So off for a weeks break soon and looking at the long range weather forecast dos not look good in that it appears at this time that it's going to be wet almost all of the time we are going to be away and to just to add to the fun we did plan on having lots of walking. So it might I suppose be a good idea to think of some other things to do if the weather really is as bad as they are saying it's going to be.
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10 May, 2011
Websites
Just and up date to me that since I started tore edit and put back the missing pictures on the Dirk Maggs productions website the site has gone from third to first yeah!
The bad news that is attached to that is that accruing to some website logging software I am only get five or six visits a day but still getting 500 to 900 hits a day, not too sure what the real difference is and as I do the website for me and no one else the number of vista is not that much of an issue as I don't make any money from it, in fact it costs me money!
So the thing that I don't understand is why is there such a big difference between hits and visits?
Are they the same thing?
Are they both telling the truth or are they both wrong?
I don't know the answer all that I do know is that the site is steadying to look much better than it did and that at the rate at which I am going sometime in 2012 I may have all back working as it should.
It would be nice I suppose to have some new Dirk Maggs productions to report on but at this time that does not look very likely, which is sad as I have missed hearing his work.
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The bad news that is attached to that is that accruing to some website logging software I am only get five or six visits a day but still getting 500 to 900 hits a day, not too sure what the real difference is and as I do the website for me and no one else the number of vista is not that much of an issue as I don't make any money from it, in fact it costs me money!
So the thing that I don't understand is why is there such a big difference between hits and visits?
Are they the same thing?
Are they both telling the truth or are they both wrong?
I don't know the answer all that I do know is that the site is steadying to look much better than it did and that at the rate at which I am going sometime in 2012 I may have all back working as it should.
It would be nice I suppose to have some new Dirk Maggs productions to report on but at this time that does not look very likely, which is sad as I have missed hearing his work.
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Books
I am as you know if you have looked at this blog this year also writing a book as I reported last time, I have and am still stuck with draft 2 of the book I am writing as the free software that I am using to write the book keeps crashing, which is to say at the least not very nice and does just annoy the he'll out of me.
I am told that there is an update of the software coming up very soon, like late May so there is a good chance that perhaps in June I will finally be able to get on and start editing the 2nd draft of the book, let's hope so!
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I am told that there is an update of the software coming up very soon, like late May so there is a good chance that perhaps in June I will finally be able to get on and start editing the 2nd draft of the book, let's hope so!
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New mobile
So the current mobile phone that I have is now some 18 months old and I now have the chance if I want to update the phone if I want to.
So I have, it's costing me about 3 pounds a month extra but then I get more text and data allowance than I ever had before, so that's a good thing!
The new phone is another Nokia, I know that they are falling out of favour as everyone is either getting an iPhone or a samsung android phone, well I don't want to pay all that kind of money for a phone I want a phone that is built really well and just works. What I mean by that is that I want a phone that just gets on with it, and so far with my previous Nokia phones that is just what they do.
My old phone is a N86 8MP which has been very good, it's been dropped and generally abused but it still works real well and does a good job.
The camera on it which is 8million pixels is very good and so is the lens on it, and that's one of the reasons that I have gone for the N8 by Nokia as the camera on it is 12million pixels which is very high for a camera phone, but as it tends to be one of the features that I use most it stands to reason that it is one of the main reasons for choosing the phone that I have.
I know that the amount of apps for it is not as great as the iPhone, android handsets, but then again I also have an iPad for that sort of stuff and when I look at the software that I have installed on my current phone I find that I don't have very many installed, so having apps on the phone is not the main reason for getting a particular phone.
So it will be interesting to see how the new phone is compared to my old phone, I understand that Nokia are now moving away from the operating system that that have on their phones to a Microsoft one, I wonder if the N8 can be reprogrammed to run on the windows operating system?
In the long run to me it does not matter, as all I want is a well built phone that just works, is built well and takes very good pictures, not much to ask for is it?
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So I have, it's costing me about 3 pounds a month extra but then I get more text and data allowance than I ever had before, so that's a good thing!
The new phone is another Nokia, I know that they are falling out of favour as everyone is either getting an iPhone or a samsung android phone, well I don't want to pay all that kind of money for a phone I want a phone that is built really well and just works. What I mean by that is that I want a phone that just gets on with it, and so far with my previous Nokia phones that is just what they do.
My old phone is a N86 8MP which has been very good, it's been dropped and generally abused but it still works real well and does a good job.
The camera on it which is 8million pixels is very good and so is the lens on it, and that's one of the reasons that I have gone for the N8 by Nokia as the camera on it is 12million pixels which is very high for a camera phone, but as it tends to be one of the features that I use most it stands to reason that it is one of the main reasons for choosing the phone that I have.
I know that the amount of apps for it is not as great as the iPhone, android handsets, but then again I also have an iPad for that sort of stuff and when I look at the software that I have installed on my current phone I find that I don't have very many installed, so having apps on the phone is not the main reason for getting a particular phone.
So it will be interesting to see how the new phone is compared to my old phone, I understand that Nokia are now moving away from the operating system that that have on their phones to a Microsoft one, I wonder if the N8 can be reprogrammed to run on the windows operating system?
In the long run to me it does not matter, as all I want is a well built phone that just works, is built well and takes very good pictures, not much to ask for is it?
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08 May, 2011
07 May, 2011
London Pride
You had the chance to drink some London Pride all I can say is that it's very nice and it will be a real ale that I shall try again.
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Dirk Maggs Website
Just had a look on Google to see where my main website is today....the good news is at this time I am first... Yeah.....!
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Podcasts
Just a note to me that the Ben Nicky podcasts of which there are only some 6 episodes as I write this are really rather good, the only two things against them are that there are not many of them and the other is that each podcast is only about a hour long which on some of the mixes is too short as I am left feeling cheated somehow!
So the mixes are good some very good track choices and some very good mixing going on most of the mixes flow really well.
I shall have to let you know later as to how his podcasts go, will they be better? Longer? or just about the same?
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So the mixes are good some very good track choices and some very good mixing going on most of the mixes flow really well.
I shall have to let you know later as to how his podcasts go, will they be better? Longer? or just about the same?
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New book
I have another new book that for reasons that will become very obvious in a minute I can't claim to have read only use, and have used it on lots of occasions which is good as that's what this book was written for.
The book is called The Cloud Collectors Handbook and it's by Gavin Pretoria-Pinney and I must say it's been a real easy book to use.
It goes through all the differant type of clouds that you a able to see, I am not sure if every cloud type is seen in the UK but it gives you information on the cloud it's Hightower and it also shows you pictures and that's something that has been most useful.
As a reference book worth every penny.
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The book is called The Cloud Collectors Handbook and it's by Gavin Pretoria-Pinney and I must say it's been a real easy book to use.
It goes through all the differant type of clouds that you a able to see, I am not sure if every cloud type is seen in the UK but it gives you information on the cloud it's Hightower and it also shows you pictures and that's something that has been most useful.
As a reference book worth every penny.
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Rain
So it turns out that the weathermen were correct and it is indeed raining for the first time in about six weeks, I am sure I have heard lots of the plants in the garden sigh!
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06 May, 2011
Reading
Just completed reading yet another book that I brought on impulse if I have to admit to myself.
The book is called I never knew that about the River Thames by Christopher Winn he has also written other books in the I never knew that about series.
This is a book that can be read two way either from the start to the end or it can also be read by dipping in handout of it as is your want.
I must admit that I enjoyed reading it and did learn lots about place and the River Thames that I never knew, it must have made me a bit more curious about some of the the stuff that he talks about in that I went and looked up stuff in greater detail.
Worth the time and money to read and yes I was entertained while learning!
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The book is called I never knew that about the River Thames by Christopher Winn he has also written other books in the I never knew that about series.
This is a book that can be read two way either from the start to the end or it can also be read by dipping in handout of it as is your want.
I must admit that I enjoyed reading it and did learn lots about place and the River Thames that I never knew, it must have made me a bit more curious about some of the the stuff that he talks about in that I went and looked up stuff in greater detail.
Worth the time and money to read and yes I was entertained while learning!
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Weather
The weatherman have said that this Saturday we will have have some rain for the first time in six weeks, it will be interesting to see if the weathermen are going to get it right for once.
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05 May, 2011
04 May, 2011
Frost in May
Is it possible to have frost in May in southern England?
It certainly felt like it this morning
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It certainly felt like it this morning
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Thriller Live
Went to the theatre last night to see a show called Thriller Live and the good news is that I liked the show, not all of it it must be said but most of it, the show as you can guess from it's name is basically some of Michael Jacksons most famous song set to some good dance routines and light show.
The problem for me is that a lot of his early music I just don't get, what I mean is that it just does not give me a buzz like his later stuff.
As the show has been set up so that it runs almost in chronological order it meant that most of the first have not all of it was songs that I had never heard and did not do any thing for me musically.
The second half of the show was much better for me as it was all songs that I had at least heard and I did get musically.
The only other thing that I did note was the cast did look a bit tiers in parts of the show, which I suspect may have something to do with the fact that they have had a long tour and the fact that the show is very physically demanding and that has to take it's toll.
But was I entertained?
Yes
Would I say it's worth a night out to see?
Yes, it's worth it and there will be songs that you will know and the dancing and the energy that the cast put into the show are catching.
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The problem for me is that a lot of his early music I just don't get, what I mean is that it just does not give me a buzz like his later stuff.
As the show has been set up so that it runs almost in chronological order it meant that most of the first have not all of it was songs that I had never heard and did not do any thing for me musically.
The second half of the show was much better for me as it was all songs that I had at least heard and I did get musically.
The only other thing that I did note was the cast did look a bit tiers in parts of the show, which I suspect may have something to do with the fact that they have had a long tour and the fact that the show is very physically demanding and that has to take it's toll.
But was I entertained?
Yes
Would I say it's worth a night out to see?
Yes, it's worth it and there will be songs that you will know and the dancing and the energy that the cast put into the show are catching.
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Gorse
Just notice that the gorse in my area has bloom early this year and that the blooms on it do not last very long but that the brightness of yellow is much brighter this year than I remember it from previous years.
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03 May, 2011
Pollen
So it's now early May and the trees and plants in my area are producing pollen as if it's going out of fashion.
I know this fact as my car has now developed a light yellow cast to it, when we get some rain it will all go, but as we have not had any for some eight weeks it may be a while before the car stops being two toned.
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I know this fact as my car has now developed a light yellow cast to it, when we get some rain it will all go, but as we have not had any for some eight weeks it may be a while before the car stops being two toned.
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02 May, 2011
Bank holidays
So this is the last bank holiday until august which seems to be an awful long way away, but in fact will come just soon enough.
Although the sun was shinning and there was blue sky all day the wind which has been gusting all day was cold and I am afraid to say rather put the dampers on it being a really outstanding day, but must not complain as it was a mostly restful day and you can't have too many of them.
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Although the sun was shinning and there was blue sky all day the wind which has been gusting all day was cold and I am afraid to say rather put the dampers on it being a really outstanding day, but must not complain as it was a mostly restful day and you can't have too many of them.
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Reading part 2
Another book that I read is one that I did not buy it was given to me as a joke as part of a Xmas present, it was not part of the present it was what was inside of the book that was the present, and if you must know the present was a book token.
Any way as we have had some bank holidays here in the UK I had some time while waiting for my old desk top computer to start up I picked this book up and started to read it.
The book is called Stupid white men and it's by Michael Moore, now it's a very American-book it does talk about a lot of American politics which this bloke in northern Europe does not have a clue about it and even with the stuff in the book I am still not sure that to this day America has two political parties because from where I am sitting they look both the same!
Anyway this book caused a bit of a stir in it's day, and so reading it has been interesting in that I did not realise just how dirty American politics is and the lengths that they will go to to get and to hold on to power, but then again this might also be the case else where in the world, it's not something that I take much if any notice of.
The book was a read but I can't say it was a good read as just too many things that Moore talks about jar me.
I suspect that it has made no difference to what happens in the USA, but has made a lot of money for Michael Moore.
So not a book I would read and the subject matter if all that is in the book is true does not matter to me either, but then I am from Europe and we already know that the folks from China will soon own everything in the USA and then not long after Europe!
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Any way as we have had some bank holidays here in the UK I had some time while waiting for my old desk top computer to start up I picked this book up and started to read it.
The book is called Stupid white men and it's by Michael Moore, now it's a very American-book it does talk about a lot of American politics which this bloke in northern Europe does not have a clue about it and even with the stuff in the book I am still not sure that to this day America has two political parties because from where I am sitting they look both the same!
Anyway this book caused a bit of a stir in it's day, and so reading it has been interesting in that I did not realise just how dirty American politics is and the lengths that they will go to to get and to hold on to power, but then again this might also be the case else where in the world, it's not something that I take much if any notice of.
The book was a read but I can't say it was a good read as just too many things that Moore talks about jar me.
I suspect that it has made no difference to what happens in the USA, but has made a lot of money for Michael Moore.
So not a book I would read and the subject matter if all that is in the book is true does not matter to me either, but then I am from Europe and we already know that the folks from China will soon own everything in the USA and then not long after Europe!
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Reading
Another book that I read just a short while ago is called Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, for some reason I brought this book in hardback, perhaps because it was on sale, who knows and it was some time ago...
Any way the book is a good read in that for me it was a fun read and it was entertaining and that's all I want for a book these days if I am reading for my pleasure.
It's a book about all those questions that you have had about what the astronauts have to put up with and all that sort of stuff.
Stuff like how you go to the toilet when there is no gravity to help the process, the fact that smells in space linger.
The most interesting thing that I learnt was that most astronauts suffer space sickness at some level and that it is something that can not be predicted on Earth before flight, so an unpleasant time is had not soon after orbit is achieved by most who have got there.
A book that is great to dip into and out of
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Any way the book is a good read in that for me it was a fun read and it was entertaining and that's all I want for a book these days if I am reading for my pleasure.
It's a book about all those questions that you have had about what the astronauts have to put up with and all that sort of stuff.
Stuff like how you go to the toilet when there is no gravity to help the process, the fact that smells in space linger.
The most interesting thing that I learnt was that most astronauts suffer space sickness at some level and that it is something that can not be predicted on Earth before flight, so an unpleasant time is had not soon after orbit is achieved by most who have got there.
A book that is great to dip into and out of
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