New Copyright

I have changed the Creative Commons license on my blog, site, programs site, programs blog and videos to a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence. given you more flexibility with use my work and me more time to make it.

Back on Blogger

I'm now using Blogger and Google Pages again as the HTML restrictions on Wordpress.com was to much. I use a lot of HTML and other web programming and formatting code, in my blog and site. Plus the ad restrictions, I don't make much of the ads and I thought I'd be able to do without, But the very little free space you get for free on wordpress ment I would be losing more money for hosting the blog and site.

So the reason for coming back are:

• More free storage
• Can use HTML
• Can have ads
• Better support
• Free to post almost anything I want
  
• Good things are coming to Blogger

I'm Moving

I'm moving my blog to WordPress you can read it here. I may post her some times but everything I post here will also be on WordPress. Some parts of my site will also be on wordpress as it allows static pages similar to a website.

I wrote "I have desided to make the move from Blogger to WordPress. WordPress offers some better features like static pages and password protected posts and pages. although it is limited in the HTML you can use and stuff you can put in the sidebar. The two sidebars is useful tough.

The fact you can’t have ads is bit bit of a downer as both all my Blogger blogs and Google Pages site’s have ads. This along with the limited HTML and only 50MB of free storage (post and pages do not count against that only pictures and files) could make me move back to blogger

One of the main reasons for moving to WordPress was the static pages allowing me to build a website easily as I plan to get my own domain (example.com) later this year, early next, and I find WordPress also offers better support for that. The templates are also aimed at more of a site than blog.

The posting in WordPress is also better as the web-based text editor is larger and easy to use. That extras can be brought individually and I like this as I don’t have to pay for stuff I wont us like the CSS editor and unlimited private user. I am the only who post to blog/site and I’d like to keep it that way." earlier on WordPress.

If you would like help setting up a WordPress.com Blog or Site please contact me or call my software support service for free.

New Search

On my blog, site, programs site, programs blog and videos you will find a new search powered by Google. The search will search all of the sites/blogs I update (write for).

The search is built with Google Co-Op and runs ads for me. The results page is hosted on my site no matter where you search from. You can search from the search pages on the programs site and my site, the sidebar in my blog, programs blog, and videos and the home page for the search on Google Co-Op.

I'm maintaining the search myself so please be patient and report any bug to me.

I Got on Pownce

I got invited to Pownce though InviteShare (read about it here). Pownce is like twitter but with more to it. TechCrunch wrote "Pownce looks to be a web based sharing network with an optional desktop client (built on Adobe Air) for advanced features. Without having had the opportunity to test it, it looks to be overlapping with AllPeers and Pando, and possibly others. It also clearly has basic social networking features - see Rose’s profile page for the service here." about it

You can share a message, link, file or event and it can be done though the site or a desktop application running on Adobe AIR.

Pownce is from Kevin Rose's who also confounded Digg and Revision3.

Did You Know?

100% of 2006 college graduates in India speak English.

Did you know...
Video from YouTube

Back on Last.fm

I've started using Last.fm again. you can view my profile here. In the sidebar you can see me recently played tracks and play my radio station. I have also put an app on my Facebook to play my station and display my recently played.

Last.fm is a music service that plays music tracks based on what you play and rate. They bill themselves as a "social music revolution".

Veronica is Leaving

Today Veronica Belmont confirmed the rumours.

She Said "Leaving CNET is going to be bittersweet; it’s been a fantastic three years, and I’ve worked with some amazing people. When I first joined the company, as an audio producer (intern!), I never thought that things would progress the way they did. But then I had to go and open my big mouth on Buzz Out Loud, and they never got me to shut it again. Tom Merritt and Molly Wood are two of the smartest (and most awesome) people I know, and leaving Buzz is going to be the hardest part." in her blog today.

She also went on to present videos for CNET TV and present some other podcasts for CNET, including MP3 Insider and Crave.

Her last day at CNET is going to be Friday 20th July. From then on she will be making a daily video for the people powered search Mahalo about top searches.

I'm Now on Facebook

I have completed my Facebook profile now. I will (try to) keep it up to date, unlike my MySpace profile which I stop using the day after I got it. Facebook make it easy to update and now they've opened the platform there's a gadget for almost everything you want.

Now anyone can now join and its free so why not. It's a good way to keep in-touch.

Will an iPhone Blend?

Will an iPhone Blend? Find out in the video below from blender maker Blendtec. The company creates an online video show called “Will It Blend”. They have already blended a range of stuff.

As Long As It Doesnt Get on The Internet

These two girls agree to make out on camera as long the video doesn't go on the internet (or so I'm told).

Posted to Break.com.

I have this advice for you all: If its on video, in pictures, or any other digital format it will end up on the internet at some point.

No Die Hard Tonight

Unfortunately we could see Live Free or Die Hard tonight at cinema as my younger brother was considered to young to get in for the 15 rated film despite begin there when the tickets were brought. No worries though I'll we'll be watching it as a family tomorrow on the smaller screen in our front room.

It was the biggest incentive to piracy I have yet seen. All it made me do was come home and find the link to download it that saw earlier. The only thing stopping me download it then was the tickets were already paid for and watching it on the big screen would of been a much better experiences.

Changes are Over With (for now anyway)

Yesterday was a big day for changes in my blogs and sites. Well you'll be pleased to know that I'm done with the changes, for today anyway.

I'm going to see Die Hard 4 tonight, so there's very little I can do. I do have some ideas for more updates but they will have to wait until some to the Blogger in Draft features have there bugs ironed out.

If you have any ideas on how I can improve any of my blogs and/or sites please let me know, you can leave comments, use the contact me form in the side bar or email me (my email is in my Blogger profile).

Adverts are Now on My Site and Blog Aswell

I have now added adverts to my site and blog. These ads are also run by Google.

Ads in my blog are in the same layout as my video's and programs blog read about them here.

The adverts on my site are in a similar location to those on my programs site down the right hand side of the page.























These ads do not feature on every page though for example the software support pages do not have the ads because I already make money from people using the service.

More Changes to My Video's and Programs Blog

Now both my programs blog and video's will have ads (well I do need to make money). The ads are run by Google and are featured at the top of the posts section...

...and Bottom of the sidebar.

As regular readers don't click ads they are not shown in the feed or email updates.

O2 to get iPhone in the UK

According to the BBC O2 will be getting the iPhone contract in the UK. Press reports are saying that the company is set to sign the exclusive deal and should have the phones before Christmas this year.

A spokesman for O2 would not comment on the matter when asked about it.

They are expected to sell for about £300, although no one is predicting the length or data plan on the contract. O2 don't currently have an unlimited data contract, could the iPhone change this.

I wont be getting one and now I'm defiantly not getting one (if they get the contract) I don't like O2's customer service and I wont be using them due to that. Although i might get a second generation if they get some features, I current have a Nokia n95 and I am very happy with it.

iPhone Makes Money

This guy can get money out of his iPhone. That's one feature makes it worth the $600 plus the two year contract.

Yea it's all fake but the timing this guy has.

My favourite is the Stock apps OR the X-Ray function.

Blog Updated

I have removed SnapShot (previously called Snap Preview Anywhere) from all my blogs including this one, My Videos and My Programs, as I had some problems with a template earlier today and when viewing the site I noticed how annoying the new versions of them are. So they had to go, sorry if you liked them but I no longer find them useful.

I've have also started using labels again as these help, a lot more than I thought, when searching.

Super Dangerous Hotdog Electrocution Recipe

The Gadget Lab has this posting today "First off: Do not try this at home. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have posted a tutorial on "Cooking hot dogs via electrocution", which is as dangerous as it sounds. From the labs:

[Disclaimerzilla: While we could give you lots of warnings about all the different dangers involved and how to possibly skirt them, the simple truth is that this just isn't safe. If you are foolish enough to attempt this, you will have to deal with pointy things, raw electricity out of the wall, hot steam, and the possibility of fire. If that isn't enough, and you succeed, you are still faced with the possibility of having to eat a hot dog. In summary: do not, under any circumstances, cook hot dogs this way.]

The recipe uses a brand new cooking technique, as fast as a microwave and ten times the fun. How does it work? By pumping mains electricity through the hot dog. A standard AC cable is chopped and the bare ends soldered to a pair alligator clips, which clamp onto a couple of forks.

The forks go into the wiener and the switch is (very carefully) thrown. One to two minutes later "swelling, a change in surface shape and luster, and finally smoke and/or cracking indicate doneness."

For a real geek touch, LEDs can be poked into the sausage to light it up like Christmas tree. Unfortunately this renders it inedible. Again. Don't try this. But do go visit the site. It's a very funny read"

DARPA funds laser-guided bullets

A posting on Engadget reports " In case you didn't know, part of DARPA's job is just to think up some totally outrageous stuff and then begin to throw money at it. Well, its brain-trust must be working overtime this month, because as a follow up to the invisible, shoot-through shield, we're getting laser-guided bullets. On the very same "budget item justification sheet" in which the aforementioned sci-fi shield is proposed, DARPA honchos "justify" the laser guided bullet project, which will fund research into a low cost, high performance solution for designing "new guidance technologies" that will enable steering of bullets in flight. The hope with this technology is that compact targeting systems (to be embedded in said projectiles) will enable "overmatching fire power" and increased "first shot effectiveness", in addition to potentially cutting down on friendly fire and collateral damage -- and retroactively making JFK's "one-gunman" assassination plausible."