Apr 28
Finally some good news about Vista. After the disappointment of not being able to USB Stream by HandyCam in the Vista laptop. I picked myself up, got a Firewire/iLink cable and had a go with that. I have to say, it couldn’t have been much more impressive. Plugged-it in, turned it on, detected the drivers and a very smart wizard took over. I had a few choices of...
Read MoreApr 27
My Mum would have been 60 today. If she hadn’t died almost 10 years ago now. Its hard to know exactly what to feel. The whole Mersault thing tries to kick in and tell me its just another day, just another 27th April. But it isn’t. It’s significant. It’s significant because it reminds me of three things. 1. How young she was when she died. 60...
Read MoreApr 23
There is no denying it, I’m not finding proof reading very easy. Obviously, I can’t for a minute suggest that reading my own book is dull, but proof reading is very dull. Trouble is, its a weird mix of reading and parsing. You have to pay very close attention to every word, whilst at the same time keeping an eye on the flow. Before you know it, you are...
Read MoreApr 22
Also known as the lazy man’s blog content. Lots of usage of late, here are a few that you can see on the web: In no particular order: On a writer’s wiki A healthy eating blog In a film making book (thanks Curtis) As a background to a poem about 7/7 In an astronomy blog and the associated news story On a taxation...
Read MoreApr 20
By special request for Tony C, here’s how to create a playlist containing all your music in Windows Media Player 11. Obviously, first get all your music added to library. Then, select the ‘Songs’ view of your library. Click on any song* in the list and start it playing. Then click on ‘Now Playing’ Everything should now appear in the...
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