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Here is another post, this time done using Ecto, a bit fiddly to set up as it didn’t like logging into my account.
… The import media feature was so quite good – bringing up thumbnails of all the piccys on the mac But the formatting seems a bit awry.. 
THis is posted using MarsEdit on the iMac. Here is an image Gave lots of options including Flickr. However, to get WYSIWYG you have to click on preview which is a bit cumbersome as it shows a new window 🙂 Spelling works ok Although is it US or UK here is colour spelt the UK […]
Here is a test entry using Journier on the iMac /Users/Geoff/Desktop/Geoff on Ball.jpg Dragging an image in just displays the URL so this is no good for me. Seems primitive compared to Qumana.
First post using Qumana software on the iMac . Spent ages sorting out the problems of it recognizing my blog. Turned out I needed a .htaccess file to allow remote posting. Then it transpired that it needed 664 permissions. All sorted now hopefully. Although I seemed to have destroyed Sally’s blog in the process 🙁 […]
walking along norfolk coast at Heacham with Sally… # on train back in Cambridge at 6.15 in time to go to Observatory. Hopefully no clouds tonight # Powered by Twitter Tools.
new Zara and H&M opened in Cambridge where Bradwells court once stood. # People burnt alive in the Tudor burnings was 284 in 3 years fiery lecture # @preoccupations thanks for reminding me about the film 🙂 Going to see it at The Arts cinema on the 16th # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Ellee sent me the link to the Texperts tonight, these are folks who you can text any question too 66000 and get an answer. They have a challenge quiz to see if you are suitable as someone to work with them. Here are my results:- Category Percentage Pass General Knowledge – Music 40.00 Fail General […]
A cool optical illusion or a computer gimmick. which way is this dancer rotating? The theory is according to Geoff of Geofftech. If you see it spinning clockwise, then you are a ‘right sided’ brain person, who uses feeling, is ‘big picture’ orientated and your imagination rules you. If you see it spinning anti-clockwise, then […]
Just discovered from Adam Pash’s excellent Lifehacker feed this tool for visualizing word meanings. As the Visuwords website says “Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.” Here is the visual word map for Cambridge clearly showing the […]
This so called upgrade to the iMac operating is causing me real problems:- The brand new Lexmark X4580 printer failed to work with the 10.5 OS. Fortunately the user forums suggested removing the printers PDE directory. I then discovered that Leopard doesn’t work with Firefox or at least not the drop down menus on the […]