So today the clocks went back 1 hour . 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 .

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 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 .

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 . 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!

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 . 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!

Even though I will be in college tomorrow all day, it will be a great break for me. All of this past weekend I have had this routine, go to work -> come home and have dinner and watch a bit of TV then go to bed -> next morning wake up and go straight to work, then  the steps just repeat!

I have had no time to relax this weekend, no sleep-in’s either! By the time I came home from work and had my dinner it was almost time to go to bed, it was ridiculous. So tomorrow will be a nice break for me .

I just found out too that I have a test tomorrow on Asp.net and XML in Web Applications Development. It should go fine though since it is a multiple choice exam and it’s not like we can be asked a whole lot since there is only a small amount that we have learnt so far.

I really need to get a move on with my college project too, I enjoy doing this project, so tomorrow I want to have a go at doing something for my project, most likely when I finish college.

I save money every week when i get my wages.  A little bit every week throughout the year and then when christmas comes i take it all out and use it for something usefull.

The money i am currently saving will be going to pay for next years car insurance, well most of it. I have to spend some of it otherwise it would of being pointless to save! Treat myself with something then put the rest onto the insurance.

Now however i have another target that i want to begin to save for. I want to save up for a new computer. So tomorrow i will be going down to the post office to start a savings account. By putting my money there it will mean i will not spend it. Once it is gone out of my bank account i dont mind, it is just like i dont have it, but if it was there i would be more inclined to spend it on something.

The computer i currently own is 3 years old and will be nearly 4 by the time i get my new computer. I have no idea yet how much i will be saving from week to week, but i will definitly be saving something.

Any money that i make from doing websites for people now will be going into my savings, which will be a big help.

The computer i have in mind will be a Dell XPS, not sure what model yet, but i want a really good computer. Must be fast, really fast, have lots of memory and disk space .