ingredients the better the end result, but then you know that don't you?

Also it's a bit like when baking, keep to the measures given, as it makes all the difference.

 

(Yes, just a little bit over on just one of the items can change the whole nature and the final taste of resulting drink) 

 

(I have warned you, as I know from my own experience! that it can make a great drink, complete crap!)

Have fun and let me know how you got on, and if you can remember what Larger, Lime cordial and Triple Sec and Tequila you used, let me know, so that I can try them out assuming I can get them in the UK that is.

Largerita How to make one.

Largerita

This is a great summer drink that with great food and friends is nice, a hot summers day is even better, and a BBQ is well even more better.

So to make a Largerita you will need

Bottle of Mexican beer (Sol) make sure it's cold, if you have no Sol I have found that any 5%

One shot of tequila

One shot of triple sec

One shot of lime cordial

Fresh lime juice to taste

Mix vigorously and serve with ice.

Spring yet

Saw my first bumble bee of this year, not sure if this is the earliest I have seen a bee.

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Music for Audio movies

This is my new project and I must say that I am very happy with it so far, I must be as I released the first album in the project on 26 Feb 2012' which comprises of five tracks, I must have been even more pleased in that I have put two of the tracks up on Sound cloud for all who care can listen to them.

The second album in the project is also well under way as I have lots of tracks in various states of near completion, which was a bit of a surprise to me when I looked in my project folders and saw just how many different tracks I have been creating, with a lot of them at nearly 90 percent complete.

I as yet do not have a name for the next album, and I also have not yet managed to update my music website with the details of the new album, which is where I will make all the tracks available for download.

The first album has the name of Fade into the Night as was I think inspired by the fact that a lot of personal friendships seem to either start or finish in the night?

The album only has five tracks with the first track very different from the other four, the opening track is a lively introduction to the album, while the other four tracks are a more soulful marking I think that relationships that fade into the night can be good or bad.


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Fade into the night

I have finally completed some music, the first time in several years to be precise. I have not stopped making music it's just that I have tended to have played with lots of new software and made lots of great sounds and soundscapes, but no tracks for an album.

The new album is called Fade into the Night and has five tracks on it, sadly the track names leave a lot to be desired in that they are parts 1 to 5!

Don't know why but that's how they ended up being called, it's not as if I have any control over what the tracks where going to be called.

The album is part of my new project called music for audio movies. At this time it has only the album Fade into the Night as part of it, but I seem to be creating a lot of tracks at this time so I don't think it will be long before the second album in the project will has tracks and a name.

The tracks are coming think and fast for some reason I have lots of musical ideas at this time so I am putting them down as fast as I can.

Audio movies need good music and I have plenty of tracks that have been inspired by many different things, from books other music and the weather!

I think the project will be fun and as I get inspired I will theme up each album in the project.

As a start I have put tow of the tracks parts 1 and 2 on sound cloud for people to hear if they want to.


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Updates

Finally after I don't know how long I had the inspiration to do some work on the Dirk Maggs productions website, I have almost but not quite got all of the pages working correctly, I did take more than two hours to alter almost all the pages, to my knowledge I have missed just two pages, which out over 500 is not bad going.

I don't know how soon I will see in the website stats the number missing pages count drop.


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Daylight

Just a note to me that it's now starting to get obvious that the days are getting longer, and about time to.


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Warm

The weather men said that it was going to be mild and it was!

It got to 16 centigrade and very nice it was to.


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Water

So earlier this evening a very unusual thing happened no water. There appears to have been a problem with the mains somewhere that took out all the water to the street.


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ISS

I was luck today in that the skies where clear at 6.12pm as that's when the ISS when overhead here in Hampshire, thanks to Chris Lintot for tweeting in plenty of time I had the chance to go outside and see it for myself for the first time this year.


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Butterfly

Just for the record saw my first butterfly of the year today. I don't know what type only that it was large and had orange and black on it and appeared to have double wings.

I wounded just how many more butterflies I will see this year as last year was not so good for seeing them, I suppose seeing a butterfly in Feb is early.


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Website

As you know I have a website or two on the Internet and its sad to say that for some unknown reason I just don't feel like updating them at this time. I don't know why it is as there has been a lot of time and effort put into them over the years.

I have lots to do on them to bring them right up today's standards and also update the contents, but for some reason I just can't be bothered to update them, it would not take too long to do the update perhaps some five or six hours in total, and because of the way the websites are built it can all be done in bits and pieces.

So why?

I don't have an answer


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Warm

Well today if what the weather men have said is correct it's going to be warm, they say that it could get up to 16 centigrade, which if true will be more the ten centigrade warmer than normal for this time of year.

So it will be interesting to see if it happens just as the weatherman say it will.

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Pancakes

So yesterday was here in the UK pancake day and yes we had some pancakes and they were very nice thank you very much.


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Sunrise

So today there was a great sunrise, lots of yellow and red sky, I suppose this means that we are due some rain soon, which is something we have not had in a while here.


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Filters

How come the paper coffee filter always seems to move so that I get bits in my coffee, why is it?

All I know is that it can make for an interesting cuppa if you are not expecting bits when drinking your coffee.


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Warm

According to the weather people it's going to get to 14 centigrade either today or tomorrow, this is something that I find hard to believe, but if it happens great as I like the idea offspring is just around the corner so to speak.


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-5

So it's cold again I thought spring was on its way.


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Happy

When does a person know when they are happy?


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Cold

Why has it turned cold again


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No blogs

Funny earlier in the year I had lots that I wanted to say on my blog, but problems with BlogPress stopped me from doing that. Now that BlogPress has been fixed I find that I just don't want to or don't have anything to say....strange that.


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Still cold

Why is it still so cold, I have had enough of it I want spring and I want it now.


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Nokia N8

This is my current phone and just for the record I am on O2. Earlier this week Nokia release a nice, or so I am told up date to the N8. I don't know what it's like as O2 for some unknown reason have not let us have it yet, even though the rest of the world have it, and from what I have read it appears to be working well.

Why are O2 so slow?

Do they care about there customers?

They have not even thought to let us customers know when they are going to let us have the update.

As you start to read the blogs and comments on the net about this, I have realised that there are some very angry people out there and that O2 have not done themselves any favours.

It also turns out that they are already selling N8's with the update already installed, so on the face of it it would appear being an existing customer is being a second class citizen.

I suppose that in the fullness of time we will find out why the delay and also get to enjoy the update.

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BlogPress

Finally BlogPress have released an update, or is it rather apple have allowed the update out?

Not sure which one it is, the main thing is that the fault what ever it was has been sorted and I now for a while until the next update have a working blogging programme yeah!

It's just nice to be able to blog when and where I want to.


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Snow

Yet again we have snow, did I tell you I hate snow.

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Cold

Wow is it cold or what today

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Arrghhh

Why do things that were working get broken?

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Blogpress

Blogpress updates itself to a new and improved version, so that's why I cant upload blogs to my blog, if that makes any sense.

Bad News

So I have had some bad news today, news that from one way of looking at it should have been 20 or even as little as 4 years ago.

But for the fact that the UK health service does have some very clever and caring people my Mother would have died 4 years ago.

Now in the grand scheme of things, e.g who ever writes this script called life we get the news that she now has a fast growing tumor in her airway that is inoperable.

The even evil bit is she gets this news 10 years to the day we buried my father, so someone somewhere does have a very sick sense of humor.

Hearing the news form my sister who was wither her I don't know how to feel about it, as in one sense it was always going to happen some time, just I don't want to hear it now.

My Mother on being told this news is reported to have remarked "What a shiter"! which I suppose does rather sum it all up.

As the lady has always lived her life how she wants to, it comes as now surprise that she has already started to put her life affairs in order and has already stated that she wants an eco burial, and is going to look at where she wishes to be buried...

I have told her since hearing the news that I love her and she replied that she loved me and that she would talk to me until the end, for reasons that I will not put in here, I shall only talk to her.

I can't face seeing her face to face as she declines, as I want to remember her as she was fit and fighting, she has said that she understands this, for which I am happy for her support.

So how long has my Mother got?

She says anywhere between 2 weeks and 2 Months but thinks from what the consultant said 8 weeks is probably very optimistic.

So I shall talk to my Mother until its time and tell her that I love her.

Moon

Last night it was a very clear night and so I was surprised just how great the moon looked its at what I think is one of the more interesting phases, in that it's a crescent or wane Moon.

What I like about this phase is that the unlit side of the Moon sort of glows in Earthshine and you can see it but not see it.

Not very far from the Moon in the sky was a really bright star, which when I used an app on the iPad showed me I was looking at a very bright Venus, the app also pointed out where Uranus is but as where I live is rather well light up at night I have no chance of seeing it and also I reckon you need a telescope to see it.


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Cold

It has turned just a bit colder this morning but lucky for me no ice to scrape off the car windows.


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Cars

So I found out that the car that I have just brought has things missing from it that I thought would have come as standard.

It does not have front fog lights, and it does not have a range function which I find a bit of a surprise as it has a function to tell you when to change up or down gear, just like a formula one but without the speed!

So it would appear that I have brought the wrong car and I will now be stuck with it for two or more years. I suppose that it is my fault for not checking the specs.

But apart form the two things that I said above its actually a nice car to drive and is okay.


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