I’ve just been forced to change internet servers for my Blog because Lycos has closed its server business. Moving has caused more problems than I had imagined. But I’ve finally got my blog posts restored from my Backup, I just need to restore all the images and themes I had.
Category Archives: Internet and New Media
Join New Series Two Parters
Doctor Who Dynamic Rankings Update: By popular demand the votes for both episodes of a new series two part story can now be combined, and an average calculated. This is possible on the new Interactive Results Page, currently in Beta development. Stay tuned for even more features coming soon…
The Next Doctor Added to DWDR
Miss Hartigan (Dervla Kirwan) from The Next Doctor
The latest Doctor Who Christmas special “The Last Doctor” has been added to the Doctor Who Dynamic Rankings. Sorry for the delay, its been a busy Christmas.
New Sarah Jane Adventures Story Added
The latest Sarah Jane Adventures two part story “The Last Sontaran” has been added to the Doctor Who Dynamic Rankings. Vote Now!
New Top Ten Dashboard Widget and RSS Feed
Now you can download a new Mac OS X Dashboard Widget showing you the latest Doctor Who Top Ten Dynamic Rankings. Download the Widget.
If you don’t have a Mac you can subscribe to the Top 10 RSS Feed with your favourite RSS viewer.
New Interactive Results Page
Visit the new Interactive Results Page. This uses the latest Web 2.0 technologies to allow you to filter and sort the latest results anyway you want to. For the first time you can now also see season averages. Which Doctor Who season is the favourite?
New Sarah Jane Adventures coming soon…
New Sarah Jane Adventures Episodes will be added as they are broadcast. Starting from 29th Sept.
Doctor Who Dynamic Rankings Site Update
My Doctor Who Dynamic Rankings Site has had a much needed update. With an updated design and more interactive content. This news stream has been created to keep you up to date with the latest news and results from the site.
Mr first iPhone (well iPod Touch) WordPress Post!
I have finally managed to install and set up WordPress for iPhone on my iPod Touch. I’ve had it for a while but it always crashed after entering my blog details. I eventually tracked down the problem to illegal characters in the main pages template. If you have the same problem try checking your site at validator.w3.org. Expect more posts soon as I try it out further.
My Live Mobile Video Blog Stream
This is my new qik.com live mobile video stream. I can broadcast live from my mobile, and you can watch live, or if I’m not broadcasting watch my last video. To see all my videos and to learn more visit my profile at qik.
The Gadget Show Broadband Truth Campaign
The Gadget Show on channel Five in the UK has a new campaign to test if the broadband speeds advertised by ISPs (Internet Service Providers) really are as fast as advertised. In my experience it often isn’t. You can run their test to see for yourself. Then let them know the results and, equally importantly, if it isn’t as fast as it should be complain to your ISP directly.As a web designer, and someone who uses a Slingbox I often find the upload speeds of broadband providers pitiful. This figure is always hidden in the small print but is something we all use, especially now more and more of us upload photos and videos to websites.For people outside the UK I have found this service which seems to work quite well.
Adverts on The BBC’s Website
The BBC has finally introduced the much talked about adverts onto all of it’s web pages, when viewed from outside the uk. I can understand the reasoning behind this, especially for broadband video and pages about TV shows. However when it comes to the news it does make me feel uncomfortable.My main problem however is with the layout of these new adverts. As you can see from the picture below, I pity anyone who has an 800×600 monitor, or who would like to visit BBC news on a mobile device. The advert along with the vast amount of white space surrounding it, the superfluous grey header and the main BBC News header, means that over half the space is taken up before we even reach the news.Ok so you can scroll, but BBC News is a site with lots of pages with individual articles on, so after a few minutes browsing the news you become fed up of waiting for it all to load and scrolling down to the text.Also they are really annoying animated banners. Please BBC introduce static pictures or even better Google style text adverts.I recommend if you feel the same, let the BBC know, switch to reading the news off their RSS feeds, and most importantly of all: Dont Click On The Adverts! If no-one clicks, they wont get any money and they will have to change the system.
Helsinki Sightseeing Tram Audio Guide
The 3T tram runs in a figure of eight around some of the top tourist sights of Helsinki. I have created an enhanced audio guide for this tour. It features an audio commentary and photos of the key landmarks. You can catch the tram and play this recording on an iPod, MP3 player or portable audio player to experience the sights and sounds of this historic vibrant city.Watch a demo and download the guide.
Flash Finnish Update
Flash Finnish, the free mobile phone game designed to help you learn Finnish, has been updated to version 1.1. It now features more words, and an ‘On and In’ grammar round. You can download it here.
Learn Finnish Mobile Phone Game
I have just finished developing version 1.0 of Flash Finnish. It is a mobile game to help people learn Finnish. It is quite a short game at the moment, but I plan to expand it soon with more words and more complex questions. If your phone supports Flash Lite 2.0 games you can download it for free. I have tested it on a Nokia N95, if it works on your phone please let me know so I can add it to the list of supported devices.