Wednesday, January 13. 2010
Shocking events in Tyndale Crescent
Well they say the 13th is unlucky, sure was for Carl and Heather, some
of their mains wiring caught fire due to the wiring being old. They
have had to call in an electrician who made it safe for the night but
requires an in depth examination during the daytime. Due to this Carl,
Heather, Hugo and Holly are spending the night here at Hillingford
Avenue.
Sunday, January 10. 2010
Nicola's Birthday
Following on from Nicola's 40th birthday last year we again celebrated
by having a family outing to Buffet Island. This year we opted for the
cheaper Sunday Lunch time. It has the same food as the night time
service but is half the price.
New Member of the Family
Saturday, January 09. 2010
All of my Photograph Collection is now available on the Intranet
After much research I was able to fulfil another ambition I have had for several years - being able to create a Picasa Style Photo Album on my Intranet. The problems with relying on Internet Services such as Picasa or Face book are:
Click here to view the photo album index page
1. Bandwidth. Every picture you see has to be downloaded.The Albums are similar in style to Picasa where you have thumbnails of albums, selecting the thumbnail brings up the entire album which has one medium sized picture plus thumbnails of the entire album. You have options to scroll forwards / backwards through the album or you can sit back and watch an automated slide show. Once the initial setting up was completed, the system is easy to maintain and new albums can quickly be inserted into the site.
2. Storage Space Restrictions. On your own hard drive(s) there are no storage constraints.
3. Relevance. If you put ALL your images on the internet, the interesting one's will be lost amongst the uninteresting ones.
Click here to view the photo album index page
Sunday, December 13. 2009
Sunday Lunch at the Whittington Arms
Today we had a family outing to the Whittington Arms, just outside Lichfield.
Gail,myself, Christopher, Alison, Paul, Zena, Nicola, Paul and Rebecca.
Firstly we had to wait before we could go to our reserved table. Due to this we were told they would give us our drinks Free. The meal took a long time to arrive.
Gail asked for more gravy and it came in a small milk jug - enough for one!
We were over charged but Alison spotted the mistake. The waitress returned with an amended bill which I then paid. Alison then discovered we had still been overcharged and so they had to give me a partial refund!
Christmas time Visit To Mary
Once again tradition kicked in and we had a family outing to Porthcawl to visit Mary.
Lunch was at "The Grove". This year Paul and Zena came along in addition to the usual attendees Paul, Nicola, Rebecca, Gail and myself.
Lunch was at "The Grove". This year Paul and Zena came along in addition to the usual attendees Paul, Nicola, Rebecca, Gail and myself.