Bit's and Pieces

I Have a Floor!

I came home in the dark again today, but my first stop was to grab the torch and take a look at what the builders had been up to today. Pleased to announce that I have a floor. Not much else though and it is only the ground floor.

But what it does do is give us a pretty good idea how big the rooms are going to be. I think it is pretty huge. Looking forward to the frame going up next week.

One thing I can say is that building is slow, well it seems that way at the moment. Patience grass-hopper.

All this has been going on here and I have started the new job, pretty busy all round. Leaving early and getting home late, but loving it.

Skype 4.0 Beta 2

I reviewed the screenshots of the new Skype 4.0 Beta and I was horrified to see a huge client that occupied more white space than a billboard. I don’t test Skype beta’s because they stuff up my recording software that I use. But the screenshots and video turned me right off even wanting to.

However I was pleased to read today that after the review of beta users feedback they will be releasing with Beta 2 the option of having a “compact” more like what we are used to. The way that this read also implied that conversations could not be separated into windows, this will also be “fixed”. I said it was a stupid idea in the first place to have a client so big.

They are focusing on video I know but no one I know uses video in almost full screen. Thankfully they have seen the light. I hope it changes more than this, but it is a beta.

Comments on Tumblr

I have been meaning to try this out for a while now and I am very pleased that I have now had the time to do so. You might notice that commenting is now available on Bit’s and Pieces, being my Tumblr blog. I have added the Disqus Commenting system. Since Disqus is associated with seesmic; there is viseo commenting also available. Be great is someone want to have a crack at leaving a comment!