Craig Hamnett
Social Media Layabout
Google Haunted House 404
Oct 21st
Are you getting a 404 error on the Google homepage link? The link in question is:
Apparently it is an issue which is only affecting countries outside the US. To take a look at what should be there visit this proxy or any proxy based in the US:
Choose the “United States”, enter the URL, “www.google.com” and click on the link on the Google Homepage.
I’ll see if I can find out more about why this is happening or whether Google are purposefully restricting people outside the US.
10/365 – Photo A Day
May 23rd
I came back to Stockport today and it happened to be my brothers Parent’s Evening at my old school! The last time I was there was 5 years ago, and a lot of the teachers have unfortunately left! However, there were 5 of my old teachers that were there and that actually recognised me (although I haven’t changed much!), and it was great to catch up with them!
It’s off to Derbyshire tomorrow for n0shit hosted by Phil Campbell, will be the first time I’ve been down there and the first time we’ll have met in person. Can’t wait, I’m sure it’ll be an awesome night!
8/365 – Photo A Day
May 20th
To celebrate hearing the good news about my new job, my lovely girlfriend decided to treat me to a nice Italian (meal). Since Abbie was paying I thought I’d go for a nice chicken fillet with garlic sauce! Was delish! Abz had spaghetti seafood with little baby squids… Yuck!
Just about to watch Man of the Year (Robin Williams) to round off a very nice evening with Abz! :)
Photo A Day
Apr 27th
I find it hard to keep a blog sometimes (microblogging via Twitter is far less painful!) , but there’s a little project I want to do that should hopefully give me something interesting to write about. I want to take a photo a day for a year. I know that it’s nothing new (jeez, hardly anything is new nowadays,) but it is something which I think will be good for me to aim towards. I think the ideal time to start this will be on April 13th*, which will give me enough time to get the site prepared for it, and it coincides with Abbie having endured 6 years of being with me (poor girl!)
Good news about University. I have two more assignments (each 2,000 words) and then I am officially finished, done, and through with education. Don’t get me wrong, I love learning, we learn new things everyday, that’s our nature. I’d just rather learn things in a less artificial environment, and start learning practically.
I feel this year will be a challenging year, entering the real world where you don’t get financially bailed out 3 times a year with a nice student loan. Getting on the housing market seems damn near impossible with the current conditions, I just hope that things start to calm down and even out sooner rather than later!
*Edit – How can this be in the past? I meant to write May 13th, stay tuned.
Redesign Looming
Apr 14th
In amongst finishing off a few client projects, I am drafting a redesign for this site… there’s a sneak peak here if you want to see how it’s coming along.
Twitter and Flickr will also be integrated into the new design, and maybe if I get serious about vlogging, I might have a bit of Qik or Bambuser integration, but that might be a long way off yet. If all that just went over your head then I’m glad because I did it on purpose (Because I’m mean, and the only way a geek can have fun is to bamboozle people with stupid phrases.)
Twitter is a short blogging platform (140 chars) used to update your status. Very much like your Facebook status, which is why mine are integrated.
Flickr is a photo publishing service, where I keep the majority of my photos organised. What I like about Flickr is that there is a great community of people, and a great platform to get your photos more widely recognised. There are thousands of groups of enthusiastic people, all with one common interest, photography, and some with niche interests such as wildlife or photos of UFO’s.
Qik and Bambuser are essentially the same. They are a live video streaming service which you can do straight from your mobile phone. However, you best make sure you have a WiFi phone otherwise you might get hit with a £250 phone bill (It’s happened once, and never again!)
Look out for the new design in a couple of weeks time!