Things we're using on the web!

Since we have moved away from our original blog at www.thekingsleysmiths.co.uk, I've been looking around the web trying to figure out the best ways of freely storing photos, videos etc on to the web. I thought I'd share with you what I've found, so that you could start your own blog if you wanted to.
We've just started using a browser called Flock - it is a really nice simple interface, and integrates perfectly into blogger, flickr, and photobucket. It has some great extensions, as well PC/Mac compatibility.


Gmail really is one of the greatest email providers I've come across - i've had free accounts with almost everyone. I've paid for email accounts, but none of them compare with Gmail. Google have really done well with this - so much storage available, and so many integration with all the other Google apps.


We've taken advantage of the new version of blogger - it is very easy to have fun with the template, and with the addition of widgets, it is possible to do so much more with the look and feel of your blog. With the new ease of use, or blog will have template changes regularly.


We've been uploading photos through Flickr - it is simple enough to use, and as I said before we are able to upload photos through our Flock browser. It is as simple as dragging the photos we want into the browser, giving them a name, and hey presto!!! From within Flickr, we can then post photos to our blog, make slideshows, print them, abd heaps more.


This is my latest discovery - while I've used YouTube for ages, and laughed with the rest of the world at the hilarious videos to be found, I've not actually started using it to upload videos until recently. It's great! We are able to post our videos of Gracie, and embed them on our blog so that you can all view them - how cool is that.


Because we are using a Mac, we have had some problems with having webcam chats with people on PC, but Skype have a version which allows webcam chat between PC & Mac - thanks Skype! We're currently using their beta version 2.5 for Mac. Skype is free software that allows free calls from computer to computer, and very cheap calls from computer to landline. It's worth a download!


I am also using Myspace as a way of keeping in touch with new and old friends; I have a Myspace Music account, so will post some music up there once I can get my recordings sorted! It's great fun - you'd be amazed at how many old friends I have found on here!

Windows Vista!

I'm sure you all know I'm an all out Mac fan - I found this video on the New York Times website and it made me laugh! It's a review of Microsoft's new OS vista...

Click Here to watch

Blog Changes

Our blog is moving... the new address is http://www.thekingsleysmiths.blogspot.com

The new RSS feed is http://thekingsleysmiths.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

Please bear with us as we make the transition - it may be a little bit messy for a while, but will be worth it in the end, as we couldn't continue paying to use an english Internet host. We are using the new Blogger Beta, which has some great new features.
Thanks

How long to go?

Great News

Well, some great news to start the week. There has been much speculation in NZ about IKEA coming, but the NZ Herald seem to think that it will be here in 2008 - this is great news, as NZ currently has nothing like it.

In other news, also according to the NZ Herald, this summer is set to be the hottest in 10 years thanks to El Nino. Last summer was awesome, so who knows what this year will be like!

Funny!

Matt Groening's Apple Brochure

As i'm sure you all know, I'm an all out Apple fan; so you can imagine that I was amused recently when I came across this file through a video podcast that I subscribe to. We used to have an Apple Classic, and it really did feel like it packed a punch at the time! It really does show how far Apple has come in the last few years!

Free Calls with Jajah

Found a new website today courtesy of the good old beeb.

Jajah allows registered members (which is free) to call landline to landline from around the world. I'd thoroughly reccomend you check it out, as we'll be making all our calls through here in the future and we can talk for free if you sign up.

I'd be interested to know if anyone has already ventured out into this stream of 21st century telecomunication - most people are already using skype, but this simply blows it out of the water.

Very Impressive...

Template Problems...

Our template seems to have gone up the creek - if it isn't back to normal within a couple of days, we'll just have to re do it - sorry for the blandness!!!

Impressive Technology

So apple have done it again! This time with giants Nike. They have been working together to produce shoes that talk with an iPod Nano, to track your running performance - pure genuis! I wonder if the next step will be that your iPod will be able to tell you if you need the toilet, or weather you have a cold on they way?

iPodmania!!!

Well the staff at St Paul's have gone iPod crazy!!! Laura and I recently got up to date and got a 30gig iPod video with an Altec Lansing inMotion iM7 speaker system; It totally kicks butt!!!

We're going to spend the rest of our lives saving for an iMac to go with it!!!

iPod

Think i forgot to say... we'd also love an iPod!! We're praying that in also. As we shed all our CD's before we left, we have all our music as MP3. It totally makes sense!!! Pray it in guys!

My guitar

So most of you will remember that before we left for New Zealand I arranged myself an endorsement with Avalon Guitars; I came away to Auckland with a beautiful L201 which is a sensational sounding guitar. There was a delay in me receiving the guitar because it had been sent off to Guitar & Bass magazine to be reviewed for their August edition.

So, I was walking along Ponsonby road on Saturday and found myself drift into a specialist magazine shop, and they had the guitar magazine in... And low and behold my beautiful little guitar was on page 30!!!

I took the liberty of visiting their website and purchased the article for download for nostalgia, and so that i could show you all what a beauty i play every week at church. You can download the review by clicking here

Google Earth

Well, for all of you who have broadband and a bit of time to spare I thoroughly recommend you download this piece of software - Google Earth is the most incredible FREE mapping software that allows you to navigate the globe and zoom in to photographic detail of major cities such as New York & London. I particularly like taking a trip to the Grand Canyon!!! You do have to be patient with it when you are loading areas, but it is so worth playing around with it - you'll love it.