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Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer

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Are Americans Clever??

Well I wondered this one as I sat in the Blogworld convention in Vegas not more than 6-7 months ago.

“Are Americans Clever?” cos in a way there’s a lot of churn over there and most of the people doing the churning don’t know they’re churning.

WIndows Live Writer
This little piece of software can be testament because if you’re a travel blogger, many will be the times when you’ll find yourself with all the material to do a blog but a bad connections.

This software, I am hoping, (if Americans are clever), will take away the sins of the non-broadband world and deliver us from bad uplinks, 6-10 minute image uploads and all the other nightmare scenario’s you can expect when blogging on the road.

Compose: then post as your connection allows.

Download it here: windows live composer

New Gadget – Pentax Optio W30

New Gadget – Pentax Optio W30

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You’ll be pleased to hear, with forthcoming bloggage we’ll be using this little gadget to capture those things that walk above the earth, and those which slither upon it.

Personal
I’ve stuck with the optio series, partly because the optio s was the first ‘true’ compact capable of quality pictures, sound & video recording. Also, I’m familiar with all the features.
At the time, 2003, I hated the idea of carry around a camera. I now own a Canon 350D, so things have moved on in that respect.

My first Optio S lasted for about 1 year, whilst on the road in Rio a little sand became wedged in the lens mech and jammed for which I had to go to Costa Rica to get repaired.
On reaching the Repair shop in San José, I was sold the S5i to continue my travels, this lasted up through the States. Got some nice shots of the mesa verde caves down round Colorado/Nevada area,
carried on through NY got a nice shot of this American flag which everyone seemed to be looking @.

Anyway, whilst in Kosovo/Serbia the S5i went missing somewhere.
That was last year.

New Camera
You might think that owning an SLR would be enough.

but AN SLR WON’T–

Take Videos
Take Pictures underwater

So I bought this Optio W30, water resistant up to 3 meters.

It’s got many features 7mega pixel, looks OK and will fit in my pocket.
I got this Cybershot pouch to protect it from random pieces of sand or anything that might damage the lens.

You got 2 in the case and they’re reversible+washable.

My two cameras

Severn Trent Billing tries to Scam me out of money – Part #5

Severn Trent Billing tries to Scam me out of money – Part #5

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Severn Trent Scammers

  • Dear Mr Tyler
  • Thank you for providing your details. I’ve been in contact with staff
  • internally who are better placed to resolve this and I hope they will be in
  • touch with you soon. If we have your telephone number on file I am sure it
  • will be promptly.
  • As an aside, would it be possible for you to remove my name/job title from
  • your website please? I am concerned that other customers may contact me
  • via our switchboard having come across the post. As I’m not the
  • appropriate channel under normal circumstances, this would only add to any
  • frustration they may already be feeling.
  • Kind regards
  • Darren Sandbach
  • Web Executive
  • Brand and Strategic Communications
  • Severn Trent Water Ltd
  • 2297 Coventry Road
  • Birmingham
  • B26 3PU
Blogger Tag Cloud Script

Blogger Tag Cloud Script

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Being bored on a Monday morning, I wrote this script.

Its’ for bloggers with an FTP account, (non-blogspot account), this tag cloud will read the contents of your ‘labels’ folder and create a formatted cloud of links based on file sizes and category headings.

Blogger Tag Cloud Script – (php server – php 4 or higher)

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// php tag cloud - blogger ftp accounts tag cloud for labels folder.
// The tag cloud automatically takes the contents of your labels folder,
// reads the files and gives the values according to the number of posts.
// Change the 'labels' location marked.
// Please leave my little marker at the bottom. Thanks.

$handle = opendir('../labels/'); // change **
if (!empty($handle))
{
while (false !== ($page = readdir($handle)))
{
if ($page != "." && $page != "..")
{ $filesize = filesize('../labels/'.$page); // change **
$labels[] = array ("page" => $page, "filesize" => $filesize); }
}


}
// tag cloud functionality ===
foreach ($labels as $key => $value){
$tags[$value["page"]] = $value["filesize"];
}

$max_size = 180; // max font size in %
$min_size = 58; // min font size in %


$max_qty = max(array_values($tags));
$min_qty = min(array_values($tags));


$spread = $max_qty - $min_qty;
if (0 == $spread) {
  $spread = 1;
}


$step = ($max_size - $min_size)/($spread);

foreach ($tags as $key => $value) {
$size = $min_size + (($value - $min_qty) * $step);

echo 'style="font-size: '.$size.'%; font-weight: 200; "'; // change **
$delim = '.';
$page = substr($key, 0, strpos($key, $delim));
echo ' title="'.$page.'" >'.$page.' ';
}
// end tag cloud

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