Dan's Diary

Doctor Who: New Series Preview - BBC One

2010-01-03T11:41:00.001Z

Doctor Who The Waters of Mars

2009-11-05T15:17:00.001Z

He will knock 4 times!!!

Looking forward to this a lot!

2009-07-03T18:53:00.005Z

So cool.....

2009-06-11T21:13:00.001Z

DEADLINE post-it stop motion

Free Hugs!

2009-05-31T15:24:00.001Z

Free Hugs Campaign - Official Page (music by Sick Puppies.net )

2008/9 in Pictures!

2009-05-26T09:41:00.002Z

Great times :)

Lol....

2009-05-25T19:30:00.001Z

Source: http://www.kontraband.co.uk/pics/17562/At-Least-Jack-Left-A-Note/

I laughed all the way through this!

2009-05-15T16:27:00.001Z

Whose line is it anyway? - The Best Stand, Sit Bend ever!

Star Wars Sound Effects on Whose Line!

2009-05-15T16:20:00.002Z

Lol...hilarious :)

Whose Line is it Anyway - SFX - Jedi

This cake was delicious.....

2009-05-15T16:03:00.003Z

AAAAR2D2!

2009-05-12T13:59:00.001Z

Source: http://digg.com/d1qwc8

I'm definitely getting the sheet music for this!

2009-05-12T13:12:00.001Z

LOVE STORY (Taylor Swift) meets VIVA LA VIDA (Coldplay) - Piano Cello - by Jon Schmidt

Best in HD!

This is why I love Lego :)

2009-05-11T18:11:00.002Z

http://digg.com/d1qoNZ

It's time to post this link...

2009-05-07T18:43:00.000Z

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/05/extraordinary-clocks-and-watches.html

Simply awesome!

Nearly know all the words...is that bad?

2009-05-07T18:32:00.001Z

'Star Wars (John Williams Is The Man)' - an a cappella tribute [HQ, Closed Captioned]

I want to learn this!

2009-05-07T18:27:00.001Z

Kingdom Hearts II - Utada Hikaru - PASSION (piano cover)

Doctor Who: Journey's End!

2008-06-29T21:00:00.001Z

Simply can't wait! The last episode is 65 minutes long! Enjoy the preview =D

Turn Left!

2008-06-18T11:16:00.002Z

I know I keep posting Doctor Who previews but we're getting near to the series finale now so I had to! Enjoy this one =D

Midnight!

2008-06-11T11:37:00.001Z

The daleks perhaps? Or something else? Also, where is Donna in this episode? Enjoy =D

Forest of the Dead!

2008-06-05T13:32:00.001Z

Who is Professor Riversong?!!!

Ood: "I think your song will end soon..."

Enjoy the clip =D

Doctor Who!

2008-05-25T19:58:00.001Z

Simply awesome - can't wait! =D

Circle of Life!

2008-05-17T10:20:00.003Z

Yes it's finally finished! Enjoy =D

A better quality version of the montage is available from here!

Also, check out Caitlin's and Matt's brilliant montages too!

Dan =D

Switzerland - Locarno!

2008-02-24T18:17:00.011Z

Right, it's about time I posted something for 2008, and what better than the photos from my recent trip to Switzerland with my family! It was a very short break but we managed to fit so many different day trips in - it was brilliant! Lots of photos were taken and when I get around to it there will be some video footage too!

We were staying in Locarno on Lago Maggiore and this was the view from outside our hotel!

There were also some palm trees in Locarno :D

On Tuesday we spent the morning in a place called Lavertezzo in a mountain valley. It was simply beautiful!

The same day we visited Ascona which was also on Lago Maggiore and as the sun set I took this one =D

On the Wednesday we visited Luino Market in Italy on the train. On the way back we jumped off at a place called Gera and some sunset photo-taking ensued! One of my favourites :D below!

On our final day we took a trip up into the mountains via a combination of fernicular railway and cable car which was awesome! This was the view which greeted us at the top =D

We also found a lot of snow up there which was enjoyed by all! This was just a very small selection of the photos. The full album is on Picasa, here!

Enjoy! See you all back at college!

Dan =D

Geography Coasts Trip!

2007-12-03T17:37:00.000Z

Some geography students set off from BHASVIC to look at coasts today! We started off at Birling Gap near Seaford and worked our way back towards Shoreham. Took lots of photos along the way, and caught some neat sunsets too!

Here's a sample from the day...

We started off at Birling Gap - it was sunny!

Then we made it to Seaford Head - here's the view from there!

There's Tim!

We finished up in Shoreham - here's the awesome sunset :D

The whole album is available on Picasa here - check out this slideshow!

Enjoy!

Dan =D

Extreme Archaeology!

2007-11-25T22:27:00.000Z

Matt, Esther and I were in Bramber the other day to help Esther with her archaeology - Matt had a video camera with him, and some extreme stunts and dancing ensued!!!! We also did some archaeology :P

This is Matt's fantastic video of the day =D

Enjoy!

Dan =D

Exeter Trip!!!!

2007-11-18T22:02:00.001Z

This was an absolutely fantastic day! Laughter, lots and lots of laughter! Plus lots of food =D

Update:

Now on Youtube here and available for download for better quality here!

Dan =D

This one is amazing!

2007-11-11T20:29:00.001Z

So I made another one, and this is just incredible! Check out www.animoto.com - it's immense!

Dan =D

For those of you who use Picasa...!

2007-11-11T16:58:00.001Z

This was made at www.animoto.com and is a very interesting concept! You point it towards a set of photos from your Picasa, upload a song and it generates it all for you! What do you think of this one? Dan =D

Lewes Bonfire Night 2007!!!

2007-11-10T22:48:00.001Z

Here is Matt's amazing Lewes Bonfire Night movie - good job Matt!

What an amazing night that was =D

Our New House!!!

2007-10-20T17:57:00.000Z

Check out our new house!

Dan :)

Animusic!

2007-10-08T22:26:00.000Z

Really these animations are amazing, and I'm surprised none of us have found them before!

Here are a couple of previews of my favourite animations - they were very hard to choose, which is why there are so many! There are two HD animations ready to download from here - highly recommended!

Pipe Dream

Starship Groove - Available in HD!

Resonant Chamber - Available in HD!

Future Retro

Enjoy the videos! What's your favourite?

Hope you are all well,

Dan :)

www.animusic.com

The Blog is Back!

2007-06-12T19:17:00.000Z

I know, I know, I know - I said I'd keep this old blog updated and look what happened. Nevertheless, I'm posting now.

I haven't posted in about 3 months so I thought I'd update the blog with a new theme, as you've probably noticed.

Also, because this blog is mainly for photos, I thought I'd show off the new Picasa slideshow with some photos from my "Best Pics" album. Enjoy!

Shouts out to everyone, especially my amazing girlfriend Megan :)

Hope everyone's exams are going well, especially those of you taking GCSEs!

All the best,

Dan :)

Red Nose Day!

2007-03-16T22:56:00.001Z

What a great video!

Enjoy!

Dan :)

Beach Collages!

2007-02-25T22:56:00.000Z

I like to experiment with Picasa's collage feature every now and then. Here are 4 multi-exposures from some of our recent trips to the beach for Mark's photography coursework - Enjoy!

All of these photos are available in the album, along with my other collages:

Dan :)

Marketing, McDonald's and Mussolini!

2007-02-22T19:42:00.000Z

Hello to you all!

Here are two cases of interesting marketing (well the first one isn't marketing...really!).

For those Historians among you, this giant "M" was constructed for Mussolini in Italy in 1938:
Question is - who is the guy top right of the "M"?
Second, is this excellent McDonald's advertisement (mmmm...chips!):
In other news, McDonald's is rumoured to be announcing an All Day Breakfast any day now!

Hope you are all well :)

Dan

Sources:

January!

2007-02-01T18:27:00.000Z

Well, we're one month into 2007 already, and January has been a pretty busy month, as you've probably noticed from the lack of posts recently.

On January 12th it was Mark's birthday, and he held a great party with lots of cake, banofee pie, and Twister! This particular (delicious!) cake was made by Caitlin:
The games of Twister got under way:

Here's Matt, Ben, Caitlin Rose and I with Mark's finished birthday present - a piece of art!
On January 24th it was Snow Day! Matt, Mark and I made a giant snow ball!
Plus I managed to improve my snowball levitating technique (Either that or the snowball is about to hit me right in the face!):
On the 26th, a group of us went to see Pan's Labyrinth in Lewes - what a great movie that was. Perhaps more exciting was how my ticket was stamped on the return journey!
Overall, a fun, and very busy January!

See all the photos here, plus check out Mark's album, and Matt's album.

Enjoy!

Dan :)

Birthday and New Year!

2007-01-02T21:22:00.000Z

Hello and Happy New Year to you all! Sorry for the lack of posts recently.

On Sunday it was my 17th birthday!

Thanks to Matt for this fantastic photo wall which was on my card:

Hope everyone enjoyed their New Year celebrations.

I wish you all a fantastic 2007,

Dan :)

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-24T21:28:00.000Z

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas!

Sorry I haven't updated the blog recently - I've had various family arriving, been working (apparently too much!), and it's my birthday in exactly 1 week!

Merry Christmas!

Matt has made a fantastic video summarising 2006, and although there is a week to go until the new year, I thought it should be shared now:

Happy Christmas everyone!

Best wishes,

Dan :)

Awesome Discovery Photo!

2006-12-11T21:13:00.000Z

I'm a big fan of cool photos - and this is most certainly one of the best:
Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on Saturday at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. On board were 7 crew members, one of which was a British Astronaut! They are going to be rewiring the International Space Centre in time for Christmas.

Enjoy!

Dan :)

Source: http://graphics10.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/09/science/10shuttle_boats.jpg

Optical Illusion!

2006-12-06T21:59:00.000Z

I'm quite fond of optical illusions, so here is one I found today. If you stare at one spot for long enough, the movement stops. There are no animation tricks here, it is just an image - cool though!
Enjoy!

Dan

Source: http://www.onedigitallife.com/images/optical-illusion.gif

Roller Coaster Shopping!

2006-11-29T19:37:00.001Z

It's about time they combined shopping and going on a roller coaster! Well, granted it's not a proper roller coaster, but it sure looks like fun though!
Also it's another day, and yet another birthday -

Happy Birthday Kate! (Reed!)

Was the law trip better than being at college?

Enjoy the video!

Dan :)

Birthdays, Exams and a Photo!

2006-11-27T16:43:00.000Z

Two birthdays this week! Matt's Katie is 16 today, so Happy Birthday! Also Happy Birthday to Kate who will be 17 on Wednesday - thanks for the party!

I had my Grade 6 Piano Exam today which went well, so I'm happy :) It was in St Mary's in Goring which I believe is James' church or Youth Group - if you're reading James the church and that piano is great.

I believe that Matt's Katie had a mock exam today too - hope it went well, especially on your birthday!

Now onto the photo - yet another Picasa edit, this time it's one from Matt. You can see Matt's other fantastic photo edits in his album here and read his own blog here.

Happy Birthday to All!

Dan

Paint Masterpiece!

2006-11-24T16:36:00.000Z

Look at what someone made in Microsoft Paint - it's just mad, apparently it took the designer 500 hours! I only ever used Paint for cropping an image if no other program was available - it seems I've been proved very wrong indeed!

Amazing work!

Dan :)

Source: http://www.deviantart.com/view/17908194/

Before and After...

2006-11-20T17:57:00.000Z

Matt was recently experimenting with the cool effects in Picasa, which prompted me to edit one of the photos from the London Trip.

This is the photo before editing:
This is the photo after it passed through both Picasa and Fireworks!
It sort of reminds me of the Spooks endings. What do you think?

Dan

The Simpsons Movie!

2006-11-19T17:30:00.000Z

Just watch the trailer - it's fantastic! Not out until July 27th next year though - Doh!

Dan

Photo Edits!

2006-11-16T17:31:00.000Z

First off, those people looking for Matt's videos should view this post here.

Both Matt, Mark and I have edited/improved some photos from our recent trips out, so I thought I'd share those.

To start with, here's Mark's improved group photo from the Lewes Bonfire Night - What a fantastic evening that was, and a great photo too!
Here is Matt's edited photo from our trip up to London last Thursday. That was a great day out too!
Finally, my edit, also from our London trip - there aren't really 2 London Eyes, this is just a neat trick on my camera!
Thanks to Matt and Mark for sending their edits over, they're great!

Dan

London on Thursday!

2006-11-11T22:28:00.000Z

Matt, Mark, Ben, Caitlin, Phoebe and I took a trip up to London on Thursday. We visited the Tate Modern and went on the slides:
We ate lunch in Piccadilly Circus:
Finally, we walked around the London Eye several times!
Here is a collage to sum up the day:
As usual all of these photos and more are available in the photo album, so click the magic box below to visit:

London - November 10th

Overall, a fantastic day, with some fantastic photos!

Dan

Lewes Bonfire Night!

2006-11-05T13:16:00.000Z

Last night, Matt, Mark, Ben and I were invited to Lewes Bonfire Night - thanks Caitlin! We saw the procession, the bonfire, and the fireworks, which were absolutely fantastic.

So fantastic in fact, that I put this video together:
I also took lots of photos and as usual they are in the album, so click the "Magic Box" (as Matt likes to call it!) below:

Lewes Bonfire Night 2006

One of the best photos from the evening was the group photo before the fireworks started (UPDATE - Thanks to Mark who "fixed" this photo):Anyway, a good time was had by all - thanks everyone!

Dan

Matt's Top 5 Movies!

2006-11-03T19:33:00.000Z

Matt is very fond of making short films and setting them to music, so here are his Top 5 Videos Ever!

5. The four of us playing a lot of tennis (or we did - it's too cold now!).

4. "Into the Powerzone" - the first of many kiting videos, and also one of Matt's earlier videos too, but still a great one :)

3. "The Matt Montage" - as you might have guessed this was a video all about Matt!

2. "Kiting to Eye of the Tiger" - More kiting, and as Matt told me, the most cuts in any video so far, producing one of the best kiting movies ever!

1. "The A Team" - This was the name given to Matt, Mark, Ben and I after the GCSE results were revealed, I wonder why!? Anyway, this is in my opinion Matt's best video, so enjoy!

Dan

P.S. Sorry if this post took a long time to load :)

P.P.S. Try and play all 5 movies at the same time!

Latest Halloween Simpsons!

2006-11-01T22:41:00.001Z

Apparently this episode doesn't air until this evening in the US, so you saw it here first :)

Enjoy!

Dan

Source: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkjnq_ts-xvii-hs

Lego & Halloween!

2006-10-31T16:55:00.000Z

I had to do a Halloween post, so here are some photos of random Halloween Lego creations!
Dan

Source: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/LegoAbominations

Torchwood!

2006-10-28T07:52:00.000Z

Just realised I haven't posted since last Friday, which is disgraceful! Doesn't time fly when you're working :)

Anyway, Torchwood, the spin off series of Doctor Who started on Sunday, and it is fantastic. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend that you watch it as soon as possible. The third episode is on Sunday evening on BBC3.

Here is the preview video:
This is a clip from the first episode:
Enjoy!

Dan

Multi-Exposure in Picasa

2006-10-20T17:13:00.000Z

Further to my previous post about collages in Picasa, I have been experimenting even more with the multi-exposure feature. Check this one out of two photos I took in London last Summer:

This photo is in the collage album here.

Dan

Picasa and Friends

2006-10-19T16:21:00.000Z

Picasa seems to be the word of the week at the moment, so I thought I'd show off some of it's cool features, using some of the best photos of us four.

I like the collages best, so here are some examples.

This is the "Picture Pile":

This is the "Picture Grid":

Finally, this is the Multi-Exposure. I should have cropped this one, because one photo is bigger than the other.

All of those collages are in an album here, and check out Matt's new album too.

Dan

More fancy dress....

2006-10-17T07:33:00.000Z

Just uploaded 10 more photos to the web album from the Disney themed party on Saturday night - check it out!

Matt says it all in this photo:

Dan

Errors

2006-10-16T21:51:00.000Z

This is for all of you taking psychology (Matt) and for anyone who is interested:
Dan

Source: http://www.lizzdmcproductions.com/404.shtml

Disney!

2006-10-14T21:22:00.000Z

It was Emma's birthday party tonight and it was Disney themed!

Here is a picture of the four of us before the party started:
To clarify, from left to right, that's Mark as Robin Hood, me as Baloo the Bear, Matt as Woody and Ben as a Chimney Sweep!

All the photos are on the Web Album here. There is a mini preview below, but please visit the album for the full size photos.
A few photos to mention though are Ben and his mysterious floating hat, and Matt looking totally surprised!

Anyway, the party was great and we all had a good time in fancy dress! Do check out the photo album for some more fantastic pictures.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Dan

Friends

2006-10-11T20:00:00.000Z

Some of the best photos of us four:

Dan

The next station is... The next station is...

2006-10-10T13:07:00.000Z

There was chaos on the trains this morning because all the computer generated announcements were repeated twice.

There was chaos on the trains this morning because all the computer generated announcements were repeated twice.

So instead of "We are now approaching Brighton", it was "You are now approaching insanity, thank you for travelling with Southern Trains".

So instead of "We are now approaching Brighton", it was "You are now approaching insanity, thank you for travelling with Southern Trains".

Dan

Dan

Toast

2006-10-10T12:48:00.000Z

Article in The Argus Lite yesterday morning:
(Click the image to view full size, and read the answer to all your toast dropping problems!)

Well, now you know!

Dan

Little Mouse!

2006-10-02T19:45:00.000Z

"Hey now Little Mouse!"

Here it is - in the key of "S" and quite fast too!

If that didn't make any sense then you haven't seen the BBC series "Look Around You", especially the Music episode which explains the Little Mouse Video.

Check out "Look Around You - Music" here, and for the full "Look Around You" Playlist, go here.

Dan

Google Earth Illusions!

2006-09-28T16:43:00.000Z

Do you see a flying car?
How about this giant frog?

Or even this Lancaster Bomber?

There you have it - the wonders of Google Earth (had to tie it in to Google somewhere!)

Dan

Source: Google Earth Blog

Best Ever Simpsons Intro!

2006-09-24T19:29:00.000Z

This is hilarious - gotta love the Simpsons!

Enjoy!

Dan

Italian Warning Signs

2006-09-22T18:22:00.000Z

Taken whilst I was on holiday in Italy this year, on an island called Murano:

Dan

The Muppet Matrix!

2006-09-21T19:43:00.000Z

A must watch video - need I say more, except:

"The Muppets have you"!

Dan

USB Batteries

2006-09-21T16:47:00.000Z

Why has no one thought of this before? Batteries that charge through USB.

Check out the site here: www.usbcell.com

Dan

If Maths were this easy...

2006-09-18T19:40:00.000Z

More of these can be found here.

Enjoy!

Dan

Happy Birthday Matt!

2006-09-18T05:16:00.000Z

Yes, it's another birthday and another 17th!

Happy 17th Matt!

Here is one of Matt's excellent videos - The Matt Montage!

Dan

Happy Birthday Ben!

2006-09-17T15:18:00.000Z

Happy 17th Ben! Hope you had a great day and your new guitar is good.

Here's a photo of Ben:

Dan

Hurricane Florence!

2006-09-15T17:59:00.000Z

Hurricane Florence hit Bermuda on Wednesday. Let's look at some facts:

At the Bermuda Zoo and Aquarium, two flamingos died due to falling branches.
Just over an inch of rain fell in Bermuda from Florence.

I feel sorry for the flamingos - why weren't they indoors - everyone else was. Also - that's one hell of a lot of rain!

The photo below shows the course that the Hurricane took. Bermuda is the tiny dot in the middle of the final curve.

In other news, there is a huge digger outside my house this evening as our driveway is repaved - how exciting! Also Matt just bought a K9 (see Doctor Who) and Mark just bought an MP3 Player - enjoy!

For more information on Hurricane Florence see Wikipedia.

Please leave a comment,

Dan

Subtitles - a must watch video!

2006-09-13T19:24:00.000Z

This video is just hilarious - watch it!

Also I must say Happy 16th Birthday to Christie who is all the way over in Bermuda.

Happy Birthday Christie!

Dan

P.S. My college timetable is now in the sidebar right at the bottom - not sure why, just because I can :)

The Annoying Paper clip!

2006-09-12T18:56:00.000Z

Everyone knows the paper clip in Office that pops up when it just isn't wanted.

Wouldn't it be great if it actually said what this website shows:

http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/office_help.html

My favourite is this one:What's yours?

Dan

Microsoft Photosynth

2006-09-11T16:11:00.000Z

Microsoft is working on a new product called Photosynth. To cut a long story short it takes lots and lots of 2D images and puts them together to make a 3D world. You can move in, out and around this created world, and see how each individual photo connects together.

Check out the video:

I think this kind of software could be great fun and very useful. Also I like the video because all the photos are of Venice - where I was this summer :)

Have a look at the Photosynth Website.

What do you think? - please leave a comment.

Dan

A Thousand Words

2006-09-10T09:20:00.000Z

Apparently a picture speaks a thousand words so here's a picture:

I call it the "Incredible ~~Hulk~~ Matt".

This was taken at Shoreham Airport sometime last year. It's Matt silhouetted against the sun, with a green tint added.

What do you think?

Dan

Cool Optical Illusions

2006-09-09T09:00:00.000Z

Check this out:

Weird, isn't it?

You can see the above illusion full size here.

See more of these illusions here.

Dan

Review - Right at Your Door

2006-09-08T18:59:00.000Z

I was in Brighton today with Matt, Mark and Ben and we saw the movie "Right at Your Door".

I had seen the trailer (below) and it looked like it should be a great movie.

Unfortunately, this was not the case and although the concept of the movie was good, they didn't pull it off.

However, the movie had some great suspense and the story was quite gripping. As one quote said, I never saw the twist at the end coming, but it wasn't a very satisfying twist, or, for that matter, a satisfying ending.

If I were you, I would wait until "Right at Your Door" came right through your door in the form of a DVD. That is, if you see it at all.

I give this movie 6/10.

Dan

Sailing and Cycling!

2006-09-07T13:45:00.000Z

Matt and Mark decided that today they would sail the boat up the River Adur. So Ben and I joined them on our bikes as backup - which it turned out, was very useful.

They started off by rowing the boat with the sail down, so they could get under the Old Toll Bridge. This took a long, long time. You can see their slow progress here:

Finally they got under the bridge and pulled in at a jetty where we met them and proceeded to put up the sails. This also failed about 3 times before we got it right! Here is a photo of them trying to set everything up:

We gave the boat a push and off they went. After a while they realised the sailing wasn't working to well (after nearly capsizing!), so down came the main sail and they switched to "jibbing" - using the smaller sail and turned back.

On their return they hit the Old Toll Bridge, as shown here:

All in all an interesting day! Check out the days photo album here.

Dan

Google News Archive

2006-09-06T16:40:00.000Z

Google has just released the Google News Archive Search. It's described as providing "an easy way to search and explore historical archives".

I tried out a search for "Hitler" producing an interesting set of results. One article of particular interest is:

The Many Deaths of Adolf Hitler

This is a yet another tool from Google that could prove useful.

Dan

Skype Status

2006-09-04T09:03:00.000Z

Something is very wrong with Skype's status reporting at the moment and it's becoming very annoying. If you care, please go here and vote so the developers will fix this problem faster.

UPDATE: This problem seems to be fixed now - no word from Skype telling us if it actually is.

Dan

The World - Google Style!

2006-09-03T09:30:00.000Z

The above image was taken across the course of one day. The lights show people using Google at that time.

Someone noticed that if you compare this to a map that shows light pollution across the world, it is very similar. This means that anyone with electricity and light uses Google - what a deduction!

Full size copy of this image available here. Original article here.

Dan

Go the Gazette!

2006-09-02T16:38:00.000Z

The Herald published the text and the Gazette published the photo!

You can buy any of the photos shown in the Worthing Herald or the West Sussex Gazette from www.photostoday.co.uk - be warned, this site is slow! Just enter the reference number located next to the photo.

Dan

Combination Feed

2006-09-02T12:13:00.000Z

I have managed to create a combined feed for Matt and Mark's Blog and my blog together, so now you can get all the updates together!

You can see this in action now between this post and the Friends photo. It shows the post name and the author(s).

Use one of these buttons to subscribe to the new combined feed:

Or if you use another reader, the plain feed is here.

Dan

Addictive Google Game!

2006-09-01T17:35:00.000Z

Google has just released the "Google Image Labeler". It is a new feature of Google Image Search, designed to improve search results.

However it is great fun to play and gets quite addictive too.

The idea is you get paired with a partner and you both get shown the same image. Together you label the photo, and keep adding labels until they match. When they match you get 100 points each and the next photo is shown. If you can't match a photo, you can always pass.

You get 90 seconds in total to match as many photos as possible.

Try it out now and help Google improve image search results at the same time!

Dan

P.S. - Thanks to http://googlesystem.blogspot.com for image.

Hail the Herald!

2006-09-01T07:50:00.000Z

The Worthing Herald was published yesterday, and inside was the long-awaited GCSE Exam Result article with the headline: "Pupils are a Class Act".

The content of the article was the same as that of the web page I posted about a few days ago.

Apparently, I "swept the boards" and even said:

"You can never be too sure. I'm very pleased."

I don't think I said that, and I definitely wasn't doing any sweeping that day, but thanks to the Herald for the article.

As Matt would say - "Top Banana!"

If you get your hands on this Thursday's edition of the Worthing Herald check out pages 17-19 for the article. If not, check out the online article here.

Ben, Matt, and Mark are also all talked about in the article, so look out for them!

Well done to all who got GCSE results last week!

Dan

Skype! - Free Summer Thursdays!

2006-08-31T09:00:00.000Z

Skype is giving away 20 free minutes for use with SkypeOut today as part of their free Summer Thursday offer.

So go here now to collect your free minutes.

If you haven't heard about Skype I don't know where you've been, but head over to my previous post to find out.

Also a new version of Skype should be imminent so check out Skype's download page over the next few days.

Dan

Secret coffee at Starbucks?

2006-08-30T17:55:00.000Z

Starbucks has a coffee that is not on their menu. It's not just any coffee however - it is Starbuck's best coffee.

This article explains what they're up to.

I just wonder how many other companies do this sort of thing? The article mentions a few.

Can anyone else find a secret product? If you do, please leave a comment, and if you have tried Starbuck's secret coffee - what do you think of it?

Dan

An end to lost mobiles?

2006-08-30T17:30:00.000Z

Just found an interesting article here.

A new service has just started that will wipe your phone's memory as soon as you realise it has been lost or stolen. It will then send a signal to the phone to make it start "screaming". This is designed to be "annoying and embarrassing".

Currently this service is only available for Smart Phones - but will it be successful?

One interesting point from this article:

"On average, it takes only 30 seconds for someone to notice that their phone is missing, compared to an hour for a wallet or purse"

Dan

Teenagers celebrate GCSE success - PICTURES

2006-08-29T17:50:00.000Z

Matt and Mark's blog mentions this already, but head over to The Worthing Herald website to see an article about GCSE Results.

All four of us are mentioned and they even quote me saying something I didn't say!

Good old Worthing Herald!

Dan

Best ever photo?

2006-08-29T10:45:00.000Z

I started thinking about this the other day.

What's the best photo I've ever taken?

There were quite a lot of possibilities, but I've got it down to three. So here they are, my top 3 photos, and strangely they are all of Lake Geneva:

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1.

Which one do you like best and what is your best photo?

Dan

Hello to Bermuda!

2006-08-28T22:15:00.000Z

I have family and friends who all live on that island - so hello to you all!

First, the family - My Aunt and Uncle, Gaynor and Steve, and their two children, my cousins, Sam and Leah. Also it was Sam's birthday recently - so Happy 4th Birthday Sam!

Now for friends. Hello to Christie. You are in the US at the moment on holiday, so hope you are having a great time!

Also, I must mention Christie's friend Steph who was in London recently, and also visited Paris and Barcelona - hope you had a good time.

So - hello to all of you from Bermuda!

Dan

Front Street, Hamilton, Bermuda

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Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda

Italy

2006-08-28T22:00:00.000Z

Spent the first 2 weeks of August in Italy with my family.

We stayed in Lido di Jesolo which is very near Venice. This photo is from a live webcam. The lighthouse in the distance is called Faro and is at Piazza Faro:

The holiday was fantastic and we spent most of our time at the beach (pictured) or at the pool in our hotel. Also played a lot of table tennis with my Dad and Beth, my sister.

Went on a walk one day and found a sand exhibition on Africa. It was very impressive and luckily we caught the exhibition on it's last day. Here's a photo:

Also found these "hedge" sculptures, which were pretty cool too - must take a lot of work:

Also, no visit to Italy is complete without a trip to Venice. We went to the Doje's Palace and across the Bridge of Sighs. Here is the view from the Bridge:

Hope you all had good holidays.

Dan

CyberCandy!

2006-08-28T17:56:00.000Z

Ben showed me this fantastic shop in Brighton today. It's called CyberCandy and after having looked at their website, I realise it's actually quite a big business - they even have premises in London.

Check out their website and see what interests you. Today I bought:

Dairy Milk Triple Decker - A layered combination of Dairy Milk Chocolate, Dream Real White Chocolate and Mint Flavoured Confectionery - yum :)

It sounds great, but that's not all - on their website they sell Oreo O's. If you can't guess - it's Oreos* in a cereal! Haven't bought any yet, but I might just have to.

*If you didn't know Oreos are described on their website as: "Meet the most seductive cookie ever. Covered in rich milk chocolate your favorite cookie is now more tantalizing than ever."

The Brighton CyberCandy is in the Lanes, address here. It has also been voted one of the top 100 shops you must see - so go now!

Enjoy!

Dan

Snakes on a Plane

2006-08-28T17:33:00.000Z

Saw the movie "Snakes on a Plane" today.

I thought it was a great movie. Samuel L. Jackson was up to his usual standard of coolness and he also got the best line in the movie - "Snakes on crack"!

And those snakes certainly were on something because they went crazy.

If you're near a cinema pop in and see this movie - I give it 9/10.

Dan

Why do I love Google so much?

2006-08-28T08:18:00.002Z

I was asked this question recently and thought I should answer it.

Why do I love Google so much?

Well there isn't any easy or short answer to this question.

Firstly it's because of Google's corporate motto - "Don't be evil". I think this is a great motto to go by and what's more, Google sticks to it.

Also - they are constantly adding new services to Google Labs, and they aren't just new services, they are great services - each one is carefully thought about and improved by listening to the comments of the users.

Another reason is Google's search - it is clearly the best one out there. I haven't yet failed to find something I need with Google's search.

Finally - I like to think that these new services from Google are being introduced so eventually they will all be packaged into the Google Operating System and show Microsoft where to put Windows Vista.

Hope that answered the question.

Dan

Photo - Google World Cup Logo

If you trust Google...

2006-08-28T08:18:00.001Z

This quote appeared on "Quote of the Day" yesterday:

"If you trust Google more than your doctor than maybe it's time to switch doctors"

I think I'll be phoning my surgery soon, because I realise I do trust Google more than my doctor.

At least, I trust Google with more information - just look at this list of services I use from Google:

Google Search, Google Personalised Home Page, Google Mail (Gmail), Google Calendar, Google Notebook, Google Spreadsheets, Writely, Blogger, Picasa, Google Reader, Google Page Creator, Google Groups and Google Desktop.

I trust Google with my searches, my photos, my emails, my notes, my documents, and my spreadsheets. They even know when I'm busy, and what's on my computer.

This raises many questions - such as should Google be trusted with all this information?

However, the aim of this post has already been reached - more questions will be answered soon.

Now, where is my doctor's phone number...?

Dan

P.S. - The photo is Google's first logo all the way back from 1999. Thanks to Archive.org

Skype

2006-08-27T21:33:00.000Z

If you haven't heard about Skype, where have you been?

Calls from Skype to Skype are free and SkypeOut calls (where you phone regular landlines) are very cheap indeed!

Some people say that internet calls are of poor quality - but this is not true. The quality easily equals if not beats regular calls - especially when calling internationally.

I can even make this button that shows you all my status:

So don't wait Download Skype now and start talking!

Dan

Subscribe to my blog!

2006-08-27T18:44:00.000Z

Just found a way to make these useful buttons:

Now you can add this blog (if you wanted to!) to your Google Home Page, Google Reader, Yahoo Homepage or Bloglines.

When I work out how, these buttons will go in the sidebar. (Update: This is now done)

If you want to make your own buttons go to:

Google
Yahoo
Bloglines

Dan

Advertising

2006-08-27T17:39:00.000Z

Hello,

Have to mention my friend's blogs.

First Mark and Matt's blog - it has a very large user base and there are some great posts on there including some great videos!

And another friend of mine James, he posts mostly about technology, but it's all good!

Just thinking of a photo to go with this post...and here it is, The Milky Way:

Dan

First Post!

2006-08-27T17:09:00.001Z

Hello everyone! I thought I've tried every other Google service - why haven't I tried Blogger!

So for my first post - here is one of those rather annoying games that you can't do but have to keep playing - Board Dots.

The objective is to draw a line through all the squares - except the lines are only stopped when they hit a barrier. It's great fun, so enjoy!

And because every good post should have a picture, here's one:

My friends, Ben and Mark bringing the sailing boat safely (!) back into shore.

That's all for now!

Dan