It also found lots of other Roland Harvey people around the world which is interesting as I thought I would be unique. The website in question is www.pipl.com Try it. It seems to be better than most of the others I have tried
16 May 2009
In efforts to kerb my online identity...
In efforts to kerb my online identity I have found quite a good search engine that appears to find me in all the relevant places.
05 May 2009
In my quest to
In my quest to find an offline blog editor I thought I would try Google Docs' with the offline mode to see what would happen
Also I wanted to see if I could do the formatting
Ticket to Russell Brand
Forgot to mention.
I was lucky enough to have a friend "Duckeggs" who bought me a ticket to the last Russell Brand - Scandalous show at the O2.
What a great crack that was. It really cheered me up as he is one of the very few comedians who can make me laugh. Eddie Izzard and Lee Evans being a few others.
What made the evening special was the fact that he was filming for the sequel to Sarah Marshall film where he was reprising his role as the rock band artist Aldous Snow. So lots a footage of the crowd in the O2 and then at the end of the stand up piece he came back onto stage in character with his band so that it could be filmed.
What made even more special was in between that was Jack Black & Jason Segel on stage performing a comedy song. Brilliant.
Then the video footage to explain the filming of the band by Sean Combs, Russell and Jonah Hill just really completed the whole special night.
A top night. Thanks Duckeggs.
I was lucky enough to have a friend "Duckeggs" who bought me a ticket to the last Russell Brand - Scandalous show at the O2.
What a great crack that was. It really cheered me up as he is one of the very few comedians who can make me laugh. Eddie Izzard and Lee Evans being a few others.
What made the evening special was the fact that he was filming for the sequel to Sarah Marshall film where he was reprising his role as the rock band artist Aldous Snow. So lots a footage of the crowd in the O2 and then at the end of the stand up piece he came back onto stage in character with his band so that it could be filmed.
What made even more special was in between that was Jack Black & Jason Segel on stage performing a comedy song. Brilliant.
Then the video footage to explain the filming of the band by Sean Combs, Russell and Jonah Hill just really completed the whole special night.
A top night. Thanks Duckeggs.
03 May 2009
A Weekend Wedding in Liverpool
What a great weekend.
Up on Friday back on Sunday.
Sans Kids
The event was Ben & Helens wedding.
But firstly I have to point out that the hospitality from the locals was stunning. Everyone I met was very friendly and happy to help. Hotel staff were impeccable. We stayed in the Atlantic Hotel next to the Mersey.
The wedding Service was fantastic, great vicar, very funny
The wedding breakfast at The Racquet Club was a suitably messy affair, with great speeches from all of involved.
I stuck to white wine as I am a lightweight. It proved a good move as everyone else was mixing and suffered impressively the next morning.
It was great to see everyone there, all of Emma's friends were there and really letting their hair down.
Congrats to Ben & Helen Webb
Up on Friday back on Sunday.
Sans Kids
The event was Ben & Helens wedding.
But firstly I have to point out that the hospitality from the locals was stunning. Everyone I met was very friendly and happy to help. Hotel staff were impeccable. We stayed in the Atlantic Hotel next to the Mersey.
The wedding Service was fantastic, great vicar, very funny
The wedding breakfast at The Racquet Club was a suitably messy affair, with great speeches from all of involved.
I stuck to white wine as I am a lightweight. It proved a good move as everyone else was mixing and suffered impressively the next morning.
It was great to see everyone there, all of Emma's friends were there and really letting their hair down.
Congrats to Ben & Helen Webb
15 March 2009
Online BackUp
Hmmmm is it necessary?
I have got to that point in my life where I have a lot of photos, a lot of music and some doc's which if lost I would be very f'd off to loose it.
So how might it be lost? Well I dont trust computers to survive forever so in that regard I dont trust the HD's inside them or some rogue app to by mistake delete a few things.
I have 3 external drives of varying sizes which I have collected on my travels.
1 x WD 500gig drive which contains the music and is permanantly connected via Firewire to the main family PC
1 x Small 80gb portable drive. Like this. It came from an HP Universe show and all exhibitors got one, came with a little leather wallet to hold it. Very cool for pro works stuff the transfer or store on.
1 x 320gb which is blank and I am playing with backing up some stuff to it.
But what about storing it in the cloud? Why because I dont trust the HD media, and if the house was to burn down and we all survived, at some point I will want to get my stuff back. So after listening to some of CNET's The Real Deal podcasts I heard about Jungle Disk. Which looks like a very resiliant solution but just a tad expensive for what I was thinking. Although the lure of the data being stored on Amazon's S2 server stuff sounds great.
Have since found SquirrelSave as recommended by a friend, which is UK based and is cheap.
Also looking at Mozy to see how good the free account is.
One idea which I think is brilliant for the consumer and heard this suggestion on CNET BOL is that you get a cloud storage account with every HD you buy. Bloody brilliant. Why wouldn't you. I would pay more for the HD to have an equiv cloud backup. Bring it on Manufacturers.
Over and out
I have got to that point in my life where I have a lot of photos, a lot of music and some doc's which if lost I would be very f'd off to loose it.
So how might it be lost? Well I dont trust computers to survive forever so in that regard I dont trust the HD's inside them or some rogue app to by mistake delete a few things.
I have 3 external drives of varying sizes which I have collected on my travels.
1 x WD 500gig drive which contains the music and is permanantly connected via Firewire to the main family PC
1 x Small 80gb portable drive. Like this. It came from an HP Universe show and all exhibitors got one, came with a little leather wallet to hold it. Very cool for pro works stuff the transfer or store on.
1 x 320gb which is blank and I am playing with backing up some stuff to it.
But what about storing it in the cloud? Why because I dont trust the HD media, and if the house was to burn down and we all survived, at some point I will want to get my stuff back. So after listening to some of CNET's The Real Deal podcasts I heard about Jungle Disk. Which looks like a very resiliant solution but just a tad expensive for what I was thinking. Although the lure of the data being stored on Amazon's S2 server stuff sounds great.
Have since found SquirrelSave as recommended by a friend, which is UK based and is cheap.
Also looking at Mozy to see how good the free account is.
One idea which I think is brilliant for the consumer and heard this suggestion on CNET BOL is that you get a cloud storage account with every HD you buy. Bloody brilliant. Why wouldn't you. I would pay more for the HD to have an equiv cloud backup. Bring it on Manufacturers.
Over and out
Status Update
Currently hanging out in the kitchen with the netbook after child #1 got bored of HSM3 (thank the lord) and decided to resort to the Playhouse Disney website to do some drawing.
Jobs
Well it is a slow process and I did not manage to get the job I was really after at the time. Very disappointing. It took a few days of grouchy behaviour to get over. But I am now firmly back into the game again and next week sees a new week of job hunting. Hopefully things will start to look up.
Chores
I spent the morning at the inlaws trying to find their install of MS Office (done) so they could write a letter. Install the completely brilliant and fit for purpose Spotify which worked and fix their DVD player (was not connected to the TV correctly after they had their SkyHD installed).
Online Life
Was impressed over the last week at the response of Monster as I proceeded to log in after 5 years and find my account suspended but the speed of the their online support was very good. I set my expectations low on websites until they earn my trust. Not that I trust Monster to find me a suitable job. But you never know.
I am still battling with the absolutely brilliant Remember the Milk ToDo website. Why am I battling? Well all I want is my actions to drop into my calendar on my iPhone via Google Calendar. Yes I have the RTM iPhone app but its the discipline of opening that every morning to check it. I would prefer to see separate events in the iPhone (and thus google calendar). What did suddenly make sense is that from Tweetdeck or indeed any twitter client including the web I can send ToDo's as tweets to RTM which then adds the ToDo's to the list. Very powerful especially if you spend time in the twitterverse.
Talking of which I still cannot work out which is better to use Tweetdeck or Twhirl. I like both. I think they are both very clever. Currently Tweetdeck is winning purely from a multi-column aspect. But I have a feeling Twhirl can do this as well and i have been playing with the Friendfeed login via Twhirl. Friendfeed is something I have yet not had time to play with properly to understand and how it can simplify my social media aspect of my life (if at all).
Well gotta go and play this afternoon in the park. Catch you soon.
L8rs.
R
Jobs
Well it is a slow process and I did not manage to get the job I was really after at the time. Very disappointing. It took a few days of grouchy behaviour to get over. But I am now firmly back into the game again and next week sees a new week of job hunting. Hopefully things will start to look up.
Chores
I spent the morning at the inlaws trying to find their install of MS Office (done) so they could write a letter. Install the completely brilliant and fit for purpose Spotify which worked and fix their DVD player (was not connected to the TV correctly after they had their SkyHD installed).
Online Life
Was impressed over the last week at the response of Monster as I proceeded to log in after 5 years and find my account suspended but the speed of the their online support was very good. I set my expectations low on websites until they earn my trust. Not that I trust Monster to find me a suitable job. But you never know.
I am still battling with the absolutely brilliant Remember the Milk ToDo website. Why am I battling? Well all I want is my actions to drop into my calendar on my iPhone via Google Calendar. Yes I have the RTM iPhone app but its the discipline of opening that every morning to check it. I would prefer to see separate events in the iPhone (and thus google calendar). What did suddenly make sense is that from Tweetdeck or indeed any twitter client including the web I can send ToDo's as tweets to RTM which then adds the ToDo's to the list. Very powerful especially if you spend time in the twitterverse.
Talking of which I still cannot work out which is better to use Tweetdeck or Twhirl. I like both. I think they are both very clever. Currently Tweetdeck is winning purely from a multi-column aspect. But I have a feeling Twhirl can do this as well and i have been playing with the Friendfeed login via Twhirl. Friendfeed is something I have yet not had time to play with properly to understand and how it can simplify my social media aspect of my life (if at all).
Well gotta go and play this afternoon in the park. Catch you soon.
L8rs.
R
22 February 2009
Bolt
Yep.
It was half term which is just coming to an end. We can all go back to work or in my case job hunting.
As a special treat as the cinema is quite expensive these days, we went to see Bolt. I am still not convienced that a 4 year old gets these CGI Disney films with the adulty type jokes. I'm sure they will like the toon itself but the subject matter is probably a little bit beyond them. None the less made the Journey to Portsmouth's Vue cinema in Gun Wharf.
After a few unsuitable trailers we got the film and it was basically all ok. Not fantastic as in Toy Story but it was ok. I spent most of the time trying to work out who voiced the hamster "Rhino". I subsequently found out it is Mark Walton http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0910559/
I would give the film a 3.5/5. Animation brilliant. I did not see the 3D version. Rhino character just perfect mix of cutsy unhinged hero's side kick.
The Picture. O on a flying thing outside the cinema after the film.
It was half term which is just coming to an end. We can all go back to work or in my case job hunting.
As a special treat as the cinema is quite expensive these days, we went to see Bolt. I am still not convienced that a 4 year old gets these CGI Disney films with the adulty type jokes. I'm sure they will like the toon itself but the subject matter is probably a little bit beyond them. None the less made the Journey to Portsmouth's Vue cinema in Gun Wharf.
After a few unsuitable trailers we got the film and it was basically all ok. Not fantastic as in Toy Story but it was ok. I spent most of the time trying to work out who voiced the hamster "Rhino". I subsequently found out it is Mark Walton http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0910559/
I would give the film a 3.5/5. Animation brilliant. I did not see the 3D version. Rhino character just perfect mix of cutsy unhinged hero's side kick.
The Picture. O on a flying thing outside the cinema after the film.
16 February 2009
Slideware
This dropped into my inbox http://blogs.msdn.com/atwork/archive/2009/02/11/death-by-powerpoint-giving-better-presentations.aspx
Now I am in 2 minds about slideware. I believe it should be simple, however most of the corp UK want detailed bullets over 20 slides. Great. What do you do?
R
Now I am in 2 minds about slideware. I believe it should be simple, however most of the corp UK want detailed bullets over 20 slides. Great. What do you do?
R
Monday Morning
Its Monday and its half term here on the south coast.
Just thought I would jot down a few of my favourite iPhone apps. Its not many but to me they are worthy of appearing on my delightful Apple device (battery life grumble grumble)
R
Just thought I would jot down a few of my favourite iPhone apps. Its not many but to me they are worthy of appearing on my delightful Apple device (battery life grumble grumble)
- Tweetie - Awesome Twitter Client. I just prefer this one to the others. They are all good but this one has the edge for me. It has a little bit more depth. It makes it very simple for me to write tweets on the go and see other peoples pofiles. I like the nearby feature too.
- Weather Pro - Right lets get this straight, here in the UK the Met Office rule when it comes to weather. Although Weather Pro does not appear to take data from the Met office it appears to be most accurate out of all the weather apps. This was invaluable a couple of weeks ago when the UK had snow I was able to see the satellite and radar animations to determine what was going to happen. I checked the pressure and temp with a real weather station and they were pretty accurate.
- Feeds - In the world of RSS readers on the iPhone there is a lot to choose from and it is extremely difficult. I have 4 currently and I watching them all carefully overtime to see which one is going leap in front. Feeds currently has some great functionality that provides full sync with Google Reader. Brilliant!!
- Instapaper - Ahh man I am dead jealous of the developer for this very simple app who must have been following the KISS methodogy. What is even better is that both Tweetie and Feeds have functionality to clip to your Instapaper account for offline textual reading later on.Which is really handy when you are following 20 tech reporters who are all giving out URL's of articles to read, just simply hit the instapaper option and the pages is saved to your cloud account for reading later. This has been great when I am researching a company I have an interview with. If there is any last minute info I need I can use instapaper to give a nice iphone sized textual version of the the pages of their website. Couple that with the tilt scrolling which is soooooo cool.
- Nuevasync - Although not an app it is allowing me to have my Google Calendar and Plaxo contacts sync'd wirelessly. Yes Google Sync is now out for the iPhone, in my opinion that still has some way to go before getting close to Nuevasync. Especially in the contact area where the fields are not replicating the Outlooks.
R
15 February 2009
Signing On
Just created a new blog which is a little more professional rather than my personal stuff.
You will find links to my LinkedIn profile and Twitter accounts as well as some of my favourite websites.
I will add more stuff as and when.
You will find links to my LinkedIn profile and Twitter accounts as well as some of my favourite websites.
I will add more stuff as and when.
26 January 2009
Playing Catchup
Phew nearly a year since the last update. Oh my
So first of I am writing this on a Samsung NC10. Its a lovely beast bar the position of the right hand shift key. I keep typing "\" its so anoying but. As with the new iPhone I will get used to it and it will become part of my life.
So on this short post I thought I would list out some of the things I am liking from a consumeriste point of view.
Online
1. Gmail/google calendar - Never ceases to amaze me. The calendar is coming on in leaps and bounds and is extremely flexible. I have 2 other calendars plugged into the main one by ical feeds from Remember the Milk and Tripit
2. Google Calendar - Is just plain cool and flexible and very transportable. I use it natively, as an active backdrop on the home main PC and pushed to my iphone via nuevasync.com
3. Mindmeister.com - Online mindmapping app which has helped me in numerous areas of my life for jotting down and expanding ideas through to planning sales presentations
4. Rememberthemilk.com - Extremely flexible online todo app. I have a pro account and have it on my iphone as well so what ever i do there gets replicated to the online version seamlessly. Its the bollocks. Todo app is being polite, its more of a multidimensional hierachical todo app.
ahhhh wife is demanding the netbook. will post more later.
So first of I am writing this on a Samsung NC10. Its a lovely beast bar the position of the right hand shift key. I keep typing "\" its so anoying but. As with the new iPhone I will get used to it and it will become part of my life.
So on this short post I thought I would list out some of the things I am liking from a consumeriste point of view.
Online
1. Gmail/google calendar - Never ceases to amaze me. The calendar is coming on in leaps and bounds and is extremely flexible. I have 2 other calendars plugged into the main one by ical feeds from Remember the Milk and Tripit
2. Google Calendar - Is just plain cool and flexible and very transportable. I use it natively, as an active backdrop on the home main PC and pushed to my iphone via nuevasync.com
3. Mindmeister.com - Online mindmapping app which has helped me in numerous areas of my life for jotting down and expanding ideas through to planning sales presentations
4. Rememberthemilk.com - Extremely flexible online todo app. I have a pro account and have it on my iphone as well so what ever i do there gets replicated to the online version seamlessly. Its the bollocks. Todo app is being polite, its more of a multidimensional hierachical todo app.
ahhhh wife is demanding the netbook. will post more later.
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