Movies and Meta data in Windows 7 Media Center

Windows 7 is here, So you have Media Center in Windows 7 and you want to manage your movies and meta data so that you can view it in Media Centre, but to your supprise it doesn't show all the information and there is basically no meta data on your movies?

• You want to get the Meta Data with as little manual work as possible.
• You want to be able to view it and sort/filter by the meta data when in media centre.
• You want it to look amazing! like this image.

If this is you read on, I don't have the 'details' or step by step below as the free products below have their own websites with tutorials. (if there is demand I may make a step by step guide.) Overview: I have created this diagram which shows the components involved. - Meda Center = built into windows 7 - Media Browser = Plugin for Media Center - Meta Browser = Tool to download meta data and DVD covers into your movies folder. (it can also rename your foldres and files also if you desire). Here is the Diagram I will explain it below (see the summary in the diagram) CLICK to ENLARGE

Learn how I created this with a visio tool online for free.

So here is how it works and roughly what you need to do if you want to Sort your Movies for Media Centre in Windows 7 and have a fantastic interface as well as automate as much as possible the downloading.

You just need to have all your movies roughtly sorted and in a folder each, I have myn sorted under 4 folders which is under 1 master folder. as seen in the example above.

1. Download Meta Browser (http://themetabrowser.com/) (I also use media Scout) - This program helps you download movie information and covers and saves it in your movie folders, it can also rename your folders (reccomended) and files (not reccomended as you may need to refer to this name incase you accidently select the wrong movie when matching it to online list, by not having this set you can see the movie name is wrong, delete the xml files and start again.) You can do this in Bulk or one at a Time.
2. Download Media Browser (http://www.mediabrowser.tv/) - This program will allow you to view the above movies and their data in Media Center, it will show the dvd cover and allow you to sort by actor/genre/year etc.

I always suggest trying the above with a sample folder first, and copy over a few movies (also have a sample TV folder as well.) This will allow you to practice and see how it works without potentially effecting your existing library or movies.

Tips:

• I used a program called foldermonkey on a 30 day trial to move my AVI files into folders, now the trial expired I used a windows script to do the same. Meta Browser above uses the "foldername" to search for the movie so having them as clean as possible is a good start and helps.
• When using Meta browser if it has trouble finding the movie try changing 1 to one or AND to & etc when movie names are complex, if you use the one at a time or bulk option there is a way (drop down) to view other close matches if there is more than one.
• I have used a program called "Tree Size Pro" to view my folders after the intial sort and look for duplicates as well as folders that are un-usually large (this means usually I have mulitple movies in the folders.

If you find this usefull please leave a comment, enjoy windows 7 and the Media Centre with great cover flow , sorting/filtering by year!!!

If there is a way moving forward of quickly converting AVI files to MKV and importing the MyMovies.XML file into the MKV meta data please let me know!!

My Nokia N86 Hotmail and Gmail Configuration!

I finally have purchased an N86, I’ll post about what happened with My N86 and Vodafone Australia another time, for now I'm too busy playing with my new toy.

The Nokia N86 is fantastic, a few things I'm getting used to but overall the ‘gadgets’ it has packed in (and why i chose it) are great, I’ve been using it one handed a lot while doing other things further justifying myself to have stuck to a non touch screen for this generation. But on to the topic of this post.

Hotmail and Gmail Configuration (Nokia N86 8MP – Email Only):

Out of the box I went to http://email.nokia.com within 5 mins I had my email for my hotmail and gmail accounts on my phone.

(the only settings I had to change were to prompt me for an access point to select my home network or my 3G connection.)

This was fantastic, But i’m not done.

I have done a little more research and so far, Gmail is supporting the mail for exchange.

Hotmail and Gmail Configuration (Nokia N86 8MP – Email and Contacts)

This is where I am up to. I’m now trying to configure Mail for Exchange on my Nokia N86 8MP. I will post a link to how i did this asap!

Ok here are a few Facts That I wanted to put incase anyone else was searching, I will put them in point form as I need to get them out of my mind :)

- Nokia N86 8MP has Mail for Exchange Built In (Its newer than any version I can find on the net (as of Sept 2009)

- So if your trying to follow Googles Gmail Instructions they are out of date.

- I might post more about this later, but basically if you want to get mail for exchange working you just need to enter a domain that gmail knows about and has settings for. So I entered myname@fakecompany.com and then it prompted me if it was and 'exchange' server.

- After doing my best to enter all the information I was not able to sync my contacts or emails via the Email for Exchange to Gmail on the Nokia N86.

- I find instructions from google on how to setup the phone sync features to sync the contacts list from gmail. I roughly followed these settings.

Current Status:

Mail (using the built in mail tool)

- Hotmail (via email.nokia.com - see site for easy instructions)

- Gmail (via email.nokia.com - see site for easy instructions)

Contacts (Sync from Gmail Contacts List)

- I used the export from hotmail and imported all contacts to gmail. and I roughly followed these settings. (Apparently some people have this working via Mail for Exchange where they can just sync the contacts)

So far the Mail for Exchange that seems to be built into the Nokia N86 and Nokia N97 doesn't seem to work with gmail. If you have managed to get this working please provide me a link to where I can find this information. Also if you have any way of getting this working for contacts with that also would be great.

My Current Aim for my contacts is: Hotmail <--- Net ---> Phone <--- Net ---> Gmail.

Again apologies for the rough point form just collecting information I discovered so far in what I thought would be a simple task!

Emsco is Back

Great news everyone, Emsco is almost back up, Scott and Josie have been working hard and the site is being built now! emsco Windows Australia. I'll keep you updated when the new site is finished! Go Josie!

Easy Morph Photos of People Free Software

Well, I have to be quick, but I came up with a project that I had to get out of my head, I wanted to easily morph photos of people (In this case myself). I wanted to morph pictures scanned from my licences and passport photo's.

Here is a quick list of the programs and tools I used (All Free) and the final result.

I have listed the programs in order of use any if anyone wants just let me know and I will flesh out this information with how-to's if required.

Project Aim:

Easily Morph photos of myself (people) using free software.

Using only licences or 'cards' with photo ID's morph them in rough chronological order.

Only Free Tools to be used.

Upload it to the Web and share it with rough instructions on how it was produced.

Free Programs and Software Used:

• MSPaint / HP6110 Scanner
• Vista Snipping Tool
• FotoMorph Free Addition
• Windows live Movie Maker.

Tips:

• Scanning at medium quality (at least 300dpi) To ensure the photos of people are good quality.
• When viewing the photos scanned in zoom in on them before snipping as this is a screenshot method and only used for 'easy of use' and because its free. zooming in preserves the quality of the photo when using the screenshot too. Save them Individually.
• When choosing a file save name use something like this ... Year - Order - MovieA - MovieB as an example 2000-A-[B][C].jpg this will help order them in the file system in the date order and allow you to keep track of what vide they are a part of.
• Exporting from the Morph Program ensure you match this project settings and photo positions as much as possible. (I have made this mistake) Crop you photos before loading them not in the tool to get the best accuracy.
• Use more control points if the photos don't look good in the morph. This free tool is fantastic if you get the control points right.

End Result:

Windows 7 D410 Video Issue Intel 915 washed out colours

Just a quick post to say that I found a fix to my colour/color issues on my D410 running Intel 915 graphics chipset. Symptoms were 4 colours or overexposed colours when the power was unplugged!

Causes/Testing:

• Occurs when video drivers installed. (usually after windows update)
• Doesn't occur using basic vga driver.
• Doesn't happen when power plugged into laptop. (Does when unplugged randomly)

This is the summary of the problem please let me know if this helps or you find a non-work around solution!

• Right Click on the desktop and look for the Intel Graphics Options. or go start run and type in igfxpers then hit ok.
• We are looking for the power saving features for the Intel Chip.
• You should find 3 radio boxes and a slide bar.
• one option is to slide the slide bar a notch and test until the problem disappears.
• a second option is to untick the radio boxes to disable the power saving features. (Not ideal)

I'll post more detailed steps and screenshots when I can. I hope this helps. Enjoy! Now that its running, have some time to merge my avi meta data in windows 7 so I can sort my movies by date!

Vodafone Australia Nokia N86 8MP release date and twitter...

If you cant wait Buy it online at amazon or Search for another online store that ships to Aus

Vodafone Australia Release date for Nokia N86 8MP is : .... They don't know!

UPDATE: Vodaphone called me back on friday the 17th as promised, and unfortunatly the handset has not been approved etc on their network, so its at least a month from now according to their phone staff. Which means approximatly 17 August 2009

UPDATE 2: I called again just to check this date is still on track and the approximate date is still the same, this is the date they are expecting to have it in stock etc so inclding 5-10 days shipping means End of August till I have my hands on it... Perhaps I should have just bought it online :(

UPDATE 3: BAD NEWS! I called again on the 17th August to check and now am being told that its 3 months away.... Is vodafone pushing to give the N97 more sales or delaying for a christmas release? Either way this is bad news. I'm hoping to get another opinion from someone at vodafone and will be calling them again this week and will update this post.

UPDATE 4: OK NEWS! I called Vodafone this week and again has someone fantstic help me out, they said its more likely a month away so I'm willing to wait another month before I call for another update!... so now it looks like the end of september. :(

I continue to search for news on the Vodafone Australia Release Date. If you can't wait that long try searching online for the Cheapest N86 Online

Thats right N86 8MP is due to be released in Australia by vodafone, they are selling it already plan and all! I was very excited about potentially getting my new phone 5-10 days after I ordered it... until I found out it isn't listed as even being stocked in the warehouse (oursourced distributor)!.

As of 17th July 2009 (Emily Camerons Birthday by the way..) Nobody at vodafone is able to tell me when the phone will arrive. I'm going to wait untill tomorrow afternoon before I start to consider other options.

In my opinion you should sell something you don't stock without notifying the customer of this little.. detail before you start charging the for it! :).

I'm very excited about the phone and I'm aware of its limitations. I will definalty post a Nokia N86 8MP review as soon as I have my hands on it.

I will also update the date I get the phone to notify others thats its possible to ship, as its in stock.

Stay Posted Australia.

I've decided to wait it out and let my order stay pending with vodafone, if you can't wait check out the prices at Amazon or alternatively try another googler search here: Cheapest N86 Online

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Parking Infringement Sydney

Parking Infringements are not welcome at any time let alone when they hit you as a designated driver, while unemployed and you have paid for the privilege!

We had decides to drive to the city, with limited cash and being unemployed it was both the healthy option as well as the financially sound one. We chose our parking spot about 1km from our destination on a quiet street in the city. Parking next to plenty of other cars and checking the signs quickly as we parked.

Paying our cash in a parking meter using my credit card. At around 2 am we come back to our car and see that us and 20 other cars have parking fines (Parking Infringments) of about $180 dollars each. We did the right thing and goggled the sdro to see what our options were to claim a review of our infringement. While searching we came across others who were having a similar issue with the ticket now showing all the available options. Aussie Blogger Megs Parking Ticket Conspiracy shows our sentiments exactly.

We put together an review and sent if off only to have it rejected, with no real reason. The city council makes Millions of dollars in situations like this every year, in a spot where there are 100s of paid parking spots. There is a lot of about 20 spots that has a no standing section, with overloaded signs it’s hard to distinguish what is what and there is no warning near the parking meter when paying for your ticket.

The no standing section between 2am and 4am is there for a reason and rather than "fining" people they should be attempting to be stop people parking there, different coloured markings, signs etc.

If it’s no stopping for a reason other than collecting money, the city of Sydney should be acknowledging the inadequate signs and having them changed. Sadly however they have no need to with the sdro office claiming millions of dollars from situations like this every year there is no reason to stop punishing unfortunate designated drivers every Friday and Saturday night.

I have included pictures of the cars that got hit that night as well as the signs that are confusing and lead to a double income, people paying for the privilege to park there, then being stung collecting the cars later on.

Parking Infringements should be like speeding fines, not there to collect money but to prevent people parking; clear signage is the pinnacle of this process. When submitting a claim it might be worth while getting some professional help, even though at the time I was unemployed the signage was inadequate and I put together a reasonable argument with photos my review was short lived and basically a waste of time.

Don’t make the same mistake, get some help from professionals like:

• http://www.aussiespeedingfines.com/

The City of Sydney and SDRO website for these claims are located at:

• http://www.sdro.nsw.gov.au
• http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/

References:

• http://blogs.drive.com.au/2007/08/parking_fines_are_big_business.html
• http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/03/move_car_still_get_fine/
• http://www.livenews.com.au/news/36-million-sydney-raking-in-on-parking-fine-revenue/2008/11/16/142792

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Connect Bluetooth Keyboard to Nokia Phone

Yes I Connected my Bluetooth Keyboard to my Nokia Phone!. I'm not sure what has taken me so long to try this... but I finally have connected a bluetooth keyboard to my mobile phone, after learning some of the short cut keys, its actually amazing. I'll add more to this post later about what i have done and show some pictures. Basically this is the Simple Steps to Connect. Steps to Connect Bluetooth Keyboard to Nokia Phone

• I navigated on my nokia phone to the office section and to wireless keyboard (wls keyboard) Application.
• I then pressed the red button on my keyboard to start pairing.
• I then chose options - find keyboards
• I stopped the searching once the keyboard name appeared.

Then the cool part!

• It asked me for a PIN. i chose 0000 (4 zeros) and hit ok.
• It then asked me to TYPE it in the keyboard!!! and hit enter.
• So on the keyboard i used the number keys and typed 0000 then enter. (4 zeros)(enter)

And away I went! You will have to get used to the keys, when browsing the:

• Windows Key was helpfull.
• As was the ALT TAB.
• I found the context menu button on the windows keyboard also helped.

If i find a list of keyboard shortcuts for the nokia i'll post them. Hope this finds you and helps you! I love logitech keyboards. Edit: I found a great article that shows screenshots and had a step by step over at : www.allaboutsymbian.com Cheers Rob

Dane Jeffrey goes Wordpress

Dane Jeffrey had created his landing page found at Dane Jeffrey . Com Its a great example of a Wordpress page, simple clearly defined and easy to navigate. I think its about time, I setup my own landing page and I might just steal some ideas from Dane. Now.. what was my FTP login details again.....

pool basketball new sport low cost

What is Pool Basketball I hear you ask, if you search for Pool Basketball at Amazon you will find products like this:
However, This requires purchasing a product, what about the latest and greatest supper duper new sport. Pool basketball with a low low cost. Well Let me write up the rules and show you some pictures of how it can be played.

Welcome to pool basketball 101

Introduction:

As you can probably tell this is something special, I've tried to keep these rules as simple as possible. Lets get straight into it. Here is a photo of all the components you will need to get started.

Photo of Pool Basketball:

Items for Pool Basketball:

• A - You need someone willing to play. Minimum 1.
• B - You will need a ball. Minimum 1.
• C - You will need an area for the basket, this might be the spa area or an area that has been roped off.
• D - More Difficult Balls, all of the ones pictures are my current choice.

Rules of Pool Basketball

• 1 - Player throws the items from the goal area into the pool. As Random as possible.
• 2 - Player swims on back around pool to each item.
• 3 - Player uses "feet" only to move / kick / place the items into the goal area.
• D - Player can be scored of number of items in time limit. or total time taken. I suggest using the Number of items in 1 min if there are lots of players, and the later if you wish to build endurance. It gets difficult after a few Min's of this swimming action.

Well That's it for now, I may end up going to amazon and getting one of these great pool basketball items but for the moment, I'm going to stick to my new sport. Enjoy Rob Mulally

My Sore guitar fingers and how to fix

Buy Liquid Skin here: amazon: I've recently got back into guitar and something that comes with the territory is the callouses that form at the tips of the fingers. These can become dry and cracked. Lucky i personally have not got blisters.
Some things I've picked up from speaking to others and some online research is how to handle, fix and prevent sore guitar fingers and treat/prevent cracked fingertips.

Defiantly Don't!

• Be very careful before using anything on your skin. Your skin will absorb chemicals into your blood stream.
• Defiantly Do not use turpentine.
• Defiantly Do not use hand cream or anything that softens the skin (i.e water).
• Do not mistake the pain at the tip of the fingers for any join paint or wrist pain. This is a form of RSI and could mean you are playing with incorrect positioning of the arms or guitar.
• Do not press too hard when playing, remember to use enough force to have the notes ring true without adding excess force. This will help with the finger tips but also endurance when playing.

Defiantly Do!

• Warm up before playing by stretching wrists and fingers.
• Playing a scale can help with this.
• Persist, the initial pain is worth it!

Treatment & Prevention

• Dipping tips of your fingers into surgical spirits. (this usually evaporates at room temperature and will help harden the finger tips.)
• I've heard of some people use a product called LIQUID SKIN to apply over the tips of the fingers. Follow product direction for best effect.
• You can Buy Liquid Skin from amazon:
• Get a softer grade string or use nylon strings, this won't avoid the problem but it might help when starting out.
• I personally don't recommend using anything that reduces or removes pain, pain is the body's way of telling us something is going on. If you manage to play for so long that you get blisters or cracked skin its best to rest and come back to it later. Without 'feeling' this pain you could cause some real damage.

I personally have found a few ways that I overcame the initial pain, at first the sharp pain felt like a needle stuck under my finger nail. After playing guitar I used to tap the tips of my fingers on a hard surface for 10 seconds at a time attempting to 'numb' the pain. This was handy if i had to play for instance a guitar lesson. After 60 seconds the shooting pain up my fingers usually stopped and I was back with only sore finger tips.

Do you have any other tips for helping with the above problems?
Do you have any other symptoms or issues from playing guitar?

Time Machine and Full Restores

While researching for Emily on how to do a full restore in case she needs to with time machine I came across this blog. Duncan Davidson - restoring from time machine He has a great step by step account of testing time machine in a catastrophic hard drive failure. He also links to a This post: Intentionally Deleting iTunes By Mike Solomon - "That’s how badass I am". It looks like in summary that Time machine can restore all files to a new machine besides some logs and obvious exceptions, which means that it offers a "file by file" or "all files at a snapshot" when restoring. My understanding is that it doesn't backup the full bootable drive so you will need to re install the operating system then use time machine itself to do the restore from a snapshot. This is what i was trying to find out and is appropriate for em's backup requirements.

Macbook and Vista Master Browser

Are you trying to network a macbook with your workgroup?

Well luckily enough its relatively easy to do... Most of the time. This Discussion Details all the steps you need to consider if your having trouble and have already tried the nice and easy step by step guide to sharing files on a mac.

I unfortunately followed these steps and yes i could use the "cmd-k" connect to server option, type in the name of the server. using smb://computername/sharename works for me so that's what I'm using now. See this website for step by step guide to this proccess. Along my journey to settling for this 'work around' (I know its not really a work around but you will see why after my little story below). My desired results were: "Set all my computers to the same workgroup", (Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Mac OSX) and allow them to be visible in each others "network browser windows", so you can just 'browse' and click. Lucky for me this was all working for the XP, Vista and Windows 7 PC's, but I could not get the macbook to 'see' the windows based computers. This is the summary of the problem and some commands I found and used along the way. It should be mentioned here that the problem was as follows:

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When Vista is the Master Browser the Mac cannot see any computers in the "network". But obviously still can connect using "connect to server" manually. When XP is the Master Browser the Mac can see any computers in the "network".

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How to determine which computer is the Master Browser Simple If you can turn all the computers off on your network besides two of them. Mac - XP Mac - Vista In those combinations to see if the Mac can see the network computers. This is what i did, turned off vista machine and XP became the master browser. (Note: if your comfortable you can use the Start->Run->Services.msc and stop the computer browser service to have the same effect, this is what i found and efficient way to cause re-elections.) On the PC

• Bring up a command window. (Start->Run->cmd)
• Type: "net view" (not including "'s)
• You should see a list of computers, \\computername
• Then you can use the command: "nbtstat -a computername" Where computername is one of the machines in the list. on each machine untill you find the one with "..__MSBROWSE__." in the list of results. This is the current master browser.

On the Mac

• Bring up a Terminal Window (Utilities, Terminal)
• Type: "nmblookup -M -- -." (not including "'s)
• This should give you the IP of the Master Browser. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
• (Note the -- -. in my understanding is how to get the - symbol. The -- and . must be how to escape the characters otherwise - would be treated like the - in the -M command.)
• Then you can run, nmblookup -A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Where xx's represent the IP you got from the command before.
• This then should list the Netbios names of the Master browser and the workgroups.
• You will also see "..__MSBROWSE__." which indicates its the master browser.

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Now What? If you have discovered like me that you cannot see a list of computers when Vista is the master browser, then these are the options i'm aware of.

• a) Stop vista from becoming a master browser. (Registry Edit or diable browser service)
• b) Enable the Mac to become a master browser. (terminal->sudo nano /etc/smb.conf, you are looking for os level = 2 and local master = no, You might want to do some more research of your own before modifying these settings.)
• c) Just use the connect to server option on the mac.

I'm experimenting with B and C. Hopefully this problem will go away after a vista patch or when i roll my machines over to Windows 7. Hope this helps someone out there. This Post was brought to you by:

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Making cars and houses green while preventing cancer!!

Hopefully this year will be a corner stone in the "Green" movement for consumers to pickup and use green technologies that companies are providing, sometimes however there are things that have been around for a while which we can start to look at right now. Forever people have been tinting the windows on their cars, but not many are aware that it is even a consideration to tint the windows at home. Not only can the effect look amazing but the implications for the environment, yourself and your home contents are quite significant as well. I have been reading some articles posted at West Michigan Window Tinting where I read things that seem obvious now but were not at the time. A window tinting product called Panorama claims to stop 95% of UV light, this is not only significant for heating issues, but protection of your skin and your furniture as well. Everybody hates furniture fading due to sunlight and people in home offices love to absorb the heat and often deliberately set up the office so they are close to a window. Solar Guard was designed to help public entities lower their energy consumption and this can be used on your own home. I've included a diagram to show how Energy consumption savings are made when Window Tinting is applied to glass. So we have something that will, save energy reducing your carbon footprint and therefore a Green Product, it stops UV light and means you don't need sunblock when working in the home office nor protect home furniture from sun damage. Obviously when looking for a company to install these products do your research and make sure they have a lifetime warranty on their products.

Fire and the lasting effects.

Fire has devastated Australia again this year with the death toll at the time of writing this sitting at 180 with still more towns to search. Cool weather is helping but this story hasn't finished yet... Meanwhile the survivors of the fires have both mental and physical scares that are still with them, often when someone is in close proximity to a fire they are subjected to intensely hot smoke filled air, this air can be inhaled and burn/scar the throat. I dearly hope we have enough Ear Nose and Throat Specialists who can help those effected, as these types of internal burns are difficult to treat. My thoughts are with those effected by the fires. Donations are best made through the Red Cross.

‘Well, that wasn’t as bad as I thought’ - Capt. Chesley B. (Sully) Sullenberger III (Quote after landing flight 1549 in the hudson river)

After landing flight 1549 in the Hudson river on January 15th 2009 The pilot Capt Chesley Sullenberger (Sully) turned to his first officer and said ‘Well, that wasn’t as bad as I thought’. You can read more about this from the news article at the New York Times . There are other quotes from the pilot and a links to articles of interviews with Cpt Sully.

Thumbnails..Have you ever wondered

Have you ever wondered where and how people create nice dynamic thumbnails of their websites...

This Image was created by Thumbshots.org, I'm very impressed, its quick and easy to sign up and does require a backlink. What a great service and idea.

Thumbshots is definatly a great website, Now I have to update my directory listings to include my image!

Dlink DWL-G122 Windows 7 Drivers

Windows 7 beta is here, and after watching the Keynote Speech for CES 2009 i had to download the ISO and install it. After getting timeouts on the windows download page and after almost maxing out my Internet cap, Its burnt and installed on an old dell laptop. Went on Fast, and although I can't find drivers for my old CISCO Aironet 350 (AIR-PCM352) I did manage to google and find the Windows Driver compatibility site which gave me a direct link to DLINK's site for the DWL-G122 REV C Where the vista driver for Windows 7 Driver worked! Now I'm online lets see if Windows 7 Beta can find all the other missing drivers itself!. If anyone does find a vista/windows 7 driver for the AIRONET 352 do post the information up at the compatibility website its very useful, full of instant information if the driver is there with pictures of the devices to help identify them. Great example of a great web based user interface. Well done Microsoft. Now lets see how Windows 7 'feels'. Soon you will be sorting your movies and meta data in windows 7 so you can search by year and never have to manually download dvd covers or actor infomation again!

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Another Day, Some more interesting Links...

There is a storm brewing at the moment and rather than update my resume, I have been distracted by some interesting youtube videos. Norton Internet Gamer Edition Official Site This is an ammusing video. Worth watching and passing on. I have also been shown the Jerry and Bill video's. You Tube : Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld : Shoe Circus And You Tube: Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld : New Family Enjoy these links, Oh and in the latest news Smirnoff Platinum has been in the news avoiding the alcopop tax laws because its a mutant beer, Google News Cheers Rob.

Whats News?

Well, Its been a week of interesting things. I'm going to jump on the band wagon and just say that I'm impressed with the Flight 1549 and the water landing on the Hudson river. Google News , I'm very interested in the investigation and looking forward as the story unfolds. I was just as impressed with the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Its in my all time top 10 movies. I stick to my guns and will say that knowing little about movies is the best way to enjoy them the most. I also had a good time at Manly Surf School they have a great little business running there its, simple and easy to get involved and a lot of fun, I'm likely to go back very soon as the weather lately has been perfect. And last but not least, there is a lot of conspiracy theorists that say man didn't go to the moon, and a lot of their arguments are quite sound and logical... along come the myth buster team who have tested all the theories..... Great watching: You Tube Link Last but not least, i attended a barista introduction course run by Barista Brothers in Sydney city and it was fantastic, anyone who enjoys coffee and has a machine at home should get along. Thanks to Em for the fantastic Christmas gift!

Christmas & New Years

Happy New Year, What an adventure this holiday season was, spending with no income was an exciting time for me. I also had a great time at my girlfriends dad's house relaxing and going to the beach. New years was great also, simple, fireworks, with people i enjoy. Its probably time I looked at startin my income again, the time off has really given me some thinking time. I'm pretty excited about some of my idea's just hoping they execute as well as i imagine.! More to come..

Australia the movie & Greater Union Gold Class

After an exhausting day navigating through bondi junction last weekend Emily and I purchased tickets for greater union gold class to see Australia the movie. The cost per ticket didn't include anything other than a seat and at AU$37.00 per person that was disappointing, the chairs where not as comfortable as i was expecting, but it was all about giving it a go and having some food and comfort while enduring the long movie "Australia". Besides ordering a little too much liquids for a long movie and not being able to see the food it was also overpriced and lacked quality. Overall my review for Gold Class is 4/10 and falls into the "Had to try it once" category. The movie on the other hand I enjoyed, 6/10, it had all the right things to ensure anyone will shed a tear, I was surprised at the excessive and obvious use of blue screens that spoilt some of the scenes for me, but overall I'm glad that I saw the movie, it won't come close to my top 50 movies of all time but its in the list at least. Rob

Newcastle Movie Review

I went and saw Newcastle the movie today at Hoyts, have to say that if she hadn't worked on it i wouldn't have gone, obviously any review i have of it might be biased, but, i did enjoy the movie overall, it stirred emotions and contained some creative and amazing shots especially from the water team. The crowd in the cinema was mainly of young kids who enjoyed the nudity and other sexual references but got restless in the long sequences with no dialog. Lucky i had my pocket rocket from boost juice before i went in, kept me paying attention. I'm glad i did as it was interesting to watch with an young audience around as it raises some interesting topics for teens. Worth watching (maybe on DVD) if for nothing else than the cinematography and water shots. Em and I stayed until we saw her name in the Credits and that was fun seeing it on the big screen. 5/10.

Rob Mulally First Blog

Hi, I've just created this blog: Today i'm looking at:

• Googles RSS Reader
• Google Calendar.
• PHP5 and MySQL (vs ASP.NET/SQL)
• blogger (thats this :) )

I want to look at:

• Word Press
• Ubuntu
• Picasa 3 Beta

I'm going to add a sample image here to see what its like: Well that is pretty easy, and very cool, the images is from flickr (farm4) Let me see if i can add border to the image. Yep thats done, using the Edit HTML and CSS inline. Great, I wonder if I can edit/create my own CSS Template or theme for the site. I'll find out soon. Going to post this, Blogging could be fun, but there is no question about one thing, this is a solid web based application, would be interesting to find out what its coded with :P I will be comming back to this post to test the blog features so that i don't spam the site. I was asked to submit a links page so i have used this blogpost from the past.

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