Chris Owens is a thirty year old web designer, developer, tech-head and enthusiastic amateur photographer currently living in Lancashire, UK. This is his home on the web so pull up a chair and make yourself comfy.
Almost Here
Well, today is my final day at Uni (unless something goes pear-shaped) and unfortunately four long years has turned into more of a chore than an exciting chapter in my life… Anyway, on positive note and as a direct result of this I should be slowly returning to blogging again – YAY!?
I’m also going to [...]
Still Here
Well it sure has been a while since I posted an entry to the blog, and to be honest I wouldn’t be posting this if it wasn’t for some un-noteworthy hackers trying to exploit my old Wordpress install. Needless to say that they didn’t manage to do anything of note, and it pre-empted me to [...]
Taking a Break
Work seems to be catching up with me, both academically and career wise, and something had to give. Unfortunately, I’ve decided it had to be my beloved weblog.
I’m rapidly approaching my final year at university and with the work getting harder and harder, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to dedicate my time to my blog [...]
Phew!
Having handed in 2 assignments and having done a 20 minute presentation I’m really glad that this week is over and done with… finally.
A few things of note before I take a well earned days rest:
Andy is back and blogging.
Hotmail are now offering .co.uk & .fr addresses
The first Apple store opens in the UK… and [...]
100 Days & 100 Nights
It’s been a massive 100 days since I quit smoking.
Congratulations to me!
Normal Service will Resume Shortly
I just wanted to post a quick note to say that normal service will resume shortly. I’m currently working my way through several assignments for Uni that seem to be taking most of my spare time. The last one gets handed in on Thursday, so expect things to return to normal around here pretty soon.
I’ve [...]
iPod Video Edition
Video iPod now available :) – via Mike
Firefox 1.0 Officially Released
“The wait is over. Firefox 1.0 empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 8 million others and make the switch today — Firefox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose.”
Read the release notes for more information on this [...]
Firefox Wallpapers & Avatars
Grab yourself some great looking Firefox wallpapers & avatars from this great looking blog.
Currently there are 9 wallpapers to choose from and 47 avatars. The wallpapers come in all the usual sizes from 800×600 up to 2560 x 1280 and avatars are available for all the main IM networks.
Podcatching inside FeedDemon
Nick is planning to introduce podcatching support into FeedDemon after being introduced to the new craze while at Gnomedex, and is already testing a working version of his Podcatching enabled FeedDemon!
By the way, I think we should start differentiating between Podcasting and Podcatching to help avoid any confusion.
More Information:
What is Podcasting
Alternate FeedDemon Icon (above).