It’s been tooooo long

October 9, 2008

been a while since i added to my blog and i’m not really sure what to write apart from it’s been one hell of a year so far.

I’m currently in South Africa with a pretty cool job as a regional IT manager for a company out. How cool is that NOT!

Although can’t complain the country itself it so much better than the UK it’s scary the food is awesome and the golf courses are ruddy amazing.

So what have I learnt about SA so far…hmmmm.hmmmm nothing! At some point i’ll find something interesting out about and write it up :-)

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IPod Unlocked

January 26, 2008

I know that’s probably not the correct title to use for this but I couldn’t think of what else to call this blog.

 Unlike most of our generation it’s taken me a while to take a look at an IPod everything friends had told me about them made them sound completely pointless - i mean who wants an MP3 player that you can sync with multiple PC’s without continually erasing it. Through my recently little holiday I forced to make a choice do I take my XPS or do I buy and MP3 player, I had a look around and the 160GB IPod seemed to be a good option despite it’s downsides I just wanted something I could store 12000 tunes on so I could swing in my hammock and chill.

So for this purpose the IPod is surprisingly good, now I’m back from hammock duty I want to explore how I can unlock the IPod and sync with multiple computers and even were possible remove MP3’s/AAC’s to free up space without deleting them. e.g. I get a tune of my friend when I get home I want to put it into my library, you can’t do that with iTunes.

 So after a couple of hours searching I found a couple of very useful windows applications:

 IPOD Access for Windows being my preferred tool, please read the read-me that comes with this tool as some people that have used it incorrectly have lost all their music. Not an issue if you know how to recover files on your PC but if not many tears if you’ve spent years building your library.

Best tip for using it is this: When you connect your IPod be patient and wait for iTunes to open, once it has opened exit itunes and then open task-manager(ctrl+shift+escape) now go to processes and check that itunes.exe isn’t still running on the machine, if it isn’t you’ll be fine and you can now open IPOD Access for Windows…that’s the only tip i need to give you as the software itself is very easy to use with a very nicely written GUI that makes it easy to use, you just need to have a basic grasp of english and be capable of using a mouse :-)

 Since I found this application I’ve managed to synchronise about 6 ipods, prior to me finding this all 6 ipods had different tunes, i now have a 16000 tune library that is made up of 6 of my friends collections….

 Disclaimer - I think this may be illegal but I don’t care due to licensing on the tracks themselves but i really don’t care most of my music is illegally downloaded to replace lost CD’s or when I had my Car broken in and I had nearly 200 CD’s stolen. I know I should claim on insurance but an 18 year old’s insurance is pricey enough without a claim for CD’s going through.

 Anyway hope this helps I’ll write a little article about Video Conversion for the IPod soon…

 Oh and I may review the Ipod touch just so I have an excuse to get and maybe the IPhone as well…

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Work Sux….

January 10, 2008

Having just spent 3 months relaxing on a beach or doing nothing, the last 4 days have been a real shock to my system.

I’ve returned to England to apply for a Business Visa for Thailand, during my stop I’ve been offered some work for good money. At the time I thought what a blinding idea work in England for a month and earn a nice amount of cash.

 How wrong can I be this is driving me insane, back to the mundane 9-5:30 life, something that I went away initially to escape and here I am doing it again. Tonight I have to sit and think do i really want to do this for a month, I now have my Visa all I need to do is book my flight - hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

 Think of the money it’s only one month is all that I can think of…

 Depressing state of affairs…

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Heroes: Graphic Novels

January 9, 2008

Today I found something that really caught my eye, I’m as I hope most people are a massive fan of TV show Heroes., Today whilst searching to find out when the show comes back on I found something which I thought would be a load of rubbish but has actually turned out to be fairly interesting and more than enough to keep me entertained over the coming weeks while I wait for the return of the main show.

 http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/

 If you check out this site you’ll see there are 67 Graphic Novels, there are some really interesting ones one there filling in more information that you get during the show.

 And they’ve even put a graphic novel in there I only found out through a small bit of advertising on the site, it’s called the rogue novel:

 http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/roguenovel/ 

you need to enter some personal information if you want or just enter rubbish as it’s just a PDF you get but hey another interesting read.

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What is a Blog?

January 9, 2008

Definitions of Blog on the Web:

  • A frequently updated journal or diary usually, often hosted by a third party.
    www.e-gain.co.uk/online_marketing/news_articles/Search%20Engine%20Marketing/4

  • An online Journal.
    matra.sourceforge.net/misc/glossary.php

  • Short for “Web log,” a specialized site that allows an individual or group of individuals to share a running log of events and personal insights with online audiences. Blogs with political or current-events themes have grown in popularity and become “soap boxes” for instant mass-audience commentary.
    www.pvt.com/oth/glossary.htm

  • Web LOG is a journal kept on the Internet. This journal is often updated daily and contains all information that the person maintaining the BLOG (the blogger) wishes to share with the world. …
    www.avatar.co.nz/resources/web-site-design-web-marketing-definitions-b.html

  • Like an online dairy. This can be about and be used for anything at all, it can be used for news, reviews, products etc for a business, organisation etc. This is great as it helps the user stay in touch with the website with new and up to date information.
    germworks.net/blog/2007/02/11/web-jargon-explained/

  • A blog is information that is instantly published to a Web site. Blog scripting allows someone to automatically post information to a Web site. The information first goes to a blogger Web site. Then the information is automatically inserted into a template tailored for your Web site.
    mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm

  • A BLOG is a publication of personal thoughts, experiences, and web links. It is updated frequently and is usually a mixture of what is happening in a person’s life and what is happening on the web or in the media. …
    www.simplehostfinder.com/glossary.html

  • A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.
    keywordmktg.com/Glossary.aspx

  • This is a web log or online diary hosted on specific sites such as www.blogger.com. It offers readers the opportunity to reply to opinions and link to their own blogs.
    www.iab.ie/FAQs/DefinitionofTerms/

  • A web-based publication consisting of periodic contributions, often in reverse chronological order.
    studio.brightcove.com/library/help/glossary_help.cfm

  • (from “web log”) A journal on the web, which may be pubic or private, individual or collaborative. Blogs defined in wikipedia [top of page]
    iws.cit.cornell.edu/iws2/technology/techinfo.cfm

  • BLOG is short for Web log, and our Web pages that work as a journal that our normally updated daily. Blogging sites can provide excellent information on many topics, although content can be subjective.
    www.le.ac.uk/webcentre/help/glossary.html

  • Blog, short for web log, an online diary written on a computer and posted on the World Wide Web.
    www.zwischenbericht.telekom.de/site0107/en/co/glossar/index.php

  • A blog (short for weblog) is an online journal or diary of an individual’s opinions and latest news that is updated regularly, in chronological order. Many blogs allow visitors to make comments, or “postings” in response to the blogger, or ask questions.
    www.nowwearetalking.com.au/Home/Page.aspx

  • A blog (short for “Web Log”) is basically a journal or personal diary that is available on the web. Blogs are typically updated daily using content management software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain them.
    newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/tech-glossary/

  • An online diary where people can post messages and others may view and respond to the posts.
    www.legalinternetmarketing.com/seo-glossary.html

  • This is a term coming from the combination of the terms web log – it is a web page that serves as publicly accessible journal for the author. It can be formal or informal, is usually updated daily and reflects the personality of the author. More Information…
    tig.lsc.gov/techglossary.php

  • Blog is a web journal which is otherwise called as a “weblog”. entries are made on a regular or daily basis in a blog like an online diary. Some blogs have definite authors who disclose their names and some with anonymous authors who use a nickname.
    www.searchenginegenie.com/search-engine-glossary-b.htm

  • A “web log” or online diary. Blogs have been identified as an increasingly popular source of online publication, especially regarding political information, opinion publication and alternative news coverage.
    www.parliament.vic.gov.au/SARC/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm

  • Weblog, a website with a series of postings. Blogs are easily written and published via a webform using a free or low cost software. Many libraries use a blog format as their website.
    www.selco.lib.mn.us/help/glossary.html

  • (from ‘Web log’) an online journal that is easy to update with short messages and links. The software takes care of generating pages and indexes from the various items that you ‘blog’.
    www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/handbook/web/glossary.htm

  • This is the slang term for web log. It is a journal that is kept on the internet. Someone who keeps a journal on the internet like this is called a blogger. They are typically updated daily or on a regular basis. …
    www.corporatewebsitemarketing.com/search-engine-marketing-glossary.html

  • The word blog is derived from the combination of the two words, web and log. Blogs are virtual diaries created by individuals and stored on the Internet. Blogs generally consist of text and images and can appear in a calendar type format.
    www.netalert.net.au/03003-Glossary.asp

  • A weblog, web log or simply a blog; a web application which contains periodic posts on a common webpage. These are often but don’t have to be in reverse chronological order. The term “blog” came into common use as a way of avoiding confusion with the term “server log”.
    www.master-web.org/glossary.php

  • Blogs, a derivation from Web logs, are user-generated Websites for personal use, much like journal entries. Blogs evolve around a certain subject, be it a personal blog where the “blogger” writes in first person, or a political blog, commentary on local news and so on. …
    www.dottraffic.com/glossary/

  • web log: a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies; “postings on a blog are usually in chronological order”
  • read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
    wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

  • A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog 

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