22nd Aug2011

Updated Aug 22nd 2011

by SteveINtheUKok

Well I have moved into the new place, most of my things are unpacked but as I have ‘slightly’ downsized I am still trying to squeeze everything in the new place :-)

Apologies for not having updated this sooner but as with many moves things have not gone as smoothly as I would have liked.

I had everything for my internet connection planned and I was meant to be connected the day after I moved but due to some problems accessing some equipment it was postponed almost a month which has been nothing short of a major disaster, being so reliant on the internet for my daily work far less anything else!

I have access to a flaky wireless connection which is costing me a small fortune, add to that the cost of mobile phone calls and many calls made via Skype which is less than perfect at the best of times you can see things are not that easy at the moment.

There was a great response to donations and to each and everyone that donated a big thank you from me, I can never say thank you enough times, its great to have such support and I really do appreciate it.

I have ordered a camera and I am waiting for it to be delivered as it is on back-order.

Now everything being well I should have an connection and a camera here and ready to setup in the next couple of weeks and I hope to then make the camera available to everyone very soon after that.

I do apologise that it was not instantly available, but as you can see it did not go exactly to plan! sigh!

I will update this page again soon to keep you updated on the internet situation and when the camera arrives, etc.

Thank you again and wish me luck :-)

SteveINtheUKok

P.S. I am totally behind on listening to podcasts as I just don’t have the bandwidth to download any at present. So I am around a month to two behind on all of my podcasts, so if you have said hello or wished me well, thank you and I will get to you….eventually, LOL

Category : Webcam
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24th Jul2011

Webcam Project

by SteveINtheUKok

You may know that I am moving to a new apartment soon, the place I am moving to has a lovely view as i’m on one of the upper floors of the building.

It overlooks part of the town I am going to be living in and out over the countryside to the hills in the distance.

As I have not moved in yet, I have no photos to share yet, sorry!

I thought it would be fun and cool to setup a web cam so I can share my view with you 24/7.

I need to get a camera that I can connect up to the net, there are a couple I am looking at but with all the expense of moving I thought I would ask my friends to help out, if you can. The camera’s are not too expensive around $100-200. It means I can hook it up to the internet and keep my computer free for doing my work, etc. Also means your not bugged by re-boots, etc.

As you know I do a lot of work on apps for our little community and I never ask to be paid for that, so if you can help I thought this was a fun way to let people say thank you and still use that help to give something more back to you all.

If you can help there is a donate button below, you can fill out your own amount, the more I have the better the camera I can get and the quicker I can get it.

Thank you in advance if your able to help, if your not able to help then I hope you will enjoy coming over from time to time to check out the view or just watch the weather in the UhK to see the sun or watch it snow.

Thanks

SteveINtheUKok

P.S. If I fail to receive enough donations I will try and make up the amount myself, if its too far of the mark I will refund everyones money. Either way I will let everyone know what is happening.

Category : Webcam
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08th Jul2011

I have joined the gang at Google+ YEAY!

by SteveINtheUKok

You can circle me or whatever the hell it is you do on the new Google+ ….it’s so new!!!!

Find me here:

http://gplus.to/steveintheukok

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30th May2011

Getting to know you…

by SteveINtheUKok

I thought I would do a little blog post about me, i’ve talked with a lot of you over the last few years and while I do have this alter ego of SteveINtheUKok I thought it might be interesting to take a brief look into me and my life.

I used to be a podcaster, I did it for 5 years and learned a lot. I went from a basic mic up to a reasonably professional setup and learnt a lot about the technicalities of making your own podcast as well as how we all take it for granted. We turn on the TV or radio and hundreds of channels appear, all filled to the brim with shows. And most of us just don’t realise how much work goes into creating a show, creating content for a show, recording, editing and promoting a show.

That’s why I wanted to put something back, if I was a millionaire I guess I would send everyone a cheque…sadly…I am not, so I offer my time, even if that is just a moment to send an email to say, hey, hi, I love your show, that can make such a difference to the person on the other side of the mic, knowing there are people out there that appreciate them, so that is how SteveINtheUKok came into being.

As for before well I am in the UK, I originally hail from the tartan encrusted land that is Scotland. I am related to a famous football player from the past. I came very close to hosting a national TV show back when I was a bit younger. I ran a tech magazine as a kid, long before the internet appeared, it came in print and on tape (showing my age! LOL).

I have been in studios for the BBC and local radio stations, and once I accidentally walked into a radio show while it was on air, very red faced I left quickly! LOL

I have been to the top of the Forth Road Bridge, the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State building. I have been in a nuclear submarine, I have worked in a nuclear power station, I have worked on a nuclear bomb armoured command centre and a bomb disposal robot.

I have been down mines and worked on what was at the time, the worlds largest mining machine. I have been in courts and prisons, though I have not committed any crimes (It was through work, LOL). I have met a number of Lords, Ladies and Dames in my time. Similar to my radio boob, I walked into a doorway…little did I know it led to behind the judge and a trial was underway and there is me facing the court and gallery..again I turned on my heels and ran…oopsy!!!

I’ve bumped into Sigourney Weaver in London and met a lot of stars of UK cinema and TV.

I’ve been into computers since I was a young kid and got my first computer in 1982, the Sinclair ZX-81, since then I have had many, many computers, web sites including one I sold to a large american corporation, sadly I did not become a millionaire then either…sigh, LOL

I love films, especially the older films, black and white is 100 times more colourful to me than a colour film and silent films don’t scare me :-) I have recently just bought the complete works of Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello and Harold Lloyd to name but a few. I also love comedy and again love ‘classic’ comedy series, especially UK comedy with its naughty seaside postcard rather prudish nature.

As for music my tastes are pretty wide, I can enjoy almost any form of music and I think I am nearing 20,000 tracks in my iTunes and could easily double or treble that if I could afford it. And yes I do have the latest Lady GaGa :-)

Hows that for starters, if you have any questions, please let me know either here or on Twitter or Facebook and I will do what I can to answer them and post them here too.

Category : Uncategorized
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04th Mar2011

Cut The Cord or New Media Freedom

by SteveINtheUKok

There is a lot of talk around of cutting the cord, essentially ceasing your cable or satellite tv plan and using new media and devices like Apple TV, Boxee Box and Google TV instead over your internet connection.

I thought I would write a little about this as I did it a month ago now and I thought it might be interesting to those that would be interested in doing the same thing.
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