2009-01-02UTC10:58:32Coldplay with Girls Aloud???Is this a joke? Coldplay are playing Wembley with Girls Aloud! This is a far cry from their days at the Barfly, and doesn't really make much sense to me... Jay-Z is supporting on other dates too. Here's what Club Wembley are offering as a package, fo... 2008-12-13UTC10:01:10RE: Yes I have considered themNO WAY I absolutely HATE iTunes, particularly its user interface. MediaMonkey is better but still not quite right. I only use iTunes when I have to, grrr, stupid Apple and yet more of their crappy proprietary technology. Have you considered gettin... 2008-11-30UTC07:26:06Backstage at Elton John's new year's eve party...This doesn't actually sound like a bad deal, New Year's Eve is always expensive and disappointing, how do you best tickets for Elton John, at the 'Dome, free drinks and an after show party too? All for less than 300 quid. Regular tickets are around t... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11769/Backstage+at+Elton+John%27s+new+year%27s+eve+party...">Rated 5.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-21UTC11:30:39Clare's hotpot recipeMaking this for tea tonight, thought I would share the recipe with you...* Heat the oven to 180.* Chop a biggish onion into thinnish rings and start to fry gently in large pan.* Meanwhile make a start chopping up your veg - 2 or 3 large carrots, some... 2008-10-31UTC10:46:05RE: Linksys WVC54G wireless camera, btinternet SMTP and gmailI have a similar problem and I got tired of fighting with it. Most of these cameras also will send a screen shot to an ftp server so I wrote a vbscript that polls the server and then sends an email using my workplace smtp server. Obviously, you need ... 2008-10-29UTC09:52:28Wilde Flowers 1967I was a founder member of Wilde Flowers along with my brother Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers and later included Dave & Richard Sinclair. We were based in Canterbury and were the originators of the 'Canterbury Sound' which later spawned tw... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11665/Wilde+Flowers+1967"><img alt="Wilde Flowers 1967" src="http://static.flickr.com/47/125206557_028ca4318b_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11665/Wilde+Flowers+1967">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-05UTC01:56:50David Devant top tenJust browsing last.fm to see if anyone's mentioned the David Devant gig at the 100 Club (and they haven't), but I see this top ten of their tracks most listened, by users of last.fm. Who have installed the software, that monitors what you're listenin... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11558/David+Devant+top+ten">Rated 4.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-22UTC07:17:59My computer is dead!Bah, turned it on today and I'm getting the blue screen of death with a unmountable_boot_volume error. Thought at first it was the backup drive or an IPOD plugged in, but no, it's the one and only hard drive that is knackered. Apparently I might be a... 2008-06-30UTC01:23:10I bought a thingThis is what I bought at the boot fair yesterday, but was too traumatised to write about because of squished finger:It's a valet like this one, but a bit nicer I think. It looks older than it is and I've no idea what wood it's made out of, it's been ... 2008-06-05UTC06:42:50I must have something more interesting to write about than php?Um, no, perhaps not.I got a new hard drive at last, after all the problems I had with the ibook and having to send it back, I didn't rush into getting another backup job, but I saw a bargain at Maplin Seagate 500GB FreeAgent, and it seems to be worki... 2008-05-13UTC07:47:55Wedding video and new jeansHad a slightly rum Saturday night out but then a lovely Sunday afternoon to follow. Felt a bit queasy on Saturday so although we went out to Folkestone in the day, and had lunch at The Whole World Cafe (felty queasy before we went there, certainly no... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11252/Wedding+video+and+new+jeans">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-09UTC06:41:57Our actual first day in Key WestI realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar... 2008-04-16UTC03:57:36RE: wg111 (wifi) + ubuntu (linux) still not playing nicelyCheers, I am all up and running now too. Wifi is too slow to use the box as a backup device as I intended, and ubuntu hangs when I'm transferring large volumes of data, a problem I've seen other people have when googling too... ah well, it was free h... 2008-03-28UTC06:27:33RE: Photoshop ExpressFlickr already does have loads of photo editing software - they did a deal with Piknik late last year and they offer far more than Photoshop Express (in my view). Photoshop Express is just cashing in on the Photoshop brand, trying to pull consumers ... 2008-03-28UTC09:36:25Photoshop ExpressFree online photoshop? More like a rival to Flickr really, host your pictures and do simple editing of them. Guessing most people use photoshop for more heavy-duty monkey business that Potatoshop Express won't do. I use GIMP (though not very often an... 2008-03-05UTC09:14:20Ever feel lacking in skills?I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w... 2008-02-03UTC10:55:21Lost: bit annoyingWatched the new episode, hope you enjoy it if you watch it tonight. I'm convinced the story's still being made up as it goes along, and that there won't be any actual answers by the end of the show. Some new ideas introduced, I'll probably stick with... 2007-12-31UTC09:52:02Been quiet for a few daysNo I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10799/Been+quiet+for+a+few+days">Rated 7.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-02UTC07:55:28Very interesting, and turns the whole Morrissey / NME thing on its headI had requested my byline be removed, but not exactly for the reasons the Morrissey camp are spinning... The piece was very critical and NME decided to tone it down, something I didn't agree with. They showed me several rewritten versions, some of wh... 2007-10-10UTC06:20:271980s soft rockFrom the UK no less! Was talking about Little Angels with a chum at work today, he remembers them playing Folkestone (on their way up) and I saw them in Portsmouth (on their way back down), here's a video:I have this on vinyl somewhere, though obviou... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10568/1980s+soft+rock">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-08UTC06:06:04Sadly disappointed with La TavernettaWe are new to Folkestone and a neighbour recommended La Tavernetta for our 10 year anniversay dinner. We are the type who manage to go out to dinner once a year as we have 2 small children and an even smaller budget for luxuries. I am the type who ra... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10476/Sadly+disappointed+with+La+Tavernetta">Rated 7.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-05UTC10:26:05RE: You've not been there long have you?I'm being dull and heading back to the IT consultancy I used to work for. We're going to start providing Rich Internet Application consultancy in conjuction with Adobe Consulting. So it's going to be lots of Flash and Macromedia stuff, a big change f... 2007-08-16UTC07:45:00RE: COOL!Very cleverly done that - any idea what software you need? 2007-08-03UTC05:24:14For sale, 2 bed apartment, Costa Blanca (South) Pinar de CampoverdeThis beautifully presented property is situated on the edge of the village of Pinar de Campoverde near the town of Pilar de Horadada. A very sought after location, it has everything you may need, only a few minutes stroll away. Just 15 minutes fro... 2007-07-17UTC03:53:11Big ass tableVia Nic P, a spoof of Microsoft's surface technology:... 2007-05-18UTC07:27:28well, er...it actually doesn't start until Sunday evening. And by start I mean a great big poncey gala dinner. My boss is quite cool, he suggested going tomorrow so we can have Saturday night out in Lyon. On the company.Yeah, I'm not doing anything musically. I... 2007-05-16UTC09:41:29Yes it doesThe camera itslf has a web server built in, so you just need to connect it up to your router and you're away, in theory.My camera is a Linksys WVC54G and they don't make it any more. I'd not recommend this one anyway as connecting to it with anything... 2007-05-16UTC07:58:45Technology, and how it cancels itself outBah, got my wireless camera working in the house at last, for the first time since we went over to BT HomeHub and all the settings changed, and what happens the very same day? The IPOD stopped working. I suspect Apple monitor the blog and heard about... 2007-05-01UTC01:28:28Clarkes of New YorkNo connection as far as I can see, but I'm republishing this mail that I keep getting sent here, in case it's of any interest to anyone. Looks like some automated text from some family tree software to me.My name is James A. Clarke. I am a fourth gen... 2007-04-28UTC04:56:25How can I rotate an AVI then?I have a video here, how can I rotate it 90 degrees anti clockwise? Kosso says "not easy", hmm...UPDATE: Kosso also says use MPlayer. I think that's some software I was after before, I can use it to automatically grab video off my wireless camera, ma... 2008-06-16UTC06:22:18BarflyElectric Soft Parade <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/115/Barfly"><img alt="Barfly" src="http://www.clarkeology.com/blog/upload/barflylondon.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/115/Barfly">Rated 4.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>