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1063 days ago
This blog has moved - if you are reading this post via an rss agrigator please update my entry to feed://philbridges.com/?feed=rss2 ( clicking on the link should be enough for most programs ). The website URL is http://philbridges.com . The primary reason for the move was to enable support for embeded video inside a post and give me a wider choice of plugins for things like Flickr which are currently unsupported in Spaces. Thanks for taking the trouble to read my mumblings over the past year and a bit! Happy New Year..1066 days ago
For anyone who knows me from those good old days of Siskin Electronics and AX.25 Packet Radio I'm sorry to report the demise of Gwyn Reedy in an Auto accident last week. His funeral will be on Wednesday December 27th at the Veterans Cemetary in Bushnell, FL with full Military honours as he was also Colonel Gwyn Reedy of US Air Force earlier in his career . Before becoming President of Paccomm Gwyn did some really pioneering work with the Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio Group really heping to accelerate development in RF data comms. It's hard to believe that just 8 years ago we thought 9600 baud over radio was the dog's nutz, yet today we're looking at a potential for 600Mbs over WiFi 'off the peg' and far greater in various R&D labs around the world. As Paccomm's largest partner we worked very closely with Gwyn & Linda to the point that we were making so many calls to the US that we used a telephone ...1067 days ago
A major hurricane ( Hurricane Shazza ) and earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Portsmouth in the early hours of Friday with its epicentre in Paulsgrove. Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly, muttering " Faaackinell ". The hurricane decimated the area causing approximately £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Majorca and the Costa Del Sol were damaged beyond repair. Three areas of historic burnt out cars were disturbed. Many locals were woken well before their giros arrived. Skate FM reported that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered and were still trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting had happened in Paulsgrove. One resident - Tracy Sharon Smith, a 15-year-old mother of 5 said, " It was such a shock, my little Chardonnay-Mercedes came running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Victoria-Storm slept through it all. I was still shaking ...
1067 days ago
"The satellite TV channel Sky One has unveiled plans for a new six-part “ t hrilling reinvention ” of The Prisoner, as director of programmes Richard Woolfe describes the project, with Christopher Eccleston proposed for the lead role of Number Six. Woolfe adds that the mini-series will be a “ sophisticated, high-concept drama to rival anything on the terrestrials and the best of the U.S. It's our biggest drama commission ever and every penny will be evident on screen. We want to capture the imagination of a new generation of viewers. " source - The Prisoner Offricial Appreciation Society1075 days ago
So now I've got this burning desite to rush out and buy a Nintendo Wii despite reports of folks accidently hurling their Wii controllers at their pets, family members, TV screens and fish tanks. This Microsoft ' in-house ' spoof ad might be what actually tipped me ' over the edge '.. ( Oh, and for more of the same but about the Microsoft Zune click here ..... ) PS - does anybody out there in Cyberspace know how to embed flash video into Windows Live Spaces ?
