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Life (being sick)

August 19th, 2010
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately but since getting back I have being sick and not up to posting I think I am finally winning now but still not 100%,

I recently purchased an iPad and so far I love it so easy to use and so fast I will post a full review in the next few weeks once I have had a chance to use it a bit more and test it.

We are now in august and it is hard to know where the yes has gone in only a few short months Christmas will be here again and that is scary don’t get me wrong I love Christmas but It is such a busy time of year at work and lots of personal things happening at the same time.

My newest web project web building 101 is getting closer and closer to being finished and ready for everyone to check out I will post a link in the next few days.

I will be posting a few more photos from my trip on flickr this afternoon for anyone who wants to check them out.

For Noe that is it I will try and make a longer post on the weekend .

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New Forums Now Available

July 29th, 2010
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The New Forums are Now Available

Check Out the New Forums Now

After about a month of delays the NEW forum system is now up and running and ready to be used.

To start using the forums simply follow the above link or visit http://www.glenbracegirdle.com/forum/ and follow the links to register, For security reasons only registered using can post.

Please feel free to leave any feedback about the forums in the appropriate thread or as a comment on this post.

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Holiday Come and Gone

July 29th, 2010
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In my last post I mentioned that I was going on Vacation to the USA to Washington DC and Disneyland for about 2 weeks, Well I have now being on vacation and returned, The time away was fantastic my biggest complaint would be the Weather in Washington DC it was so Hot and Humid the entire time, Even in the hotel with the air conditioning it was still so Humid.

The main purpose of my visit to DC was to attend the NOAH Conference which was fantasic I will try and make a more detialed entry about the conference in coming weeks once I have got over the jetlag.

Then the trip Los Angles was for Fun went to Disneyland for 5 days, Wow it was busy note to self never go during peak sesason ever again the crowds were insane.

I will try and post some photos to my Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenbrace/ by the end of the week.

I was unable to make any posts while away due to the lack of Internet access.

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Update On Life

July 11th, 2010
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Daily Life

First thing sorry about this being my first post in nearly 2 months.

Life has being very busy with work and doing a lot of overtime, and a trip up to Sydney for the weekend to go to the AFA Sydney get together and catch up with some friends, Also went to Port Macquarie for the day, Was a great weekend but came home so tired.

Went and checked out Shrek Forever after and cinemas the other week,

The movie was better than I expected, My main complaint was it took to long to get into the movie kind of a fast overview of the first 3 movies which I don’t believe was really needed.

Holiday Plans

Also being busy organizing my trip over to the US where I am visiting Washington DC and Los Angles (Disneyland) I will be away about 12 days I leave for the trip on Wednesday. Very exciting.

I will try and make a couple of Blog entries while I am away if I can get access to the computer.

Tech Update

When I get back from US and I am planning on purchasing an iPad and new Mackbook laptop and also looking a getting  iPhone 4 in a couple of months once they are available in Australia.

Web Projects

Still working away on a few on my web sites have a bit more work to do before it will go live, However I will keep everyone updated as things progress,

In Project news I have now updated my Blog to run on WordPress 3.0 have not noticed many major changes yet however am hoping to have a bit of look through over the next couple of days and will try and get a reivew up before I leave to go overseas on Wednesday.

Today

Today I am off to see Toy Story 3 in the movies with Kat.

I will post a short review of the movie later today or tomorow.

I am sure there is plenty more I could write, but I have to run and get organsied to head out soon,  So until next time hope every one is well.

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Project Update

May 13th, 2010
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Today I thought I would I give an update on a few of my different web site projects,

  • Easy Web Accessibility – Is a Information based site providing a large selection of articles, On Web Accessibility and how to make your site accessible.
  • Spare Change Station – Spare Change station is a project I have started work on to try raise money for charity, For information check out the site.
  • VIP Fun Online Store -The VIP Online Store offer a selection of Merchandise with Fun Messages / Comments on  them, more items are added daily.
  • Wobbly Eyes Shop -The Wobbly Eyes Shop contains a heap of different products with the Wobbly Eyes Logo on them from Coffee Mugs, Tshirts, Calenders.
  • Wobbly Eyes Site -Wobbly Eyes has now come online at this stage the site is still Under Construction so all you can see is a Holding Page, However this site will be online in October 2010.
  • Glen Bracegirdle .com – New Contact Me Page with Easy to use contact form, and Cool Sites pages with links to a few of my favorite web sites, Also New Forum page now available.
  • Web Building 101 – Will be coming online as of July 1 2010 and will be a weekly tutorial to web site building starting from the basics, working all the way through advanced web site building and trouble shooting code to find problems.
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Site Stats

May 6th, 2010
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Ok I know it is a bit sad but I thought I would share the stats for my site for the last 10 months, So here the are:
Monthly Report: Number of requests by Month.

Month Number of requests Number of page requests
1. August 2009 3,466 417
2. September 2009 1,771 288
3. October 2009 2,148 427
4. November 2009 5,330 1,071
5. December 2009 3,064 771
6. January 2010 2,570 477
7. February 2010 3,372 701
8. March 2010 3,523 1,033
9. April 2010 4,284 1,566
10. May 2010 1,171 335

Most active month April 2010 : 1,566 pages sent. 5,330 requests handled.

Monthly average: 708 pages sent. 3,069 requests handled.

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May, Cool Weather, Busy Days

May 2nd, 2010
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Wow it is now May, The weather is getting Cooler (YAY Cold Weather) and hours of daylight is getting less. These are all good things except when life keeps getting busier.

Over the last couple of weeks at work I have being increasing my hours slowly in preparation for when a co worker leaves so I can take over there job as well of mine which should be ok but after only doing so few hours (15 hours a week) for the last year it is a bit of a shock to the system when I started to increase hours as of the end of next week I will be working 24 – 30 hours a week which is nearly double what I am doing at the moment.

As well work life has being busy my Dog (maggie) had hip surgery about 6 weeks ago and as a result of this she has required physio (YES dog Physio) which seems to be helping she is getting more and more movement back and is starting to use the leg more and more often both of which are great signs.

Tonight I managed to Kill my blackberry (507 Error) for those who don’t know basically I killed the operating system on the phone and has to reset the phone and reinstall the operating system to get it working again.  The Good News is it is now working again, and has most of the data and information back on it a couple of application which have not being reinstalled yet but I will do that over the next few days,

I took this change to update to version 5.0 of the Blackberry OS and my first impressions are good it seems to be overall a bit quicker time will tell if it is as reliable and easy to use, I will give further feedback over the coming weeks.

In my spare time (What Little I have had) I have being working on a few projects which will start to come online in the next few weeks once I have had added the finishing touches,

Over a third of the year has now gone and in another 2 months we will be half way through the year this is exciting as I have the month of July off Work on Annual Leave at this stage am hoping t go away over to the US and Canada, Will have to wait and see if finances allow this in the next week or 2.

I might leave this post for now and get organized for tomorow as I need to leave home at 7am in the morning to get to work for 8am.

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April Fools Fun in the Newspapers

April 1st, 2010
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Yahoo7 Australia - April Fool’s gags catch readers out

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Web Projects

March 30th, 2010
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Well my time the last 2 weeks has being consumed by Work and different web projects I am working on,

The first Web Project I have being working on an online forum for a charity I am working with, This project has being a particular challenge as the site needs to meet very strict accessibility guidelines and be highly customizable by the users who log in.

The Second project is an online guide to making a web site for beginners, This site is going to be based around weekly entries exploring different topics.

The Third project is my Easy Web Site Accessibility Blog, I have being busy writing different articles to post none of them have being posted yet as they are with my editor getting checked and any changes being made.

The Fourth project is a online charity portal which is going to contain information on different charities kind of like a directory.

I will post links to the different web site as times goes and sites are out of testing stage.

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Life Goes On

March 7th, 2010
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Well it has being a while since I have posted  Not sure what has happened just have not had a chance to post lately, I thought I would make up for it by making a larger post tonight.

Work is going along as normal nothing really special to report, had a couple of meetings lately that have resulted in some extra work for me but that is ok, I have got all of July this year off on Annual Leave which I am looking forward I am hoping I will get away to Canada and US for the month but will have to wait and see how these plans work out over the coming weeks.

Went and checked out Alice in Wonderland at the movies the other day, I have embedded movie trailer below for anyone who is interested

I would highly recommend the movie it is certainly no kids movie any more but definetly a good movie very well done.

Also being to see Shutter island lately not as big as fan of this one but still a good movie with unexpected twist at the end. Once again I have embedded a trailer below for anyone interested.

Melbourne has being hit by big storms over the last couple of days and one of major train stations the roof now leaks you can check out photos at: http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/victoria/wild-weather-hits-melbourne/20100306-pph5.html?selectedImage=0

Well for now that is about all I can think to write.

Will try to make another post in the next few days.

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