Sorry about the delays between posts but I’ve been on holiday.

I got back from two weeks in sunny New Zealand today so should be posting regularly within a couple of days.

Sorry about the delays between posts but I’ve been on holiday. I got back from two weeks in sunny New Zealand today so should be posting regularly within a couple...

It’s now 2009.

Leap days aside, did you notice that 2008 was a little longer than usual? It was a second longer.

Midnight on New Years eve (in UTC) went something like 23:59:58, 23:59:59, 23:59:60, 00:00:00, 00:00:01

The leap second took place when the seconds got to 60 making the last minute of 2008 a little longer at 61 seconds.

I was in New Zealand and set up my camera to video the event happening on my GPS. New Zealand is currently 13 hours ahead of UTC so this was going to happen at 1pm on New Years Day.

It was a real anti climax:

I’ve since found out that GPS uses a different time system which doesn’t use leap seconds. My only question now is “Are all the videos of leap seconds on GPS’s faked?”.

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second.

It’s now 2009. Leap days aside, did you notice that 2008 was a little longer than usual? It was a second longer. Midnight on New Years eve (in UTC) went...

Christmas day has at least started for the entire planet.

Mery christmas and I hope Santa brought everything you wanted.

If you find yourself bored at anytime over the next few days, feel free to make yourself a Terrrorist Santa Claus.

Image sourced from http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3096226997_e9650a1f1c_o.jpg

Christmas day has at least started for the entire planet. Mery christmas and I hope Santa brought everything you wanted. If you find yourself bored at anytime over the next...

I used to own a nice compact Canon Ixus 900Ti camera – It was a lovely little camera but unfortunately didn’t come out too well in a match against a concrete floor.

I decided to replace it with the Canon Ixus 960 IS (updated model), one of the main benefits is that my leather case, screen protector, battery and charger are the same so no need for new accessories (Hopefully I can modify my WP-DC7 waterproof case to fit the 960 is).

Anyway, the front of the camera (and all pamphlets) clearly state it’s 12.1 Megapixels:

In full resolution it takes photos of exactly 4000 by 3000 pixels – Last time I checked, this was 12.000000 Megapixels, definitely not 12.1.

I understand rounding, but this is definitely false advertising – Unless somewhat wants to challenge my maths.

I used to own a nice compact Canon Ixus 900Ti camera – It was a lovely little camera but unfortunately didn’t come out too well in a match against a...

I logged into HSBC internet banking today. In fact, I tried to log into HSBC internet banking today….

The message reads:

When will companies start using proper, cross browser supported javascript and W3C compliant HTML?

I guess they do have one thing in their favour, they recommended firefox!

I logged into HSBC internet banking today. In fact, I tried to log into HSBC internet banking today…. The message reads: Issues with Safari Browser 3.2.1 The latest Safari update...

I saw this outside the Mile End tube station in East London.

It reads:
“GET DRUNK, VOMIT IN PUBLIC & YOU’LL BE FINED £80.”
“Cutting Crime TOGETHER”

I guess it does it’s job, it gets your attention.

I saw this outside the Mile End tube station in East London. It reads: “GET DRUNK, VOMIT IN PUBLIC & YOU’LL BE FINED £80.” “Cutting Crime TOGETHER” I guess it...

This was the state of one of CBS’ electronic signs at Liverpool street tube station today. I took the photo just before 3pm.

It was still like this three hours later at 6pm.

I wonder who is paying for the spot at the moment.

This was the state of one of CBS’ electronic signs at Liverpool street tube station today. I took the photo just before 3pm. It was still like this three hours...

WordPress, the publishing platform I use to write and host this website/blog released a new version yesterday.

Upgrading from version 2.6.5 was a piece of cake and the administration interface is brilliant – Modern and Clean.

A screen grab of the new admin screen

You can download wordpress from http://wordpress.org/download/.

If you go to http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/ you will find the WordPress blog about all of the changes in this version.

WordPress, the publishing platform I use to write and host this website/blog released a new version yesterday. Upgrading from version 2.6.5 was a piece of cake and the administration interface...

I’ve just sat and passed my first Microsoft certification exam making me a MCTS: SQL Server.

I spent the best part of two weeks studying for it.

My main study guide was the Microsoft Press book:

ISBN-10: 073562271X | ISBN-13: 978-0735622715

If you can answer all of the review questions in the book, all the sample examination questions on the CD and have experience using SQL Server Management Studio, you should be fine. You must agree to a Non Disclosure Agreement before sitting the exam so please don’t contact me asking for a “Brain Dump”.

I’ve just sat and passed my first Microsoft certification exam making me a MCTS: SQL Server. I spent the best part of two weeks studying for it. My main study...

I wrote back in May about a car on a tree stump. Google recently released street view for New Zealand which shows this treestump in it’s full glory.

Here again is the photo I took…

And here is a screen grab from google maps.

Click on the image to open it in google maps

Isn’t technology grand?

I wrote back in May about a car on a tree stump. Google recently released street view for New Zealand which shows this treestump in it’s full glory. Here again...