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The Google Wave Is Coming......... |
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Written by Dave Auld
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 13:16 |
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So, you maybe have not heard of the Wave, or have a clue about what it can do, but Google developers are busy at work creating what will surely be another stunning display of software engineering to hit the internet, and without doubt find its way into millions of peoples daily lives.
Having watched the video that has been released, introducing the concept of the Wave, I am impressed, very impressed....after all this is an early preview. There is limited access to the Wave, however you can apply, and maybe one day you will be accepted........[UPDATE] I recently obtained access to the wave, so if you want to add me to your wave contacts so you can wave any queries about the site, any of articles e.g. arduino etc. then feel free.
My wave address is dave.m.auld[at]googlewave.com ( replace the [at] with @ )
So what is the Wave........quite simply it is going to be one of the most advanced online, collaboration, messaging, instant messaging, blogging, socialising, picture sharing, video sharing, file sharing, you name it, it will probably share it.............
To find out more, check out the video here.
google wave.........coming soon to an internet near you
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 11:54 |
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Solar Hot Water Project - Introduction |
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Written by Dave Auld
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 10:50 |
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Having owned my current house since 1998, I couldn't help but notice over the years, how much sunshine the slightly off South front roof receives. Even when the sun is not out and it is overcast, the slates on the roof get warm to the touch, and when the sun does come out, they can become too hot to touch.
I decided it was time to invest in a little renewable energy, in an attempt to a) cut my gas bills and b) do my little bit for the environment.
My first adventure into renewables was therefore born - Solar Hot Water.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 September 2009 21:32 |
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QNAP TS-509 Pro 4GB Memory Upgrade |
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Written by Dave Auld
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 17:54 |
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I have owned my QNAP TS-509 Pro for about 9 months now, and it performs very well. It is more than capable of streaming simultaneous movies to two different media streamers. I had read that there was a performance gain to be had, by giving it a simple memory upgrade.
Memory is cheap, so what the heck, here goes....................
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 September 2009 18:45 |
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Written by Dave Auld
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 18:07 |
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A few months back, I wiped one of my laptops clean and did a fresh install of Windows 7 Beta. It went without a hitch, perfect install.
Everything seems to do what it should, and there are somethings that are just so much faster than Vista. An example of this is deleting multiple nested folders. The PPSGen software I wrote creates folder trees containing thousands of folders and files. If you select the root folder and press delete, Vista would think about it for a while before eventually removing the contents to the recycle bin, Win7Beta on the other hand, press delete and it, well, just disappears, as it should. Now, how couldn't they [Microsoft] have got something so basic and simple right in Vista?
Now, along comes Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate), and not being the one for doing upgrades, wiped the same laptop and did a fresh install. Again, perfect no problems, everything just seems to be where it should, does what it should, if it were a wood stain, it would be Ronseal.
I am not going to do a review, there are plenty professionals that can do that, Paul Thurrott over at WinSupersite is just one example. Go check out Paul's reviews there.
And the countdown to release begins. Looks like Win7 will release to manufacturing in August and be available in the shops (either standalone or on PC's) in October this year. So here is hoping there are no major problems encountered to delay the release, and hope the Microsofts stock price starts to go back up seeing as I have just bought some!
Go visit Microsoft's Windows 7 pages here.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 21:08 |
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