Windy

So for the second day in a row it's got very windy out-there. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Back to work

Is there such a thing as back to work blues? And why is it that the first day back the day never seems to end yet the day before the time just seemed to fly by? So many questions, and from me at least no answers. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Shopping in reading

Well I am sorry to say that I think the cost of car parking in reading oracle is far far too high. I shall go somewhere else. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Starting again

So it's now been 2012 for a few hours and all I can say is that so far it's been okay, as I did not drink very much in seeing the new year in I don't have first day of a new year hangover. But I bet lots of people do. The fire works in London where really very good and I was lucky to see them in HD without any stupid presenter taking all over them. Any way happy new year. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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

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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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Updates

Still no sign of the software update which is now just starting to get annoying as its now more than two weeks in fact it could be three weeks now.

I know that I am
Using blogger app to upload to the blog but it has some serious short comes including the fact that you can not do blogs offline and then upload them when you have a connection and the other problem Is that the app Is setup for the iPhone and not the iPad but it does work so that's good.

Web server

For some reason that I yet to
Work out my xampp does not want to work on my new computer I wounded if it has anything to do with the fact that windows seven on it is 64 bit and on my old one it was only 32 bit?

Computers

So the old computer had to be replaced with a new one.

One of the problems in choosing a new computer was all the I's this and that I don't know what an i3 or an i7 is all I want is a computer that works and I don't have to wait for.

Updates

Still no update to BlogPress I am starting to wonder if it will ever appear.

As I paid for it I will not be happy if an update does not appear soon as apart from the fact that it does not work under ios5 it's a great programe, so apple where is my update?

Bowling

Went bowling for only the forth time in my life, played two rounds which was good.

The first round I got a score of 113 the second round I got a score of 169 so I am overall happy that in both rounds I scored more than 100.

L What happened

You may remember that I spoke earlier in the year about L

Well I can't tell
You what going on with her as I have had no news

Website updates

Well it's been a while since I spoke about the websites that I have.

I might as well say here and now that I have not really done very much to the sites as work and real life have taken up most of any free time that I have at this time of year.

The Dirk Maggs Producer website the main one is the same as I have not done any work to it.

The other site the database driven one has had some work done on it, I have done one complete year of radio productions 1989 and it took several hours to do.

One other thing that is now causing a lot of trouble for me is that the computer I use to up date the websites has now taken to freeze up or even better not to start at completely random times according to what I read either the graphics board is going or the main board of the computer.

As the computer is getting on a bit I suppose I should take advantage of the fact and get a new base unit, problem is which one?

From what I can see there are i3, i5, i7 which one is good? Which one will last say four or more years? And just how much memory is good for windows seven?

I don't know the answer to these questions yet

Still waiting

Well I am still waiting for the updated version of BlogPress that will work with ios5 so far as you can tell from this blog it has not happend.

So as a stop gap I am using blogger app which is not setup to work on the iPad but it does work its just that it does not look very nice as its all very chunky.

Apps

My normal app that I use on the iPad called BlogPress is not working under ios 5; which is not good.

According to the makers website an update was sent to apple 2 weeks ago and so it should appear soon!

Well I am still waiting for it to appear

Fancydress

Went to a fancy Dress party last night and I must admit that the amount of effort some of the folks went into was amazing, and I am glad that Donna and I tried are best, with our own costumes, which most of the folks seemed to like.


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Clocks

Is it me?

I would seem with the clock shift and all that that entails that now days the number of clock I have to alter manually is getting less and less, as most clocks now change themselves, which is always good.

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Summer time ends

So for us here in the UK summertime has now come to an end and so that means that the nights are now going to draw in, which I have to tell you I don't like much I think it's some 12 weeks before we start to gain daylight again.


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Music

So I have been on holiday for the last couple of weeks and it's been great, but one of the things that I miss is music each and every day mainly because that type of music I like is not what Donna likes.


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Dark

So it's eight in the morning and it's dark, which is a bit of a surprise as yesterday it was just so bright, and to that BST ends tonight, which means that I suppose winter is about to start.

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No more leave

So my last day of holiday today


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Away

I have been away on hols in Folkstone Kent, as it is part of the UK that I not been to and also it's where some of Donna family came from.

The weather for most of the week was blue sky and sunny even if it was adjust a bit cold, but then in late October what else is it supposed to be.


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Updates

So I have updated the iPad one to the new iOS 5 so far it has failed to copy all my music across.


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Dirk Maggs Website

I finally had some time to do some work on the Dirk Maggs Website and I am pleased with what I managed to do mainly because I think that this version of the website is going to look much better than the old one when it's completed.

The only problem is I have no idea just how long it is going to take to complete.


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Reading

I have just finished reading Danger UXB by James Owen, although this book does not go into real technical detail it was still a good read and I did learn something about the trouble and problems that bomb disposal had to cope with during WW2.

I still don't know even after reading this book how these guys where able to dig out bombs that might be some twenty feet in the ground not knowing if at any moment that the bomb might detonate.

There is apparently no memorial to the men of bomb disposal for any of the armed services, this I find hard to believe, according to the book some 750 men in bomb disposal lost their lives.

I also did not realise that there are still in London lots of UXB,s still in the ground and that the chemicals that make up explosives in time change their chemical properties and can become much more dangerous to make safe.


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Back

So back from a nice holiday especially as the weather was for the time of year very hot, in fact according to the weathermen it was the hottest days in September.October for the last 100 years!

So happy or what!

A good break

Also having a Kelly's ice cream in North Cornwall in September when it's 28c is always good.

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Life

So autumn has started I can say this because of the fact I now have my lights on while driving to work.


Bum...


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Apple

So it's time for apple to show the world what new stuff they want to sell you.

I have a feeling that what they announce will not be very different from what they are selling now, just a tweak here and there but it will basically will be the same stuff in new boxes.

On the software side I think They might give you stuff that other manufacturers have been providing for ages which will be good, provided that is if they are not to busy trying to sue someone else, its sad but they appear to be putting more effort into going to couture than producing new products or better products than the competion.


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Dirk Maggs Website

There has been no more work on this as I have been away, enjoying the sunshine that we had here in the UK.


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Holiday

So on holiday again, and yes I do need to be. It's nice just being able to do as much or as little as you please.

But for this bio day that s not so true as me and wife are not alone on this break as we have daughter and one of her friends along. Not that they are any trouble, so if the weather hold out it will be nice to walk along a breach or two and to just enjoy the sifts and sound of North Cornwall, as that is where I find myself.


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Reading

I finally finished a book that has taken me more than three weeks to read, mainly due to the amount of time that I have in being able to read.

Sadly as I write this I don't remember the authors name! And it's only been a day!

The book I think was called 1000 years of annoying the French, I must say that the author has done a very good job and it shows in the depth of detail in the contents of this book.

What was an eye opener for me was the way history is taught and remembered has a lot to do with where your are and the culture that you find yourself in.

I learnt a lot about history that I thought I already knew, this book turns some of what I was taught at school on it's head, it also taught me that having an open mind is alway worth having and also to question what you think is fact.


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Dirk Maggs Productions Website

The problem with getting the hosting mysql server to accept the upload of my backed up database that is the Dirk Maggs website still has not yet been solved, is appears that one way I can change the settings I need on the server is to have shell access to the server using something called ssh, I have to ask the hosting company for this to be enabled, so that will be the next step.

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Reading now

I have started to read yet another book that has been in the reading pile only a short time.

It's called Danger UXB and it's by James Owen and it's the story of what the guy did in bomb disposal in WW2 what is a surprise to me is that there has not been very much written about them in the past few years.

From what I have so far read over 700 bomb disposal men died doing their duty and that unlike the other parts of the services there is no national memorial to them, which I find to be a very surprising omission, why that should be I just don't know, one thought that I did have was perhaps because they had to keep secrets on how they did what they did they may have been too good at keeping a lid on what they did and how they did what they did.

I have not read very far into the book so far, but I have already learnt much that either I knew something about or it's completely new to me.

I still have trouble getting my mind around the fact that these guys had to walk up to a 2000 pound bomb not knowing if the timer on the bomb was just about to rundown and set the bomb off or the clock had just jammed and that the slightest nock would set it going again, I don't know how they did it.


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Podcasts

Did I tell you that I listen to the odd podcast?

Well one of the podcasts that I like to listen to each week is Above & Beyond TATW podcast. Each podcast is 2 hours long, and I find it a great way to leave all my troubles stress etc behind for a while, and surly that's what listening to music is all about?


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Blood Donation

Today I shall give my 119th blood donation I think I should be proud of that fact that I have given so much, it's taken years, but I am glad that I have managed it for so long.

I am told that each donation that I give can help unto 3 other people, so if my maths is working correctly that means I could have helped unto 357 people, that's not a bad effort if I do say so myself.


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Hoilday

Next week I am holiday, which is always nice, I may be lucky and this time have a lie or two, if I am really luck till 7 in the morning!


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Dirk Maggs website

So I have a working local copy of the Dirk Maggs website, which is good as I thought I had lost it, so do I know try and get the same thing with the one on the hosting server?


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Cold

So I know that autumn is on it's way as even I noticed how cold it was this morning.


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DMPW

Good news at last, on the Dirk Maggs website front. I have managed to get on my local server the database and all the support files that make up the backup copy of the main Dirk Maggs website working.

I had a lot of trouble getting the SQL database dump reinstalled into the mysql server and the new database that I had setup, mainly due to two reasons the first being I don't know mqsql very well.

The second the error message that came up was of no use to me as I did not understand what it was telling me. I have to say even using google it took a while to find an answer that I understood and even more time and searching to understand what and how to do the correction to clear the fault.

I then had another hour or so trying to get concrete5 to see my database.

Restating the machine was a good idea as it also helped get things going and it's sad to say that restarting was indeed one of the suggestions.

So I have a working copy of the website, which is good the only thing that does not work is the site themes which is not working, for some reason or other.

The other thing that does not work is in the dashboard some of the functions do not work, the good news is that all the content appears to be there, which is a great thing.

I don't yet know what to do next.


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Website and databases

The saga of trying to get my main Dirk Maggs productions website back up and running on the new host continues.

The support software that makes up Concrete 5 and the other stuff that is not the database turns out to comprise of not 30 000 but 37 000 files and takes some 3.2 gigs of space, I really did not know just how large the website was, but that does explain I suppose just why it took so long to upload on to the host.

The data base is not that big as it's stored as a compressed files and is less than 8 megs in size, at least I think that is what it is as I am wetting this blog else where and I can't check, anyway it's not that big is the main thing.

Now the error I was getting 1153 does have a solution but for the life of me I have not yet worked out how I change a variable in the mysql server, as I have said I am not a programmer so at this time I am just scratching my head on what or how to correct it.

Its looking like I may have to recreate my Dirk Maggs site from scratch, which in one way is bad but in another is good as I might make a better site this time.


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Databases and errors

Well last night I tried to get my main Dirk Maggs productions website working again.

You should be able to work out that it was not a success.

I have got all the support files on the server, which is good as there are 30 000 of them!

I have found my zipped data base backup which appears to be complete and appears to work.

I managed after a while to work out how to create a new database on the hosting server and to work out what my server name is, username. Database name and it's password.

I even worked out how to import the backup of the database to the hosting server.

So at this stage all is good....

But during the import process after the file has uploaded okay and the SQL file is running the import stops with the following error, error code 1153 with the description Got a packet bigger than max_allowed_packet bytes now so far I have not found a site on the web that will explain to me in words that I understand what has gone wrong.

So today when I get time I will do a bigger search on the net to find answers, as without it the website will not work.

I did do some other preparation work and have set up the configuration file of concrete 5 to use the database if I ever get that bit working.

I went to bed last night not very happy...


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Time

Some how as the nights draw in I am finding that I just don't have time to carry out all the dings that I want to do. For instance I really want to get my main Dirk Maggs website back up and running, so far it's been more than a month and I have yet to get to the stage where I can say that it's all working, as I have said before I have got the support files all 30000 of them on the server, but I have yet to get the database uploaded and then reconfigure it all so that it works on the new server and in the layout on that server as it is not the same as the old server, one reason being that the old server was in the USA and the new one is in the UK.

So why do I keep running out of time?

I just don't know the answer to that one.

So I suppose instead of moaning about it I should just get on and sort it.


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Why

Why do a website is a question I ask myself

As running a website costs me money, and I don't get anything from making and running a website other than the fact that there is something out there that some people find now and then of use.

I did once keep a record of just how much time I spent on maintaing one of my websites, but it soon became very apparent that the number of hours a week I was spending was getting just a bit stupid and so I gave up, but I can tell you for a hobby spending more than 40 hours on it, is not a hobby but an obsession!

I suspect that if I took my websites down and did not bother no one would pass any comment, so in one way why bother?


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Dirk Maggs Works

Well as my proper Dirk Maggs website is not yet fully working, I am using this blog as a place to store some information on a new radio production that he directed and that his company produced.

The production was broadcast on sat 10 September and it was called Washington 9/11 and was a re-enactment of what happened ten years ago in New York and the attack on the twin towers.

I did get chance to hear this and production was good, but I felt a bit uneasy on some of the content, it felt to me as it had been sweetened and a bit proper gander ish if there is such a word.

It appears that others had the same thoughts as when I looked on twitter there where comments along the same lines, which is sad.

Saying that some of the comments on twitter where just plain nasty and where amines at some of the actors in the production, especially some of the accent which is funny in that one of the actors who is American and has an american accent was criticised for her American accent!

I don't think this production is a classic Dirk Maggs production, it's good but no where near the productions that he has done in the past.
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Databases and websites

So I have uploaded all the background or files that make up the content of the Dirk Maggs website, all I now have to do is set up a mysql database and then restore it with the backed up file that I have.

The problem I don't have a clue yet how to carry this task out, as on my previous hosting company they did all of that for me, and also there was a programme which was of great help in making databases.

I am at this time stuck, in that I just don't know what to do next or even how to do what I need to do.

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Missing

I have to say I am missing having my database driven Dike Maggs website, as it was easy to update and to add new content to.

Perhaps in the next few weeks I will succeed in getting it working again.


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Green eyed monster

How is it that after more than 25 years of marriage you can still suffer from the green eyed monster?


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French Radio London

The above radio station which I have found on my DAB radio is quite a fun listen to, as they have a very wide range of very different music that they play.

They also do not appear to have a playlist which is great as do you really want to hear the same bit of music more than once in two hours or so?

As far as I have so far heard with my ears they don't have a a hourly daily or weekly playlist, which is great.

As I don't speak French the news is great in that I don't have a clue as what bad news they are telling me!

I think the other great thing is that there is a difference between English and French radio as to the style and type of music played, and so far I am enjoying that differance.




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Dirk Maggs website

So I am trying to get the Dirk Maggs website the database one up and running again.

So part of the process is to upload the support files and then load up the database to drive it all. the programme that makes all this happen is called Concrete 5 it's a cms with a mysql database.

It turns out that the programmes files and the support files form most of the website, so yesterday I decided to upload it to the hosting site.

I started the upload at 7 in the morning and it finally finished at 2.345 in the afternoon!

There are 30000 files in total so I suppose it's not a surprise just how long it took to upload them.

The next task is to see if I can upload the data base, which if memory serves is much smaller, so it should not take that long to up load assuming I can get it to upload.


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Wet

It's amazing just how dark it can be during the day when you have 100 percent cloud cover and it's raining...


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Dirk Maggs website

As you know my website is now with a new host and as a temporary measure I put up my old Dirk Maggs website, what surprises me is just who many hits the old site is getting is in the thousands....

Yeah I am surprised as well...

The thing is that I really want to have my database driven site back up and running, the problem is all though I downloaded everything more than once, that being the site files and the database as per instructions that I found on the Concreate 5 website, I am beginning to think that I just don't have the technical skill required to get it back up and tuning on my new host, which is a shame because I had done a lot of work and if I do say so myself the website was looking really good.

So I wonder where I can find some free help to get it all back up and working again?


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Reading

I have if you have been looking at this blog not said much about the books that I am reading and the reason for that is that I have not wanted to read anything just lately for some reason or other.

I just don't feel like picking up a book and reading, not too sure why that is but I suppose that there must be a reason for it.

It's not because I have no books to read, far from it I have I suppose some five books that I have in my to be read pile but they have now sat there from some four or more months. They are books that I waited for to come out in paperback.

Perhaps in time the reading muse will come back.


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Promises

What do you do when promises are broken?

Move on?

Kick up about it?

As these are business promises is it a breach of a contract term?

Can you in force a contract term that is or is not coved by a contract?

I don't know the answer to the above questions yet, perhaps I never will but I am going to seek advice as to what the best thing to do is.


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Cold

A bit of surprise this morning in that there is a nip in the air, I suppose with the reduction in day length this is now going to happen and get colder as we move into winter.


Bum.....


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Light

Just how little daylight reduction does it take for it to trigger trees and such to start to turn their leaves brown?

I don't know the answer, and so far I have yet to find an answer on the Internet.


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Sleep

I have missed my sleep, you know the kind of sleep that when you wake up from it you feel great.


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Nought

Why is the word for nothing so large?

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Light

I think today was the first time this year that I have noticed that the light level and it's intensity has changed, why I should notice it now and not earlier is just one of lives mysteries.


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Cooking

How come you cook a meal that you have done hundreds of times and for some reason or other you find that it just does not taste the same as the last time you cooked it, even though you used the same ingredients and used the same cooking method?


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Upset

It's never ever nice being upset.


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