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Blogging from my desktop using WinJournal

You may see from my blog as I shared the youtube video that I did a review of some Mariner products. One of those was a program called WinJournal. Now I saw in the menu the ability to upload an entry - so I thought I would give it a go...

Here is my desktop blog I have a little more to say that just that but wanted to add that as if this works fine others maybe interested in the product to push their blogs from their desktop...

I have recently decided to try and play around with the YouTube API as it goes.. Only got a far as downloading it at the moment but sure to get in. I saw that in .NET version you can do the C#, VB and C++ and as a C++ developer (in my previous life) that is the language for me although I have done C# projects and reckon that its probably easier doing it in that..

Well, if don't get that far in language of choice i may have to move off to C# I reckon.. But that's about it really, although my pointer seems to be jumping around in my window??? Also look out for coming months on stuff that doing - i.e. personal new endever stuff...

Lets try a little voice to finish it off...

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Back again..

Been some time since actually did a blog, even on my website (plug) http://www.plasmation.co.uk

Have to watch I don't rant a little due to google and adsense. I had a adsense account and then it was disabled with claims of invalid clicks. Funny thing is that google have not backed up my question of what invalid clicks.. to my knowledge there have not been any??? So, google adsense team you suck - and not going to swear but we all know what.

Rant over. Other than that I just been plugging away. Working, creating youtube vids, updating website and all that wanderful stuff. still got quite some way to go on last one but there you have it.

Also new years resolution is to learn keyboard so practising that now which is fun. At moment concept of doing one thing with right hand and different with left tricky, although I do that when typing so comes down to practice and training myself.

Thats it really, as say not lot going on, been happening :)

The Woos of August.

I can't believe its been a number of months since I last had the opportunity to blog. I did have one underway but machine reset before I could post - think that was back in June sometime. Even my twitter activity gone down lots... Mainly due to the woo's or work though as been over busy. Same at home with a 21 months old.

Anyhow not much has happened really, as said been very busy. One change is that my MacBook bit the dust so now have a 2009 model 20" iMac. Quite nice, obviously 5" bigger screen. OK not portable but can leave that to the Dell laptop we have - combined with browser technology in my phone.

Not managed to do any personal development either which is a shame. Think I may have to download the latest iPhone development kit and give that another try.. did make a start on some stuff but never finished. Managed to get my Macbook drive out of system before sold for parts on ebay and bought a £5 external case to put it in. So that's sweet - means all that on there I can access...

But talking computers for a bit. I do think the iMac is sweet. Got my mini wireless keyboard, wireless mighty mouse, wireless net connection so only lead is that to the power. And they look sexy too. Think that's why my daughter is addicted to watching her night garden on there - get her youtube fix. Think I may have to use my ripit to put the dvd's on the hard drive instead of keep loading in the DVD's she has.. Save me the work :) of swapping disks .

One thing I am looking forward to, on a personal level, is that in 4 weeks I go on holiday. We're flying out to Majorca for a week with some friends coming along too. Be nice to get away from the UK as last year we didn't. Also doing a stay at hotel near Gatwick as early early flight (check in by 4am there) which is a change. Normally rushing down there at 3am in the morning.

Anyhow, lets get back to some techie stuff for a change. One thing I have changed in the past 4 or so months is I sold my GTX260 (loved that card) as I bought a ATI5770. Not quite a powerful I think that the 260 - but its DX11 so wanted to see what that was like. Not sure its much more for BFBC2 that playing but have seen some effects I believe that were not in there before. Also I can't remember if I had bought my Mamba mouse before last blog or after?

Means only upgrades I am considering in the coming months is a second graphics card (either 5750 or 5770 to crossfire) and possibly a bigger case. Would prefer another 5770 but all down to the cash situation. All really playing at moment is BC2 so no rush.. Do have a backlog of games I need to play though.

So to make sure its techie here is breakdown of systems in house (current used systems and not any of old ones like Amiga, P133 notebook, etc)..

Dell i3 notebook. Think its 2.4ghz?

iMac 20" 2.66Ghz C2D

My baby now : i7 920 running 3Ghz (not overclocked much) with H20 cooler. 6Ghz ripjaw memory, XFX 5770, X-Fi fatal1ty, 1TB WD Black, usual dvd all in Antec 900 with a 700w PSU. Razer Tarantula keyboard with Mamba mouse and a HP 2475W monitor.

Both PC's running Windows7 with desktop also having ubuntu on it. iMac running Snow Leopard.

That's it, a snapshot in time of my current system setup. Think, years to come people can see what systems we were using hehe. That is also a unique or Youtube. I am not sure how long they retain video and accounts if not used but in theory people who do videos and die will be immortal on youtube - some are being so now.. The footprint that we leave now certainly is much bigger now that it was before.

Anyhow, think its time to stop the babble and go to a meeting.

So what have I been doing over the past week? Well on occation I have been doing some iPhone development - well learning iPhone development. Its slow going purely to having minimum amounts of time free. But such is the way. And few other things to try and recatch up on too.

Just wandering how comes using this interface for blogging. I do microblog on twitter under netroman user name. I also have some sort of journal program I bought as part of package from MacHeist. Excellent software and good for journal from my Macbook - however not played much with (as same with other bits I bought including a webpage program).

Quite funny as I'm no Apple fanboy or PC fanboy. I don't mind using Windows (though prefer Linux). I do enjoy using my Macbook also. I think they are both excellent to use - my desktop PC is most powerful being i7 and my wifes laptop is also more powerful that my Macbook as that is i3 (macbook is c2d 2.2Ghz). But it wizzes along nice and quick.

Anyhow, moving away from what was saying about starting some iPhone stuff. Nothing major at moment, just put button on screen that changes label but giving me the fundimentals on doing such stuff. Its amazingly different to say PC/Unix development though at the same time quite similar in that you can recognise certain things.

How comes when a techie writes a blog it starts to get techie hehe. What I need to do is re-create my old original webpage but with new features. To be honest I am not sure I have backup now as when I moved 4 years ago I threw out loads of old backup CD's. Just thinking that its probable that my old webpage was on there. Even containing the last ever webcam image captured of me when I was still living in Bournemouth back in 1999. I used to have software that would capture image and upload every timed amount of time.

O yes, those were the days. Would be nice to find that - plus all the other pics I had on there from 90's and early 00's. Anyhow, have to do a quick end again as time is limited. May have to revisit another blog in bit. Why I use twitter more :-)