Greg Bradley

Another port, this time from the VBScript and ASP version to C# and ASP.NET. Only took a few hours to port and test. Maybe the next version will actually use some of the new functionality available in ASP.NET.

Some minor improvements.

Some minor improvements and a couple of fixes.

Simbolic RSS Alert is a simple application for monitoring RSS feeds. It is about as simple as RSS monitoring can get and will only alert you that a feed has changed but not tell you what has changed. The main purpose of the application is for users who don't need a complete RSS application but would like to know when a couple of feeds have changed like their friends photo collection.

Simbolic WMP Remote officially released and available for purchase! Simbolic WMP Remote is a Pocket PC application for controlling Windows Media Player running on a remote computer. You can browse the media library or any drives on the remote computer and play any available items. Simbolic WMP Remote can be purchased through Handango here.

Changes:

• Added initial help content.
• Added connection test to options screen.
• Improved operation of sliders.

Great looking images of Half-Life 2 models composited onto real photos.

Changes:

• Added command line support and "Send To" menu item.

Changes:

• Added file extension filter to application configuration.
• Added optional startup folder to application configuration.
• Added date format string to application configuration.
• Improved status bar information.
• Improved error handling.
• Improved threading.

Simbolic Picture Namer is a simple application that can you used to rename picture files based on the date and time that the picture was taken.

I've had my WebShots account for a few years now and have generally been happy with the service. When I last renewed my account I actually paid up for a full two years. That two years is about to finish so the time has come to decide whether or not to renew my account again.

I checked out Flickr a while ago and signed up for a free account and was very impressed with the service. They had a lot more features than WebShots and the site seemed to be a lot faster to use.

When I first looked at Flickr however I still had a few months remaining on my WebShots account. What I've noticed in that time is that WebShots has started adding a lot of the features that Flickr has. It's a bit of a shame that WebShots had remained the same for so long and didn't give us any new features until a strong competitor came along and they were forced to start playing catch-up. It's great that they have given us these new features now, but I still consider them behind Flickr in terms of functionality and speed, and I get the impression that Flickr will continue to innovate much more than their competitors. Their premium service now also happens to be slightly cheaper than WebShots .

Because of these reasons I have decided sign up with Flickr's premium service and go through the initial hassle of moving all of my photos from WebShots to Flickr . So from now on you'll find my photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregbradley/ (and via the RSS and Atom feeds at the bottom of the page if you're into that sort of thing). It might take me a few days to move all my photos and setup the groups again so bear with me.

Something different.

A highly detailed map of Springfield. So much work has gone into this it's not funny.

This stuff is pretty amazing and I believe this is one thing that is going to change our lives greatly in years to come. Sure, at the moment it's just a game, but the potential for other uses is unlimited.

Next time I play paintball I want one of these.

An online version of 20 Questions powered by an artificial intelligence engine that delivers amazing results. Really makes you wonder how they do this.

A friend's brother-in-law has build a very impressive slot car track in his basement. His site has heaps of photos of the track being built and the finished product.

Great photos from around the world.

Funny song and animation about the George Bush versus John Kerry presidential race.

Did some work on the JP Imports website to try and improve the search index ranking. The original site was designed using Photoshop and the HTML and images were exported using ImageReady so that the entire site was made up of images without a single word of text, so there was nothing for the indexers to find. I converted all of the text images to text, cleaned and validated the HTML, and added alt tags and metatags. Hopefully in a couple of weeks they'll be getting a few more hits.