Time shift, can cause a lot of problems

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: October 26th, 2009 | 0 Comments

So today the clocks went back 1 hour :D . I always love when the clocks go back rather than forward because the main advantage I see is that everyone gets an extra hour in bed getting that all important sleep :D .

However changing the clocks back and forward throughout the year causes a lot of disruption for companies and businesses. People miss meeting, deadlines and fail to turn up to work on time.

Now most people are used to the change in time occurring just twice a year however it is always funny watching people rushing about thinking they are late when the clocks go back an hour, it hasn’t dawned on them that they are actually really early!

Where I work they always make it a point to let everyone know that the clocks are changing so that we have no excuse for turning up late for work :( .

The reason for this time change is simple, to keep up with the sun rising and setting at different times, then we set our clocks accordingly so that we maximise our use of the daylight :D this was once considered important to save in electricity!

An easy way to remember the time changes is by using this season reference, Spring forward, Fall back :D .

Windows 7 has arrived!

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: October 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments

Ok just putting a quick post up tonight as i have a lot of work to do. I have to finish off an assignment for college and also add some more programs to my new Windows 7 operating system.

I did not expect to get Windows 7 today, i was expecting to get it tomorrow (Friday) since i had opted for free delivery on amazon, however that was not the case, i arrived home today to see that it had arrived :D . According to amazon's site it should of arrived tomorrow.

When i find out all the interesting bits about Windows 7 i will sure to be making a new post here!

Flickr pro account…

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: October 20th, 2009 | 0 Comments

I just upgraded my flickr account to a pro account! I have been meaning to get around to doing this for a while now but just forgot about it!

Flickr only allows you to upload 200 photos if you have a standard free account, you can actually upload more than 200, however flickr will only show your latest 200 uploaded.

I ran into this problem when I returned from Edinburgh last summer, I added all my pictures to flickr and then I could only see a few of them.

It is great to have the flickr pro account as this means there is no more restrictions on my account :D . For the pro membership it is a yearly cost of $24.05 which is about €16, not exactly breaking the bank with that membership as it is completely worth it.

This is the first time I have paid for hosting of my pictures but it is completely worth it also now I have the ability to upload HD videos to flickr! Not that I will be using this feature, it is always nice to have something extra ;) .

Now that I have the pro account it helps out here on this blog, I have a section on my blog, now all my flickr photo sets / album's can be seen here too! As soon as I upload them to flickr they will all be right here on this blog. This feature has been on  my blog for a while now however with the old limitations of my standard account for a few months visitors could only see a few of my pictures :( .

I will most likely begin to use flickr to store some pictures for some of my websites, this will save bandwidth on my end and also the images will load quicker as they are coming from a much better server!