Was checking out the live search blog and came across their post on the new options in live search images. So you can now add filter images by face, b&w and portrait. I added multiple filters and that seemed to work … Continued
I’m always doing this and having to look it up…if you end up with just the command window in Visual Studio when you’re debugging and want the immediate window back, type the following in the command window: immed
I called up Flight Centre back on the 22nd June and followed up with an email to ask for a contact that was working the following day so i could email an urgent flight request through on the weekend. Well today I … Continued
This morning we left Elspeth and Jeremy’s place to have lunch with John’s uncle (John) just outside of Salisbury. Had a huge lunch and then went for a side trip to Stonehenge. It was a lot smaller than i expected … Continued
Today we went to Bristol and caught up with Elspeth and Jeremy. I’d spotted a jousting festival at a local castle but it had been cancelled due to the floods 🙁 So we went on a wander around the town … Continued
Today is a bit overcast..so not game to do a hike in fear of being rained on so we’re off to do the Wild Wales Tour. A longish drive across wales with a 2 way road the width of 1 … Continued
We picked up our hire car today and off to Wales. They all have their little scams…to have an additional driver (me) they wanted to charge an extra 25 pounds a day! Which is mighty expensive when the car hire … Continued
We’ve spent the last 3 days working out of Tricky’s office along with Neil. It’s been good to have everyone in the same place to go through a few things. So we’ve got a few spare days so we’re going … Continued
Today we caught the train out to Putney to catch up with Graham and Roanne. They took us out to Richmond Park. It’s MASSIVE! and so close to London. It’s full of wild deer which we were lucky enough to … Continued
Today we ventured into London and met up with Linda. Everyone here seems to hate the underground and public transport. I found it awesome! It’s quick and it has great frequency. We jumped on and off trains all day/night and … Continued
We were supposed to Go Ape today but on our way there it was cancelled. It rained pretty hard and a lot of roads got flooded. Funnily enough, an hour later there was blue sky. There was a lot of flooding … Continued
Today we went to Cambridge University to a GIS conference. Cambridge is pretty cool..didn’t get a chance to take any pics. Lots of really old buildings etc. We were in the conference hall and got to check out and hear … Continued
So we’re in Shrewsbury for a few days. We’re staying at the Prince Rupert Hotel which is a really old building…like older than anything at home. Lots of little corridors that lead off here and there. Ceiling has MASSIVE beams..pretty … Continued
So our plane to UK was a lot more modern..we had our own tv..yay. Somehow we managed to get 1 of about 4 full rows on the whole plane and the guy next to me wasn’t short either so none … Continued
So we’re at the airport in Japan..there’s bugger all to do here..there’s only 1 duty free shop with electronic goods and all the rest is perfume and alcohol.. Looks like we get outt here before the typhoon .. which i … Continued
Sat 14 July – So today we’re off to Japan. We get up ridicuoulsy early and off to the airport. The silver service taxi picked up up and almost blew his gearbox up going up the hill…could’ve been a bad … Continued
Details for our Tech.Ed session are up here. WEB302 – Mastering Virtual Earth 10/08/2007 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Speaker(s): John Obrien, Bronwen Zande Want to add interactive maps to your applications or just learn more about this exciting technology? … Continued
I bought a JasJam earlier in the year…it had some problems and I got a new one. When they took my phone away from me i wasn’t given anytime to delete anything as I was told it didn’t matter as … Continued
I was looking into some tiling issues today and noticed this car laying down some serious tracks next to one of the most famous landmarks in the world! Link Well maybe it shouldn’t have been driving there, need that CSI … Continued
We’ve turned 200 . Since the 6th August 2006 we’ve now done 200 blog posts. Should’ve counted my posts on Tech Talk Blogs..oh well. We kinda cheated cause there’s 2 of us blogging…but hey…still a milestone. So to mark our 200th blog … Continued
So we’re off to the UK on Saturday for a few weeks…so tune in here for our adventures related to the trip .. and wonderful pictures of course . We’re taking both lappies and all my camera gear so will … Continued
I went to write a blog entry to day..only to get a “Edit is unavailble in this Module Error”!!! As you can see we’ve fixed the problem..yay! I found the solution HERE (thanks so much) but basically: Problem..Curly quotes instead … Continued
John showed me an article on the MY08 WRX and boy have they killed it…it looks like a focus with a bonnet scoop. It seriously looks like a chick’s car but with a turbo engine. Wonder if their sales will … Continued
Been really sick since Remix…so haven’t blogged much. The other day the live team released the new version of the contacts control..you can now change it’s colours to suit your colour preference or to better fit in with your site design … Continued