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Yesterday we were at Harry and Meg’s wedding in Rochester New York State,

I will try to get some more photos online, (possibly via face book as it allows for photo tagging)

Ian has also posted on Spinney Head.

– Update — Photos can be found online here

This is an example of cold chocolate drinks, in a restraunt called "Max Brenner’s Chocolate Bar"

Max Brenner’s menu was predominately composed of well sweet things, (they did have savoury starters).

Ruth has a friend by the name of Christina, who says the best part of a meal is the desert (I know that its out of context.. but) I think she would like this place.

Details also on Spinnyhead.

[Coincidently this will be my first attempt at image upload with WLW]

I have installed Windows Live Writer since coming to the US, I have to say that as a application it is not bad, one of my two complaints with it is, that it is slow… and the other complaint is that it installed MSN Messenger (or what ever they called it today).

Well today I am sat on a train between NYC and Rochester, as such now is a good time to try out off line blogging, and see how well it works.

Windows Live Writer claims to work with a number of blogging packages, not just Wordpress, and Windows Spaces, (I cant check the list at the second, due to being off line).

Things it claims it can do:

1. Manage more than one weblog, across a number of services.
2. Basic Formatting, numbered lists, tables, the etc.. if the company who write word could not do this.
3. As well as the the ability to post normal URI’s in posts, it seems to have the ability to remember the recent posts, as well as having a list of blogs you post about often [set up your self].
4. Inline picture (and pictures from a web site), will test this latter. but it seems to suggest it can upload the image at the same time as posting the post (or upload it via ftp)
5. Inserting maps and videos inline, not sure how video will be dealt with, but I will test out maps on my post warm and tall land.
6. tagging, but since I have not used them before I am not sure how much use that will be.
7. Previewing the post in a number of views, including using your sites style scripts, and a snap shot of the code, useful if you have strange rules relating to the layout I guess.
8. oh and offline writing mode. (what I am using at the moment).
9. More plugins are available via Download from the web… (can’t test at the second)

I would suggest that if you have a blog, you should have a look at it, and see if you like it.

While in New York, we carried out some of the touristy things, that people do (beyond trying to blog from an iPhone in the Apple store) we went up the Empire state building, (and the associated Sky Ride), a walk round Central Park, a trip to Stanton Island, and Ian and I also made the visit to the Museum of Sex.

A few Bot-Crossing Bots have been let loose into the wilds of the Big Apple, If you have heard of BookCrossing its a simaler idea to that, but it is more of a momorial thing, for details i recomend going to this page on the main Bot Crossing Site.

I have some images on my laptop, and others that i would like to put together as panoramas, so if i get some time with an active real time conection (as apposed to offline writing) i shall upload them. who knows i may also try out using Windows Live Writer to post images.

I was in the Apple Store in NYC standing next to an iPhone today, ( i touched one)

It would have been cooler to have posted this post from it.

Four of us Escaped the clutches of Manchester on Saturday, and Made a long distance (high Speed dash) over a large body of water,

Manda, Dave, Ian, and I have now spent two full days in New York, We are staying in a Hotel called the Carlton Arms (http://www.carltonarms.com), the entire insides of which are covered in art work, (will try to get some good photos)

Wondering round the city is interesting, the entire area is based on a grid system, which should make it easy to navigate, but not convinced as yet.

Today’s half plan is to go and see what central park looks like, as i have seen it in a few movies (one notable is the 10th kingdom (IMDB). and it looks extensive, i am not sure how it compares in size to the royal parks, but no harm in looking.

The goth club list is now available HERE. The URL is www.freewebs.com/ukgothclublist, if you’d like to put that somewhere for safekeeping.

Thanks to Del for putting something back on line :D

Microsoft are giving office away to students, well selling at a low price (Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition for £12.95 (1 year) or £38.95 (perpetual license - i.e.: forever) - usually the software costs £599.99), and who can blaim them.

Rich and Ben (who’s permilinks never seem to work) have been descusing this on Planet TermiSoc. Some of you may remember i was a Office 2007 Beta Tester, and I still use parts of Office 2007 today[1]. so i though i would join in on this one and comment on some of the points. Continue reading »

As some of you may know, and others of you may not, i am not going back to Plymouth this year, and as such i am looking for a job to tide me over for a while,

Tommorow i have an Interview with Hill McGlynn, in Bristol. they are a consultancy firm, and i am not sure what sort of clients they have beyond the railway environment being there fortay,

If you know of any body who is looking for employees please let me know as at the moment any job would be cool :D

First of two posts for today….

Mobile Phone, My Orange SPV M600 (HTC Prophet) is still being a silly bugger and turning its self of far too often! so will be going back to HTC some time soon, (however i have left my emergency cover handset and a virgin sim card with Ruth) but it looks like it could be a battery problem, and as such is only covered by a 6mth warrenty? where as the handset is covered untill the 3rd october.

This weekend the sim card for my Contract number went tits up, and killed itself, being unable to find the SIM card for my old number (ending - 957) i had to make do with an obscure one that i don’t know the number for.

Phoned orange and two new SIM’s are winging there way to me :D.