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Bank Holiday weekend wedding
For those who wish to see the photos and videos from the weekend please see http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/ebweb/Hannah%20and%20Nick/
Website Upgrade – Mobile devices
I have recently upgraded the website to allow for new features to be installed.
The first of these new features is a mobile format for the website. So those of you who wish to browse the website using your iPhone, ipod or mobile phone, will be presented with different display that is easier to read on [...]
MONDAY JOKE: Smart Answers
6th Place
It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane:
“Would you like dinner?” the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row.
“What are my choices?” the man asked.
“Yes or no,” she replied.
5th Place
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets.
As a man approached, she extended her hand [...]
Wilderness Lecture
A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the wilderness lectures. After a complete nightmare parking and finding the chemistry department at Bristol University, we sat down to what we thought was going to be a lecture by Ben Saunders and his expedition to the South Pole, however he hasn’t made the [...]
Website upgrade
Last week I upgraded this website to Wordpress 2.6 using the automatic upgrade plugin. Although most of you won’t notice any changes, it will allow me to add some new features soon.
For those of you that didn’t notice I have recently added a ratings bar on most of the jokes and posts. This [...]
New Features
There is now a new feature available of the website; ratings.
The stars a the bottom of every post allow you to rate the post, this will primarily be used for the jokes and food posts, but it may be included in other posts.
Just hover over the stars with your mouse, and when you are happy [...]
Wii Fit Search
We have been trying for a couple of weeks now to get a Wii Fit, but without much success. I was trying the main online retailers such as Amazon. The only sites that seems to have them were Amazon Marketplace and Ebay, at inflated prices.
When I was looking for the Wii last year, [...]
FRIDAY FOOD: other websites
Being rather busy today, and not having eaten anything wonderful recently, I thought I would share with you a couple of food websites.
The first is Chocolate & Zucchini, a blog written by Clotilde, who lives in Paris. She shares all things food related – recipes, cookbook acquisitions, restaurant experiences, ideas, and inspirations.
The second [...]
Will Bristol get a second premiership team?
Bristol already has one premiership team, Bristol Rugby.
On Saturday, Bristol City are off to Wembley to play Hull in the final of the play-offs for promotion to the football premiership.
Bristol City were only promoted last year, can they make promotion two years in a row?
I don’t really follow football, but I would like to see [...]
Sending large files
I took a lot of photos over the weekend, and I have been looking for a way to get the orginal files to everybody, so they can keep, print, look etc at them.
I didn’t want to email them, as even the zip file would be quite big. I didn’t want to have to send [...]
New Photos now on-line
The photos from the weekend are now on-line.
You will have to login to be able to see the Photo Album link at the top of the page.
Update
Sorry for the lack of posts at the moment, but I have been off on holiday.
For photos and holiday posts, you need to login, the Monday Joke and Friday Food will be back soon.
Caption Competition
Just for fun. Can you provide a caption for this photo?
Friday Food:Sweets
There has been a request for a new feature on the website; food.
As I haven’t got time to prepare an entry this week, I though I would post something about sweets. Not just any sweets but old fashioned or retro sweets, those sweets you used to buy with your pocket money. Blackjacks, rhubarb & custard, [...]
What is Facebook?
Facebook is a social networking site. It allows you to create an electronic group of friends.
Users create a profile. They then populate with their interests, activities, geographical location, schools, jobs etc. They can also upload their photos and videos. People that are not currently in your friends list can only see basic information about you, unlike sites like [...]
Monday Jokes
Due to a dry spell of jokes arriving in my inbox, I am stopping the Monday Joke feature. If you would like me to resurrect it then, please send me more jokes.
You can do this on my normal email address, by using the contact form on this site, or by leaving a comment in this [...]
Saturday Night in Bristol
I have been a bit lax in posting on this blog (well apart from the Monday joke).
It has also been said that we don’t going into Bristol enough for a night out and if we do it always seems to be to the same places.
Therefore I thought it would be a step in the right [...]
Being Green – Freecycle success
At the beginning of the year I tried to get rid of a sofa that we have had sat in our conservatory for nearly 3 years. I posted it on Freecycle. Initially there quite a few people interested, but after exchanging emails with dimensions and photos interest dwindled. I didn’t try again as we were [...]
Easter Weekend
As with all good bank holiday weekends we indulged in a bit of DIY, but we did manage to avoid any trips to B&Q (thank god!). The results of the weekend are new lights in the kitchen (I can see now!) and a neater front garden. I also managed to find the study under all [...]
New Toy
It’s been nearly 2 weeks now since we took delivery of a new toy. We now have a new shiny games console; a Nintendo Wii.
We first saw the Wii back in February when we went to see Stuart & Skye; both Brad & Bryan came away wanting one. However they are still difficult to get, [...]
Travel Blog
We are currently on holiday in Whistler (Canada).
For those of you who want to see our Holiday diary we have set up a travel blog – see here
Revamp your Cocktails
I couple of days ago, I came across ExtraTasty.
Extratasty.com is a web site devoted to drink making. You can comment on drink recipes and submit your own. It will give you cocktail recipes based on the ingredients you all ready have. You can also search by tags, title, etc. As recipes are added, the site will [...]
Northampton v Bristol
Yesterday the Coles and the Selwoods had planned to meet up in Northampton to see the rugby, however due to illness the Coles were unable to attend. The blow was slightly softened by the fact that the match was on Sky Sports and Bristol won 14-8. (see BBC match report)
We are not having much [...]