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Map Your Friends – Facebook Api

Jul 29, 2007

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I was looking through the applications I found an application that helps to map your friends according to the geolocation details they added to their profile. As your social network is more global so you will find that your friends are more spread around the world. As you’ll see for…

Overcast And Rainy

Jul 20, 2007

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richard

in editing, summer holidays, Switzerland, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe problem with living in two countries is that the climate between the two homes may be very different. Whilst the weather in Switzerland is warm and sunny in England it’s cold and dreary. It’s gray. I was hoping that the weather in Switzerland would break the day I flew back to…

It’s Tuesday Morning

Jul 17, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays

Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever used a computer so much that it becomes part of your way of life and your person? There are two computers with which I have done this. The first of these was an IBM ThinkPad during the IB and the second was an iBook during my two final years…

Dissertation Results

Jun 28, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday is a great day for a number of reasons. The first of these is that I woke up early, which means I slept enough. The second of these is that I dropped into university and was sad to see all those empty bedrooms, which shows there are some good memories…

The Summer of Barbecues

Jun 23, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt would seem that this will be the summer of barbecues because of the amount of meat leftover from last night. With a friend, we went over to France and bought four kilos of meat, a nice little quantity. Too much for two friends to eat in one sitting but that’s…

Podcast listening and more

Jun 20, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesSince I finished my dissertation my biggest time sink has been listening to podcasts. For some reason, I download the entire series of podcasts and work through them one at a time until there are no more. It’s a way of relaxing. It’s also a way of getting information quite easily. In…

Sharing Videos With Facebook

Jun 18, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThrough technology such as that available on Facebook, video sharing has become quite a bit easier. Whereas on a website like youtube where you share video footage with the world on Facebook you select who you share your videos with. There are three settings, share with everyone on your network, including all…

Slightly Ahead Of Their Comfort Zone

Jun 16, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays, tech related, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went to film some friends playing a gig by the lakeside in Nyon and it was a great occasion. The sun was shining, the air temperature was good and many people that I had not seen in many years were present. The shoot involved two cameras. One was at the…

Disorganised Contrasting of Two Ways of Life.

Jun 12, 2007

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richard

in travel

Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is such a large contrast between life in London and the village where I grew up in Switzerland. In one place you can walk for kilometers before getting to the shops whilst in the other going down the street is enough. In one place there is a 24hr a day life…

I like Joost and I like the Wii

Jun 8, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesTonight was a tech-filled night. I finally had the possibility of downloading and testing out Joost and I enjoyed the experience. Joost Joost is a peer to peer video sharing website that is based on the concept of channels but unlike other channels, each video is available on demand. What this means…

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