Category Archives: Online

The exciting world of the Internet

From Spaces to WordPress

Posted on 30th September, 2010 by BigChaps

Well, I decided to make the jump sooner rather than later and moved my blog from Windows Live Spaces over to WordPress.com. The wizard process was quite painless and everything migrated just right. The post dates remained intact, all the … Continue reading →

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Talking about YouTube – PowerPoint 2010 Slide Show Teaser

Posted on 26th August, 2009 by BigChaps

  No more excuses for Death by PowerPoint… Admittedly I haven’t tried out PowerPoint too much except to read a few existing powerpoint files. This video sure shows that I need to be looking a little more closely at it. … Continue reading →

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First-Person Disease.. not a laughing matter

Posted on 29th June, 2009 by BigChaps

This serious disease could be on the rise….

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The Copenhagan User Experience Concept for Windows

Posted on 22nd April, 2009 by BigChaps

 How’s this for a job ad for Windows 8 Development… Whether or not he is already the there, it’s a great take on future Windows Development. I particularly like his take on the Libraries features. Could this be the WinFS … Continue reading →

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How to waste Advertising Dollars

Posted on 25th March, 2009 by BigChaps

Spend a small fortune advertising how cool you are and spin a web of bullshit about how bad the other guy is… As you can see below, not exactly the most effective result from that campaign… Source: StatCounter Global Stats … Continue reading →

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RIP SpaceBat… an inspiration for all….

Posted on 19th March, 2009 by BigChaps

How is this for amazing… A Bat has been spotted attached to the Space Shuttle Discovery in it’s last launch… It was attached to the  External fuel tank (shown as the little red circle on the main pic) and spent … Continue reading →

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Romance is not dead, even on the Internet…

Posted on 5th March, 2009 by BigChaps

One could think that Romance is a dying art, especially on the Internet where all sorts of questionable content can be found… Yet, amongst the noise, there often plays a sweet song. Amongst the Rubbish, a flower grows… http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3365942&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 World … Continue reading →

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Messing with the Windows Live Toobar

Posted on 30th January, 2009 by BigChaps

You know, I’ve never been one much for Toolbars. Too many websites trying to download them on the sly and they only really replicated functions that were already available. However, as part of testing (and subsequent release) of the Windows … Continue reading →

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New Versions of Live Wave 3 Programs…

Posted on 16th December, 2008 by BigChaps

I have received this email today… We are glad to inform you that a new build is now available for download. http://download.live.com The new Windows Live Essentials package includes some of your favourite applications like Messenger, Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery … Continue reading →

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Live Wave 3 and IE8b2

Posted on 3rd December, 2008 by BigChaps

Following yesterdays post, I have worked out that it was IE8b2 that was preventing me from being able to edit the Live Wave 3 settings, both on Http://Home.live.com and my Blog here. So there you go, use Compatibility mode to … Continue reading →

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