2008-10-31UTC10:46:05RE: Linksys WVC54G wireless camera, btinternet SMTP and gmailI have a similar problem and I got tired of fighting with it. Most of these cameras also will send a screen shot to an ftp server so I wrote a vbscript that polls the server and then sends an email using my workplace smtp server. Obviously, you need ... 2008-10-15UTC01:03:17Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev... 2008-09-01UTC05:32:34The plot of a Christopher Brookmyre bookOK so this story doesn't have a plot that we know of so far, but each bit of information that's eeked out of nowhere by the press leads the imagination in different directions, like a good book. Of course, this is not a book, these are people's lives... 2008-08-29UTC08:14:38FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICABATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.Energetic skacore... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11543/FAREWELL+LEAS+GIG+FOR+BATTLESKA+GALACTICA"><img alt="FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11543/FAREWELL+LEAS+GIG+FOR+BATTLESKA+GALACTICA">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-20UTC12:49:13George Inn (Rye) August newsletterThis month we're delighted to announce the launch of 'the george dragons', the new privilege card from The George in Rye. Become a dragon, and you'll get exclusive monthly discounts and offers that you can take advantage of as many times as you like.... 2008-08-01UTC02:00:34PHREADZ podcastWell sort of. Some of the content from Kosso's phreadz.com is also available in MP4 format, which is kind of handy for ipod video. So I'm hoping this feed will populate my ipod with the fascinating conversations these guys are having. Only some of th... 2008-06-13UTC06:04:27Too boringLess posts about PHP, javascript and KML to come, as my friend - let's call him the cowardly civil servant to offer him some anonymity - found it boring. While he was reading at work. How do you find the time mate? I'll tell you what's boring, it's m... 2008-05-04UTC10:01:19Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w... 2008-04-21UTC07:57:48RE: Radio 1 big weekend lineupSeems the BBC are taking matters into their own hands and creating yet another competition disaster - apparently both Hazel and I have registered! NO we haven't BBC if you are reading and I want them to tell me where they got all my details from.2008-04-16UTC08:50:29RE: wg111 (wifi) + ubuntu (linux) still not playing nicelyHi PaulI came across this site as I was searching how to make my new WG111v3 usb adaptor work under mandriva 2008 (I'll try it on my ubuntu machine later) - that has ndiswrapper installed and, like yours, didn't work. Your posting gave me the clue as... 2008-04-10UTC05:00:12Time Travelcame across this site by accident and started reading stuff,then looked at your little film of the snow.I was in Folkestone the same day, as Andy (my husband) and I often visit Folkestone and combine a bit of shopping and being by the sea(one of our ... 2008-03-24UTC01:40:10RE: The New Inn, EtchinghillI absolutely agree with Chris about the New Inn. My girlfriend and I have only been there on a Sunday, but they do a great Sunday lunch. The service is friendly, the atmosphere is relaxed and the food is very good. It makes a pleasant change to see a... 2008-03-12UTC06:12:55The Long Blondes at the Amersham ArmsJust reading this post about a gig in New Cross (from one of my regular reads) makes me think I should go back and visit one day. I wish I'd bought a flat there when I was renting - I had more money those days, and I ended up paying more for this fla... 2008-01-15UTC09:12:04Apple AirbookThere's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ... 2007-12-19UTC07:36:50If a picture paints a thousand words...Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this... 2007-12-13UTC04:45:16RE: Speaking of coolIf you consider your comment about reading this in 5 years time then the moment for talking about your xmas party hasn't passed. You'll not remember it in 5 years unless you put it in here now.2007-12-12UTC11:56:32Speaking of coolVery cold and frosty today, nice to look at but slippy underfoot.Aware I've been neglecting this a bit recently, a shame because I've been doing more reading of my own older posts, and enjoying some of the details I'd forgotten. This is obviously all... 2007-11-22UTC07:53:08New JSON feed of my blogOh that'll come in handy for all those mashups based around me you've been planning... Not a straight feed of what I post every day, it searches the content of the site, probably seven or eight years worth of postings now. JSON is "javascript object ... 2007-10-16UTC06:28:10Rugby, RESULTWhat a great game and result on Saturday! we started off as usual with a trip to Canterbury, where there was a local food fair on, with stalls and demonstrations and things, and lots of local food producers in attendance. Got some bread and some plan... 2007-10-09UTC01:46:58RE: Fullsome weekenderJust a thought, so bare with me on this one.Reading your most recent post, I got to thinking about comments. Now someone may have already done this, but I got to thinking about the process of having to go to a comments page to make a tiny comment. Th... 2007-09-28UTC12:57:29Programming is a poetry for our timeA fairly new song up on MJ Hibbett's youtube channel, not actually a new song, nor actually even new to youtube as it's been up there for a few days already, but hey I've not seen it and you probably haven't either, so let's pretend it's all new and ... 2007-05-18UTC08:50:02He used to say the same thing.I do not miss the commute to York at all. Despite the reading and music listening and leching at lovely business type ladies at the station.I don't even know what facebook is. I've got a myspace thing, but there's nowt on it, I only got the account t... 2007-05-16UTC07:58:45Technology, and how it cancels itself outBah, got my wireless camera working in the house at last, for the first time since we went over to BT HomeHub and all the settings changed, and what happens the very same day? The IPOD stopped working. I suspect Apple monitor the blog and heard about... 2007-05-14UTC03:16:17Ian Brown's coming to FolkestoneTour starts in September, Ian Brown, yes the former Stone Roses front man, gigs in Folkestone at the end of October. Full dates are:Newcastle Academy (September 27)Hull City Hall (28)Sheffield Octagon (29)Middlesbrough Town Hall (October 1)Lincoln En... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10217/Ian+Brown%27s+coming+to+Folkestone"><img alt="Ian Brown's coming to Folkestone" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10217/Ian+Brown%27s+coming+to+Folkestone">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-05-12UTC09:19:03Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10212/Wagamama+today">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-05-04UTC09:07:36I got electionAnd yay, we did get to vote, at the polling station around the corner from our flat, and it was good. A disappointing range of local candidates, I think I went for the best of a bad bunch.Farewell then, weeping fig - our big pot plant that we bought ... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-11-30UTC10:51:43Thursday morning roundupJust caught the end of something on BBC Breakfast, advice on blogging and work, or why not to blog about work, something like that. A few sites / posts were held up as bad examples, I wasn't one of them, it was all fairly basic stuff:* Don't be posti... 2006-11-16UTC09:46:22Creative Players PantoHi and hope you are well............................. This is to announce the reading for The Creative Players Pantomime which will be either 'The white Cat' or 'Santa in Space'. The White Cat is a very traditional Pantomime..........Santa in Space i... 2006-11-10UTC11:34:08Transport updatesJourney times have been much better since Monday. If I race out of the door here at six, I get a train at Cannon Street that gets me home without changing for eight fifteen. Bit boring travelling on my own, but I'm plodding on with these book, and re... 2008-06-10UTC12:38:46The GarageTickets say "Keep Calm", it was a warmup for Reading. Howard Marks and Chris Morris were there amongst others.... 2008-02-11UTC04:30:27Goldsmiths CollegeReading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day.