An individual stroll through life, often taking an amusing view, or sometimes a little more serious one, depending on the mood.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Just returned from the Xmas market...it's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it 
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sadly, it's that time of year when the streets become full of tourists and the Xmas market opens...god I'm depressed! http://bit.ly/gXsDGT
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Canada at its most wild & seductive best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFpRPOIF3U http://bit.ly/cbqt6b
Monday, November 15, 2010
O the joys of a Monday, especially after a relaxing weekend, highly intent on doing everything and accomplishing so little. Still the good news is that my latest iMovie trailer is up on my YouTube channel and can be found to the right of this magnificent blog of nothingness.
Whilst I take little pleasure in proclaiming myself as the originator of such trailers, the content is mine which makes it half original. And if you can pull yourself away from whatever you're doing and spend a couple of minutes watching them, leave comments, rate and subscribe to the channel I'd appreciate it; it's always nice to hear what others think of the work you do.
Of course, having now done the trailer for 'Penguin Amore!' I'm working on the actual film and ran up against my ambitious nature yesterday. I've no doubts lurking around the deepest recesses of my dark imagination, dying to be freed from the straightjacket it's enrobed by, there's a Hitchcockian weirdo desperately seeking a way to come up for air. Since I started using my 'professional' editing program, Final Cut Express 4, or FCE4, my tendency is to run faster than I can crawl. Which is a little frustrating at times, but the saving grace is YouTube.
It makes you wonder, doesn't it, how we managed to survive without YT only five years ago. The same could be said of Skype, although in the case of Skype this seems to be on the move away from being 'free' towards some kind of payment system. Skype have released their Skype 5 in beta and have offered it for a free trial period, which means that charges will apply once it goes 'live'. I love Skype for many reasons and have always found it superior to the vast majority of personal web 'conferencing' programmes that get attached to MSN, Yahoo; AOL etc. But the Internet and the vast number of incredibly selfless individuals making software for us to use, will no doubt ensure that the 'distribution of wealth' and services will carry on regardless and eventually Skype will go the way as others have done before them. In anticipation of that sad day, you might want to check out this site 'MeBeam'. It's similar to Skype in the kind of web 'conferencing' service it provides, but at the moment is a far more basic version and doesn't offer the same level of integration that Skype does.
Finally, every Monday deserves a bit of good news and I'm pleased to see that from a slow start both my books combined have surpassed the 100 in downloads and sales. To those that have contributed to this 'success' I thank you. To those who have yet to 'discover' me the links to where you can download and buy the books are on the righthand side.
Have a good week, and try to remember that no matter how much life annoys you, smile!
Whilst I take little pleasure in proclaiming myself as the originator of such trailers, the content is mine which makes it half original. And if you can pull yourself away from whatever you're doing and spend a couple of minutes watching them, leave comments, rate and subscribe to the channel I'd appreciate it; it's always nice to hear what others think of the work you do.
Of course, having now done the trailer for 'Penguin Amore!' I'm working on the actual film and ran up against my ambitious nature yesterday. I've no doubts lurking around the deepest recesses of my dark imagination, dying to be freed from the straightjacket it's enrobed by, there's a Hitchcockian weirdo desperately seeking a way to come up for air. Since I started using my 'professional' editing program, Final Cut Express 4, or FCE4, my tendency is to run faster than I can crawl. Which is a little frustrating at times, but the saving grace is YouTube.
It makes you wonder, doesn't it, how we managed to survive without YT only five years ago. The same could be said of Skype, although in the case of Skype this seems to be on the move away from being 'free' towards some kind of payment system. Skype have released their Skype 5 in beta and have offered it for a free trial period, which means that charges will apply once it goes 'live'. I love Skype for many reasons and have always found it superior to the vast majority of personal web 'conferencing' programmes that get attached to MSN, Yahoo; AOL etc. But the Internet and the vast number of incredibly selfless individuals making software for us to use, will no doubt ensure that the 'distribution of wealth' and services will carry on regardless and eventually Skype will go the way as others have done before them. In anticipation of that sad day, you might want to check out this site 'MeBeam'. It's similar to Skype in the kind of web 'conferencing' service it provides, but at the moment is a far more basic version and doesn't offer the same level of integration that Skype does.
Finally, every Monday deserves a bit of good news and I'm pleased to see that from a slow start both my books combined have surpassed the 100 in downloads and sales. To those that have contributed to this 'success' I thank you. To those who have yet to 'discover' me the links to where you can download and buy the books are on the righthand side.
Have a good week, and try to remember that no matter how much life annoys you, smile!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
'One Man & His Audi' has been uploaded to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tonibryan1 http://bit.ly/bw4q9J
Friday, November 12, 2010
A sad but moving tribute to a lost friend: http://vimeo.com/channels/hd#8191217 http://amplify.com/u/f3kg
If you're feeling blue, watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muc0kaQtCMU http://amplify.com/u/f2j7
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
'Penguin Amore!' - The trailer has been uploaded to YouTube: http://bit.ly/cOzdkS http://amplify.com/u/eui6
Saturday, November 6, 2010
On the bright side I've composed my very 1st piece of music 'Requiem for El Tora'. On the downside I'm having a problem saving it so I can upload it Time for a break I think! http://amplify.com/u/eozj
Time for a break I think! http://amplify.com/u/eozj
Just a few more weeks and the horrible Xmas market will be in town, along with thousands of god awful gawking tourists Bah bloody humbug! http://amplify.com/u/eokm
Bah bloody humbug! http://amplify.com/u/eokm
Fantastic news, my 2 books have broken the 100 mark in downloads & sales. Thank you everyone for your support! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11688 http://amplify.com/u/enh5
Friday, November 5, 2010
No matter how hard you try to ignore the obvious, certain things will always influence your creativity, quietly arousing your inner passions and freeing the thoughts within. http://amplify.com/u/en16
After all the fanfare of Apple's iLife '11, adding a photo into iMovie's film trailer project is a problem. Any ideas peeps? http://amplify.com/u/emmb
For the latest Guardian Top 10 of Viral Vids visit http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/nov/05/viral-video-andy-irons-surf http://amplify.com/u/em8x
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Ramsey Lewis 'Wade in the water', they don't make them like that anymore, I'm a dancin' as I type! Coool babe! http://amplify.com/u/el9t
One is delighted that readers are interested in my book, so thank you for the fantastic response to downloading my book, 'Nick & Jenny': https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11688 http://amplify.com/u/ekpp
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
At the end of a very happy day, more people have downloaded my book; let's see if we can break the century in the next few days: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11688 http://amplify.com/u/egjh
Monday, November 1, 2010
The latest 'Anthony Gough Daily' has been published, find out what's what in the world! http://paper.li/tonibryan http://amplify.com/u/edom
My latest blog is published & I'm having a rant about Microsoft: http://tonibryan.blogspot.com/2010/11/delights-of-apple-pie-eve-stupid-greedy.html http://amplify.com/u/ecwu
The delights of Apple pie, Eve & Stupid, Greedy Microsoft!
I've had a very good week, but still where my blog's future direction lies is still a complete mystery to me. I put that down to having the mind of Blondel, a wandering minstrel who set out to rescue Richard the Lionheart back in the 13th century. I accept that, like Blondel, such magnificent rescue plans take a bit of effort, and along the way getting from Point A to Point B might be a somewhat laborious journey. I've no doubt I shall arrive upon a satisfying decision, time after all is the mother of all laziness.
However, back to the week. There's no doubt my mind is becoming crystallised and that I'm slowly drifting firmly towards the Apple pie. Depending on your point of view, Apple is either the be and end all of all things technically, or it's the devil incarnate. I take a somewhat more middling view, strange I should have a part of the brain which has a middle way: sadly that sounds more like a political conversion to mainstream political garbage, which I find utterly weary and have better things to do with my time. But I can't deny I've been seduced by the Apple, and Eve has done her Jobs.
Having used computers since the stone age, I'm still technically an idiot who has problems finding the off/on button, or should that be switch. The fact that my present laptop is an all singing and dancing monster running Vista in German leaves me immensely frustrated on a daily basis, and does no more than make me desirous of becoming a slave to eating Apple pie at the earliest opportunity. And for those 'clever' individuals out there who say that I should learn German, that great American author Mark Twain explains the improbability of success better than I can.
Of course, Microsoft has managed to do itself in. This morning I tried to do some work using the 2010 beta version of Office, only for it to crash pretentiously, throwing a huge wobbly, declaring itself to be done and dusted, refusing point blank to allow me to play with it. What a stupid program, what a ridiculous way to treat an idiot who freely agreed to road test the blighter. I think of all those hours spent finding my way around a bloody new program, able to send smiley faces in favourable response to the bits I enjoyed playing with: what a complete waste of time and effort. For Microsoft to then throw a huge bucket of salt over my wounds, by demanding I stump up a ludicrous amount of money, for the completed version, just beggars belief. I now know how a lab rat feels when someone creeps up behind it and maliciously jabs a bloody big needle into its butt.
Yes, Eve has seduced me and eventually Jobs will see me sink my teeth into a worthy and delicious Mac. At least I can be reassured that Mark Twain will no longer have to turn over in his grave, overcome by his hysterical laughter at the sight of me pulling my hair out, caused by the hopelessness of my attempts to steer between two languages. Yes Microsoft, in future you can go and whistle up your own tight fitting trousers, where the moths never get to see the light of day, and if you keep suffering from constipation, caused by a body bloated by excessive profits, go and get a manual: just make sure it's not in Beta!
However, back to the week. There's no doubt my mind is becoming crystallised and that I'm slowly drifting firmly towards the Apple pie. Depending on your point of view, Apple is either the be and end all of all things technically, or it's the devil incarnate. I take a somewhat more middling view, strange I should have a part of the brain which has a middle way: sadly that sounds more like a political conversion to mainstream political garbage, which I find utterly weary and have better things to do with my time. But I can't deny I've been seduced by the Apple, and Eve has done her Jobs.
Having used computers since the stone age, I'm still technically an idiot who has problems finding the off/on button, or should that be switch. The fact that my present laptop is an all singing and dancing monster running Vista in German leaves me immensely frustrated on a daily basis, and does no more than make me desirous of becoming a slave to eating Apple pie at the earliest opportunity. And for those 'clever' individuals out there who say that I should learn German, that great American author Mark Twain explains the improbability of success better than I can.
Of course, Microsoft has managed to do itself in. This morning I tried to do some work using the 2010 beta version of Office, only for it to crash pretentiously, throwing a huge wobbly, declaring itself to be done and dusted, refusing point blank to allow me to play with it. What a stupid program, what a ridiculous way to treat an idiot who freely agreed to road test the blighter. I think of all those hours spent finding my way around a bloody new program, able to send smiley faces in favourable response to the bits I enjoyed playing with: what a complete waste of time and effort. For Microsoft to then throw a huge bucket of salt over my wounds, by demanding I stump up a ludicrous amount of money, for the completed version, just beggars belief. I now know how a lab rat feels when someone creeps up behind it and maliciously jabs a bloody big needle into its butt.
Yes, Eve has seduced me and eventually Jobs will see me sink my teeth into a worthy and delicious Mac. At least I can be reassured that Mark Twain will no longer have to turn over in his grave, overcome by his hysterical laughter at the sight of me pulling my hair out, caused by the hopelessness of my attempts to steer between two languages. Yes Microsoft, in future you can go and whistle up your own tight fitting trousers, where the moths never get to see the light of day, and if you keep suffering from constipation, caused by a body bloated by excessive profits, go and get a manual: just make sure it's not in Beta!
Read the Stephen Fry article in today's 'The Anthony Gough Daily: http://paper.li/tonibryan http://amplify.com/u/ecus
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