http://freeg131.com the blog and personal portal of Phil Gamble Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:09:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not that one. A Computing, B Geography, C History http://freeg131.com/2008/08/birmingham/ Being told of the "tremendous support" for the British canoers/kayakers before the start of each run they do. Watching replays of action from just a few hours ago when it is obvious we didn't win any medals - if we did it would be the headline story. Watching Steve Redgrave and John ... http://freeg131.com/2008/08/olympics/ When applying to University in the UK you have no choice but to use the UCAS system (unless you only apply to Oxford and Cambridge). They charge you £15 for the privilege of using an over-complicated website which requires you to use separate login details to apply and then ... http://freeg131.com/2008/08/universities-central-admissions-spammers/ Built several large scalextric tracks with Jon and Simon this afternoon after playing basketball and aerobee in the park. To make Jon happy, here is a bad video: http://freeg131.com/2008/07/scalextric/ A year an a month after I bought GameMaker.tv I have passed the domain onto Robin Monks for use with the audcast his GMKing organisation produces. The $40/year godaddy renewal fee is something I will be glad to get rid of - especially as I was planning to let it expire ... http://freeg131.com/2008/07/bye-bye-gamemakertv/ GameMakerBlog appears to be a big looser in Google's latest PageRank update going from PR2 on July 9th to 0 today.  Whilst I am not concerned that my search rankings may slip, they vary week to week anyway, I am annoyed as this could have a big impact in reducing ... http://freeg131.com/2008/07/lost-out-in-the-pr-update/ Not for the first time Watford FC has fallen out with the Watford Observer. http://freeg131.com/2008/07/great-local-press/ Found this page about a Microsoft prank backfiring after the release of IE 4. http://freeg131.com/2008/07/back-to-the-browser-wars/ Over the past week or so Matched has cancelled all 4 of my active adverts which had been paying me £12 a month. "Some of you have been asking us why your pages have recently been declined, even though you've had adverts displayed on them for several months The reason for this ... http://freeg131.com/2008/07/matched-meltdown/ (over the last month) http://freeg131.com/2008/07/gmb-audience-looking-for-cracks/