Kevin Bacon is a 3rd Degree Contact
Stumbling around on LinkedIn.com I somehow ended up at Kevin Bacon's profile and noticed he's a 3rd degree contact of mine.
So? Well, there is of course a game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
How closely related is your LinkedIn profile to Kevin Bacon's - can you better 3 degrees!?
9/13 Comments Read - Add | Fri 30 Jul 2010 | Open »
Windows Start Menu Tip
If you're like me, then to get to a Command Prompt you press "Windows Key + R" (or find the "Run..." link in the start menu) and then you type "cmd" and press enter.
Well, in Windows 7 I just found that this is a little bit simpler. If you press the Windows key to open the start menu the cursor is focussed on the search box at the bottom. Just type "cmd" in there and press enter. Voila.
Seems to work regardless of whether the program is in the "All Programs" folder and, as such, makes the search box a replacement for the Run window? You can type web addresses in there too.
I'm finding myself using the search box more and more.
6/12 Comments Read - Add | Mon 26 Jul 2010 | Open »
Back From Whitby
Our faith in the British holiday has been restored after a lovely week away in Whitby. It only rained on one day!
The kids loved playing on the beach all day long! It's so nice to share 4 miles of beach with about a dozen other people. I never like having to confine the whole family to 4m2 when abroad.
The house we stayed in was literally a stone's throw from the beach. The village we stayed in, Sandsend, is the stuff of picture postcards. If you want a holiday in England then it's worth considering and I'd highly recommend it. If not just for the fish and chips in Whitby.
My tip for visitors to Whitby in search of a decent chip supper -- avoid being ripped off at The Magpie or Trenchers (2 pounds extra for mushy peas!?) and find Silver Street. Half way up it is a chip shop with picnic benches outside. The fish/chips are amazing, half the price and you dine alfresco to boot.
I love fish 'n' chips by the way.
There are some more photos here.
5/17 Comments Read - Add | Mon 26 Jul 2010 | Open »
Nice Little Feature in Thunderbird 3
I just noticed a nice feature in Thunderbird 3. If you're writing a message and you happen to mention that you're attaching a file then Thunderbird picks up on this and reminds you to actually attach it! How cool is that.
I for one am always telling people I've attached things when in fact I forget to and they reply to ask where the file is.
Update: It goes one step further and presents a reminder dialog if you click send without having added a file:
The behaviour is controlled via a couple of options:
Nice.
9/12 Comments Read - Add | Thu 15 Jul 2010 | Open »
Hurray, hurray, we're off on holiday!
Bags packed?
Check.
Servers turned off?
Check.
Milk cancelled?
Check.
Passports?
Err, no. Don't need them. We're holidaying in the UK again this year. Although we swore we'd never do it again after a rainy week in Dorset 2 years ago, last year's holiday just proved too expensive, so it's Blighty again this year. Whitby to be exact. Well, Sandsend to be even more exacterer.
Rain or not it's going to be nice to get away from the desk for a while. See you in a week.
Now, I wonder how long it will be before dad rings to ask if I think it's a good idea to announce my house's emptiness on the internet...
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