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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! one or two days mostly!)

 

UK Summers can 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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New car

So do I have a car with lights that I can't use or do I have a car with something wrong with it?

I shall find out soon.


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Blogs

Just noticed that I am not doing that many blog entries at this moment in time, I think that it might have some thing to do with the fact that I have found a couple of games on Facebook or all places that I like to play at this time.

This will of course change as I tend to get board with the games after a while but at the moment I am enjoying myself.


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New car

So I have my new car and it's interesting how things in the old car that you took for granted and different in the new car and that even though my old car was three years old how much has changed and also how much has not.

As I said before I have downsized on the car and the new car has stuff that it did not have before like cruise control and stuff like that, but one thing that it does not have is the range the car can do with the amount of fuel it has inboard.

It does have Bluetooth for the phone, a jack point for your mp3 player it even has a feature that tells you when to change up or down a gear, which is just like a formula one racing car, but a warning on just how far you can go before you run out of fuel no, nothing.


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New car

So I got my new car yesterday, why is there so much paperwork to sign?

As I think I said before this time I have downsized the car, so one of the things that I have noticed is that the new car feels lighter which of course it is, as it's smaller.

The one thing that I did not check and thinking about it I should have is that my old car had a feature which told you how much range the car had with the fuel in the tank, it would appear that the new car does not have this, but it does have cruise control.

If I ever buy another new car a note to my self is to check what information the car can give me.

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Website

I have managed to finally get some website software that I can actually use, which is good Asti means I have finally been able to start to edit and correct the faults that have stopped the Dirk Maggs Productions website from working correctly.

I am not sure what has caused the faults on the site as its an exact copy of the site that was working before I changed web hosts.

And I have checked more than once that I uploaded all the files that make up the site more than once but I still seemed to have the same sort of problem of links not working and of images missing, yet when checking they are there but for some unknown reason that just don't load.

Any way the good news is that with the new software I have managed to sort some of the problems out, the site works better than it did and more of the links now appear to work, which is always good.

What's sad is that when doing the site is just how little new work Dirk has done over the last few years, it would appear that the number of radio plays that the BBC use has dropped big time, which is sad.


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Bots

As I said in another blog post I have been updating the Dirk Maggs Productions website, after I got some new website editing software that I can actually use, which out my head exploding.

One thing that I noticed while looking at the website logs was just how quick the various web bots notice a change in my website and that scan right through it.

The Google bot appeared to hit my website within a few minutes of me uploading changed and updated pages to my web host.

But the thing that opened my eyes was the fact that there are lots of other less well known bots out there that are if any thing quicker than the Google bot.




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Still cold

It's still rather cold and it looks like its going to be that way all the weekend.


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Cold

Wow has it got cold, which as this time of year is I suppose what it should be.


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Updates

It's funny in that last year when ios5 came out it took some eight or more weeks for a corrected version of BlogPress to come out.

Now in the space of less than that time it's had two more updates, not that I am complaining as I now have a working programme which lets me blog as and when I want to.

I just hope that the next time that iOS gets updated and BlogPress for some reason does not work that they update quicker.


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Cheque books

When was the last time you used a cheque book or even wrote out a cheque? For me it's years and years. So finding a cheque book in my household has been fun. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Darkness

How are you supposed to like the dark? Ik now that as I get older the one thing that I want more of is daylight, why that should be I just don't know but that's what I am finding as I get older. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Radio

Just how much radio do you listen to? An hour a day? Or more Do you just listen to radio in the car? To and from work I wounded if where you listen to the radio makes a difference as what you think of radio and also the type of radio that you listen to? - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

New car

So I have put down a deposit for a new car at 0% interest will let you know when I get it. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Abbots ale

Just a note to me that for some reason Abbots ale with cheese and crackers Appears to work well. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

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