Paris Day1: Departure
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Travel on August 30, 2009
Well we’ve just left St. Pancras station, I feel as if I should be wearing a seatbelt.
Paris Day1: Ready to go
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Travel on August 30, 2009
Arrived at London St. Pancras International to get the Eurostar train direct to Disneyland Paris.
The train leaves at 09:53, so I’m hanging around in the very small departure area waiting.
I think Disney has loaned the station some brass band. They seem very Disney-esk.
Weekend of Celebration – Tim & Belinda’s Wedding
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Musings, Travel on July 20, 2009
17th ~ 19th July 2009
Ceremony occurring on the Saturday 18th July 2009
Update: I’ve posted the Slideshow video from the DVD at the bottom of this post
What a fantastic couple of days; a good friend of 20+ years honoured me by inviting me to his very exclusive wedding located in Winchelsea near Rye in the UK.
They had converted a small hotel, into what can only be explained as an extended family home for 3 days. The whole hotel was reserved for the wedding group, and the setting and location was amazing.
We arrived late Friday afternoon and we shown to our room, the 18th Century building can only be described as unique, its exposed beams and low ceilings really brought home the historic charm of the building (I have the bruises to prove it).
2,000+ people snuffed out in Twitter, helpdesk ignores plight *updated
Posted by martin newham in Musings, Web/Tech on June 22, 2009
Updated 22nd & 23rd June 2009
Just sent this email to the BBC’s Click program, hopefully they will be able to investigate..
Hi Click, I would like to highlight a issue thousands or tweeters as well as myself currently experiencing with our mutual friend Twitter..
You can see from the link, that I’m just one of 2,000+ people (People are missing from Find People search) that have been silenced by a bug in search that Twitter doesn’t seem to be looking at, and it seems that more and more are experiencing the same problem on a daily basis.
So what’s the symptoms? Not appearing on search may not seem like a bit issue, but imagine if the BBC website suddenly stopped showing up on Google ?! The effect in Twitter is the same – no-one can find your tweets anymore, if you reply to more than 1 person at a time *ONLY* the first person will get the message;
“@mate1 @mate2 Hi Guys” – only @mate1 will ever see the message.
Why? Because all Twitter clients on PC, MAC, iPhone etc supplement incoming tweets using the Twitter search engine (it saves Twitter API calls) If you’re not in search you’ll only be seen by a few. Being the search engine, it also means that in some cases you won’t show up in the people search tool.
I hope you’ll be able to investigate this issue and get some information, as repeatedly victims receive helpdesk updates saying the issue has been fixed; which it hasn’t. If you wish to see my case log with Twitter, please let me know.
If you are experiencing the same problems; perhaps you can send the BBC an email as well…
Putting the fun back into design
Posted by martin newham in Musings, Web/Tech on June 21, 2009
I’m really glad I found this new site; http://www.bitrebels.com/ – its fun, and looks into the tech and gadgets in the design world. You’ll find the friendly staff writers have a broad set of skills each having their own unique views in this digital world we live in, you can also follow them on twitter;
Just some if you’re interested
Posted by martin newham in Web/Tech on May 5, 2009
Well guys, I have a few domains up for grabs – check the list out below;
IoW Day14: Bye bye island – sad all round
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Musings on April 17, 2009
It was a strange day; it was grey misty and sad – it was my last day on the island…
IoW Day13: Snow tops and Sunsets
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Musings on April 16, 2009
It started out a damp morning which seems to be following a trend; but thankfully on my last full day by 1pm it was a beautiful day. I drove down the Shanklin and parked up the Beatle before walking along the promenade to Sandown. The views are breathtaking as always;
IoW Day12: Devils Chimney to Quarr Abbey
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Musings on April 15, 2009
Wow what a day! 3 places I’ve never seen before; how an earth did I miss them before?
Crompton Bay was dark and misty this morning, the west side of the island is usually the last to wake up…
Beetle ready to go… power packed 200BHP turbo; lovely!
IoW Day11: Island-Wide
Posted by martin newham in Holidays, Musings on April 14, 2009
Weather was certainly changeable today; early wet and windy, nothing like yesterday! Wrapped up warm, I ventured out into the chilly/breezy outside.
Had a couple of tasks to perform, so stopped into Newport to see VW & get a in-car power adaptor for my 3G Access Point (what a geek). I was somewhat surprised to get stuck in a traffic jam, 15 minutes to travel 300yrds! it was even worse than at home…
Travelling North, I headed into Cowes; for some reason all the way I kept saying “Moo” but in different voices; must be may age… ha-ha
Cowes can only be described as “twee”, a quaint High Street crammed full of shops selling nautical items; such as those long sleeved polo/ruby shirts, life jackets more shirts, and then… same again.
