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Re: Redirections in Wordpress

Caspar — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:35:24 -0000

301 is a 'permanent redirect' and 302 is temporary. When google sees a 301 it knows it should forget the old URL and index the new one. When it sees a 302 it assumes the content will return to the old one and not index the new one as comprehensively.
I'd always go for a 301.

Re: Here comes the sun

Caspar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:15:59 -0000

It was lovely and sunny! But seems it goes to sleep between 1.30 and 5pm which were the exact hours we were visiting. I'm not sure if Brighton works to similar hours but I suspect not.

Re: Continental breakfast

Caspar — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:23:32 -0000

chips, barely cooked bacon, boiled egg in its shell and greasy little sausages. It tastes EXACTLY like school dinner!

Re: Continental breakfast

Caspar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:46:32 -0000

It could be a Scottish delicacy!

Re: Caledonian Sleeper

Caspar — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:29:47 -0000

It's well worth it! You can get bargain berths for £19 each way if you're lucky (you need to book well in advance, and for off-peak times of the year). Fall asleep in London and wake up in Inverness, then hire a car and tour the Highlands, I think you'd love it.

Re: Burns Night

Caspar — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:36:40 -0000

Can't help but feel that vegetarian options are not entering into the spirit of things!

Re: Burns Night

Caspar — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:16:05 -0000

It was pretty delicious!

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Re: Breakfast

Caspar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:46:22 -0000

I have nothing against them myself! It's just I liked some of the other ingredients in that pack. They had 3 varieties from Rude Health in Waitrose when I was there, one was this, the other was organic. i can't remember what the third one was. It is twice the price for half the amount you got of Waitrose own brand but absolutely delicious. And I do add lots of other fruit, mostly blueberries this week, or banana, and hopefully strawberries once the English ones are in season.

I keep reading that yoghurt on meusli is much better for you than milk and cereal but we'll see! I've gone all week without snacking so far, but i guess it'll be several more weeks of this before I actually see any results.

Re: Dragon fruit

Caspar — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:59:34 -0000

You eat the inside stuff, with a spoon. It's a bit like a melon but softer. I read you can eat the skin but considering its sold loose in the supermarket I don't much fancy that! It'd be hard to wash it properly as its got lots of curly bits on it. I should have taken another pic of the outside before I cut it, I think they're beautiful! It's a lovely red-pink colour.

Re: Dragon fruit

Caspar — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:21:55 -0000

Oh and also, I have never seen them before either! And it's only this one Tesco that I have spotted them. They're quite expensive, about £1.70 I think, but its nice to try different things occasionally! It's not something I'd buy every day though.

Re: Dragon fruit

Caspar — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:21:55 -0000

Re: Never a dull moment

Caspar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:23:07 -0000

Ah but here it is entirely legitimate and business related! ;)

Re: Never a dull moment

Caspar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:39:49 -0000

Again I'm betting yours isnt work related :-p

Re: Adventures in muesli land

Caspar — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:05:07 -0000

I got it from Waitrose (and Ocado stock it too), I've also seen it in Whole Foods. Fresh & Wild have it (they have a shop in Soho, and one in Clapham) and I'm pretty sure Whole Foods Market has it (they're down in Kensington). Some of the larger normal supermarkets may sell it, but I'm not sure! It's lovely. I don't mind rasins but bought it anyway as some of the other stuff in it sounded yummy :)

Re: Adventures in muesli land

Caspar — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:14:39 -0000

Awh i wish I could take credit but it came with my theme! When I get a minute I'm going to pop in some of my own. It's made me want to get a new camera though as it's been ages since I took proper photos!

Re: LGBT organisations failing to interact

Caspar — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:37:56 -0000

Excellent, thanks :) Their name is set to just "LGF" so doesn't come up under the twitter people search unfortunately.

Re: Let all your guests play DJ

Caspar — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:37:06 -0000

All right, all right, I'll fix it, Chtis :-p

Re: Watching Watchmen

Caspar — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:50:52 -0000

I think I'll invest in the book before watching it again and hope that clears things up for me! I think what confused me was they weren't like traditional superheroes with either fantastic tools (batman) or superhuman abilities (superman), it just looked like they were really good at martial arts. Things like Silk Spectre being old and retired and her daughter taking over weren't explained as far as I could see. The wikipedia article didn't clear things up either, hopefully the book will.

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:30:12 -0000

Thanks Huw. It's worrying that there's no way to verify an account, I had one follow a Choices account called NHSLondon which has been banned so I guess it was reported as being a fake.

Are you on NHS Comms Link? There's a thread in the Digital media clinic forum about twitter, a few of the Trusts listed above have posted about how they're using the service to promote their work.

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:11:38 -0000

How silly of me - I'm sure I'm following their account with the Choices ones and have even retweeted something by it! I'll add it now, along with another one which just came through.

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:08:16 -0000

Great, I've added you (put you in 'related organisations' rather than 'mental health trusts' as you're not specifically an NHS trust, are you?)

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:39:47 -0000

Hi James,
I've come across almost all of these thanks to them following the NHS Choices accounts, which I run. I'm assume that a fake account wouldn't follow other NHS organisations.

I'll try DMing all of these listed and finding a contact. I don't know if you have access to NHS Comms Link which I mentioned to Huw above - it's aimed at NHS Trust comms staff and has a discussion forum. Some trusts have discussed Twitter but I think this is the only extensive list so far. I've mentioned it and if links to any more are posted, I'll put them up here. What I may do is edit the list above to indicate which accounts I've confirmed are run by the Trusts named.

I'm doing this in an entirely personal capacity, but I know at Choices we're trying to get much more involved in social media, maybe I'll raise the possibility of having an area on trust profile pages they can list their facebook and twitter profile... :)

Re: Kiera Knightley’s domestic abuse ad

Caspar — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:56:02 -0000

I'd read about it but didn't think it could be all that good, I never really rated her acting much, but it is very very strong.

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:10:57 -0000

Thanks - I saw you follow @nhschoices, i was going to head over to add you this afternoon anyway!

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:59:51 -0000

To be added

http://twitter.com/NHSLondonSHA
http://twitter.com/NHS_Enfield

Re: NHS organisations on Twitter

Caspar — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:43:22 -0000

http://twitter.com/NHSNorthants
http://twitter.com/nhslincolnshire

Re: Using NHS for the First Time

Caspar — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:18:33 -0000

On the day you register its unlikely you'll get to see a doctor, more likely it'll be a health care professional, someone who takes your details and does stuff like blood pressure and then possibly will make an appointment if you need one.

Try calling NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 for advice, though they will probably tell you the same as what the doctor did.

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:40:59 -0000

I'm glad it's actually snowing somewhere, i was starting to dobut it! I hope it hits london sooooooon :D

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:26:50 -0000

"If you must have a soft drink, go for the sugary versions."

Don't forget about us diabetics, who have no option but to drink diet drinks or water! The sugars in fruit juices make my sugar levels rise much too fast so I'll be sticking with the Diet Coke :)

Caspar's last blog post..Cat scratch

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:46:15 -0000

It's a wonderful story :smile:
I was going to ask how the cats had reacted, as in theory I'd love to save some hens but in reality, my patio has no grass so wouldn't be much fun for them, though it is all enclosed so would be safe for them (other than my cats! though it sounds like it'd be more a case of the cats having to fear for themselves!).

Caspar's last blog post..Broadway Market & Angel

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:55:09 -0000

Do you have to bring ID to confirm your name & address? Just give them a false one if not!

On a slightly related note, i was at a workshop for squatters last year and they get around legal problems for electricity etc by simply using a false name when opening an account. So long as the bill is being paid, it's perfectly legal, and they're right, when I moved not one utility company needed proof of my identity. Even BT just opened a new account, and their bills are often accepted as proof of identity!

Caspar's last blog post..Broadway Market & Angel

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:49:21 -0000

Congratulations to you both :-)

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:51:05 -0000

PS you should take an anniversary trip back to where you first met, very quickly - their last night at the Astoria is the end of July!

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:46:01 -0000

You can leave email on the server when using POP3.

And you can download the GMail mobile client onto your Viewty. Mine came with it preinstalled but I don't think t-mobile do that. It works really well on every phone I've ever used it on, much better than most phones built in email clients.

Also, my Viewty (and Tom's, too) charges on my Mac without a problem. I don't have a memory card in mine but Tom does, and he can view all his photos & other files which are saved on there.

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:00:12 -0000

Great news that they'll let you out of your contract. They often do when people have complaints, it's a lot easier to just let you out!
I signed up with Be and have never regretted it. Had occasional downtime of course, but I doubt any other ISP is up 100% of the time. Their router works great with all our Macs and PCs (and phones and consoles etc etc) and their support has always been really quick to respond. They also use different technology to get you faster rates - BT would only ever guarantee me 2mb and I get several times faster than this using Be (nowhere near the top speed of 24mb, but I live quite far from the exchange - ok, I live about half a mile from in in reality, but I guess the cables take the scenic route through London!).

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:57:42 -0000

I can't really get my head around it to be honest - in my job it's not an issue, but if I was an author or similar, would I mind being refered to as a 'gay author'?.... not at all, I suspect! I am gay. It'd be fine for an article to call me a 'british writer'. So long as the focus wasn't purely on the fact I was gay, and it was quoted simply because it was relevant
These days there are often interviews or features about gay people without it ever being mentioned the person is gay, even if they're already out. Not because it's being hidden, but because its not really relevant.

Re: Untitled Document

Caspar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:27:28 -0000

I've had problems with ATV since 2.2 but no sound issues and I use it a lot - almost constantly in fact (I dread to think how much I've spent on TV shows and movie rentals!). My issue is the menus are now extremley slow and jerky, often unresponsive on screen - you hear the clicks as the cursor moves, but it doesn't physically move on the screen. I've resorted to using my iPhone as a remote which seems like overkill (and can't access everything you can directly with the menus).
I did install Boxee but found it looked awful and wasn't all that useful, though I hear the latest version has iPlayer access which makes me want to reinstall it! Annoyingly, my only large usb stick was in my bag which was stolen at Christmas :(

Re: Kyte.tv goes 16:9 (video showing Opera’s latest now up)

Caspar — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:03 -0000

I think you hit upon the problem with HD - it's fantastic that all the big players support it now, but until they have systems in place making it easy to upload large file sizes, it only has limited usefulness to me. I don't want to have to upload videos split into several pieces! I'd rather stick to lower format video if that's the case.

Re: Apple adds HD video donwloads for UK users

Caspar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:07:38 -0000

It's ridiculous. You can get a box set for half that price in the sales. If they'd price it to match current box set prices, I'd have bought several series on AppleTV rather than from HMV, but as it is, I'll usually watch a few eps on there to see if I like something, then go out and buy the DVD (with the exception being Gossip Girl, which I watched very slowly as I was only buying when I was bored and could find nothing else, and before I knew it I'd got to the end of the series!).

Come on Apple, negotiate some £15 offers for full series (and not 6 ep UK series!), it'll lead to a huge increase in sales on TV shows and probably AppleTV too. I've shown it to loads of friends who'd be interested if only content was cheaper when bought as a whole series.