Blue sky

Finally some blue sky and strong sunlight, nice that's what it is....

Girly girl

Are there such girls as girly girls?

If there is such a girly girl i have yet to meet one.

Are they something that is made up by the media?

If they are real what are they like to live with?

As I have never meet one I don't have any answers to the above questions.

Perhaps the thing for me to do is have a look on the I telnet and see what comes up!

Drink of the day

So the drink of the day is water!

I know but sometimes that's all that you need is a drink of water.

Happy

What is happy?

Can you tell me what happy is?

I know when I am happy but is that the same thing for you?

I know it's a stupid question but sometimes you have to ask yourself these questions it's all part of the joy of being alive.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is one that I have never had before in my life, it's called cusquena and its an inca beer, it's nice but I think it has to be served cold, I drank mine warm....

Writing

As you may not knowi written a few items on chemistry, which is a subject that has always interested me since I was as all person. Now that I am a bigger person I am still interested in chemistry, not sure why that is but that's how it is.

Any way because I like chemistry some time ago I wrote a few books and articles on various bits of the periodic table that interested me in one way or another.

I have just had cause to go back and have a look at what I have produced and I am amazed at just how much stuffing wrote!

I am thinking that I might set up a wiki with all the stuff I have written but in an easy way to look at the various version of the items I wrote. This is something I shall have to think about.

Emm

Can you feel emm?

I do today, not too sure why....

Wampserver

Playing with wampserver just found that it does not like copper mine the gallery programme loads of errors, but it works. Lots of errors on stuff being static which sadly I don't have a clue about, then to top all of it off it does not like half the images that i am trying to upload into copper mine. What is strange the same images load into Gallery 3 with no problems.

I suspect that copper mine might need some more setting up, which is something gallery does not need.

Spring

Just a note to me that Hawthorn leaves when they first appear are a lovely light green.

Semantic wiki

So as you know of you have read my blog I have in the past played with a semantic wiki and as you know it did not go to well in that some how or over I managed to loose all the hard work I did in creating the wiki.

Well the news is that my luck with a semantic wiki has not changed and I have so far failed in my attempts to install a wiki on my local server, even though the semantic software is much more up-to date for some reason or other I just can not yet get it to work.

Oh well there is always another day.

Happy

Are you happy?

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is,

Bavaria. And very nice it is too, just make sure that you have it cold, not ice cold as that does not work so well, for some reason it looses it taste some what.

Wampserver

Having a play with wampserver, so far it's working we'll.

Wet

So it's wet now which is what I think April weather should be about here in the UK.

Give blood

So I gave blood today, which is something I have done many times. At this time I have given 126 units which is a great total if I do say so myself.

So do some thing amazing give a unit of blood.

Sun

Where has the sun gone, one day of blue sky and now it does a dissapearing act.

Odd Thoughts from a High Desk: How to make a Largerita ( Updated Content)

Odd Thoughts from a High Desk: How to make a Largerita ( Updated Content)

Books to be read

I have noticed that I have some how ended up with a pile of books to read, how did that happen?

Time

Does the hour hand on a clock break the speed of sound when you are not looking?

Podcasts

I note to me, podcast above and beyond just as good as 5 years ago, that's right 5 years.......

Reading Blogs

Reading Blogs just how many do people read in a day, week or month?

I asked myself this question today as I noticed that I have a list of blogs that I visit on a semi regular basis and enjoy what the various authors choose to write about.

As some of these authors live in different parts of the world their outlook on the world is different from mine and its nice to see their world through their eyes.

Some of the authors are a different sex to me and so the way they see and interact with the world is also different from mine, saying that can you really tell from reading a bit of text if the author is male or female?

I know I can't unless the author is taking about something that is very female orientated like the experience of giving birth and what that feels like from their perspective.

Some of the Blogs I read are on subjects far removed from my way of life, but the authors have a great way with words and I have learnt stuff that I would never have known anything about.

So of the blogs that I have read have been on items that to me here in the UK are so direr rant that I have had trouble understanding why and how things can be so different.

I have read blogs on photography that have help me become better at taking photos and also better at enjoying looking at photos and also teaching me at least a little bit on why some photos are better looking to me than others.

I have also wish that some of the photos I have seen I wished that I had taken them, or that I knew the model or the place they were taken.

Blogs are on the whole another window into a world that as I get older is even more amazing that I could have ever thought.

Some of the blogs I have read are by people who are one sex but for reasons that I don't think anyone Truley understands want to live part or all their life in the other sex. The things that I have picked up from this are the hurt and pain that they suffer for something they did not ask for and also the hate and just dam right nastiness that they also have to put up with.

Some of the blogs are sad and some are very happy, it's amazing just how people cope with all the trouble placed on their shoulders.

I have learned new words while reading these blogs and have learned that their is no such thing as two genders just as there is no such thing as black and white, the world truly is grey and it appears that this grey is all over the place and in all the different things that we do each day.

Has reading these king of blogs changed me?

The answer has to be yes, as my eyes have been opened to the fact that there are lots of different ways to be happy in your life, but if you are only slightly different from everyone else then for some reason you are singled out and treat differently when all you want to do is enjoy your life without stress and hurt.

Other blogs that I have read have been funny, other sad others have been so different that I have had to book mark them and come back to them when I have an understanding as to what they were talking about.

It goes without saying that there have been many blogs that were just there to sell something and some are just about sex..

So will I still read these blogs?

Yes is the answer, as these dirrerant blogs show me a world that for one reason or another I would never get to see or hear about and surly that makes be a better person with a better world view?

Drink of the day

The drink of the day to day is....

Coffee and why not, not an instant coffee mind you but one of them fancy pod coffee's which has a name that at this time I can't remember as I am know-where near the machine or the pods.

All I can say is that the coffee was very nice thank you very much and it did the job.

Sunshine

Well we have had some sunshine and to make it even more of a surprising weekend we have also had some blue sky. Sad to say that the blue sky did not last long but it was great to see it even if it was only for a short time.

So I ask myself is this finally the start of spring?

The answer I suppose will come in the next week or so if the weather starts to warm up to where it should be for this time of year in the UK.

Shares

Is it worth buying shares in the company you work for if you can afford it?

Warm

So will the. Weathermen get it right and we get a bit more spring like weather?

Only time will tell.

Iain Banks

So have just heard the sad news that one of the authors that I like is going to die this year due to the cancer that he has got. This is sad as I have spent many an hour reading his books and enjoying the different worlds that he created and also enjoying the stories that he told in his worlds that he made.

59 is not old and I think he has written 20 odd books and has enjoyed his life his way, I notice from the news that he has just got married for the second time to his lady partner of many years, I wonder how she is holding up with this sad news and that her marriage may not last as long as they both wanted, how do you cope with this kind of news?

I know that it is something that I dread being told that the one you love and want to be with is soon going to leave you forever, what do you do?

I don't know the answer and I don't want to find out either, I just wish them both as happy times as they can have in the time left and hope that she gets some great memories of the good times.

To Iain I say thank you for the entertainment you have provided me through your books.

Rumours

There are rumours from the weathermen that early next week we might have a start to spring, this would be good I think.

Sunrise

Today had a nice sunrise in that I could see the sun, which has been rare around here for the last few weeks and also it was a lovely red orange ball, which I have not seen for even more weeks.

Then the weather men ruin it all by saying that here in south England expect snow showers!

I mean why?

I have started to think that 5 months of winter is just too long I want a hot day without having to put loads of clothes on just to stay warm in April!

Sunshine

Not used to it but we had sunshine today, even if I had to scrape the car windows this morning.

Happy

So some very good news is that daughter has got engaged and I am very happy for her.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day is.... Pepsi max with ice and lemon, nice to drink while stuck indoors with the heating on at Easter at the start of British summer time......

Hot cross buns

I have had the pleasure ? Of having some hot cross buns and from more than one shop,the thing is none of them are what I call great to eat, I have a feeling that if I ever get the chance to have real hot cross buns they will taste completely different to what I have had.

Easter

So it's Easter the clocks have now moved forwards because its summer time and its cold just 4 centigrade so stuck indoors with the central heating still on....

Arh summer or spring or winter I wish the weather would read the script and get on the right page.

Reading

Still managing to do some reading, which is good.

Gone

Note to me noticed that eloree stopped in feb 2013

Cold

Cold so it must be Easter?.....

DJ Studio

dJ studio is an app on the iPad which is as the name suggests is a dj mixes app and I have to say I have had some fun with it , I now have a way of getting my mixes off the iPad and into the big wide world which is something that the app it's self does not do a good job of in my mind.

But the biggest problem with the app now is lack of new content as I can not import my own samples I am stuck with what the app provides and I am sad to say that they are getting stale.

Drink of the day

The dink of the day today is and you are not going to believe this ....Bravia zero alcohol I know it's strange but this zero alcohol beer really to my taste buds tastes okay and that's all that matters.

Software

Finally brought an app called audio copy and it just works and has solved my problem of getting my mixes out of dj studio and into the big wide world.
I am being to think that dj studio has stopped being updated as its so long since the last update.

Rest

So Easter is here four days rest is always good.

Easter

Finally Easter is here, so you can guess what the weather is going to be like. Yes your right it's going to be horrid.

Spring

I think I have seen signs of spring here. I can't be sure but I have seen that the moss under some tree that I go by has turned a lighter green, it was not like that a week or so ago.

Apple apps

I have been having some fun with a new app on the iPad called real racing 3 apart from it just being set up to take money from you I have enjoyed racing badly around the different tracks. Best of all is that it is free and if you have the time the money grabbing side of it will not ruin your game play, it just takes longer to play.

Blogs

So this blog is not dead but I have to admit that I have not made many posts as I have not had much I want to say and also that I have started to do some reading for the first time in a long while.

So as I am reading I am going to enjoy it while I can.


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Not much

For some reason I have very little I want to say at this time


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Drink of the day

The drink of the Amy today is..... Coffee and why not its always good, if you buy decent coffee....

Music

Funny how music can make things better.

Cold

It's turned rather cold I am not happy about this as I thought ring was due soon.

Websites

Just managed to totally destroy the new website that I have been working on for the last week, gutted is one of the words that I have just used.

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Concrete 5

Just having a go at using concrete 5 as a crm to see if it can be used as a replacement for my current static websites.

I will let you know here how I get on.

Dirk Maggs website

Finally done some work on the Dirk Maggs website added new production due to be broadcast early 2013

Pancake day

So it's pancake day today here in the UK, I am told that sugar and lemon on pancakes is not known in the USA is this really true?

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is ....

Summer punch by Schweppes I know now why it's on special offer!

Even when served cold with ice, to me it just does not taste right, is has a sort of sour taste to it that I just don't like.

Dirk Maggs Productions Website

So after rather a long time I have updated the Dirk Maggs Productions website, spent over an hour or so doing so. The thing is that the end result, when you look at it does not look much different from what I started with.

But and its a big but the main thing is that I have updated the site.

This is good news as I was starting to think that I would never update the site again, that I had lost interest in it.

I have not lost interest but its a sad fact that there is not a lot of new information to add to the site anyway, as the BBC don't appear these days to do radio plays.....

Drink of the day

The drink of the day, well actually yesterday is Bavaria 0.0%

Yes that's right it is a larger with no alcohol !

much to my surprise its actually okay as a drink, but and its a big but their are two things you must do before drinking this that are essential.

So my two rules are;

One the larger must be served cold, not ice cold but just cold.

Two make sure you have not had anything sweet to eat or drink, as this tends to muck up your taste buds for hours and that is the last thing you want when drinking low or zero alcohol drinks.

Also make sure you have not had any soft drinks especially the low or no sugar ones, as there appears to be some sweetness in there that just takes you taste buds out for hours.

So if you have followed rules one and two, then the end result is that this drink is okay.

 The larger does to me taste like a larger but just  with no alcohol  some folks say that you need the alcohol as it deepens the taste, I am not too sure, what they mean by this but in my case as long as I follow rules one and two then drink zero alcohol larger it all works for me and at the end of the day that's all that matters.

Drink of the Day

The drink of the day today is....

tea!

Yes I know but it really is a great drink, of course it has to have milk in it, full fat is best and it also has to have no sugar in it, as with sugar in it all you appear to taste is the sugar and not the tea!

Colder

Just when I was starting to think that we are on our way to spring the weather people are now saying that it could snow on Sunday ?

Why?

I want spring and I want it now

I am getting tired of all this cold weather, I want a BBQ and sunshine, I want to have to wear my sunglasses.

I suppose that I shall have to be like everyone else and wait and count the days to spring, then knowing how strange the weather is these days spring will not be how spring should be it will be wet and cold.

But that's one of the great things about living in the UK in that you never really know what the weather is going to be like and I suppose in the long run its one of the reasons that the weather is one of the most talked about things in the UK.

Windy

So it's just a bit windy today and cold, is spring just around the corner?

Lonely

I think that the word lonely is not a nice word and I hope with how ever long I have left to live that I never end up lonely, if that happens I would I think end. It all as I don't think I could cope with being on my own.

Time

So today time is mostly going quickly.

Anniversary

So I have a special anniversary today, and no I am not going to say what it is here, just that it is 31 years ago to the day and that's all I need to say here about it.

Drink of the day

Today's drink of the day is.....black current squash made with fizzy water and ice, I know it's not hot but it does make I nice drink.

Daylight

Please can I have more daylight that I can see, if possible can I also have some blue sky?

Voice

Had an odd thought this morning, and as this is a notebook for me, I thought I better record it here, so I don't forget it and also as I might one day come back to Can you fall in love with just a voice?

I know that there was a film with David Niven in where his character fell in love with just a voice but that was a film. Can you in real life fall for a voice?

I don't know the answer, I not even sure where one would go to even find out, I do know that people have fallen in love just seeing someone be it a picture or seeing someone in the street or where ever, so I suppose it's possible.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is.....tea!

And why not is nice it's refreshing and it just works.

The tea is Tyhoo if you want to know with milk but no sugar.

Daylight

For the first time in a while I have seen some blue sky and the sun. I know it's a bit strange, Apparently looking at the sun is not good for the eyes but I had forgotten, this as I had not seen it in such a long time.

The good news is that the days here in the northern hemisphere are now getting longer and we have passed the coldest day of the year here in the northern hemisphere which as you know is the 17th of January, so spring is on its way....

Weather

So we are having some weather here at this time, it's rain and strong winds which is good as its not snowing and also it means that it's warmer than this time last week.

Hampton Court Palace

Finally I got to go to Hampton Court Palace on Saturday  and its an amazing place to spend a day in, but if you want to walk the gardens then pick a summer day, as when we were there it was a bit too cold in the wind.

The palace itself is well worth a visit seeing stuff from so long ago that has survived a civil war and 2 world wars is always nice, and this palace is history.

The cost of getting in was I think expensive.

Drink of the Day

The drink of the day today is.... Pepsi max..

Not sure if its something you can drink elsewhere in the world.

But its sugar free and it does not taste like diet Pepsi.

Drink of the day

The drink of the day today is....milk!

I know milk, but hey it's nice, so long as its the full fat kind... Okay?

Oh and cold...okay?

Warmer

I can't wait for it to get warmer.

Cold and snow

So if things goes as we are told the snow should be gone soon. This is good as I am getting a bit pissed off with it.

Snow

So we have had snow and that's all it's been doing all day snowing, but the snow is not the flake type but the small ball type if that makes sense.


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Snow again

So as I said before I don't like snow, so what's happened today?

Yep we had snow 3 or more inches not sure how much as I have not measure how much there is as I said I don't like snow, and driving in it is not fun.

Driving

Driving in snow is not nice, not fun, and is knackering.

Also its the other cars on the road, they scare me.....

Can you really drive at 70 mph in ice and snow?

That's my problem...

I Hate Snow

I hate snow, there I have said it, I think its because I don't like the uncertainty that comes with it snowing, and I am not very good in driving in it.

Spring

Funny thing is that spring is so far away some 12 weeks it seems like miles away, it's not but I am looking forward the extra sunlight and it getting warmer.

Snow

So the weather men are saying that its due to snow heavy on Friday, I hope that they are wrong.

colder

I find hard to believe that spring is 12 weeks or less away. Especially as its so cold at this time.

Blog

Have also toady changed the template that the blog is based on, well its a change and it is a new year and all that. If I don't like it I can always change it.

Blog

Just edited the blog a bit so it does not take up so much screen space, not sure if it's worked.

Some how I have also got Google+ not sure what it is and how to use it, wonder if I can remove it if I don't like it?

DJ Studio

Just downloaded the latest update for DJ Studio, and the good news is that the bugs from the last update have been removed, and the app works as it should do, which is nice as I love having an app that's fun to make mixes for my fun.

Sadly some of the mixes I have done I like and listen to them in the car or when I am working on the computer.

The only thing that would make DJ Studio better would be an easier way of getting my mixes off the iPad  at this time there only appear to be two ways, one is to upload your mix to Soundcloud the other is to save it to some sort of audio clip board, which at this time I just don't have a clue how to use.

I am sure the an earlier version of the app allowed you to get your mixes from a directory on the iPad when connected using iTunes.

so apart form the above i am having fun with the app and that is all that matters.

Nikon D600

So the new camera is working well, lots of new things to try on it. The new memory card for it is also working well, in fact I don't think I will run out of space when taking photo's.

64GB is a lot of space but when shooting images at 24MB a time and at 30 frames a sec you can I suppose run out of room quickly if you are not careful.

Colder

If anything today is colder than yesterday and I think if I can I will stay indoors.

Gender

Was reading an item on the Internet somewhere about gender. Now what struck my about this item and what I came away from it was the fact that in biology terms there is no such thing as fully Male or fully Female.

This was a surprise to me, but on thinking about it it does make sense in that biological systems are not digital but analog and so it goes without saying that for that very reason you can not have such a thing as fully Female as there has to be some Male part to the system, and when you look at human biology that does indeed turn out to be the case, as it turns. Out the men and women have male and female hormones running around inside them, and that you do need both for things to work.

When you look at other animals it also appears to be the case that there is a mixture of male and female.

It would see that only mankind has for reasons lost far back in time decided that there are only two sexes male and female, when really there is a spectrum of male to female.

So as I said I learnt something today and that is always good, as the day you stop wanting to find something out is the day you should give up.

Cold

So it has turned cold and the weather men are saying we could have snow!

This for me is not good as I don't like snow.

The weather men also said this cold weather will last at least two weeks, isn't that just bad news.

Kites

It's been a while since I brought a kite, but this year for some reason I want to get back into traction kiting, as its fun and I hope this year to have some time to enjoy it, that's assuming that the weather here in the UK plays its part by being nice, at least some of the time.

Blossom

Today I have seen my first tree blossom.

64Gb sdhd

So I have just installed in the new camera a 64gig card, I don't think I will fill the card up any time soon even if each image is 24mb.

Drink of the day

So today's drink of the day is....

Abbott's ale, very nice it is too and draft so even better when well looked after and well served

One Egg Frying Pan

Having just brought a one egg frying pan I wonder if it started out as a joke? and has now become a real product?

The pan that we brought was made by Tefal so at that last time of checking I don't think they go in for gimmicks, don't get me wrong the pan is a useful thing to have once you have worked out how to cook with such a small pan.

Drink of the day

Today's drink of the day is diet coke by coke cola with ice and lemon, and very nice it is thank you very much.

One egg frying pan

You think that cooking an egg in a one egg frying pan would be easy? Wouldn't you?

Well it's not as I found out today, have the gas to high and the result is a burnt egg not a fried one.

Have the gas too low and the result is that you die of hunger so the trick appears to be to get the gas just the right.

As you can tell this is something I have yet to get right.

Reading

Big news so far this year is that I managed to pick up a book and do some reading!

It might not be news or of interest to you but to me it is as I love to read but for some reason or other over the last 6 months or so I have not managed to read a book!

So the book I am reading is the Year Best Science Fiction 24 ! yes yeas old but it was on sale in kindle format which always works better than iBooks does on the iPad or at least it does for me and that's all that counts.

Mild

So at last for a short time the weather is mild, and that's good, I like it mild.

First Day Back

Always a bit of a shock to the system first day back at work after Xmas.

You think after all these years, I would know what to expect, but no it's the same old shock to the system each and every time.

Family Tree

Just trying out a new family tree app on the iPad, wow according to it I have 246 living relatives!

Gallery 3

Gallery 3 still does not work, it still throws a 500 error, which can mean so many things may or may not be broken that I don't know where to even start looking.

Looking on the help forms has not proved to be very helpful either as the one person who reported such an error does not yet appear to have fixed their problem with it.

Blue Sky

Wow first day of the year and we have at this time a blue sky and sunshine, which is something we have not seen for a few days now.

First post

So this is my first post of 2013 and for the record it wet