Our amazing holiday in Peru
date 28/11/07   time 23:17   user Simon Wood   comments 4 comments
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In the first 2 weeks of October this year Faye and I fulfilled a long time ambition and visited Peru. I have been meaning to post the pictures of out holiday since we got back. Finally I have found the time to do so. Here is a small selection of some of the 466 photos I took while we were out there. I have only uploaded a few for now but I will add... (more)
Xbox 360 HD DVD - on the iMac!!
date 06/10/07   time 19:18   user Mark Hogben   comments 5 comments
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For yes, I have caved to the might of HD DVD... or rather, some bloke I work with wanted to sell a drive he tried - and failed - to use with his PC (but works fine with my new iMac, mwahahaha).

For yes, 24 inches of sharp no compression artifact joy. Well, on The Matrix Trilogy anyway ;)

Hopefully, I will have even more fantastic movies to tr... (more)
My photos from the Kent County Show
date 27/08/07   time 15:32   user Simon Wood   comments 0 comments
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On Sunday 12th August I visited the Kent County Show. This year I took my new camera with me so that I could learn a bit more about how to use all the settings. Here are some of the pictures I took, I really like the photos of the Alpacas. (more)
Linux Coverage on Ars Technica
date 28/07/07   time 14:45   user Mark Hogben   comments 1 comment
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For a long time, my favourite tech site, Ars Technica, has been rightly criticized for covering Microsoft and Apple in great depth (as to which of these they are accused of focusing on... well, that seems to vary month to month ;), but not covering Open Source or Linux to any great extent.

In fact, the Nobel Intent (Science journal) has had far ... (more)
And now, I buy Civilization IV... for the Mac
date 07/07/07   time 17:25   user Mark Hogben   comments 6 comments
tag apple   tag gaming   tag games   tag civ   tag civilization   tag iv   tag 4   tag mac   tag macintosh   tag aspyr   
Cheaper on the PC, possibly even less buggy.

So why, especially given my past posting on the "death" of OS X, would I buy this game on the Mac?

I have a shiny, relatively new, PC that plays all games I could ever dream of (I just acquired Outrun 2006 on it, because they don't provide an Xbox 360 version, da... (more)
Site has a new design
date 03/07/07   time 11:35   user Simon Wood   comments 2 comments
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I have now uploaded my new site design. The site was starting to look dated so I have redesigned it. It now not only looks better but should be easier to navigate. I have not added any new features yet, but the new design should make it easier for me to add new features to the site in the future, so keep you eyes peeled. The big changes are variabl... (more)
Photos taken with my new digital camera
date 01/07/07   time 17:43   user Simon Wood   comments 2 comments
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Over the years I have been pleased with the results I have got from my old digital camera, but recently I felt it is time to upgrade and get something better. After dropping some hints to Mum and Dad I got a nice new digital camera for my Birthday. As my new camera, a Fuji FinePix S9600, has lots more buttons that my old camera I though I better ta... (more)
Site updated to use tags
date 22/06/07   time 18:22   user Simon Wood   comments 2 comments
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I have just uploaded some new code to hpoom so that you can now filter blog posts by tag as well as category. This is all part of the changes I have started to work on to update the site and give it a new look. I will now move on to redesigning the site and hopefully upload the new look site soon. In the mean time enjoy the tags method of browsing ... (more)
Apple announce Safari for Windows and mix their words
date 11/06/07   time 23:11   user Simon Wood   comments 2 comments
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Today Apple has announced their Safari browser is now available for Microsoft Windows. Firstly I find this a joke as most people on windows use Microsoft IE as they don't care about what browser they use, and those that do care about what browser they use will download Mozilla Firefox. I use a MacBook Pro for work. I like most other peo... (more)
Mark Ronson: Interesting Music
date 23/04/07   time 16:20   user Simon Wood   comments 4 comments
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About 6 moths ago I posted on the site about an artist called Plan B. Plan B was not like the music I normally listen to and neither is the latest artist I want to tell you all about. Mark Ronson has been on the radio lots over recent weeks with his single "Stop Me" a cover... (more)
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