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I have just downloaded the Free Trial and from what I see so far its looking good and very like the book.
ll report back later if I find it really useful.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Mobile Application Viira Helps People Get Things Done with Their BlackBerry Devices
Mobile Application Viira Helps People Get Things Done with Their BlackBerry Devices
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Blogging and other things
I have been playing with this blog for a few months new and at about the same time I discovered Facebook ( really quick off the mark me....). I like Facebook and I have managed to refind people from school. I have the Blog linked to my facebook account too.
There was a piece in the paper this morning saying that Facebook, Hyves, Twitter etc had ( or will ) remove the need to Blog. It also claims that of the 133 million blogs only 1.1% are updated weekly. I certainly never have any more..
I have Facebook on my phone so its always there to be updated when I feel like it. The blog isnt, I have to prepare them.. this takes time and I just am wondering if I can me bothered.
I gave Twitter a go, it was tediously boring, what is the point of following famous peoples lives or the non famous........ I am clearly missing the point. I dont want to find it this time though.
I am looking far something to allow me to relax from my work. Facebook is currently doing a good job.
But while i am here.. Look what I found!! an intelligent coffee mug which keeps my coffee at the right temperature to drink ... no more cold coffee
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,643702,00.html
There was a piece in the paper this morning saying that Facebook, Hyves, Twitter etc had ( or will ) remove the need to Blog. It also claims that of the 133 million blogs only 1.1% are updated weekly. I certainly never have any more..
I have Facebook on my phone so its always there to be updated when I feel like it. The blog isnt, I have to prepare them.. this takes time and I just am wondering if I can me bothered.
I gave Twitter a go, it was tediously boring, what is the point of following famous peoples lives or the non famous........ I am clearly missing the point. I dont want to find it this time though.
I am looking far something to allow me to relax from my work. Facebook is currently doing a good job.
But while i am here.. Look what I found!! an intelligent coffee mug which keeps my coffee at the right temperature to drink ... no more cold coffee
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,643702,00.html
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dear Follower
Hi, you mailed me, my spam filter ate it. Ideleted it before I read it as I 'deleted forever' when cleaning out my spam...
ho humm too quick, butter fingers!!
if you mail again I will read it ...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I've been running!!!!
Some might call it a slow jog with intermittent walking but there isnt really a word for Jogging here so its all called running :-).
I hated PE at school, avoided it at all costs so what on earth am I doing???
oh yes thats right Mid Life Crisis here i come.
I want to got rid of the last few kilos I added when pregnant, cyclisg isnt doing it for me so here I go. Wish me luck!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Travel musings, BMI have gone downmarket
The sights you see when you dont have a gun....as my Parents are known to say..
I went from Schiphol to Heathrow yesterday and its was ( as usual) a marvelous experience in people watching.
Schiphol has an unusual way of doing security checks, they let you go all the way to the gate with only a passport check and then make you queue. When I arrived at the gate its was open so I went in to have a sit down ( no nice wee cup o tea but never mind) After 5 mins the security people arrived and made us all go back outside to queue to be checked. But obviously because we had all been inside they first had to do a security sweep of the chairs, radiators etc.. what a waste of time. After what was obviously AGES we were allowed back through and we were all checked.
Everything you had, had to go on the plastic buckets to go through the x-ray machine, including belts. Its a strange site to see very over sized people trying to put their belt back on while gathering all their belongings and rushing to stand in another queue for boarding. I was one rather large person pick up his iPhone as soon as he got through security, he stood there fumbling with his belt, while on the phone for at least 5 minutes, after finally getting is to go back and hold up his even larger trousers (who wears walking boot like shoes in the summer, sweat sweat anyway??) after all this time he stands in the boarding queue - still on the phone - ands after another wait he shuffles off back though security as he must be at the wrong gate..... I wonder if he caught his flight, he gave no indication of being remotely aware of the time and clearly didnt know the correct gate/carrier/flight number...
I am obsessive, I check everything a million times. I had booked Lufthansa, but it was a BMI flight so i had to make sure it was all OK, I could never be so casual. I would never talk so long on a mobile either mind.
I went back to playing Crayon Physics on the ipod, I am now stuck!
The flight was fine but BMI have started SELLING refreshments, thieving swine. When did they become a budget airline? I paid ( well my company paid) a full price and I didnt even get a coffee. I alos thought I was flying Lufthansa with German efficienfy , I ended upo flying BMI efficiency.... cabin staff must not be allowed to have tattoos as one of the crew had a tonne of cover-up on hers, it just made it more noticable.
The taxi trip to the hotel...I was picked up by a Caddillac monster. It was a silver grey colour, inside there was grey leather!, grey carpets, grey plastic door trim(!) and what I can only hope was real wood handle, I doubt it though. alltogether a YUK car. They would have been better with a Mercedes. There was little room in the back for peoples legs...
Enough of this, off to breakfast...I wonder if they have porrige
I went from Schiphol to Heathrow yesterday and its was ( as usual) a marvelous experience in people watching.
Schiphol has an unusual way of doing security checks, they let you go all the way to the gate with only a passport check and then make you queue. When I arrived at the gate its was open so I went in to have a sit down ( no nice wee cup o tea but never mind) After 5 mins the security people arrived and made us all go back outside to queue to be checked. But obviously because we had all been inside they first had to do a security sweep of the chairs, radiators etc.. what a waste of time. After what was obviously AGES we were allowed back through and we were all checked.
Everything you had, had to go on the plastic buckets to go through the x-ray machine, including belts. Its a strange site to see very over sized people trying to put their belt back on while gathering all their belongings and rushing to stand in another queue for boarding. I was one rather large person pick up his iPhone as soon as he got through security, he stood there fumbling with his belt, while on the phone for at least 5 minutes, after finally getting is to go back and hold up his even larger trousers (who wears walking boot like shoes in the summer, sweat sweat anyway??) after all this time he stands in the boarding queue - still on the phone - ands after another wait he shuffles off back though security as he must be at the wrong gate..... I wonder if he caught his flight, he gave no indication of being remotely aware of the time and clearly didnt know the correct gate/carrier/flight number...
I am obsessive, I check everything a million times. I had booked Lufthansa, but it was a BMI flight so i had to make sure it was all OK, I could never be so casual. I would never talk so long on a mobile either mind.
I went back to playing Crayon Physics on the ipod, I am now stuck!
The flight was fine but BMI have started SELLING refreshments, thieving swine. When did they become a budget airline? I paid ( well my company paid) a full price and I didnt even get a coffee. I alos thought I was flying Lufthansa with German efficienfy , I ended upo flying BMI efficiency.... cabin staff must not be allowed to have tattoos as one of the crew had a tonne of cover-up on hers, it just made it more noticable.
The taxi trip to the hotel...I was picked up by a Caddillac monster. It was a silver grey colour, inside there was grey leather!, grey carpets, grey plastic door trim(!) and what I can only hope was real wood handle, I doubt it though. alltogether a YUK car. They would have been better with a Mercedes. There was little room in the back for peoples legs...
Enough of this, off to breakfast...I wonder if they have porrige
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Printers & networks
I bought a new printer yesterday and was obviously dead keen to get it installed. It came with a WiFi printer server and this was the start of my problems. I consider myself IT savvy but it took a considerable amount of my time and effort to get all 3 networked PCs to be able to see the printer and print to it.
Why is it always so difficult? I installed via the software provided and it went OK for the first one until I tried to install the server. After much heartache and firewall fiddling, I could see the server and it all worked via WiFi.. Marvellous!! or so I thought.
Next was the HP machine which recently came back from being fixed with the language settings in Dutch. Everything is Dutch. It went to be repaired with all English settings, somehow managed to transform itself to Dutch when it came home. When bought new I could choose, when HP fixed it they chose for me and there you have it. It is OK most of the time as I do understand it but when instructions are in a different language than the system, menus don’t always contain the same things. Everything started out in English anyway ( at least Vista did) which makes trying to work out what the Dutch term would be a challenge…..
I installed the server and all was well until I realised I had installed it to access the printer via my laptop......;-(... start again with laptop switched off to avoid the same mistake...
Finally its all OK them upstairs to daughters room. Hours later.... finished here too.... what a day.
This is the culprit
I have never had an Epson printer before so lets see how it goes. Its a scanner too so KR can draw her pretty things and get them into her PC without the need to take a photo!!!
Onwards and Upwards
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Cricket..who knew??
I know you were as surprised as me to discover the Netherlands played so much cricket that they had professional cricketers. Then to hear the stunned reports that they had beaten England in their Twenty20 match was a bit surreal. Its all too much for me, next I'll find pipe bands and kilts. Its all too scary.
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