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# Failure is the Key to Success

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- [Trying out my 'Bigma'](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/02/21/trying-out-my-bigma/) - We went out to the zoo this afternoon, which gave me a chance to try out my 'bigma'. What, you might ask, is a bigma. Well, it is a camera lens, to be precise, it is the Sigma 50-500mm f4-6.3. I had been considering getting a longer lens later this year for my birthday and
- [Carrying a monopod on a bike](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/07/24/carrying-a-monopod-on-a-bike/) - When I replaced my monopod in December with a Manfrotto 681, it didn't occur to me that I would have to find an alternate method of carrying it while cycling. My previous monopod, Velbon UP-4DXII, had a handle on the tilt head and I used to slide this through one of the connection loops for
- [Bristol Cameras took my money](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/02/28/bristol-cameras-took-my-money/) - Also known as 'The right and wrong way to deal with an internet order problem'. This also applies equally to telephone and any other form of distance selling. Here is the sad saga of my dealings with Bristol Cameras Ltd. It is preceded by a couple of problems with internet orders that were well managed
- [The Hunt for Gollum](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/05/17/the-hunt-for-gollum/) - We just watched 'The Hunt for Gollum'. It is a 40 minute, unofficial, not for profit short film. It is only available to watch on the Hunt for Gollum website. From the website: 'The script is adapted from elements of the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The story follows the Heir of Isildur;
- [My car's better now](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/19/my-cars-better-now/) - My car has been sick for the last few days. When I got to work on Monday morning, I could hear a ticking sound, the sound hot metal makes as it cools down. When I got out of the car, I could 'smell' something was hot and on investigation it turned out that the passenger
- [Tweet: Thank you to @bedlutcf for assisting with the fund...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2016/02/18/tweet-thank-you-to-bedlutcf-for-assisting-with-the-fund/) - Thank you to @bedlutcf for assisting with the funding for the new RS Quest for @DunstableSCC. The unit really appreciate this.
- [Tweet: Light dusting of snow this morning, now stopped LU...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2015/11/21/tweet-light-dusting-of-snow-this-morning-now-stopped-lu/) - Light dusting of snow this morning, now stopped LU6 0/10 #uksnow
- [Tweet: Off to @StablesMK to see @EmilySmithmusic and @jam...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2015/05/19/tweet-off-to-stablesmk-to-see-emilysmithmusic-and-jam/) - Off to @StablesMK to see @EmilySmithmusic and @jamiemcclennan tonight.
- [Tweet: I wasn't expecting to watch the #DimblebyLecture b...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2015/03/30/tweet-i-wasnt-expecting-to-watch-the-dimblebylecture-b/) - I wasn't expecting to watch the #DimblebyLecture but am finding @Marthalanefox compelling to listen to.
- [In Flanders Fields](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/11/10/in-flanders-fields-2/) - In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now
- [Tweet: ](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/09/25/tweet/)
- [Tweet: Off for the weekend in Lincolnshire to do my Adult...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/09/06/tweet-off-for-the-weekend-in-lincolnshire-to-do-my-adult/) - Off for the weekend in Lincolnshire to do my Adult Induction Course with the Sea Cadets. #seacadets
- [Be the Blog](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/24/be-the-blog/) - I've been given the Be The Blog award by Ev Nucci at My life is murphy's law. This is an award that was created by Mark at Me and My Drum for bloggers who make their blog their own, stay with it, are interactive with their readers, and just plain have fun. Thanks Ev, I
- [Joust Photos on Gallery](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/01/joust-photos-on-gallery/) - I have finished scanning the 4 films that I took at the Joust and uploaded them to my Gallery. I have created one album for the Joust itself and one for the Mediaeval Baebes. Looking at the number of photos I took, it looks like I only went to take photos the the Mediaeval Baebes.
- [Rain](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/13/rain/) - The weather finally broke today. After about 10 days of hot weather, with temperatures in the mid to high 20s, we had rain this evening for a couple of hours. It is now 16ºC which is a bit of a change from yesterday's high of 30ºC.
- [Warwick Castle Pictures](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/03/warwick-castle-pictures/) - I have had my film developed and have scanned the negatives. I have uploaded reduced size images to my gallery at http://gallery.ijhedges.com/v/Out_and_About/Warwick_Castle_May_2006/. I was quite pleased the launching of the flaming ball came out well, trailing the fire behind it. [Edited 7th February 2009 to correct image location]
- [More car problems](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/28/more-car-problems/) - I found today that the luggage cover on my V70 has been broken. I haven't need to use the boot since I had the MOT and brake fluid changed at the beginning of the month (link), so I hadn't realised. The cover is like a roller blind that is attached to the car behind the
- [Birds galore](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/09/07/birds-galore/) - While we were on holiday at Center Parcs, we bought a bird feeder at the Nature Centre and then added a pole to put it on. They are made by CJ Wildbird Foods, and were very reasonably priced. After we got home we were looking at their website and found that they only charge £2
- [Our visit to London Zoo](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/24/our-visit-to-london-zoo/) - Yesterday we went to London Zoo; we were going to visit a couple of weeks ago when I was on holiday, but I went down with a streaming cold, so we put it off. The weather forecast for yesterday had been looking good all week, so we got up fairly early. The kids were excited,
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 8](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/11/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-8/) - We got up and packed this morning. I collected the car from the car park. I'm glad we weren't up and about on Friday when people were leaving, its mad out there! There is a 10 mph speed limit and cars are supposed to give way to cycles and pedestrians - unfortunately this is reality,
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 5](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/08/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-5/) - Another slow morning today. At least it's stopped raining. After people leaving on Fridays had gone and their cars were out of the way, we went went up to the Nature Centre again. We were going to sit in the centre and watch the birds a bit, but as the weather was bright and sunny,
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/06/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-3/) - We went into the guest services this morning and reported the heating problem. Then we crossed the road to Jardin Des Sports, where the kids had their pre-booked activity later today. Again, like most of the other facilities here, it was noticably smaller than its counterpart at Elveden. The kids went and played outside in
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/05/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-2/) - We got up very late this morning after a great sleep. It had been raining overnight and there was still light rain this morning. Just to keep the kids occupied before we got breakfast, I put the telly on. The tv has 13 channels available, BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, Center Parcs information,
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/04/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-1/) - We left at just after 9am this morning and had a fairly easy journey. We stopped at Trowell services (J25-J26 M1) where we had drinks and cakes. We arrived at Center Parcs at 11:45. We were very quickly through arrivals where we collected our keys. Then we were off to the car park, this is
- [My most useful photographic equipment](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/06/my-most-useful-photographic-equipment/) - The obvious choice here would be my Nikon D80, which I've had for 7 months now. Don't get me wrong, I love this camera; it has given me photography back. I've probably taken more photos this year, than I have taken in total previously. OK, there have been a high percentage that have been discarded,
- [Hayley Westenra and Fiona Pears](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/18/hayley-westenra-and-fiona-pears/) - Last night Jo and I went to The Grove Theatre in Dunstable to see Hayley Westenra in concert. It was a bit of a rush, as it was a 19:30 start, but we got there in plenty of time and met up with my mum before we went in. We hadn't been to the Grove
- [Photo Assignment](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/01/29/photo-assignment/) - For the last few months, the cre8Buzz photography community have been running a monthly photography assignment. I borrowed Jo's camera and entered the November assignment, which was food, with my cheese and crackers photo. I wasn't overly happy with this shot and didn't get time to enter the December one. Anyway, the January topic was
- [Watching nature change week on week](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/06/11/watching-nature-change-week-on-week/) - Since we've had our bikes, we have been out on them most weekends and have been up to Marston Vale several times. We have also been back to the RSPB at Sandy on a cooler day as well. What we have noticed at Marston Vale is the changes week on week of the plants in
- [On your bikes](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/05/04/on-your-bikes/) - A couple of weeks ago Jo and I decided we needed to get bikes so that we could keep up with the kids when they are on their bikes. I got a couple more Thule bike carriers to go on our roof bars, so it was just time to get bikes. I looked about the
- [Trying out my manual lenses](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/03/15/trying-out-my-manual-lenses/) - I got hold of a Nikon mount for my Tamron lenses just over a week ago and tried taking some photos last weekend. I tried my 60-300mm f3.8-5.4 SP and my original 80-210mm f3.8-4 with and without doubler to see how practical it would be to use a totally manual lens on a digital camera.
- [Wise Owl Award](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/22/wise-owl-award/) - Yesterday Jo-N at Shower Your Children with Love awarded me the Wise Owl award. Thank you. The extra effort to add our names is appreciated. :) I'm a firecracker! This award was created by Heidi Hyde at Hydes Like Us to show gratitude for those who inspire and mentor us in blogging. This is now
- [E for Excellence](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/16/e-for-excellence/) - Tim at The Inflatable Soapbox awarded me earlier this week with the E for Excellence award. Thank you. I hadn't come across this one before and found it was started by Project Mommy about a month ago. By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to 10 more people who’s blog’s you
- [The Stresses of Kitchen Appliances](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/10/the-stresses-of-kitchen-appliances/) - We have known for a while that we were going to need to replace the gas oven. The door on it hasn't sealed properly for some time and every so often I would have to take the door apart to tighten the handle. The plan was that we would look at replacing it over Easter,
- [Blog Anniversaries](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/08/blog-anniversaries/) - OK, it's not what you think, it's not my blog's birthday (that's at the end of July). No, just over a year ago, I joined MyBlogLog and started the more active phase of my blog. Joining exposed me to many new blogs, many of which I still follow. It also gained me some regular readers,
- [Wander in the woods](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/01/06/wander-in-the-woods/) - I thought I'd take advantage of the dry weather this morning to get some early morning photos, so I was out before sunrise (about 7:40 actually). It had been a clear night, so I had to scrap the frost off the windscreen before I could go anywhere. I first went up onto the Dunstable Downs,
- [Very Early Birthday Present](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/30/very-early-birthday-present/) - OK, I have no willpower. About two months ago I posted about deciding to change over to a digital camera. I went into Jessops and had a look at a few. I came away really liking the Nikon D200, but open to the D80 as well. The D200 was reported as being a heavy camera,
- [World Best Friend Award](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/10/world-best-friend-award/) - A week ago JO-N at Shower Your Children With Love - The Right Way presented me with the Best Friends Award. "Do you know the relationship between your 2 eyes? They blink together, move together, cry together, see things together and sleep together. Even though they never see each other, friendship should be just like
- [Sore Head](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/10/sore-head/) - That is the title of this post, which should by all rights have been written yesterday. Following the Music Centre Concert on Saturday morning, the kids went back with Jo's Mum and Dad to stay overnight. This left us on our own, so we went kids free shopping in the afternoon. Then in the evening
- [Soap on a Rope](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/08/soap-on-a-rope/) - Yesterday afternoon I went to my first Christmas meal of this season. I can't say first of the year, because that goes to our work's meal in January. Unlike the last couple of year's, when we have been bowling, work arranged a meal for us yesterday. On arrival, we chose Christmas presents at random out
- [Kids Christmas Party](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/01/kids-christmas-party/) - We took the kids to the Christmas party that my work had organised this afternoon. They started off by feeding them, which was a good start as the kids got to know each other and by the time the entertainer arrived they were mostly all ready to take part. We had Magic Dave to entertain
- [International Education Week](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/12/international-education-week/) - The school is holding its second International Education Week this week. Countrywide it is International Education Month in November. The idea is to teach the children more about other countries in terms of their location, culture, language, food and lifestyle. Each day is assigned a different continent and the children are asked to dress in
- [We will remember them](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/11/we-will-remember-them/) - For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the
- [Digital cameras](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/04/digital-camera/) - I've decided, the time has come for me to move to digital. Just really for the convenience. I'm always conscious when taking photos that I've got to pay to have them developed. I'm going to change to a digital SLR and so have spent some time researching what my options are. I narrowed the field
- [Car tyres and problems](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/26/car-tyres-and-problems/) - A couple of weeks ago I posted about buying tyres online and how it didn't go quite to plan. BestBuyTyres contacted me on the Monday and were very honest and appologetic about the mistake with the opening hours on their website. The installation was re-arranged for last Saturday and now I have the tyres that
- [Complete blog makeover](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/22/complete-blog-makeover/) - I have been working over the last few weeks to migrate my blog from Thingamablog to Wordpress. This is something that I had been considering for a while and then after Randa's review of my blog, I started looking into it seriously. I created a test install of Wordpress at home to play around with
- [How we learn](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/18/how-we-learn/) - We went to a talk at the school earlier tonight about Individual Learning Profiles. Simon Olding from MovementInMind came into the school to talk to parents and staff about the software that the school has been trialling. He had already been working with the school with great results with the BrainGym over the past few
- [Buying tyres online](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/13/buying-tyres-online/) - I had hoped today to be able to talk about my experiances of buying car tyres online. I can, but the story's not over yet. Last Sunday evening, my neighbour knocked to let me know that I had a flat tyre. I went out to change it quickly before the light went, but I should
- [Beer Exchange Meme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/25/beer-exchange-meme/) - Gary has just tagged me with a new meme he has just made up. So anyway, I've just bought Gary a Guinness, a good start to Friday night. Cheers! Here are the rules: 1. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to signup for a PayPal business account so that you can receive payments. It only
- [Cre8Buzz going public](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/06/cre8buzz-going-public/) - Tomorrow, Cre8Buzz changes to Public Beta which means that it is visible to non-members. You still need to be a member to post or comment and have to be invited by a member to join. I was invited at the beginning of August and have found it a really great, vibrant community. Unlike some other
- [Blade Runner 25th Anniversary](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/03/blade-runner-25th-anniversary/) - OK, I'm a bit slow off the mark here, but I was reading tonight that Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner has been restored and is being re-released for the 25th anniversary of its original release. 'For the new director's cut, the special-effects footage was digitally scanned at 8,000 lines per frame, four times the
- [Arrr! Shiver me timbers](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/19/arrr-shiver-me-timbers/) - `Tis official. Today be International Talk Like a Swashbuckler tide. Th' photos be at th' International Talk Like A Swashbuckler Tide gallery on Flickr Th' Howto section has basic an' advanced gentleman o' fortune lingo coverin' such terms as avast! an' arrr! Translated: It's official. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate day. The photos
- [Trillian reconnection problem](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/10/trillian-reconnection-problem/) - I use Trillian as my instant messaging client. It allows me to be signed in with both Yahoo and Microsoft messaging without having to have two clients running. A problem I had been having with it was after waking my laptop from hibernation, the Microsoft connection would fail to reconnect. Yahoo would reconnect without problem,
- [My blog reviewed](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/09/my-blog-reviewed/) - Recently Randa Clay at Randa Clay Design held a Pimp My Blog contest. I already had Randa in my list of blogs that I read and was also subscribed to her RSS feed, so I entered the contest. I was pleasantly surprised (and a bit nervous) to receive an email from Randa letting me know
- [On, off, on again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/07/on-off-on-again/) - Rant alert! Jo took her car in today for the oxygen sensor to be replaced. This is the follow up to the last visit, a couple of weeks ago. OK, so Steven Eagell Toyota didn't manage to resolve it before the end of the summer holidays, but they did provide a courtesy car. On the
- [New community - cre8buzz](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/19/new-community-cre8buzz/) - 10 days ago Carol at My View of IT invited me to join her at cre8buzz which is a new blog community. It is currently in beta, so you need an invite to join, but there are about 200 members at the moment. Once you join, you select a community to create your profile under.
- [Fun game](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/19/fun-game/) - I came across this online game, Bloxorz at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com yesterday and have found it really good for killing a lot of time. The idea is to get the block through the hole using the arrow keys to move it. If the block rests on one of the round pads then sections of the floor disappear
- [Recycling and waste collection](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/08/recycling-and-waste-collection/) - We got an envelope through the door yesterday from South Bedfordshire District Council explaining their new recycling and refuse scheme. A few weeks ago we got a orange topped wheelie bin, to go with our existing black wheelie bin and smaller green wheelie bin. (If you keep them happy do they breed?). The green one
- [Last week’s visit to Warwick Castle and photos](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/05/last-weeks-visit-to-warwick-castle-and-photos/) - Wow it's hot today. 28'C at the moment. I think it's the hottest this year so far. As I said on Thursday, I was unable to get my films developed on the 1 hour service and so I left them for collection yesterday. The weather was so good on Friday, we went to the zoo
- [Visit to the vampire](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/02/visit-to-the-vampire/) - Yesterday's plan was to take my films in to be developed on a 1 hour service and while I waiting, to be good and pop into the Blood Donor Centre. Unfortunately, there had been a problem with the film processing machine and so 1 hour was not available. I'll collect my photos on Saturday. Anyway,
- [Holiday 2007](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/27/holiday-2007/) - I haven't been around for a few days, as we have been away for a short break at the CentreParcs village at Elveden Forest. This is the third time we have been to Elveden Forest and really enjoy it there. The weather forecast wasn't looking too good when we left, but other than a bit
- [Traction Engine Rally](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/02/traction-engine-rally/) - The weather today was really a scorcher, and so this afternoon, we went to the Hertfordshire Steam Engine Preservation Society (warning: website only works in IE not Firefox or Opera!) traction engine rally off the Leighton Buzzard bypass, about 15 minutes away. This year was the 42nd Annual Rally, with over 300 exhibits from Traction
- [Cats, Dogs and Fish](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/26/cats-dogs-and-fish/) - Reading Evel's Make a Wish post on And another thing... this morning brought a smile to my face and reminded me of a few pet stories. When I was a boy we had a Scottish Terrier called Cindy, who was quite a character. She was only about a year older than me and would tear
- [Dunstable Carnival 2007](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/07/dunstable-carnival-2007/) - The weather this morning didn't look good for today's carnival. It was raining first thing and didn't stop until about 11:30. The floats were due to leave from the council offices at 12:00 noon on their route through the town. We didn't have to leave much before then as it is only about a minute's
- [One Day Blog Silence](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/30/one-day-blog-silence/)
- [Film scanner woes](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/14/film-scanner-woes/) - A couple of days ago I finally got around to scanning the negatives of the photos I took of the lunar eclipse on 3rd March. I set up my film scanner and scanned the films in the same way as I had with previous films. However, the results I got were absolutely awful. Instead of
- [There’s more to life than cocktail sausages](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/13/theres-more-to-life-than-cocktail-sausages/) - We had a party this afternoon for my daughter's birthday. After they had played at the local indoor playground for an hour and a half they had sandwiches, cocktail sausages, crisps etc. Later when we had been home for a while, my 7 year old son asked if we had any of the cocktail sausages
- [Another unexpected visitor in the garden](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/05/another-unexpected-visitor-in-the-garden/) - We had another unexpected bird in the garden this afternoon. We had a pheasant in the garden. Now, we live in an urban area and a pheasant isn't exactly what you would class as a town bird, so I guess it had got a bit lost. It spent about 2 hours wandering around our garden
- [How do you store your computer data?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/03/how-do-you-store-your-computer-data/) - I know my answer to this question, but I am not sure it is the correct way going forward as data quantity increases. I have the majority of my data located on a server computer with a RAID hard disc array. This means that I can have a hard disc fail and not loose any
- [Why is this called ‘Failure is the key to success’?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/25/why-this-is-called-failure-is-the-key-to-success/) - I have just realised that after over 18 months, I have never explained why my blog is called 'Failure is the key to success'. One of the sayings of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido, is 'Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.' When I was
- [Copy and Paste](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/22/copy-and-paste/) - In today's computer literate society, you get so used to some concepts like copy and paste that you start assuming everyone is familiar with the skills required. It becomes difficult to remember when it didn't exist. I think a post a few weeks ago by John Chow was a prime example of this. He was
- [Tweet: I've updated Dunstable Sea Cadets' website http://...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/08/03/tweet-ive-updated-dunstable-sea-cadets-website-http/) - I've updated Dunstable Sea Cadets' website sea-cadets.org/Dunstable/home… bringing the news articles and other information up to date. #seacadet
- [Kensington VoIP handset](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/15/kensington-voip-handset/) - I signed up with Skype a few months ago to give me another VoIP telephony option. Skype to Skype calls are free, so it seemed worth setting up. I originally got myself a Bluetooth headset. Initially, I had problems connecting the headset to the Bluetooth on my laptop. I upgraded the Bluetooth stack to the
- [Going Mobile](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/22/going-mobile/) - A while back, when I got my new work mobile, I checked out my blog using the WAP browser. The blog was visible, but as it was faithfully reproduced, it meant that I had to scroll all over the place to see it. This was obviously not the best approach for mobile users. I've had
- [Swimming for our Future](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/23/swimming-for-our-future/) - Ardley Hill Lower School, which is just down the road from the lower school our kids go to, is hoping to win on Wednesday in the ITV People's Millions Competition. The overall aim of the competition is to improve the quality of life of local communities by funding projects that transform the local environment –
- [Introducing the family](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/) - It's time I introduced the family. No, not that one, this one! First we will start with the smallest member. I have had my Aulos sopranino recorder for over 30 years, since I played it at lower school. It isn't the smallest member of the recorder family, that honour goes to the garkleine which is
- [Enabling RAID 1 on a Dell Vostro 220](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/03/13/enabling-raid-1-on-a-dell-vostro-220/) - Over Christmas, the main hard disc on our 5.5 year old Dell mini tower failed, causing us to replace the computer with a new one. We could have replaced the disc, but we had had other components in it fail in the past year, so its time was up. We didn't really loose any data,
- [Dunstable Carnival 2009](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/05/04/dunstable-carnival-2009/) - We were considering going over to Aldbury, a picturesque village in Hertfordshire, for their May Fair today, but true to form for a Bank Holiday Monday, it started raining. While it would have been great to see the dancing around the maypole and the morris dancers, standing in to rain to do so didn't really
- [Mediaeval Baebes at The Stables](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/05/23/mediaeval-baebes-at-the-stables/) - Last night we went up to The Stables in Milton Keynes to see the Mediaeval Baebes on the last date of their tour to promote their new album, Illumination. It has been a short tour, only 5 dates. A big factor in this has to be the fact that Katharine Blake is pregnant with her
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/25/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-2/) - I went out for a walk with my camera about 9:30 this morning. I walked down the drive and through the woods to the side, then walked along the footpath to Longcross to find the entrance that we would use to the Tarka Trail. This is alongside the A386, which is a busy road, so
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 6](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/29/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-6/) - We went to Exmoor Zoo today. It's about 12 acres, so a lot smaller than Whipsnade. That said, its well laid out with a wide variety of animals, some of which we hadn't seen before. The meerkats were cute as meerkats always are. When we got round to the guinea pigs there was a peacock
- [In Flanders Fields](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/11/in-flanders-fields/) - In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now
- [Mediaeval Baebes](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/07/mediaeval-baebes/) - I thought I'd have a look at the Mediaeval Baebes website this morning before we see them at the Joust in a couple of weeks. I knew it had been a while since I checked their site out, about the time of my post about Musical Taste back in April. So, it was a bit
- [Digital TV](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/26/digital-tv/) - Last Christmas we got a DVD recorder which had a built in Freeview tuner. Unfortunately we didn't have an aerial suitable for digital TV, so fitting one was added to my 'to do' list. A couple of months later, when our TV packed up, the replacement also had a built in Freeview tuner. So now
- [Big Bang - World Record](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/02/big-bang-world-record/) - I was invited by Jo-N at Shower Your Children with Love - The Right Way to participate in the Big Bang - World Record. This is a list started at MondayMorningPower attempting to get to at least 1000 links. *Start Copy Here* You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is
- [Tweet: Back from a useful session at Houghton Regis Libra...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/07/11/tweet-back-from-a-useful-session-at-houghton-regis-libra/) - Back from a useful session at Houghton Regis Library run by @LutonJCP. Nice time for a bike ride as well; traffic was very quiet.#JobSearch
- [Tweet: Looking forward to the Dunstable Music Centre conc...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/07/10/tweet-looking-forward-to-the-dunstable-music-centre-conc/) - Looking forward to the Dunstable Music Centre concert @Barnfield_Vale on Saturday 13th July at 6pm dunstablemusiccentre.co.uk/2013/05/13/sum… #Dunstable
- [Tweet: Sad day today. This afternoon we had to have Smoki...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/07/09/tweet-sad-day-today-this-afternoon-we-had-to-have-smoki/) - Sad day today. This afternoon we had to have Smokie, the last of our cats put to sleep. She was 16 years old.
- [Tweet: Just finished my favourite author, @refeist 's new...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/05/07/tweet-just-finished-my-favourite-author-refeist-s-new/) - Just finished my favourite author, @refeist 's new book Magician's End, that he signed for me yesterday in MK. End of an era after 26 years.
- [Tweet: Having a meal @LAMBSGREENINN , starters were great...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/05/04/tweet-having-a-meal-lambsgreeninn-starters-were-great/) - Having a meal @LAMBSGREENINN , starters were great.
- [Tweet: Snow falling constantly in Dunstable. Light,  but...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/03/23/tweet-snow-falling-constantly-in-dunstable-light-but/) - Snow falling constantly in Dunstable. Light, but settling. 2/10 LU6 #uksnow
- [Tweet: Just finished @refeist 's new book Jimmy and the C...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2013/02/28/tweet-just-finished-refeist-s-new-book-jimmy-and-the-c/) - Just finished @refeist 's new book Jimmy and the Crawler. Brilliant, felt like the old stories. Looking forward to Magician's End in May.
- [Tweet: European Parliament: you can stop Discards! Vote Y...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/12/17/tweet-european-parliament-you-can-stop-discards-vote-y/) - European Parliament: you can stop Discards! Vote YES to Comp Amendment 32 WITH calendar #fishfight #AM32 @hughsfishfight
- [Tweet: Lots of birds feeding over the last 5 minutes, bla...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/12/13/tweet-lots-of-birds-feeding-over-the-last-5-minutes-bla/) - Lots of birds feeding over the last 5 minutes, blackbirds, woodpigeon, house sparrow, dunnock, blackcap, blue tit, great tit, coal tit #RSPB
- [Tweet: Wow, and a Song Thrush in the garden too, I haven'...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/12/12/tweet-wow-and-a-song-thrush-in-the-garden-too-i-haven/) - Wow, and a Song Thrush in the garden too, I haven't seen one in our garden for years. #RSPB
- [Tweet: A single starling on the fat balls. The first I've...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/12/12/tweet-a-single-starling-on-the-fat-balls-the-first-ive/) - A single starling on the fat balls. The first I've seen in our garden for over a year. #RSPB
- [Tweet: 12 Days of Christmas - Dunstable Music Centre Staf...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/12/08/tweet-12-days-of-christmas-dunstable-music-centre-staf/) - 12 Days of Christmas - Dunstable Music Centre Staff and Friends: youtu.be/plua-ejUWk4 via @YouTube at the end of term concert this morning.
- [Tweet: New blog post 'Mediaeval Baebes time' http://t.co/...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/30/tweet-new-blog-post-mediaeval-baebes-time-httpt-co/) - New blog post 'Mediaeval Baebes time' bit.ly/WywMDV
- [Mediaeval Babes time](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/30/mediaeval-babes-time/) - It been a very Mediaeval Baebes time for the last few weeks. Their new album, The Huntress, arrived on 13th November. I had pre-ordered this back in March 2011 and so got a signed copy with a bonus CD. I love the album, but don't have any favourites yet; that will change as I continue
- [Musical Taste](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/15/musical-taste/) - My musical tastes have, like most people's, changed over the years. When I was at school, unlike most of the rest of the class, I enjoyed the classical music that was played to us and remember my first performance of Elgar's Enigma Variations at the Royal Albert Hall at the age of about 12. At
- [Joust 2006](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/15/joust-2006-2/) - There is only a week to go until this year's Joust at Berkeley Castle. We will probably be going on the Saturday 22nd July. We are looking forward to seeing the Mediaeval Baebes sing again; we'll try to catch both performances this time, the kids were too tied to see the second one last year.
- [Visit to Joust 2006](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/22/visit-to-joust-2006/) - We went to Joust 2006 at Berkeley Castle today. We left about half past seven and got there just as they were opening at ten. We did stop off at the Little Chef in Burford for a coffee before we got there, but after over 5 minutes of waiting to be seated, with the staff
- [Mediaeval Baebes anniversary DVD](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/04/09/mediaeval-baebes-anniversary-dvd/) - I have just ordered the Mediaeval Baebes 10th Anniversary DVD from their website. It should arrive sometime in July.
- [Joust 2005](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/07/31/joust2005/) - We visited Joust 2005 on Sunday. This was a Mediaeval themed event at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. The weather was not bad, it only tried to rain a couple of times during the day. One of these times was while watching the Mediaeval Baebes. I have uploaded some screen captures from the video I filmed.
- [Tweet: ‘I’ll be remembering the fallen at 11 o’clock #2Mi...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/11/tweet-ill-be-remembering-the-fallen-at-11-oclock-2mi/) - ‘I’ll be remembering the fallen at 11 o’clock #2MinuteSilence #LestWeForget thndr.it/Q6ttGM
- [Tweet: New blog post 'In Flanders Fields' http://t.co/m47...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/11/tweet-new-blog-post-in-flanders-fields-httpt-com47/) - New blog post 'In Flanders Fields' blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/11/in-…
- [Tweet: Shocking that no-one even reported the thefts. BBC...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/08/tweet-shocking-that-no-one-even-reported-the-thefts-bbc/) - Shocking that no-one even reported the thefts. BBC News - Avon and Somerset Police 'steal' bikes to test reaction bbc.in/YOtd0i
- [Tweet: I won’t forget to Remember on 11.11.11 #2MinuteSil...](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/11/05/tweet-i-wont-forget-to-remember-on-11-11-11-2minutesil/) - I won’t forget to Remember on 11.11.11 #2MinuteSilence Will You? thunderclap.it/projects/547-t…
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-09-30](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/09/30/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-09-30/) - Got a signed bookplate for The Black Prism, hope to get @brentweeks to sign The Blinding Knife on Thursday in Milton Keynes. # Have a look at John Ravenor's new RavBrass website http://t.co/PE9MIoDR Brass instrument repairs and restoration in Dunstable, Bedfordshire # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [New RavBrass website](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/09/24/new-ravbrass-website/) - I helped John Ravenor to get a new website http://ravbrass.com for his brass instrument repair and restoration business up today. It all started as I had to take A.'s Tenor Horn to John as the middle valve was stuck. It wasn't a quick fix and we got talking about websites. So anyway, the long and
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-09-23](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/09/23/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-09-23/) - Don't see that everyday. Someone juggling flaming torches in the school carpark over the road. Keeps dropping them. # Most TVs aren't set up correctly when they arrive - is your TV PicturePerfect? http://t.co/YnG41Kon #pictureperfect via @AVForums # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-09-16](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/09/16/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-09-16/) - The new @brentweeks book The Blinding Knife has arrived this morning, just starting it now. #readagoodbook # Just finished @brentweeks new book The Blinding Knife. Brilliant, thank you. Not fair that I read in a day that which took months to write. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-08-19](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/08/19/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-08-19/) - BBC News - One-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy 'an inspiration' http://t.co/UGDFBroY graduated from the Royal College of Music. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-08-12](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/08/12/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-08-12/) - The doubling of the @virginmedia broadband in my area was initially predicted for July 2012, now its Dec 2012 - Feb 2013. Let's see at xmas. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-08-05](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/08/05/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-08-05/) - I want the ability to predict the past. Have a look at O2’s insane bolt-ons at http://t.co/nOHUYLPo #predictthepast #insaneboltons # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-07-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-07-29/) - It seemed like a good idea this morning to go out on my bike. Then the rain came down. Cold and wet is not the best start to the day. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [Hallsannery 2012 day 1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/27/hallsannery-2012-day-1/) - We set off this morning for our family holiday in Devon. We were going to have a change this year, but when we got our Christmas card from Hallsannery, we found this would be the last year of the holiday cottages. Last night we fitted the roof bars, our new roof box and my cycle
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-07-22](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/22/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-07-22/) - A.'s year at school went to Gulliver's Land today. She didn't like going up on the log flume.. disliked so much she went on it 10 times :D # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-07-15](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/15/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-07-15/) - P. passed his new entry exam tonight at Sea Cadets and so will probably be enrolling in full uniform next week. # Replaced my tailgate struts. Wow, when it opens it takes no prisoners, mind your teeth. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [New website theme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/08/new-website-theme/) - After years of using the same or a variant of my Wordpress theme, it was time for a change. After getting my HTC phone I became aware how much of a pain it was to keep zooming in on websites that weren't designed for mobile phones, so mine had to be updated. I have selected
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-07-01](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/07/01/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-07-01/) - Happy Birthday to the Sea Cadet Corps, 156 today. http://t.co/5DwZunJa #SeaCadetsBirthday # Happy Birthday to the Sea Cadet Corps, 156 today. http://t.co/5DwZunJa #SeaCadetBirthday # Dirk Gently detective series dropped by BBC http://t.co/O8EiTauN. Not surprised numbers were down, 4 episode series and minimal advertising. # Tony Robinson has strong views about the British banking system and
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-06-24](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/06/24/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-06-24/) - Kids watching The Flumps. Haven't seen it in years. # Google marks Alan Turing's 100th birthday with interactive Doodle http://t.co/7NeHhRW7 # Added satnav gone stickers to my car windows http://t.co/rfGNMLy7 I always take the satnav with me, but am not likely to clean the screen. # Kids just finished a back to back Flumps session
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-06-17](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/06/17/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-06-17/) - 804,532 #fishfight supporters are watching you @RichardBenyonMP! Restore fish stocks & end discards @hughsfishfight @ClientEarth # So much good done by Argyll and Bute Council's ban - NeverSeconds school dinner blog donations double in a day http://t.co/Irc5vC1M # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-06-10](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/06/10/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-06-10/) - Just back from Dunstable Downs. Windy up there this afternoon; quite a few kites about. Going back later to see the beacon lit at 22:00. # Gazebo is totally trashed by the windy weather. Poles bent, connectors broken. Had to take it down before it put a pole through the window. # Yey, won on
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-06-03](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/06/03/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-06-03/) - A. will be taking part in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee events on Dunstable Downs on Monday with Dunstable Sea Cadets. She's really excited. # Collected A.'s boots for Sea Cadets from the Post Office this morning. I guess I'm bulling boots before she needs them on Monday. # Watching Bo Bruce on The Voice, singing
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-05-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/05/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-05-27/) - Back from my first practice with Dunstable Town 2nd Band. Scary stuff, I though I could read music, but it got better. # It must be summer, the swifts are back #rspb # Problems sending emails using ntlworld SMTP server, works if I change to the VirginMedia SMTP server. Forums full of people with the
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-05-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/05/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-05-20/) - BBC Young Musician 2012 Final - Charlotte Barbour-Condini - Recorder (Vi...: http://t.co/cbEew1mz via @youtube # BBC Young Musician 2012 Final Winner - Laura van der Heijden - Walton Ce...: http://t.co/8suikFh8 via @youtube # I missed a parcel from Interlink Express. Selected collect from depot but opening times on card and website differ. Time's going to
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-05-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/05/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-05-13/) - Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. Sign up for free! http://t.co/Th54kjf6 I got a bonus for uploading photos from phone # Some serious recorder playing. Got to get one. Ascanio Trombetti (1544-1590): Diligam te Domine [a6]: http://t.co/tc4HeTp6 via @youtube # BBC News - Booker T bassist Donald Dunn dies in Tokyo
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-05-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/05/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-05-06/) - The bees are dying. Tell @Bayer_sd @Tweet2Harvest to vote against their deadly pesticides! http://t.co/ONkKfl51 # Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th be with you # Just watched a frame of the snooker while waiting for The Voice to start. Haven't watched it for ages. # Dyn examines the truth behind the headlines regarding
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-29/) - Stop the Cuts in Funding to Music and Arts Services for Children - e-petitions http://t.co/a5HPZS4t # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-22](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/22/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-22/) - The Night Angel Trilogy Omnibus by @brentweeks is out now. RT for a chance to get it free. # That's P dropped off to do his swim test then sailing for the weekend with Dunstable Sea Cadets. It will be very quiet tomorrow. # P back from sailing at Thrapston. He loved it and got
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-15](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/15/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-15/) - Thanks to http://t.co/oqEZarXN I reverted to Tweetdeck 0.38.2 after I 'upgraded' to Twitter's new version. The new one just a branded beta. # Daughter just off to Brownie sleep over... don't imagine sleeping will occur very early tonight. # Replacement flap fitted to cat flap, only a little surgery with the Dremel needed to make
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-15](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/15/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-15-2/) - Thanks to http://t.co/oqEZarXN I reverted to Tweetdeck 0.38.2 after I 'upgraded' to Twitter's new version. The new one just a branded beta. # Daughter just off to Brownie sleep over... don't imagine sleeping will occur very early tonight. # Replacement flap fitted to cat flap, only a little surgery with the Dremel needed to make
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-08](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/08/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-08/) - Death of a legend. BBC News - Guitar amp pioneer Jim Marshall dies aged 88 http://t.co/c6CEzjsb # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-04-01](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/04/01/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-04-01/) - Scary, just filled my car up...with nearly £94 of petrol. Ouch #petrolprices # Back from a great evening at Ashton Middle School watching their It's Showtime! production. Well done everyone. # Chaos in Dunstable. 4 way lights at Frenches Avenue causing long tailbacks. People blocking junction at Brewer Hill lights. Just mad. # Sitting here
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-03-25](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/03/25/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-03-25/) - Check out where the @London2012 Olympic Flame is going! #london2012torchrelay http://t.co/S6LzjUsc Dunstable on 9th July starting 7:43 # Spring Concert for Dunstable Music Centre went really well this morning. Great meal at The Mulberry Bush in Dunstable afterwards. # Lets get some more SciFi back on the SyFy Channel. It's what was good about it,
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-03-18](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/03/18/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-03-18/) - Just reading about the threat of legal action against the The Hobbit pub in Southampton for copyright infringement #saveTheHobbit # Luton very busy this afternoon..on St Patricks Day. #shopping # Looking forward to seeing Phil Cunningham (@hielandcoo) and Aly Bain @StablesMK on Tuesday evening. # Jo's got a glass of Thatcher's Old Rascal dry cider.
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-03-11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/03/11/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-03-11/) - Timeslipping Dirk Gently on BBC 4. The pilot was brilliant. #dirkgently # Loving the Kenzi / Dyson swap #LostGirl # Looks like a serious accident. Westfield Road closed between Maidenbower and Ashcroft. Police and ambulance in attendance. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-03-04](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/03/04/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-03-04/) - Back from Dunstable Sea Cadets' awards evening. A great night and congratulations to all those winning awards. #seacadets # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-02-19](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/02/19/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-02-19/) - A Crown Imperilled, @refeist 's new book arrived today. Will be starting it later..or maybe now. The penultimate volume in the Riftwar Cycle # Came home to see a blackcap on the bird bath. Haven't seen one in the garden for about a year. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-02-12](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/02/12/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-02-12/) - Snow was starting to fall as I left Milton Keynes this evening. None here yet, but due later. # Listening to 'Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends' by Port Isaac's Fisherman's Fr... http://t.co/8jJc4PfV via @ # The birds have been busy. Have just filled up the bird feeders and melted the snow in the bird bath. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-02-05](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/02/05/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-02-05/) - Bryson Andres playing 21 Guns-electric violin: http://t.co/kVWvEByp via @youtube # Oh dear, the Twiglet Zone has been breached. # BBC News - Tiger bread renamed giraffe bread by Sainsbury's http://t.co/UKhNyddJ # Just back from Parent's evening. Brr it's cold out there. # Recorder group were a bit hyper this afternoon, like they all had a
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-29/) - Funding for Leighton Buzzard Music Centre. Town council recommends £5000 in recognition of valuable contribution. http://t.co/WOCBysKH # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-29-2/) - Funding for Leighton Buzzard Music Centre. Town council recommends £5000 in recognition of valuable contribution. http://t.co/WOCBysKH # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-22](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/22/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-22/) - Just had an email from Amazon letting me know that @refeist 's new book, A Crown Imperilled, will be due about 17th Feb, only 2 extra weeks. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-15](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/15/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-15/) - Grrrr ' I'm from the surveyor, just making sure the home owner has got all the grants for loft insulation ' So how isn't this cold calling? # Just back from Dunstable Sea Cadets, took my son there to see what it was like. He'll be back next week, wonder how long before I'm hooked.
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-08](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/08/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-08/) - BBC News - Police station thefts 'astonishing' http://t.co/DsORNgGi ... including a small fridge from Dunstable # BBC News - Schools kit 'scam could cost schools millions' http://t.co/imWK5fNf # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2012-01-01](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2012/01/01/my-tweets-for-the-week-2012-01-01/) - Not sure, but I think my Nikon Coolpix S9100 has died, at the grand age of 4 months. # Got the Irish Whiskey out, time for Irish Coffees. # BBC News - Australian crocodile Elvis steals lawnmower http://t.co/JiOf3Qzk # BBC News - Priests brawl in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity http://t.co/H6E3R3x4 # Wondering what has
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-12-25](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/12/25/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-12-25/) - Glayva and chocolate raisins, does it get any better? # Just checked the time, yep it's fine to open the After Eight mints. I think they'll go well with the Glayva...soon find out. # Just seen a builders van with an 0582 dialing code for its number. We changed to 01582 in 1995, must be
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-12-18](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/12/18/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-12-18/) - RT @paypaluk We have £20k in prizes up for grabs in our Wish Face comp. RT this to be in the draw for an iPad 2! http://t.co/QTB53Stf # Just watched BBC4's Scrapheap Orchestra. Brilliant. On iPlayer if you missed it http://t.co/R2UhYJSy # Just went over the road to the shop to get some milk. Brrr
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-12-11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/12/11/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-12-11/) - Still without internet after @virginmedia rang to say that the technician couldn't make today. Missing all the advent competitions # Cable modem replaced, existing router and wireless configuration transferred to new VirginMedia 'SuperHub' and we are all up and running. # Just off to Ashton Middle School Christmas concert at St Mary's Church in Dunstable.
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-12-04](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/12/04/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-12-04/) - Internet connect is back after another 7.5 hour outage. How long is this going to happen @VirginMedia ? Do I need to look for a reliable ISP # LOL 5 minutes on the phone to get through to @VirginMedia tech support. Finally 'All our operatives are busy. Thanks and goodbye.' Quality! # Following today's @VirginMedia
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-11-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/11/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-11-27/) - My @Virginmedia Internet connection now back after 6 hours out. Tried ringing - too busy to get through. This is getting very unreliable. # Like a bear with a sore head. I think I've cracked a filling and can't see the dentist until Wednesday evening. # Ah! My @VirginMedia Internet connection just came back after
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-11-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/11/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-11-20/) - Viola tuned and practice completed. Reminded me of 'How is lightning like a violist's fingers? Neither one strikes in the same place twice.' # A5 at night + rush hour + bicycle - lights = death wish #madness # Daughter's learning about Fair Trade in Brownies. Tonight they're tasting chocolate. It's a hard life! #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-11-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/11/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-11-13/) - Baritone and Tenor horn practice done for the evening. Went pretty well I think. # Jo and the kids just off to Ashton for their open evening. They're all playing in the orchestra/band tonight. # Remembered to collect the kids from school. Check. # Considered my options and the glass of red wine won. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-11-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/11/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-11-06/) - I just added a STING IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT PVG on my PayPal wishlist! http://t.co/xNaMyZrt # Dunstable High Street still closed for investigation following a lorry ramming police cars in traffic 5 hours ago http://t.co/CUKLXh3x # Ukulele signed by @TheUkes up for sale on Ebay, starting price £20 # I only went to get
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-10-30](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/10/30/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-10-30/) - BBC News - Switched at birth, then meeting aged 12 http://t.co/EmdgoK1W # Heard @EmilySmithmusic 's Come Home Pretty Bird on @BBCRadio2 this morning. Thanks Aled. # Just back from a meal out at the Paper Mill in Aspley, Hemel Hempstead. Good service and great food. A Fullers pub, so I had a London Pride. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-10-23](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/10/23/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-10-23/) - Spent about 20 minutes on Jo's smartphone to find VirginMedia's phone number, then the internet came back after being out for over 14 hours # Not a massive milestone, but my V70 clocked up 150,000 miles on the way home today. Highest mileage on my car. Best car ever. #volvoforlife # Looking forward to @EmilySmithMusic
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-10-16](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/10/16/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-10-16/) - Wow, that had to be the shortest Parent Evening I've ever been to. Less than 5 minutes from the time we walked through the door. All fine. # Back from recorders, still fairly confident that we'll do Little Drummer Boy for Christmas. I'll make up my mind after half term break. # Kids did an
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-10-09](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/10/09/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-10-09/) - RT @SyfyUK: @ijhedges We currently don't have any plans to show Sanctuary Season 4, but watch the Syfy skies and you never know! - Maybe ? # Just listening to Red Priest on their website http://t.co/qJeXlICA If I can ever play a fraction as well as Piers Adams, I'll be happy. # The Royal British
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-10-02](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/10/02/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-10-02/) - BBC News - Google helps put Dead Sea Scrolls online http://t.co/cYe5iaI6 # Just booked tickets for DAOS performance of Jesus Christ Superstar on 22nd October @Grovetheatre Dunstablehttp://bit.ly/nIRyZe # Soundpost fitted, now onto the bridge. # Bridge fitted, viola strung. It creaked and groaned as it came into tune. First notes...oooooh! It has volume and tone!
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-09-25](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/09/25/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-09-25/) - Transatlantic Sessions - Series 2 (complete) feat. John Martyn, Nan... by Musical Directors Aly Bain ...finally avail http://t.co/52OqoX0y # RT @AdobeSecurity: #Adobe #FlashPlayer #security update now available - see http://t.co/hB51NFjv for details - another update! # Frustrated that a website I have been trying to use all week still isn't working despite being told its
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-09-18](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/09/18/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-09-18-2/) - My 'Violin large size' from Ebay arrived today. It is a Stentor Elysia, just not a violin. I now have a 16 inch viola. Jo says it suits me. # Ordered Chinese takeaway from Tong Sam in Dunstable for Jo's birthday, should be here soon. Opening the wine now. # I think @NETGEAR is launching:
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-09-11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/09/11/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-09-11/) - Just realised the posts for the second half of our holiday are still in draft. Better release them now. # Daughter's so excited this morning. She's starting a new school and has been looking forward to it all summer. # Got a HB copy of the book 'The Marigold Line' by Charles Griffiths. Jo remembered
- [Tuned Waste Pipe in C](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/09/05/tuned-waste-pipe-in-c/) - A while back I started looking into how a recorder works and came across an article on the Physics of Music Instruments which explained the maths behind the hole sizes and positions. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to make my own recorder from scratch to prove I could. I could
- [Return to North Devon Part 14](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/11/return-to-north-devon-part-14/) - Unfortunately, the forecast was correct for this morning; we woke up to a wet day. By the afternoon, the weather had dried up a bit, so the kids and I went out on Hallsannery's nature trail. It was a bit a challenge in the cow field, where the cows had licked the signs off the
- [Return to North Devon Part 13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/10/return-to-north-devon-part-13/) - Today's plan was to return to Tunnel Beaches at Ilfracombe. The kids wanted to go rock pooling using the nets at the cottage. The tidal pool on the beach is visible from about 3 hours before low tide to 3 hours after. Low tide today was 10:08, so the pool would be there until about
- [Return to North Devon Part 12](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/09/return-to-north-devon-part-12/) - Today was lovely weather. After a slow start, the kids went out to play on the tennis court. We joined them after a bit and had a nice walk through the bamboo to get there. While we were playing a buzzard soared overhead and the swallows were ever present. The afternoon was much of the
- [Return to North Devon Part 11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/08/return-to-north-devon-part-11/) - Originally we were going to go cycling today, but when we got up it was very windy and overcast. We changed our plans and decided to go to Lynton and Lynmouth to see the cliff railway amongst other things. On the way we were going to stop at The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, for a
- [Return to North Devon Part 10](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/07/return-to-north-devon-part-10/) - Overslept this morning and was woken at about 7.30 to the sound of my car alarm. Had to rush upstairs for the keys to turn it off. Wide awake now! It was pouring down, so apart from the fact it was late, I wouldn't have gone out on the bike. We went out to The
- [Return to North Devon Part 9](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/06/return-to-north-devon-part-9/) - I went out on my bike again this morning. I rode down to Landcross and headed south towards Torrington. It was a more varied terrain than heading north; I think there were more uphills than downhill on the way south. After about 20 minutes, I turned round and came back. I stopped at Landcross bridge
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-09-04](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/09/04/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-09-04/) - 1999 Called, It Wants Its Morto Worm Back - http://t.co/XRVy5ll # Nikon’s Curious Policy on User Manuals Has Some Customers Grumbling http://t.co/T2X2g2S via @petapixel # FB RT: HOBGOBLIN - BRITISH BEER NEEDS YOU! it's getting chilly...might be time for a Hobgoblin Pie?!http://bit.ly/b4xir # Repadding a clarinet and instead of hot melt glue or shellac it
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-08-28](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/28/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-08-28/) - Went to the Ridgeback website to get my bike serial numbers, so that I could enter them in http://www.immobilise.com, to find they removed facility # Registering your bike on http://t.co/N8vWllh is easy, create an account, add an item, select "bicycle", then add serials etc - done thanks # My car went in to get the
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-08-21](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/21/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-08-21/) - Ebay have been playing again. Why can't they just leave what works alone. The new listings with tiny date and bid information are awful. # Trying out my new @NikonCoolpix S9100. Very pleased. Tried several including the Coolpix P300, but like the feel and speed of the S9100 best # Just caught up with Secrets
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-08-14](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/14/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-08-14/) - So sad to hear that 12th century Norman King in Dunstable was burnt down last night and that arson is suspected # The e-petition that 'Convicted London rioters should loose all benefits'. - http://t.co/NJHKSgA has nearly reached 100,000 votes # Its nice to go away on holiday, but its nice to have your own bed
- [Return to North Devon Part 8](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/05/return-to-north-devon-part-8/) - I was determined not to have another slow start today, so I was up before six and went out on my bike for a short ride to get the day going. I rode down to Landcross and joined the Tarka Trail and then rode up to the Torridge Bridge and back. Only about 6.5 miles,
- [Return to North Devon Part 7](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/04/return-to-north-devon-part-7/) - OK, this morning was a bad morning. Too much sun and not enough water yesterday took its toll. It took a lot of water and time to get going today. Lunch was bacon sandwiches. We finally got to eat at the Old Barn Inn in Bickington. When we ordered the food, we were told that
- [Return to North Devon Part 6](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/03/return-to-north-devon-part-6/) - Today was The North Devon Show. It was in Umberleigh, which is only 30 minutes or so from Hallsannery. The weather was expected to be good all day, so we set off about 9am. Traffic was good until we got close and then the last mile or two crawled through the country lanes. Organisation for
- [Return to North Devon Part 5](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/02/return-to-north-devon-part-5/) - Ate in at lunchtime and went into Barnstaple in the afternoon to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part2 at Scotts Cinema. We were in screen 2, which was a small screen, only about 75 seats, I was glad we had booked our seats online yesterday, as it was sold out. We all enjoyed
- [Return to North Devon Part 4](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/08/01/return-to-north-devon-part-4/) - It was raining most of today, which was a shame. We had to go out to get some food this morning and though we had a break in the weather. While we were out I had a look for cameras. I had been contemplating getting a cheap compact camera as an alternate to taking my
- [Return to North Devon Part 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/31/return-to-north-devon-part-3/) - OK, there's a pattern forming here. It was another slow start and about 10:30 we ate yesterday's flapjacks. We then loaded the bikes onto the car and set out south to Great Torrington. We parked in the Tarka Trail carpark next to The Puffing Billy and then headed south towards East Yarde where we knew
- [Return to North Devon Part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/30/return-to-north-devon-part-2/) - It was definitely a slow start today. We headed out to Bideford around lunchtime and after looking around the farmer's market, we had hot dogs and cheese and bacon burgers from The Devon Food Company. The best burger I think I've ever had. We bought some honey and sunflower flapjacks from The Bee Team and
- [Return to North Devon Part 1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/29/return-to-north-devon-part-1/) - Having liked it so much last year, we booked to go back to Hallsannery for a couple of weeks this year. Our plan was to leave about 8am, but in the end we got away about 9:15am. Travelling along the M25, the engine coolant light started to flick on and off, but after stopping at
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-07-24](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/24/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-07-24/) - Had a great time at Watling Lower School Summer Fair this afternoon. We went to promote Dunstable Music Centre and got a lot of interest. # Just had to take a photo of Jo with her phone for her Facebook account. All the thousands of photos I've taken and not one decent one :( #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-07-17](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/17/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-07-17/) - RT @classicfm: Apparently someone in the UK has won the EuroMillions and got £166m all to themselves! Is it you?! - I hope its me!!! # Are there any surprises left to come in #Torchwood after the massive selection of future clips? What a way to ruin a great series! # Off to school for
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-07-10](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/10/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-07-10/) - British Gas 'not' cold calling trying to convince me to change my energy supplier. What's the point of 'no cold calling zones' in Dunstable? # Dunstable traffic busy today. Over 10 minutes to get from Thorn turn to Brewers Hill Road. # BBC News - Energy supplier SSE suspends all UK doorstep sales http://t.co/7KzwwXp #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-07-03](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/07/03/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-07-03/) - There's a storm coming. No rain yet, but I can hear the thunder. Hot already. # Back from the chiropractor. I went to see Trevor Killick http://bit.ly/jrbg7K in Milton Keynes tonight about my back. Back in alignment now. # Holiday day today due to the teacher's strike. They need to get real. Private sector workers
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-06-26](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/06/26/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-06-26/) - Car has a puncture this morning. I can't shift the wheel nuts, so am now waiting for the AA. Not the best start to the week. # LulzSec disavows alleged Census hack http://t.co/LBj5kk6 via @regvulture # Google bypasses admin controls with latest Chrome IE http://t.co/Tz8lF8q via @regvulture # Not cold calling - just going door
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-06-19](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/06/19/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-06-19/) - It must be summer, the swifts are back. Just noticed them swooping and screeching around the gardens. #rspb # Just entered the swifts I saw into the #RSPB swift sightings inventory http://bit.ly/kwy305 I hadn't realised they were declining #swifts # Replacement printhead for my Dell P713W arrived today. Fitted and its working again. Yippee! I
- [Relaunch of the music service](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/06/18/relaunch-of-the-music-service/) - I've missed the boat here! I missed Central Bedfordshire Council's announcement regarding the re-launch of the music service, Creative thinking to maintain creative services, which was released on 6th June. On 2nd June, Jo and I attended another stakeholder meeting, held by Central Bedfordshire Council at their offices in Chicksands. The tone of the meeting
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-06-12](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/06/12/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-06-12/) - Mal's Funeral Shirt http://t.co/LDElyON along with many other props and costumes from #Serenity Shiney. @NathanFillion #cantstopthesignal # Happy #WorldIPv6Day http://bit.ly/hxi4pf #IPv6 Trials today by Google, Facebook, YouTube, Cisco and many others. # Car alarm kept going off. Just let a moth out of the car. Wasn't expecting that. # Print head on my Dell P713W
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-06-05](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/06/05/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-06-05/) - Had a very positive meeting tonight at Central Bedfordshire Council about the future of the music service. Talking about the way ahead. # Back from an excellent meal at Graziano's Italian restaurant in Dunstable. Highly recommended. # Big push to get people to abandon older browser versions. http://bbc.in/jUqd8A Been using Firefox 4 for a while
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-05-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-05-29/) - I don't believe CBC. They have sent us the invoice for my daughter's violin lessons that we canceled at the end of March. How many others? # RT @SyfyUK: Here's an article from our newest blogger that lists ten shows that were axed before their time - http://bit.ly/lJNKfD - V gone # 1911 census online
- [More on the cancellation of music tuition lessons](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/24/more-on-the-cancellation-of-music-tuition-lessons/) - The fiasco that is the fees rises for Central Bedfordshire Music Service continues. Yesterday, we received an invoice for this term for both my son and daughter's violin lessons. We had cancelled my daughter's lessons at the end of March by email and gave notice that we were cancelling all use of the service at
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-05-22](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/22/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-05-22/) - From Aikdo Journal yesterday Koichi Tohei Sensei passes at age 91 http://bit.ly/leNFim # From Aikido Journal on Wednesday, Passing of Seiseki Abe Sensei on May 18 http://bit.ly/mFE2X7 # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-05-15](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/15/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-05-15/) - Just looking at the website opposing the housing development in north-west Dunstable http://bit.ly/mFhhjs # I fought the elder in the back garden and I think I won this round. Let's see which re-groups first. # Received an invitation to the next partnership event to discuss the future of Central Bedfordshire Music Service at the beginning
- [Reduction in numbers for musical instrument tuition](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/13/reduction-in-numbers-for-musical-instrument-tuition/) - From the spring term to the summer term, following the fee rise, 40% of those taking musical instrument tuition with Bedfordshire Music Service have cancelled their lessons. This isn't as high a number as I was expecting, however many people may be doing the same as us, seeing it through to the end of the
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-05-08](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/08/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-05-08/) - Showing the kids Playaway earlier and found a young Tony Robinson http://t.co/pQUpJur via @youtube # My nose started streaming when I got to work and has been all day. Stopped when I got home. Maybe I'm suffering #hayfever or #allergictowork # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [Stakeholder meeting regarding music service](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/07/stakeholder-meeting-regarding-music-service/) - I was reading the minutes of the CHILDREN'S SERVICES OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE that took place on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 10.00 a.m. and was interested to read about the stakeholder meeting that took place on 22nd March at Dunstable Fire Station. From the minutes: The Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services provided the Committee with
- [New term at Dunstable Music Centre](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/07/new-term-at-dunstable-music-centre/) - The new term started this morning at Dunstable Music Centre and as expected following the fee rises, the numbers were reduced. The first day back is always a bit down on normal, so next week will really tell the impact of the rises, but based on today, I would say we were about 30% down.
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-05-01](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/01/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-05-01/) - Picked up a 1st edition of @refeist 's Faerie Tale yesterday. That gives me 1st editions of all except Magician. Brilliant. # Watching the #royalwedding coverage on the BBC # Unable to log into @1and1 control panel at the moment, 500 Internal Server Error. First real problem with their hosting for years. # Powered by
- [Proxy server](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/05/01/proxy-server/) - Better late than never, this post has sat in draft for a nearly three months. I had a laptop running Ubuntu acting as a proxy server to filter all the kids' internet traffic and decided back in February that it was getting a bit long in the tooth. It was a Compaq M700 laptop, with
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-04-24](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/04/24/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-04-24/) - Elizabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures died yesterday aged 63 http://bbc.in/fUfcQg # Marriage Indexes free to search on Ancestry, 21-30 April 2011 http://bit.ly/g687Wm # Must change my mobile ringtone to one I know. Woke Jo up earlier telling her that her phone was ringing and it
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-04-17](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/04/17/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-04-17/) - Home made sultana scones and choc chip fairy cakes. @AnotherJoUK has been busy this afternoon. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-04-10](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/04/10/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-04-10/) - Just applied to CBC under the Freedom of Information act for the number of people dropping instrument lessons due to the massive fees rises # Cancellation of orchestra and band summer courses http://bit.ly/dUPofv as a result of the disaggegation of Bedfordshire Music service. # Just back from a quick cycle down Green Lanes in Dunstable.
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-04-03](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/04/03/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-04-03/) - Uproar in Belgium village as war memorial relocated - http://bbc.in/fyY66q # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-03-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-03-27/) - End of term concert at Dunstable Music Centre on Saturday morning. http://http://bit.ly/h53lzm Looks like the weather will be good. # Found one of my posts about Bedfordshire Music Service was linked to in a Guardian article yesterday http://t.co/BlInVu5 # Canceled all our music from Central Bedfordshire from the end of the Summer Term. Hope by
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-03-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-03-20/) - I've set up a website to keep everyone up to date with the latest news about Dunstable Music Centre http://www.dunstablemusiccentre.co.uk # RT @Drakeproperty: Dunstable - Eight Bells, 121 Westfield Road, Beds, LU6 1DP - http://eepurl.com/cY2u6 - Hmm, looks like the local is going # Waiting for npower to visit for annual boiler service and safety
- [Update on the future of Central Bedfordshire Music Service](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/15/update-on-the-future-of-central-bedfordshire-music-service/) - Imagine you take over a company making widgets. The typical market price for widgets is £50. You have many customers who buy a widget every few months at your selling price of £40. The problem is it is costing you £65 to make your widgets. After a business review, you decide to increase your selling
- [npower hometeam 50 boiler care flexi](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/17/npower-hometeam-50-boiler-care-flexi/) - Just over a month ago, we signed up to npower's 'hometeam 50 boiler care flexi' boiler and central heating cover for £15 a month. Within a few days, they contacted me to arrange the initial inspection and today was the day agreed. The engineer turned up and I showed him into the living room. He
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-03-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-03-13/) - BBC News - ZX81: Small black box of computing desire http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12703674 - my first computer with the 16k RAM pack # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [Update on Dunstable Music Centre](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/13/update-on-dunstable-music-centre/) - It's now looking like the plan is to close the music centres, probably at the end of the summer term. Jo and I hope to find out more on Tuesday evening; we have been invited to attend a meeting as parent stakeholders. I have put up a new website, http://www.dunstablemusiccentre.co.uk, with the intention of keeping
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-03-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-03-06/) - Brr, just re-lit the boiler. Realised it was out when I started getting cold. # Going back to playing trumpet at Dunstable Music Centre on Saturday, so given it a clean and practice. My lips ache now, must practice often # New Raymond E. Feist book "A Kingdom Besieged" arrived today, already started reading and
- [The destruction of Bedfordshire Music Service](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/03/06/the-destruction-of-bedfordshire-music-service/) - Back in November, Central Bedfordshire Council announced plans to cut funding to the Bedfordshire Music Service. Bedfordshire Music is the principal provider of instrumental education and musical enrichment opportunities in the county of Bedfordshire. Their Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on 23rd November 2010 and recommended that any decision about the service should be deferred
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-02-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/02/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-02-27/) - BBC News - Broadband speed mapped for BBC Look East research http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12430744 - I measured mine at 10.2Mbps # Fowarded The Spoon Theory today. Came across this a while back http://bit.ly/cFcl0l #spoonie # Email from Amazon.co.uk, my Raymond E. Feist "A Kingdom Besieged" order is due 4th March. Sadly Ray will not be touring UK
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-02-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/02/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-02-20/) - Looking in the garden, only the top of the non squirrel-proof nut feeder is still hanging up. I guess its broken, I'll look for it later. # Off now to @StablesMK to see @EmilySmithmusic and @JamieMcclennan in about an hour. Got front row seats and looking forward to it. # Back from @EmilySmithmusic @StablesMK Brilliant
- [Mediaeval 'Baeby'](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/09/mediaeval-baeby/) - Katharine Blake the musical director and one of the founder members of the Mediaeval Baebes, gave birth to a daughter Ava Sophie yesterday. Both mother and baby are well. We will be seeing the Mediaeval Baebes later in the year at Joust 2007. The Joust is is on the last 2 weekends of July at
- [The Geek "Must Do Before You Die" Checklist](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/09/21/the-geek-“must-do-before-you-die”-checklist/) - Vijay (Scanman) tweeted 'The Geek "Must Do Before You Die" Checklist' this morning. Done # Item Web Reference 1. Add a Third Monitor http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/17960-13-adding-monitor 2. Build a Linux Firewall http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1524 3. Build a Network File Server http://dailycupoftech.com/howto-install-freenas/ x 4. Build a PC http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/ 5. Build a Robot http://www.hiskey.us/PhysicalComputing/Week10.aspx x 6. Build an HTML based Website
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-02-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/02/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-02-13/) - Just reading an aikido blog that I came across from an article on Aikido Journal, AikiThoughts http://bit.ly/hFRmEf lots of good posts. # Only a few more days until we see @TheUkes @StablesMK on Saturday night # Nikkyo and Focus: http://t.co/Bm1s11g # Wow, someone must be talking about me, my ears are glowing; I'd give Rudolph's nose
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-02-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/02/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-02-06/) - Weird, just sorting out my son's tooth for the tooth fairy tonight and realised it has split in half. Never seen that before. # I guess in Winnie the Pooh terms, today is 'A Blustery Day' # Zenith Staybright going door to door in our no cold calling zone offering quotes for doors and windows.
- [Missing Posts](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/26/missing-posts/) - OK, I've just realised that it is nearly a month since I have posted anything here. I don't know where the time has gone. So, it looks like I'd better add a couple of past entries for September.
- [Gingerbread](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/31/gingerbread/) - Just got Mum's gingerbread recipe. Will have to make some soon, I'll add some photos then (providing I don't eat it all first). Need – 12” x 8” x 2 ½” deep straight-sided tin, which needs to be well greased and lined with greased paper. - Large mixing bowl. 1lb. S.R. Flour 4 teasp. Ground
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-01-30](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/30/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-01-30/) - Brrr, boiler had gone out today, so house is a bit chilly! Time for a hot mug of coffee. # BBC News - George Osborne considering axing planned fuel duty rise http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12296633. -Good, last tank cost £78 # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-01-23](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/23/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-01-23/) - New album Traiveller's Joy from @EmilySmithmusic arrived today. Listening now. 3.5 weeks till we see her and @JamieMcclennan @StablesMK # Just reading a letter about the future of Bedfordshire Music Service http://bit.ly/fVtbgq # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-01-16](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/16/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-01-16/) - Just confirmed some family tree information http://bit.ly/gceC1e Finally getting somewhere with tracking down my gt grandfather. #genealogy # Hugh's Fish Fight - Thank you http://t.co/KUTnOhv via @hughsfishfight # Found him! I have found my grt grandfather in the 1871 Census at 2 Orcus Street in Marylebone, London. I searched the census page by page. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-01-09](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/09/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-01-09/) - I thought we were supposed to have a frost last night; it looks like about 1 mm of snow to me. Nothing serious. # I joined twitter 964 days ago - http://whendidyoujointwitter.com ? #wdyjt # I tweet on average once every 2 days - http://HowOftenDoYouTweet.com ? #howoften # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [Resolving my Wordpress backup problem](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/09/resolving-my-wordpress-backup-problem/) - I have been using Austin Matzko's WordPress Database Backup plugin from shortly after I moved to Wordpress about 3 years ago. Until the last week, it has been working perfectly on all my blogs where I use it. I have it set to email me daily the backup of my wordpress tables for each blog.
- [My Tweets for the week 2011-01-02](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2011/01/02/my-tweets-for-the-week-2011-01-02/) - Saw on an TV advert for Genes Reunited they were searching the 1911 Census. Ancestry also have the summary books and working on the census. # Watching Hogmany Live on BBC 1 Scotland to see the new year in. Glass of @glayvaliqueur is slowly disappearing. # Happy New Year everyone, may it be a great
- [Expanding the family](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/31/expanding-the-family/) - No, not that one...we've been here before (Introducing the family). Anyway it's over two years since I introduced my family of recorders and it has expanded considerably since then, courtesy of Ebay. I now have a couple of Moeck Tuju trebles, several Moeck Tuju descants and a Moeck Rottenburg tenor. Back in September I added
- [Mythtv - Saving recordings to DVD](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/30/mythtv-saving-recordings-to-dvd/) - Mum was away over Christmas, so I recorded a couple of programs for her. This then provided the next challenge with Mythtv, how to get a recording onto a DVD in a playable format. Mythtv has an archive utility, so here's what I did. On the main menu, select Optical Discs, Archive files. The first
- [Mythtv - Getting rid of the annoying blue line](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/30/mythtv-getting-rid-of-the-annoying-blue-line/) - When I first built the system, I had a problem with an annoying blue line above the picture during playback. I searched for the problem and found a command to change the colour of the line to black, xvattr -a XV_COLORKEY -v 0 I added this to one of the mythtv startup files, but during
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-12-26](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/26/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-12-26/) - Finished at work until the new year, cleared the path of snow. Time for a coffee. # I see from NORAD tracks Santa http://bit.ly/5NKjLu that he has already visited New Zealand, only 12 more hours until he gets to the UK. # Mince pie and carrot are out. Better get to bed, 'cause Santa's due
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-12-19](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/19/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-12-19/) - Just back from Watling Lower School Governor's Merit assembly. My recorder groups played really well; Year 2 have only been playing one term # Still snowing in Dunstable, only light 1/10 #uksnow A couple of mm settled on the road at the moment. # Snowing again in Dunstable. Great, onto frozen roads, that'll be fun.
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-12-12](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/12/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-12-12/) - Watched the video of @EmilySmithmusic 's song 'Still We Dance On' on her YouTube channel http://bit.ly/gggA6Q Looking forward to the album. # Just found on the @glayvaliqueur Facebook page that they are giving a bottle of Glayva to the first 2000 who liked the page. Result! # OK, I'm easily lead. After posting about @glayvaliqueur
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-12-05](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/12/05/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-12-05/) - Woke up to light snow in Dunstable. About half inch on the ground. 1/10 #uksnow # Saw a red kite over the A5 just south of Hockliffe on my way home today. I can't ever remember seeing one this far over before. # Back from @grovetheatre where we saw the Phoenix Chorus http://bit.ly/ehZJYK Our son
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-11-28](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/11/28/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-11-28/) - Light snow started in Dunstable 1/10 #uksnow # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-11-14](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/11/14/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-11-14/) - Support The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal - add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://twb.ly/9Ld4nx # Result! Just booked seats 1 & 2 in the front row @StablesMK to see @emilysmithmusic (and @jamiemcclennan) in February. # Another set of front row seats @StablesMK to see the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain @theUkes in
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-11-07](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/11/07/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-11-07/) - Not good news for Dunstable Music Center. http://bit.ly/agQzZ4 Central Bedfordshire Coucil intend to cut funding to their music service. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-10-31](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/10/31/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-10-31/) - Stopped of at Sweet Station in Dunstable this afternoon. Humbugs, Barley Sugars, Sherbet Lemons, Butterscotch. Ah memories. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-10-24](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/10/24/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-10-24/) - We're off to @grovetheatre in Dunstable this afternoon to see Beauty and the Beast. Final performance tonight. # Just back from @grovetheatre where we saw Beauty and the Beast. It was brilliant. Congratulations to all at DAOS for the production. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-10-10](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/10/10/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-10-10/) - Planning to watch the new series of The Apprentice tonight. # Dan sit properly #apprentice Love the boardroom # I think Dan's for the chop in #apprentice # What did Dan do in the #apprentice oh yes he 'managed' the team # Dan you're fired #apprentice # Wanna buy some sausages #apprentice Door to door
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-10-03](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/10/03/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-10-03/) - Just collected daughter from Brownies, where they were face painted as clowns. She was very pink and blue. # You know they mean it when the email starts 'Dear Personalised,' #fail # Railway bridge in Dunstable comes down this weekend for Luton's Busway. This will be the most interest in busway from anyone in Dunstable.
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-09-26](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/09/26/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-09-26/) - Just finished looking at the draft Dunstable Master Plan. http://bit.ly/bke4xN A bold plan, that would have a major impact if implimented. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-09-19](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/09/19/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-09-19/) - Is there any comparison between the Nazi and French roundups? The French aren't using gas chambers http://bit.ly/bf7YgV # Not sure if its just me, but it feels like its getting cold tonight. OK, just checked, the central heating agrees, it has just come on. # Just updated my Avast AV software so that it talks
- [Replacing my DVD recorder](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/09/12/replacing-my-dvd-recorder/) - My DVD recorder that I have had for about 3 and a half years has been causing us a few problems when recording Freeview channels. We were getting breakthrough on the audio from the cable connection on the other Scart socket. This would get very distracting when watching a recording as there was this quiet,
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-08-29](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/08/29/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-08-29/) - Brent Weeks' new book The Black Prism arrived today. Got to return for replacement, damaged before packing. Have to wait to read it. # Duck flew in our neighbour's window a while ago. We now have a duck in a cat carrier, rang the RSPCA for advice as it has an injured leg. # We
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-08-22](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/08/22/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-08-22/) - National Archives make Victorian workhouse records available online http://bit.ly/ds44s6. I'll have to explore the lists some time soon. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 7](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/30/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-7/) - Last full day here today. Jo's thumb is getting better, she was able to take the strapping off and leave it off this morning. We headed off to Ilfracombe this morning about 10. It was a late start this morning; everyone except me slept in. We got parked at about 11:15, but the ticket machine
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 5](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/28/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-5/) - We had been keeping an eye on the weather for today, with the intention of heading to Dartmoor. When we got up today we checked again and it was looking good, so we took a chance, packed up and headed south. We had checked our route on the RAC website and written down the route,
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 4](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/27/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-4/) - It was a slow start this morning. Couple of spots of rain while we were having breakfast. We headed into Barnstaple this morning as we needed to get a memory card reader for Jo's camera. Mine and the kids all take SD cards, but Jo's uses xD cards. I had grabbed my SD card reader,
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-08-01](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/08/01/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-08-01/) - Got my music theory exam results just before holiday. My son got a distinction for grade 2, and I got a distinction for grade 1 (100%) # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/26/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-3/) - Today was a more energetic day. As it was expected to be a dry day, we took the bikes out for the day. We left the cottage at about 9:45 and cycled (or rather coasted) down the driveway to the main road. In relays, I then got the kids and their bikes across the road
- [North Devon holiday 2010 part 1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/24/north-devon-holiday-2010-part-1/) - Unlike the last couple of years, we weren't going to Centre Parcs this year. Much as we enjoyed it, it was time for a change. We decided the look for somewhere in Devon that we could take the bike to. After some internet searching, Jo found a place called Hallsanney Cottages. It seemed just right.
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-07-11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/11/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-07-11/) - Got my grade 1 ABRSM descant recorder exam later this morning. I'm as prepared as I can be, but I still feel nervous. All be over in 2 hours # Oh well, exam didn't go too bad, I think. Missed a couple of notes and played the c#s as c natural in the sight reading.
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-07-04](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/07/04/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-07-04/) - Back from a sunny day with the bikes at Marston Mortaine. # RT @petapixel: SLR lens mount identification guide: http://j.mp/an14Ep # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-06-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/06/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-06-27/) - Just back from Bedfordshire Music's Fiddle Fiesta at Ashton Middle School. Our daughter played in 3rd violins and son lead the 2nd violins. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-06-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/06/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-06-20/) - Sat my ABRSM Music Theory grade 1 exam this morning. Think it went OK. My son sat his grade 2. Have to wait a few weeks to get the results. # Exploring PC based solution using MythTV as a replacement for our DVD recorder. Looking good. It might replace our media player as well. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-06-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/06/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-06-13/) - My Arriva 69 bus was 13 minutes early this morning. It passed me as I was waiting to cross the road. No wonder I don't use public transport! # I walked into Dunstable town centre to catch the Arriva 69 that had passed me and got on it the same time it should have arrived
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-06-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/06/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-06-06/) - Traveled by bus today for the first time in years. Glad I got to the bus stop in plenty of time, it was 5 minutes early. Only 40 min journey # Hot and busy out there in Dunstable this evening. While on the bus, Bomb Disposal team with sirens headed northbound through the traffic. #
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-05-30](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/05/30/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-05-30/) - A5 in Dunstable crawling southbound from the cutting. Northbound solid from Thorn turn to Hockliffe. # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-05-23](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/05/23/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-05-23/) - Just seen the Anchor butter ad. Guns N Roses Paradise City country and western style... that's just wrong, so wrong # The swifts are back for the summer. About a dozen of them screeching overhead at the moment. # Ninjas interrupt mugging in Sydney http://bit.ly/diU5En # Wasn't expecting that end to Ashes to Ashes. It
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-05-16](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/05/16/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-05-16/) - RT @libdems: IN FULL: The coalition agreement between @LibDems and @Conservatives in full: http://j.mp/CoalitionAgreement. - Liking this! # I have a good feeling about this coalition. I believe it can work in the best interest of the country. #iagreewithnick #iagreewithdave # Internet is very slow at the moment, some sites and twitter working. # Red
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-05-09](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/05/09/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-05-09/) - Off to Aldbury May Fair this afternoon. Hope the weather holds. # That's it, my vote is cast in the #ukelection Now we wait to see what tommorow brings. Hopefully a real change. #iagreewithnick # Just watched Ashes to Ashes. 2 part finale next week. What will we watch on a Friday when its all
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-05-02](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/05/02/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-05-02/) - I've just registered my opinion for my constituency for #ge2010 at http://www.twitVoteUK.org.uk, why don't you? #twitVoteUK #leadersdebate # I wonder if this means that Twitter users are more likely to vote Lib Dem? #ge2010 at http://bit.ly/aXemwi #twitVoteUK #leadersdebate # Mmm Gingerbread. Went round Mum's this afternoon and came back with a plate of home made
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-04-25](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/04/25/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-04-25/) - We have to accept we aren't an Empire anymore. We aren't a massive power, why do we need a nuclear deterant? #LeadersDebate # Does it matter if it's our nuke or a Russian nuke or an American that strikes back. If we've been hit does it matter. #LeadersDebate # Sounds like we're on a re-run
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-04-18](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/04/18/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-04-18/) - I just saved £439.75 on my utility bills with http://www.uswitch.com #uswitch #savings # Having watched the #leaderdebate on ITV, I'd say that Nick Clegg came out best # RT @BoingBoing: UK LibDems pledge to repeal the Digital Economy Bill http://bit.ly/dkTKQO #gonick #iagreewithnick # Poll of Polls shows Tories 37% (285 seats), Labour 31% (278 seats),
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-04-11](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/04/11/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-04-11/) - Great! Summons for jury service arrived today. I guess it must have been about 9 years since I last served. # Beware of the cat! http://bit.ly/dcUARn # RT @jamiemcclennan: great to be watching Ashes to Ashes again! - loved Gene Hunt as Billy Joel # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-04-04](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/04/04/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-04-04/) - Off to the school this morning. Governors' Merit Assembly today and the recorder group I run is playing. I feel more nervous than the kids! # Watching Ali Bain & Phil Cunningham at The Stables MK # Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham at the Stable MK were great this evening. http://bit.ly/cA2aQm Had only seen them
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-03-14](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/03/14/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-03-14/) - V slow into Hocklife. Q to Heath and Reach # Roadworks on A5 in Hockliffe. Long queues # At Red Priest concert in MK @StablesMK. Great # Back from The Stables MK. Red Priest were brilliant. After watching Piers, I feel like a complete beginner. Oh well, keep practicing. # Last practice at Dunstable Music
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-03-28](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/03/28/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-03-28/) - Oh boy!. It's raining in Dunstable. Lightning not far away # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-03-21](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/03/21/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-03-21/) - On train to London to go to Royal Albert Hall # In the dry at the Royal Albert Hall # Just had a great risotto at Sole Luna S. Kensington # Waited 20 mins for train doors to open then 16 min delay # Thanks London Midland. Just opened the doors on the 20.34, 16
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-03-07](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/03/07/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-03-07/) - @EleLucy Also used to go to the 'sheaf in late 80s early 90s. Lost touch with all the old crowd. Hadn't really thought about until now. in reply to EleLucy # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [Increasing my broadband speed](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/03/06/increasing-my-broadband-speed/) - I was looking on the VirginMedia website to find the cost of adding Caller ID to my telephone line and noticed that the prices they were quoting for 10MB broadband were £12.50, half the price I was paying. So I rang them up and renegotiated my package. I have upgraded my broadband to a 20MB
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-02-28](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/02/28/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-02-28/) - Another snowy morning. Half inch or so of snow on the ground and still falling. 1/10 LU6 #uksnow # Getting a bit heavier, snow is steady now 3/10 LU6 #uksnow # Ewwww. Our cat is lazy. Rather than go out to her bowl for a drink, she stuck her head in my glass and helped
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-02-21](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/02/21/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-02-21/) - Sad day today. At lunchtime we had to have the younger of our two cats put to sleep. She was 13 years old. We still have her mother. # Ah! snow again. Woke up to light snow in Dunstable this morning. A dusting on the cars and the road. Bound to be chaos. #uksnow 1/10
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-02-14](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/02/14/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-02-14/) - Watching a collared dove eating nyjer seeds from the feeder. I thought only goldfinches and alike ate it! # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-02-07](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/02/07/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-02-07/) - Playing swordplay on Wii Sports resort...must remember to breathe # OK, that's got to tell me my wife is tired. She just fell asleep sitting next to me while I was playing my trumpet without the practice mute # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-01-31](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/01/31/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-01-31/) - Feed Informer who provide the combined RSS feed that I embed on my website homepage are not encoding the & causing validation to fail :( # @jamiemcclennan so you're not missing the cold weather over here then? Hope the tour goes well in reply to jamiemcclennan # Feed Informer http://bit.ly/9gVLoI have fixed the validation problem
- [Emily Smith and Jamie McClennan](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/05/emily-smith-and-jamie-mcclennan/) - The Sunday following our trip to Classical Spectacular, we headed up to The Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes to see Emily Smith in concert. I hadn't really heard of Emily Smith before September. The brochure from The Stables arrived and I was looking through it to see who was on and the write up caught
- [My Tweets for the week 2009-12-27](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/27/my-tweets-for-the-week-2009-12-27/) - Snowing in Dunstable and MK, took 1.75 hr to drive back from shopping in MK. Light but constant #uksnow 5/10 LU6 # Tried to upgrade test blog to Wordpress 2.9. Needs MySQL 4.1.2; my hosting isn't that version yet. Can take to 5 but check all apps work 1st # Ford has agreed the terms
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-01-23](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/01/23/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-01-23/) - 3 emails in 3 weeks from Find My Past trying to get me to re-subscribe. Wonder how many they lost over the 1911 Census http://bit.ly/6yruxx # @piperoflove Nice header image in reply to piperoflove # It's going to be a busy month musically in March. Just found out Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham are playing
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-01-16](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/01/16/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-01-16/) - Snowing in Dunstable again. I wonder if this is start of the heavy snnow we're due #uksnow LU6 1/10 # While playing in my new treble recorder, my daughter said she could play the tune. She plays descant and now apparently treble as well. # Doh! Forgot to get more milk yesterday and forget to
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-01-09](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/01/09/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-01-09/) - @WesWyatt If you use Feedburner for your feeds then Feedsmith by Feedburner http://bit.ly/A1Q1T #BestWPPlugins # @WesWyatt Google XML Sitemaps http://bit.ly/15XB4 #BestWPPlugins # @WesWyatt Subscribe to Comments http://bit.ly/14bni #BestWPPlugins # @WesWyatt Twitter Tools http://bit.ly/bt6GV #BestWPPlugins # @WesWyatt For making your blog accessible from mobile browsers Wordpress Mobile Edition http://bit.ly/bQycZ #BestWPPlugins # Snowing in Dunstable #uksnow LU6
- [My Tweets for the week 2010-01-02](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2010/01/02/my-tweets-for-the-week-2010-01-02/) - Just got some more Twiglets for the kids. I entered the Twiglet zone last night and none survived. # @jamiemcclennan Enjoy and have a great new year in reply to jamiemcclennan # Irish coffee in hand, glass of Glen Morangie poured. Watching Hogmany Live on Virgin 862. Ready to see new year in. # Happy
- [Upgrading to Wordpress 2.9](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/31/upgrading-to-wordpress-2-9/) - Like a lot of other people, I came across a problem when trying to automatically upgrade my blogs to Wordpress 2.9. My web host is 1and1 and the database that I had my blog in was a MySQL 4 database, specifically 4.0.27. The problem is, Wordpress 2.9 needs 4.1.2 or 5 (I know its in
- [My Tweets for the week 2009-12-20](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/20/my-tweets-for-the-week-2009-12-20/) - Back from the Governors' Merit Assembly this morning. The recorder group that I run on a Friday played really well. Their effort payed off. # It was frosty out this morning when I looked at 6:00am. Sometime since it has snowed in Dunstable, only a light dusting. # @gvvaughan Didn't last long then it melted.
- [My Tweets for the week 2009-12-13](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/13/my-tweets-for-the-week-2009-12-13/) - Did a spot of shopping in Dunstable this afternoon. Jericco Designs, the jewellery shop on West St. http://bit.ly/8aK0hd is worth a visit # Oops, actually the jewellery shop on West St, Dunstable is To Have & To Hold, their website is Jericco Designs http://bit.ly/8aK0hd # Powered by Twitter Tools
- [My Tweets for the week 2009-12-06](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/06/my-tweets-for-the-week-2009-12-06/) - This year's Music Centre Christmas meal and singsong on Sat. has just been cancelled ;( There weren't enough of us that could make the date. # RT @makedaisychains: Katharine Blake & new recorder..! http://bit.ly/6XLh5T # RT @DLDUNSTABLEDIE: Christmas Tree Carols and Torchlight procession at The Square by Methodist Church, Dunstable Friday.http://bit.ly/67EzPn # Finished wrapping son's
- [Classical Spectacular](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/12/04/classical-spectacular/) - Better late than never! I will finally get round to finishing and posting this! Last Saturday A couple of weekends ago, we went down to the Royal Albert Hall in London to see the Classical Spectacular concert. We got the tickets back in April as it always sells out very quickly. It seemed a long
- [The Magic Lantern by KK and the Steampunk Orchestra](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/09/06/the-magic-lantern-by-kk-and-the-steampunk-orchestra/) - About 10 days ago I received an unexpected email from Kevin "KK" Kerrigan thanking me for the review of the the Mediaeval Baebes album Illumination, that I wrote back in October. In his email KK mentioned that he had produced the album and sure enough, in the credits for the album there it was: Produced
- [Followup to Weather Widget](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/02/followup-to-weather-widget/) - I had an email from Alan at WeatherUnderground thanking me for my post about weather stickers. To get rid of the annoying ads, he has sent me a 1 year gift membership, which allows you to see the WeatherUnderground site without any adverts. I didn't even know they did memberships, it just looked like another
- [BlogCatalog Community Organ Donation Awareness Campaign](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/18/blogcatalog-community-organ-donation-awareness-campaign/) - While checking BlogCatalog last night, I came across the following discussion Make History on Wednesday. What BlogCatalog are asking people to do is to blog to raise awareness about organ donation and the issues surrounding organ donation. The BBC on their website are also running a DoNation season to raise awareness. Both my wife and
- [Firefox 3 Download Day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/06/13/firefox-3-download-day/) - I have been using Firefox as my browser of choice for about 2.5 years now, starting with Firefox 1.5. I liked the tabbed feature of Firefox, which wasn't available in Internet Explorer at the time. Then I discovered the add-ons for Firefox and it just kept getting better. A couple of the add-ons I have
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 4](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/07/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-4/) - We had another very lazy morning, up late again. It rained a bit before we went out to Pancake House for lunch. Yes, you can see a pattern to lunchtimes forming here. We ended up doing this last year at Elveden Forest. After lunch we headed back to the villa to collect our swimming stuff
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 6](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/09/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-6/) - Another lay-in this morning, well we are on holiday! It was bright with blue skies this morning, so maybe the forecast of rain all day across the country was wrong. We decided to head into the village to find a booking point and see if we could book some archery for today, however, as we
- [Bike and Kites](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/04/19/bike-and-kites/) - Last September we managed to get a Ridgeback MX24 bike off of Ebay for our son. We were originally looking for the smaller MX20, but a MX24 became available, so we took the chance that it wouldn't be too big. It was a bit close last year, but at it's lowest settings was rideable. This
- [Setting the time on Netgear FVS124G router](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/10/18/setting-the-time-on-netgear-fvs124g-router/) - The Netgear FVS124G router has settings to allow it to pick up the time from NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers. I initally set this to my local NTP server with a backup on an online one. However, there is no way to manually set the time initially. When you power on the router the date
- [Dewey the Library Cat](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/06/29/dewey-the-library-cat/) - A few weeks ago when we were shopping in Costo, we did our usual and looked through the book section. One book in particular caught our eye. It was called Dewey and is the story of a cat who lived in at Spencer Public Library in Iowa. I don't normally read factual books, I'm more
- [Changing the IP address of a HP Web JetAdmin installation](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/06/29/changing-the-ip-address-of-a-hp-web-jetadmin-installation/) - If you're not an IT person supporting printers using HP Web JetAdmin software, tune out now. What, you're still reading. I am surprised! OK, here is some background. HP Web JetAdmin is software that monitors network attached printers and provides alerts when certain conditions are met. For example, if the toner is low or there
- [SciFi series that have been and gone](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/05/27/scifi-series-that-have-been-and-gone/) - I was reading the post on Red Monkey about Dollhouse the other night and it got me thinking about the scifi series that had been on over the years that I had watched and enjoyed. Of course there are the ones that Red Monkey mentioned: Tru Calling, Dark Angel and Firefly which are long gone,
- [Mediaeval Baebes new album - Illumination](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/10/18/mediaeval-baebes-new-album-illumination/) - Back in June, I saw on the Mediaeval Baebes website that they had a new album coming out in October. I know it was announced back in March, but they don't have a RSS feed on their site, so I only check for updates when I remember. The first 1000 pre-ordered copies of the album
- [Morally right](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/05/22/morally-right/) - Yesterday, 21st May, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith made the announcement to the House of Commons that the Gurkha Justice Campaign have been fighting for for years. All ex-Gurkhas who have served more than 4 years in the British Army will have the right to settle in the UK if they wish. For the first time
- [Went on our first BritTrip](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/05/15/went-on-our-first-brittrip/) - Walkers Crisps are running a promotion called BritTrips. This is to promote the fact that there are many things to do in the UK without having to go to the airport for a holiday. There are codes in bags of crisps that you register online to get points. You can exchange the points for partial
- [The Mandolinquents at The Stables](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/04/23/the-mandolinquents-at-the-stables/) - Last night we went to The Stables in Wavendon for the first of our three trips over the next couple of months. Neither of us had been there before, so we didn't really know what to expect. Following their directions on the website, it was really easy to find and the car park was quite
- [Gurkha veterans betrayed by UK government](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/04/24/gurkha-veterans-betrayed-by-uk-government/) - The UK government released new rules today, clarifying the application criteria for Gurkhas who wish to settle in the United Kingdom. The government had originally denied the automatic right to settle here to any Gurkha who had retired before 1997, but this was overturned in the High Court last year. The judge, Mr Justice Blake,
- [Urban Orchestra in Dunstable](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/03/15/urban-orchestra-in-dunstable/) - The following information is adapted from the Orchestras Live website: Urban Orchestra is a large community musical project involving South Bedfordshire District Council, Orchestras Live and Bedfordshire Youth and Music Services, working together with the Orchestra of the Swan to deliver high quality community work in towns and villages in South Bedfordshire. Although the programme
- [Dunstable Music Centre Recorder Consort](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/04/20/dunstable-music-centre-recorder-consort/) - Before Easter, the Dunstable Music Centre had it's end of term concert. I play bass recorder in the recorder consort and we played a couple of pieces at the concert, Scarborough Fair and When I'm Sixty Four. I have finally got around to putting up a piece of our work, so here it is. Scarborough
- [Upcoming concert dates](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/03/02/upcoming-concert-dates/) - A couple of weeks ago, I found that the Mediaeval Baebes were going to be performing in Milton Keynes at The Stables, Wavendon in May. I tried to get tickets, but they were only available to members at that point. The tickets went on sale to the general public today at 10:00. At 10:03, I
- [Upgraded to Wordpress 2.7.1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2009/02/18/upgraded-to-wordpress-271/) - I upgraded to Wordpress 2.7.1 on one of my test blogs a few days ago using the new automatic upgrade feature. The upgrade went quickly and smoothly and everything worked afterwards, so that was good. Tonight, I got round to upgrading my other test blogs and they didn't go well at all. Initially on 2
- [Going Mobile Part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/12/going-mobile-part-2/) - A couple of weeks back I talked about adding a plugin to convert my blog to be viewable on mobile devices. After I had activated the plugin, I checked the site using the page check at ready.mobi and found that the pages created by the plugin had some statements missing and some other errors. By
- [Sky Channels return to VirginMedia](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/13/sky-channels-return-to-virginmedia/) - Although it was announced last week, today the Sky Channels returned to VirginMedia after a break of over 18 months. A new agreement has been signed between BSkyB and VirginMedia that will see the Sky basic channels on Virgin until June 2011. It appears that VirginMedia are paying BSkyB £30 million to get the basic
- [Fixed library links](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/03/fixed-library-links/) - While checking Google Webmaster Tools I discovered that all the links to my library (bottom of right sidebar) had failed. The Now Reading plugin that I use for my library requires Permalinks to be set to 'Custom' for it to work. Permalinks are what allow this post to have a URL like http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/11/03/fixed-library-links instead of
- [Big Bang - World Record pt3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/13/big-bang-world-record-pt3/) - I had to repost all of the links for the Big Bang - World Record posts, as the original posts had over 500 links and it appears Wordpress 2.6 cannot support this, so it deleted all the post content. Continued from Big Bang - World Record pt2 800-Real Money Making Blog 801-My Drift 802-WebGeek Journal
- [Big thumbs up for Farworld: Water Keep](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/09/28/big-thumbs-up-for-farworld-water-keep/) - On Wednesday, I collected Farworld: Water Keep from the post office. This is the new book from J. Scott Savage that I posted about a couple of months ago. Water Keep is the first in a five book fantasy series called Farworld. J. Scott Savage has published several other books, but this is his first
- [Thoughts for those who lost loved ones](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/17/thoughts-for-those-who-lost-loved-ones/) - The sickening tragedy that has occured at Virginia Tech causing the loss of 33 lives defies words. I have seen the following on both Carol and Ilker's blog. Spare a thought for those killed and those left behind. Silence can say more then a thousand words. This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable
- [Pushing back another generation](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/09/07/pushing-back-another-generation/) - Using the data from marriage certificates that arrived yesterday, I have managed to push back another generation on three lines of my family tree. I have posted the information on my family tree blog.
- [Sherwood Forest Center Parcs 2008 pt 7](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/10/sherwood-forest-center-parcs-2008-pt-7/) - It was a dry day this morning and I was in the bird feeding hide down the road before 7am. There was a fair variety, but nothing new. I had commented to Jo a couple of days ago that some of the greater spotted woodpeckers had different markings on the head; one of the woodpeckers
- [Big Bang - World Record pt2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/02/big-bang-world-record-pt2/) - Continued from Big Bang - World Record 400-Life in General 401-Life Is Like That (That's Life) 402-Life With Roxxymetal 403-SEXY MOMMA 404-The Z Files 405-I'll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book! 406-DOODLE PAGE 407-Escape Hatch 408-The Official Afterslaughter Weblog 409-Mommy's Little Corner 410-MALTED MONKEY 411-MOM AND THE CITY 412-Life with the Two Crazy
- [Family tree success - Henry Hedges](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/12/family-tree-success-henry-hedges/) - I had an email when I got back from holiday that hopefully will allow my brick wall to crumble. I have written about it on my family tree blog - My Brick Wall is crumbling.
- [100 things about me](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/01/100-things-about-me/) - I saw this on Minz's Cre8Buzz blog today and had to join in: Q1: What is your first name and what does it mean? A: Ian - Gaelic form of Johannes, from the Hebrew meaning 'the Lord is gracious'. Q2: What is your last name and what does it mean? A: Hedges. The Hedges surname
- [Happy Blog-iversary to me](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/08/01/happy-blog-iversary-to-me/) - Ooops, I'm not on the ball here. Yesterday was my blog's 3rd anniversary. At times it's seemed hard work and I've been uncertain whether to continue, but even after the quiet periods, I've still carried on. Not bad for 3 years, I have made 304 posts and received 549 comments (not including spam - I've
- [New books on order](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/30/new-books-on-order/) - I have been following J. Scott Savage's blog Find Your Magic for some time now, since he joined cre8Buzz back in February. This is his blog to promote his new book Water Keep (Farworld). I have read the extracts that he has posted and although it is aimed at young adults, I'm quite looking forward
- [Wordpress 2.6 and Firestats](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/20/wordpress-26-and-firestats/) - Wordpress 2.6 was released late last week, so I updated my test blog to check that everything worked before updating my live blogs. The upgrade was straight forward and all my plugins activated without any apparent issue. However, when I checked my stats, the page wouldn't load any details, just a blank page. I have
- [On two wheels](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/13/on-two-wheels/) - I bought a Ridgeback Melody bike for my daughter off Ebay a few weeks ago. It was collection only, but was located almost where my brother lives, so he collected it for me. Last weekend my brother and family came up to visit and he brought the bike with him. The Melody comes in a
- [Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/13/ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain/) - Last night, Jo and I went to Aylesbury to see the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. We had only seen them on DVD before, but were really looking forward to it. We were on the first row of raised seats, about 6 rows from the front on the right hand side, so we had a
- [Revamping a website and preventing hot-linking](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/07/07/revamping-a-website-and-preventing-hot-linking/) - It's been a long time coming and at the end of last week I finally got around to revamping my family tree website. It used to be static pages that I hand-coded and hadn't been updated for months. I have now converted it to a Wordpress blog (just like this one), which means I can
- [Concert Season](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/06/26/concert-season/) - It's coming up to the end of the school term and there are concerts all over. This afternoon, my son and about 90 other children from local schools who were learning string instruments, went to a Fiddle Fiesta at a local middle school where they spent the afternoon practicing 6 pieces together. At 6:30 this
- [Upgraded to Wordpress 2.3.1](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/10/27/upgraded-to-wordpress-231/) - I saw last night that version 2.3.1 had been released and included some security fixes, so I downloaded it this morning. I installed the maintenance mode plugin on my test blog to check it out and then put my test blog into maintenance mode while I performed the upgrade. There was a newer version of
- [Music Centre Christmas Concert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/08/music-centre-christmas-concert/) - It was the last day of the term at Music School today and this morning was the end of term concert. There were a couple of alterations to the programme, the first of which was the location. Normally the concert takes place at Manshead Upper School, where the classes take place. However, the school hall
- [New Oven and Hob](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/16/new-oven-and-hob/) - A couple of days late, but I thought I'd update on the replacement oven situation. On Monday we had a call to say that they would be coming to replace the oven and hob between 8 and 12 on Tuesday. I had Tuesday off work just in case anything unexpected happened, but expected to just
- [Tuesday Tech Troubles and Triumphs](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/03/22/tuesday-tech-troubles-and-triumphs/) - Tim at The Inflatable Soapbox blind sided me this with this post and tag on Tuesday night. I wasn't able to reply on Tuesday as I was replacing a failing hard disc and reinstalling Windows XP on a laptop for a colleague at work. I'd forgotten how long it takes from plain XP, through Service
- [Teachers to strike over pay](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/04/19/teachers-to-strike-over-pay/) - On Thursday 24th April, the school is having to close to pupils. This is because the teachers, who are members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), are going on strike for more pay. The senior management team and the teaching assistants, who are not in the NUT, will be in school but are advised
- [Re-attached a branch of the family tree](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/23/re-attached-a-branch-of-the-family-tree/) - Lyall rang from New Zealand this morning to wish us Merry Christmas. While we were talking, he mentioned that there was someone on Genesreunited who had listed my greatgrandmother with the correct location and dates. I contacted them this morning and have had an email back and access to her tree. She is my second
- [Saw the Queen today](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/29/saw-the-queen-today/) - Today the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were visiting Milton Keynes. During her visit she offically opened thehub:mk and stadiummk before opening the new St John Ambulance Centre in Greenleys. The new St John Ambulance Centre is only about 200 yards from where I work and she was due there at 12:30 when I
- [Sometime they get what they deserve](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/22/hit-by-a-fire-engine/) - This afternoon driving home, I got to see something that brought a smile to my face. You know that feeling when you see a bad driver and you fleetingly wish that they didn't get away with their bad driving. At the first set of traffic lights coming into Dunstable, a shiny black, new looking, Range
- [Blogs I read](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/23/blogs-i-read/) - While reading some of the blogs that I follow through MyBlogLog today, I came across a post by Anatoly Lubarsky, MyBlogLog Service On Decline. There have been a few security and identity exploits in the past weeks and the recent one discovered by ShoeMoney got him banned. This got me thinking, if MyBlogLog disappeared, would
- [Changed comments system](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/26/changed-comments-system/) - I have changed the comments system that was in use on my blog today. I migrated all of the previous comments into the new system and believe it to be working fine. I have set the system to allow me to moderate the comments initially, but will turn this off in the next day or
- [Eight Random Facts](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/12/eight-random-facts/) - I have been tagged by B.Y. Penman at Savvyology with the eight random facts meme. Here are the rules to play: 1. Players start with 8 random facts about themselves. 2. Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts. 3. Players should tag 8 other people and notify them they
- [BlogCatalog](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/05/blogcatalog/) - When I was on David Airey's Creative Design blog yesterday, I was reading his The psychology of blog publishing post. He was talking about the MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog widgets and that the BlogCatalog one gives the time since your visitors were there. I investigated this a bit further and have now joined BlogCatalog and added
- [That’s what you call an anniversary giveaway!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/05/thats-what-you-call-an-anniversary-giveaway/) - David Airey, a logo designer in Edinburgh, is celebrating the first anniversary of his graphic design blog by holding a massive $4000 prize giveaway. Although the blog has only been going for a year, it has been very successful, which has meant that many people have sponsored prizes. The Gold award contains Logo design from
- [Stumbleupon](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/02/03/stumbleupon/) - OK, I have another vice. At the beginning of last week I was introduced to Stumbleupon. I was already aware of the name, but hadn't investigated. I've joined and have spent several interesting but not very productive hours stumbling pages and pictures. When you create your Stumbleupon profile, you say which subjects you are interested
- [Cheap visit to the garage](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/01/31/cheap-visit-to-the-garage/) - Just before Christmas, I had problems with my car's brakes, which meant an expensive visit to the garage. Last weekend I noticed that I could hear a rubbing sound from the left side of the car that varied with its speed. I arranged for the garage to look at it today. I half expected to
- [Happy New Year](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/01/01/happy-new-year/) - I hope everyone has a great year in 2008. We went out to the zoo yesterday afternoon to stretch our legs and try out my new camera. The weather was a bit cool, but not too bad. We found when we got there that the carpark was closed and you can take your car in
- [Queen's Speech on YouTube](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/24/queens-speech-on-youtube/) - This year the Queen's Speech will be on TV and Radio as usual. Like last year, it will be podcast, but for the first time this year it will also be on YouTube. There is a Royal Channel on YouTube which already has 18 videos including the first televised Queen's speech from 1957. This year's
- [Happy Christmas downunder](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/24/happy-christmas-downunder/) - Well it's now Christmas Day in New Zealand and Australia, so here's a little tune: If you get a moment, checkout Evel's alternative 12 days of Christmas. 1st Day 2nd Day 3rd Day 4th Day 5th Day 6th Day 7th Day 8th Day 9th Day 10th Day 11th Day You'll have to look for the
- [Unexpected Plugoo message](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/07/unexpected-plugoo-message/) - I restarted my laptop this evening and when I did, Trillian signed in automatically. On my blog contact page and on my profile page on cre8Buzz I have my Plugoo widget which appears as a contact in instant messaging and allow anyone to chat with me when I am online. If I am not signed
- [Birthday Wishes](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/12/04/birthday-wishes/) - I'll start this post with an apology. Eight days ago it was Lyall's birthday and I forgot to wish him Happy Birthday. What makes it even worse is I remembered when I got his last email a couple of weeks ago and then forgot. I could use the excuse that I have been busy at
- [What security?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/20/what-security/) - ?The news today about the loss of Child Benefit data is astounding. The entire database of all families with children under 16 has been lost. The data at HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) was saved to 2 discs and sent unrecorded through the internal post to the National Audit Office to be audited. The discs
- [Bad day at the Office](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/04/bad-day-at-the-office/) - This is shamelessly stolen from Evel's And another thing... where I saw it this morning I watched in disbelief, I'd seen a couple of the clips before, but oh, there is some stress management needed here: I'm glad no-one at our work has got this stressed over a computer!
- [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/21/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/) - It has arrived, so here goes now reading - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K.Rowling
- [Raymond Feist book signing](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/25/raymond-feist-book-signing/) - We went to a book signing in Milton Keynes this evening. Raymond Feist's new book Into a Dark Realm had been published at the beginning of the month and he was over in the UK on a signing tour. It's a small world; we met a couple we know from school, who are also great
- [Raymond E. Feist signing](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/14/raymond-e-feist-signing/) - I bought tickets today for the signing of Raymond E. Feist's new book, Into a Dark Realm. On the evening of 25th September, Raymond E. Feist will be at Ottakar's Milton Keynes store to talk about and sign his new book. I have been a fan of his since about 1986, when someone lent me
- [Flight of the Nighthawks](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/25/flight-of-the-nighthawks/) - I finished reading Raymond E. Feist's latest book Flight of the Nighthawks late last night. This is the first book of the Darkwar Saga, but continues directly from the end of the Conclaves of Shadows trilogy. I found the first couple of chapter slow starting, but then it was difficulty to put down. Definitely in
- [Battery problems](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/16/battery-problems/) - My car battery failed this morning. I found out when I got into the car to go to work and it wouldn't start. It hadn't lasted too badly; it was fitted just over 4 years ago when the previous one failed at the petrol pump in Tesco. That time the AA came out, diagnosed the
- [I'm an Uncle again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/11/05/im-an-uncle-again/) - My brother and his wife had their second son late yesterday, so now I have two nephews. Timing being everything, it was a different birthday present for her.
- [Successful hunting](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/21/successful-hunting/) - I was looking at the passenger lists on FindMyPast and found that they had put the next decade 1930-1939 online. I first searched for my father and found both him (aged 1.5) and my grandmother on MV Apapa travelling 1st class to Lagos 28th April 1937 I also found my grandfather travelling every 2 years
- [Back to School](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/04/back-to-school/) - I don't know where it's gone, but the summer holidays are over. The kids both went back to school into their new classes this morning. They both had good days, which is the best way to start a new term. As Jo isn't working at the moment, she was able to take them and collect
- [New shed door](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/09/01/new-shed-door/) - I know, not very exciting, but today I have been replacing the door on our brick shed. It had to be replaced as it wouldn't have lasted another winter. We replaced the door about 13 years ago when we moved in. As funds were a bit tight then, I bought the cheapest interior door that
- [Poor internet connection](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/29/poor-internet-connection/) - Our internet connection has been extremely intermittant this evening. Pinging the next VirginMedia router on our route out has given awful results all evening. You get a batch of low latency 7ms pings then it goes up into the 200ms and 300ms. Then you get a time out, or maybe 5 minutes of time outs.
- [Scattergories Meme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/27/scattergories-meme/) - I've been tagged by Vijay with the Scattergories meme. Here are the rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the questions. They must be real places, names, things . . . nothing made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl
- [My network router. RIP](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/26/my-network-router-rip/) - At lunchtime today Jo mentioned she was having trouble connecting wirelessly to our network. This has happened a few of times in the last couple of weeks, but retrying or in one case restarting the router resolved the issue. Not today! Wired connection was working fine, but there was no wireless. After resetting the router
- [Spam Spam Spam](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/26/spam-spam-spam/) - Spam, don't you love it. I just about had it under control in my inbox. My spam filter was tagging most of it and moving it to a spam folder. About 30 a day were being tagged and only 4 or 5 would get through. This morning my inbox looked like a bomb site. It
- [Found my Great Grandmother’s Brother in India](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/26/found-my-great-grandmothers-brother-in-india/) - One of the people in my family tree is Charles Moulden. He is my great-grandmother's brother, he is also Lyall's grandfather's brother. When Lyall and Diana were over last year we worked through a lot of family tree information and Lyall was telling me that he thought Charles had been in the army and had
- [My father’s trip to Africa](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/22/my-fathers-trip-to-africa/) - Talking with my mum this evening, we got talking about family tree and my grandfather. I was talking about where I found him on a boat to Lagos and my Mum mentioned that my grandmother Lillian had traveled out to Africa to be with him and had taken my father with her. It was while
- [Quality of car dealerships](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/22/quality-of-car-dealerships/) - It's a while since I have had a rant about car dealerships. I had my Volvo MOT'd a couple of weeks ago. It went so smoothly, that I forget to even put a post up about it. Jo's Toyota Avensis had an engine management warning light come on, so she contacted Steven Eagell Toyota in
- [What’s on your computer desk?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/20/whats-on-your-computer-desk/) - OK, I'm sat at our desktop typing this, so here goes panning from left to right: 2 drive mounting rails from an old server 2 dvd cases with home movies of the kids 17" monitor for desktop computer stack of CDs in rack (some computer and some music) Jo's digital camera in it's case left
- [Cat rules](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/19/cat-rules/) - When I was checking out the comments on Vijays blog for his My Life, Rated! post, I followed a link to meeyauw's blog. I found the Feline Laws of Physics post listing some of the Feline Laws of Physics from Moggycat. For anyone with a cat, these are all too true. Here's some more from
- [How’s your life?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/19/hows-your-life/) - While checking out Vijay's blog yesterday, I came across his My Life, Rated! post. So with no more ado, here's mine: 69.3/100Rate My LifeRateMyLife.net - Find out if you suck at life
- [I must practice what I preach](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/19/i-must-practice-what-i-preach/) - Back in April I posted 'How often do you update your software?' when I talked checking the versions of installed software other than just Windows and AntiVirus. Anyway, yesterday, being totally certain that I was up to date, I ran the Secunia website Software Inspector on our desktop and was surprised to find a few
- [Why RSS feeds are bad for me](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/12/why-rss-feeds-are-bad-for-me/) - RSS feeds are brilliant. They allow you to keep up to date with websites and blogs without visiting the website or blog. RSS feeds are bad. They allow you to keep up to date with websites and blogs without visiting the website or blog. Both of these mutually exclusive statements are correct for me. They
- [New bathroom floor](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/12/new-bathroom-floor/) - Although it was a lovely hot, sunny day yesterday, I was busy indoors fitting a laminate floor in the bathroom. I didn't think it would take too long, shows what I know. I finished packing up about half 8 last night and have to go out this morning when the DIY shop opens to get
- [Blog Nicely](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/12/blog-nicely/) - Why can't people just blog nicely? I don't know where to start with this. In the last couple of weeks the authors of a few of the blogs that I have been reading have been upset or verbally attacked in posts and comments. The first was at the end of July when Marzie at Mariuca
- [My Peculiar Aristocratic Title](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/08/08/my-peculiar-aristocratic-title/) - I found this on Vijay's blog and had to have a go: My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: His Most Noble Lord Ian the Unique of Lower Beanthrop in the Hedge Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title While on the site I had to have a go at the fortune cookie as well My Fortune Cookie told
- [Visit to Warwick Castle](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/31/visit-to-warwick-castle/) - Just a quick post tonight as I am shattered. We spent the day with the kids at Warwick Castle today. The weather was brilliant, barely a cloud in the sky. We got to see some jousting and the kids did archery and crossbows. I took a couple of films and will try to get them
- [Mediaeval Watersports](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/29/mediaeval-watersports/) - Following the cancellation on this year's Joust, I came across the following clip of the field at Berkeley Castle on YouTube: I think I may have needed more than wellies!
- [Joust 2007 cancelled](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/27/joust-2007-cancelled/) - When we got back today, I checked the Joust website to find that the second weekend of the Joust has also had to be cancelled. It wasn't surprising having seen some of the news this week. I think it was only yesterday or the day before that some parts of Gloucestershire had running water again
- [Where oh where has BlogCatalog gone?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/21/where-oh-where-has-blogcatalog-gone/) - I went to check my neighborhood on BlogCatalog a bit earlier and get: Not Found The requested URL /blogs/failure-is-the-key-to-success.html was not found on this server. That's not good I thought, so I thought I'd check the home page to see if there had been another data loss like a couple of weeks ago. Then it
- [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finished](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/21/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-finished/) - Finished! No spoilers, but definately a good read Tags: harry potter deathly hallows
- [Lucky Dip](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/20/lucky-dip/) - It's less than a week after my last 'OK this should have been posted a few days ago' post on Sunday and here I am again. This is going to be a mixed bag, so hence the title. On Wednesday evening, Jo and I went to the school for the end of year staff and
- [Governors’ Merit Assembly](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/16/governors-merit-assembly/) - This morning I, along with many other parents, attended the Governors' Merit Assembly at Watling Lower School. This assembly was started about 8 years ago with just 4 awards and has grown. This year saw the introduction of the 'Wat Ticks' awards for achieving the highest scores in each years assessments. It was a particularly
- [Bike rack](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/15/bike-rack/) - The weather on Saturday was really good, almost like summer is finally here. We are going on holiday to Centre Parcs again this year, but this year we are planning to take the kids bikes with us. I looked at the options available and settled on a roof mounted solution. This meant I needed to
- [Summer Fayre](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/15/summer-fayre/) - On Friday, straight after school, the PSA organised the Summer Fayre. We took the kids and had a go on each stall with varying success. One of the regular stalls is the unlock the box and with our last key we had the one that fitted, so now in addition to the toys that were
- [Celebration Day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/15/celebration-day/) - OK, this should have been posted on Thursday, so I'm not really doing well at keeping up to date. The company I work for has recently split from its larger conglomarate and on Wednesday morning was listed on the NYSE. On Thursday, the company laid on a BBQ at lunchtime and then arranged an afternoon
- [Searching for ET](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/09/searching-for-et/) - I saw a post on Go! Smell The Flowers the other day when I joined BlogCatalog that reminded me of something I haven't posted about. About 5 years ago in June 2002, I downloaded and installed the Seti@Home software. The Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project uses spare time on your computer to analyse the
- [Ouch moment for BlogCatalog](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/09/ouch-moment-for-blogcatalog/) - I checked out my neighborhood at BlogCatalog this evening and got a bit of a shock. Every thing was blank, I had no details in my profile, no messages in my shoutbox, no friends and no neighborhoods, even my avatar had gone. It appears that they had suffered a data loss on their server and
- [Lucky Day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/07/lucky-day/) - Today, 7/7/07 is supposed to be a lucky day. Something to do with all the sevens. Lets wait and see.
- [What colour is your brain?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/06/what-colour-is-your-brain/) - I saw this over at jmb's blog and had to give it a go: Your Brain is Yellow Of all the brain types, yours is the most intellectual. You crave mental stimulation, and your thoughts tend to very complex. Your thoughts tend to be innovative and cutting edge, though many people don't understand them.You tend
- [MyBlogLog’s community messaging](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/05/mybloglogs-community-messaging/) - When I joined MyBlogLog back in February, I tried to only join communities where I was reading the blog. This kept the number that I was a member of down and even now I am only a member of 84 communities. As time moves on some of these are less regularly visited than others and
- [Found on a boat to Lagos](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/04/found-on-a-boat-to-lagos/) - Following up on Friday's post, I am fairly certain that I have found my grandfather on several of his trips to Nigeria. The Outbound Passenger Lists at Findmypast showed 4 entries during the 1920's of H Hedges travelling from Liverpool to Lagos, Nigeria. I bought some vouchers and looked at the images and this is
- [End of term Music Concert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/07/04/end-of-term-music-concert/) - OK, so my good intentions were about as far as a return to regular posting got. Here is the post that should have been on Saturday. It was the end of term concert at Dunstable Music School on Saturday morning. It only seems 5 minutes since I posted about the last one. During the last
- [I may have found my grandfather](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/29/i-may-have-found-my-grandfather/) - I know that sounds strange, but my paternal grandfather has been my family tree brick wall. I posted about him a couple of months ago in Which of your ancestors would you want to meet? FindmyPast has updated their Outbound Passenger Lists to include up to 1929 and a quick search looks like I have
- [Catching up](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/28/catching-up/) - I don't really know where the last 3 weeks have gone. About 3 weeks ago there were some events that refocused my attention elsewhere and even though I had got back to my normal routine over a week ago, I hadn't got back to posting more than the odd comment here or there. I see
- [Have courtesy and common sense left our roads?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/05/have-courtesy-and-common-sense-left-our-roads/) - I don't know if I am just getting older and more aware of it, or have driving standards really have dropped. I don't have a particularly long drive to work, about 30 minutes, but in the last few weeks, the sheer stupidity and lack of respect by some drivers for other road users has amazed
- [Adding a weather widget](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/06/01/adding-a-weather-widget/) - I've been thinking about adding a widget to my blog to show the current weather for a while now and have finally done it now. I have looked at a few options: Weather Underground The WeatherUnderground widgets are clear and informative, providing the current weather and a link to check the forecast. If you click
- [$456 Billion Meme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/17/456-billion-meme/) - A few days ago I was tagged by Vijay with the $456 Billion meme. This was started by Sam of Blog, MD who was inspired by the Boston Globe feature 'What does $456 Billion buy'. The original article suggested several US orientated possibilities but also quotes figures from the World Bank suggesting that $54 billion
- [What are other people talking about?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/12/what-are-other-people-talking-about/) - I haven't had time today to think about what to post due to working on a 'simple hard disc replacement' for someone at work. The original hard disc wouldn't boot into Windows XP or the recovery console. After installing Windows XP sucessfully, it all went wrong after I installed Service Pack 2. It turns out
- [UK Weights and measures](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/09/uk-weights-and-measures/) - As a country we are resistant to change. The European Union has shelved plans which would have made it illegal to use imperial measures after 2009. We changed to decimal currency in 1971 and it was phased in over 18 months with some new coins and retaining some of the old coins. For example the
- [Added some new categories](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/06/added-some-new-categories/) - After looking at the list of categories in my blog, I decided that I needed to add a few more. I have gone back through the posts and added them to the new categories where appropriate. This in theory, would reduce my use of my miscellaneous category 'General', but just to prove a point my
- [900 years of Dunstable](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/05/06/900-years-of-dunstable/) - Tomorrow is Dunstable's Carnival. The theme for this year is '900 Years of Dunstable'. Dunstable started as a Roman posting station where travellers could change their horses. A settlement grew up on the crossroads of the Roman Watling Street and the older prehistoric Icknield Way. When the Romans left Britain in the 5th Century, the
- [Cyborg Name](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/28/cyborg-name/) - I was looking through some older posts on Sera Strawbridges's Cultivated By Design blog and came across this Cyborg Name Decoder which is a bit of a laugh. Get Your Cyborg Name
- [Searching for ancestors](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/27/searching-for-ancestors/) - I didn't get round to posting anything last night as I was trying to catch up on my Family Tree research. I've come to the conclusion there are not enough hours in the day to do everything. I have a subscription to www.Ancestry.co.uk which allows me access to the UK Census images from 1841-1901. I
- [Hitching up to the Technorati Fave Train](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/25/hitching-up-to-the-technorati-fave-train/) - I was added to the Technorati Fave Train yesterday by Ilker at The Thinking Blog. This is a link and favorite train started by Gary Lee a couple of weeks ago. I've just spent the last couple of hours working my way down the original list and reading the blogs. I didn't want to just
- [Which of your ancestors would you want to meet?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/24/which-of-your-ancestors-would-you-want-to-meet/) - If you could go back in time and meet just one of your ancestors, who would it be and why? For me it would be my paternal grandfather. Henry Hedges is my brick wall in my research. He died when my father was 4 and so we don't know very much about him. He worked
- [Problem with web feed and Technorati](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/20/problem-with-web-feed-and-technorati/) - I had noticed about a week ago that my posts were not updating on Technorati although it was showing that my site had been updated. The problem seemed to be about the same time that I changed to using Feedburner and after searching on Google this seemed to be a known problem that Technorati had
- [What type of Nerd](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/16/what-type-of-nerd/) - I saw this quiz on scan man's blog this morning and had to try it out. It would appear that I am a Science/Math Nerd, no suprises there then. What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Science/Math Nerd (Absolute Insane Laughter as you pour toxic chemicals into a foaming tub of death!) Well,
- [Whipsnade Zoo revisited](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/14/whipsnade-zoo-revisited/) - We took the kids to the zoo this afternoon. We have got season tickets again, which gives us more flexibilty in when we go and what we see. Whipsnade Zoo which is part of the Zoological Society of London is only about 15 minutes away from us and is well worth a visit. We didn't
- [I’ve been tagged](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/13/ive-been-tagged/) - Carol from My View of "IT" has tagged me for the five reasons why I blog meme. I have posted about this before in "Why do I blog", but not stopped to think of 5 actual reasons. So here goes: I blog because it is an ideal outlet for things I want to talk about,
- [How often do you update your software?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/04/06/how-often-do-you-update-your-software/) - This will only relate to Windows systems. The first two are the types of update that most people will consider. Operating system patches. I have Windows set to download the patches as they become available and notify me. I then usually install within the next couple of days. Anti-Virus This is set to download and
- [Blog layout makeover](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/26/blog-layout-makeover/) - I have spent some time over the past week working on a new layout for my blog. Some of the changes include: The header image has been replaced with a wider image. The RSS button has been increased in size and an email subcription added. The add comments page has been modified to also include
- [Dunstable Music Centre end of spring term concert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/25/dunstable-music-centre-end-of-spring-term-concert/) - We went to the Dunstable Music Centre end of term concert yesterday morning. It was due to start at 10:00 and with this term's excellent organisation it actually did. The changes between groups performing were very slick and quick, something that has been missing in previous concerts. Due to this, the interval was actually a
- [VoIP phone update](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/23/voip-phone-update/) - Back in June last year, I changed over to using Voice over Internet Protocol phone (VoIP) for all of my calls. This has worked really well and has allowed several free international calls. This was due to the way that the VoIPCheap account works. When you add credit to your account, it allows 300 minutes
- [Rejection of Census E-Petition](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/23/rejection-of-census-e-petition/) - I received an email this afternoon from the Government responding to the e-petition to reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years. I posted about this back in January (Census E-Petition) when it was at 1,500 signatures and again when it was at 13,000 signatures (Census E-Petition update). The deadline
- [Expensive day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/10/expensive-day/) - I had an eye test a couple of weeks ago and needed new glasses as a result. Jo had an eye test today and her changed prescription means she needs new glasses with varifocal lenses. Also her lenses need to be ultra thin to keep the weight down, each lens costs more than my glasses.
- [Lunar Eclipse](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/lunar-eclipse/) - We have spent most of the evening watching the lunar eclipse here. It has gone past the mid point of the eclipse and is now on its way back out of totality. It became a light orange when totality started from about 22:45. The night was really clear and dry, so that made for good
- [Hedges Study website back](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/hedges-study-website-back/) - Sue Hedges' website 'The Hedges Study' is back online again after a bit of a break. Sue has been very helpful to me in the past and I will be updating my genealogy links page to include her new site.
- [Voyage to New Zealand 100 years ago](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/) - Nearly 100 years ago today, on 7th/8th March 1907, my great grandmother's brother, George Moulden, left London for a new life in New Zealand. I found this information about 3 weeks ago when findmypast.com's passenger lists website ancestorsonboard.com added another decade to their database. They intend to provide access to BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for
- [VirginMedia vs BSkyB continued (or Thanks Mum)](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/virginmedia-vs-bskyb-continued/) - On Wednesday night, at midnight, the BSkyB channels were taken off VirginMedia. Virgin's offer of independent arbitration was rejected by Sky and no last minute agreement was made. When you select the Sky One channel, you get a constant promotion for the Virgin Central channel and the following message "Thanks to Sky, the Sky One
- [Changes to blog layout](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/25/changes-to-blog-layout/) - While looking at a comment I received from jmb about the area of my blog entry, I mentioned increasing the text size to make it more viewable. However, when I started to look at my style sheet, I could see a few changes that I wanted to make. I have changed the blog so that
- [VirginMedia vs BSkyB](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/25/virginmedia-vs-bskyb/) - The future is looking uncertain for our cable TV channels at the moment. We currently have our TV with VirginMedia (used to be NTL) who have been in negotiation with BSkyB for renewal of their contract of carriage for Sky's basic channels including Sky One, Sky Two and Sky News. However, it would appear that
- [Book Meme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/22/book-meme/) - I was reading jmb's post about why she blogs the other day and I followed a link in the comments to sarabeth's blog where she had a post about a book meme of those books you have read, want to read, have got etc. Jmb followed this up yesterday with a post about books herself
- [Computer Training](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/20/computer-training/) - I have been on a training course since Monday and will be for the rest of the week. I am looking to refresh my Microsoft MCSE certification that I achieved back in 1998 and am currently on Microsoft course 2277C, Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services. Today was
- [Pancake Day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/20/pancake-day/) - Today is Shrove Tuesday, known as Pancake Day in the UK. It is the day before Lent begins and so the rich ingredients such as eggs, milk sugar and flour are used up prior to this. The traditional pancake is a thin one, like a French crepe, which is served immediately with a sweet topping.
- [My MyBlogLog experiance](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/20/my-mybloglog-experiance/) - About 2 weeks ago, I followed John Chow to MyBlogLog and set up a profile and community for my blog. Since then my community has slowly but steadily grown as people find my blog and add themselves to my community. I have also added myself to several communities that I have found here. I have
- [E-Petition against vehicle tracking and road pricing](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/18/e-petition-against-vehicle-tracking-and-road-pricing/) - The online petition against the proposed introduction of vehicle tracking and road pricing has currently reached 1,559,649 signatures and finishes on 20th February 2007. This is a protest against the rapidly increasing cost of motoring in the UK and invasion of privacy. I am against the introduction of additional forms of tax and the bureaucracy
- [Why do I blog?](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/12/why-do-i-blog/) - I think it is a combination of reasons. I use this blog to record my successes and findings in my family tree research. I also use it to vent my frustration over things, usually it seems related to cars. I record technical information and details of software I use or have found. Sometimes it is
- [Cloud of feathers](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/11/cloud-of-feathers/) - I'm not quite sure what happened in our garden this lunchtime as I missed it myself. Jo looked out into the garden, just in time to see a pigeon that was sitting in our Christmas tree disappear in a cloud of feathers. She thought it flew off across the garden, but it happened so quickly
- [Snow again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/08/snow-again/) - Yep, as predicted we had snow this morning. We woke up to about 2 inches first thing and it carried on snowing most of the day. All of the roads were moving, although I didn't get over 30mph all the way to work, so it took just under an hour this morning. Other people at
- [Free software utilities](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/07/free-software-utilities/) - Here are some of the free utilities that I use. AntiVirus. I have used Avast Home antivirus software for several months. I have found this to be an excellent product and would recommend it. It is free for home use, you just have to register it every year for free. Firewall. I used to use
- [Cold weather](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/07/cold-weather/) - The last couple of days have been very cold. Yesterday morning was -4C when I went to work, dropping to -6C on the way. This morning was -6C dipping to -7C for part of the journey. Tonight, we are forecast to get snow across most of the country.
- [Kestral in garden](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/02/04/kestral-in-garden/) - We had a surprise visitor in the garden this afternoon. I was watching the birds on the food that we had put out, when a couple of blackbirds landed on the fence. One chased the other off as expected and I thought nothing of it. A few seconds later, one flew across the garden sounding
- [Comments on Blog](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/27/comments-on-blog/) - Quite a while ago, I tried to integrate Blogkomm commenting with this blog and didn't really succeed. I was looking on the Thingamablog forums a few days ago and saw a post that pointed me to the Notes from James blog. The author has written his own simple commenting system that he has integrated with
- [Census E-Petition update](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/27/census-e-petition-update/) - I have just checked on the census petition that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago [link] and it is now up to nearly 13000 signatures. It is currently the 4 largest petition on the site. The deadline for signatures is on 8th March, so I shall have to look out for the result and
- [Snow](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/24/snow/) - We had snow this morning when we woke up. It was only about an inch and it has gone now, but we may get some more tonight. The forecast has been for cold days since the beginning of the week. Other than our road, the roads were just wet by the time I went to
- [Washing Machine 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/20/washing-machine-3/) - The washing machine arrived this morning earlier than expected, which was good. It took them less than 5 minutes to deliver the new one and take away the old one. It was wrapped in bubble wrap, which kept the kids occupied for hours popping the bubbles. I had disconnected the old machine last night and
- [Reading Blogs](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/14/reading-blogs/) - I subscribe to several RSS feeds for information and news, the list also includes a couple of blogs. The Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams. Scott has a interesting outlook on many things. Some of his posts make you sit there nodding in agreement, some leave you wondering what planet he's on. Well worth a look.
- [Washing Machine 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/13/washing-machine-2/) - Went back to Curry's this morning to buy the machine we chose last night. I don't normally buy extended warranties on things, but it's such a pain if the washing machine fails, so I got a 5 year one as well. It will be delivered next Saturday and the old one taken away. Hopefully it
- [Washing Machine](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/12/washing-machine/) - When I got home last night, I found that our washing machine had stopped working. I was able to persude it to start by shutting the door very firmly, but it looks like the interlock is probably not working properly. So we went out looking for a replacement machine. We ended up desciding on a
- [Late Christmas](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/12/late-christmas/) - We had a late Christmas this afternoon. We normally finish work at 13:00 on a Friday and work had arranged to take us all 10 pin bowling at Xscape in Milton Keynes and then for a meal afterwards. The first game didn't go too bad. I am not a bowler; I bowl at most a
- [Census E-Petition](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/10/census-e-petition/) - I was sent a link today to an online petition to reduce the classified period for census data from 100 years to 70 years. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/ This is actually on the E-Petitions section of the 10 Downing Street website. Petitions can be signed by British citizens or residents I have signed the petition, which now has
- [Not according to plan](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/06/not-according-to-plan/) - Today was a day that could be summed up as 'not according to plan'. It started raining early this morning and hasn't stopped all day. That put pay to my plan to get out and take some photos. So I decided to make a start moving my video recordings over to DVD. We got a
- [Photography](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/05/photography/) - I intend, along with several other things, to spend more time on photography this year. About 2 years ago, I bought a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II film scanner with the plan to digitise all of my 35mm negatives and my dad's slides. I have scanned new films when I have had then developed, but
- [Christmas is over](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/05/christmas-is-over/) - Well that's it! Christmas is officially over for another year. It's 12th night and we have just taken the decorations down. I have changed the website back to normal from the 'Christmas' theme. It was an enjoyable break, but over too soon. I went back to work on Tuesday, but have been on a training
- [New Cakebreads](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/05/new-cakebreads/) - I had an email this morning that, if I have got my research right, is from my mum's 4th cousin. This is only 3 days after the email from Glenn Cakebread, that got me thinking I must do some more research. Maybe this year is going to be a good year and I will find
- [Family Tree nudge](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/01/02/family-tree-nudge/) - I had an email this evening that made me think about my family tree research again. It is surprising how quick time passes on other things and good intentions remain only that. About 9 months ago, I had an email from Glenn Cakebread regarding my family tree. I naturally thought that he had a link
- [Roads very busy](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/21/roads-very-busy/) - The roads were very busy this evening. It was a combination of several things, people starting their trips to visit for Christmas, the fog that hadn't lifted all day and a couple of accidents earlier in the day that had slowed traffic. Instead of the usual 35 minute journey home it took an hour and
- [Test website](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/20/test-website/) - I am trying out free webhosting provider www.php0h.com. I am looking at some software that needs a SQL database and my current package with 1and1 does not include one. php0h.com provide free hosting with a MySQL database. I have set a home page on the new site hedgesi.php0h.com and will try to find time to
- [Car service reminder](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/16/car-service-reminder/) - Just to show how organised Steven Eagle Toyota are, I had a phone call this morning following up the service reminder that they had sent for the Avensis. They wondered if I wanted to book it in for the service. This is of course the same service that they did when they had the car
- [Friends of Dunstable Music School meal](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/16/friends-of-dunstable-music-school-meal/) - We went out last night for a Christmas meal with the 'Friends of Dunstable Music School'. We had a really good meal at The Old Farm Inn in Tottenhoe. This was followed by plenty of singing and music into the early hours. Definately not an early start this morning! The kids were good and didn't
- [Car boxed in](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/16/car-boxed-in/) - Earlier in the year (see this post), we had a note on Jo's car when she parked out side one of our neighbour's house. Yesterday when I got home from work, the road was really busy and so I parked on the road just up from their house. When we went out last night, we
- [KeyStage 1 Nativity](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/14/keystage-1-nativity/) - We went to see the Key Stage 1 nativity play tonight. It was a really good perfomance. It was cold when we arrived at 18:30 and a very cold night by the time we came out just after 20:00. [Edit] Not sure what happened to this entry - it was blank when I looked and
- [Lost Internet for an hour this evening](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/09/lost-internet-for-an-hour-this-evening/) - We lost Internet connection for an hour this evening. After having it 24x7 for so long, it seems strange when you can't just go on the web. When it did finally come back, while waiting on the phone to to customer support, I was able to check the system status. I found that NTL had
- [Music School concert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/09/music-school-concert/) - We are going to the Dunstable Music School end of term concert this morning. It was a cold night last night and there was a sharp ground frost leaving both cars looking like igloos. [Edit] Went to the concert this morning ready for the 9:30 start, but it was running a little late and didn't
- [Christmas Fayre](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/08/christmas-fayre/) - We went to the school's Christmas Fayre this afternoon after we picked the kids up. They got to see Father Christmas for the first time this year and won several prizes on the different stalls. It must have been good, because nearly 1 and a half hours had passed when we left and I had
- [Christmas theme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/08/christmas-theme/) - OK, it's not much, but I've changed the images in the header to more seasonal ones. I'll see if I get time to make more changes before Christmas.
- [Nativity Play](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/12/08/nativity-play/) - We went to see our daughter's nativity play (Toby's Christmas Drum) this morning at the school. The play went really well, but she was quite upset, because she wanted to be the angel that gave Toby the drum. Unfortunately, she hadn't mentioned this to anyone until about half an hour before we left for school
- [Whisky](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/11/10/whisky/) - Last night I was thinking about New Year and thought that I had better replenish my stock of Glen Morangie 18 Year Malt. However after some investigation, it doesn't appear that they produce this any more. I find this amazing if this is true; the 10 Year malt is enjoyable, but the 18 is something
- [Missing Posts again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/11/10/missing-posts-again/) - OK, this time its an even longer break without posting. I'll add in the missing ones and try to keep up again.
- [Car Window 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/31/car-window-3/) - The car was collected this morning. I made sure that I wrote on the paperwork that I needed the car back by 4:30. I had a governors meeting this evening and so wanted no mistakes. At 3:40, I rang for an update and was told that the car had just been run out of the
- [Kids party](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/28/kids-party/) - We went to the kids Halloween party that my work arranged this afternoon. My son made an impression on everyone and I ended up being used as the 'live' ventriloquist's dummy with a mask and bowler hat. Everyone had a good time and the entertainer 'Magic Dave' was excellent.
- [Harry Potter books](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/21/harry-potter-books/) - I thought after watching the films again that I might get the Harry Potter books to read. I expected them to be a fairly childish read, but was pleasantly surprised. I had to get in line as Jo started reading them before me. I have now bought the first 5 books and am working my
- [Car Window 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/16/car-window-2/) - Hmm.. should have known that it wouldn't be straight forward where Toyota were concerned. The car was collected this morning for the window repair and 40,000 mile service. I let the driver know I needed the car back at 4:30. I had a call from the garage this afternoon. The cable on the window winder
- [MOT](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/12/mot/) - Jo's car sailed through it's MOT today, at least that is sorted. Only a few more days of taped up window to go.
- [Car window](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/10/03/car-window/) - The driver's window on Jo's car broke today. To be more precise, the winder mechanism broke, almost 2 years to the day from when the same thing happened on the Carina. It makes you wonder if they have updated the part that is used in the Avensis. The car is booked in at the Toyota
- [Raymond Feist’s Into a Dark Realm](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/27/raymond-feists-into-a-dark-realm/) - I have finished reading the new Raymond Feist book Into a Dark Realm. This continues from Flight of the Nighthawks that I read a year ago. It was an excellent read, one of his best since Magician. He did say on Monday that he would get hate mail for leaving it as he did, and
- [Roof part 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/25/roof-part3/) - The roof tile is clipped back in place. He checked out another tile we weren't sure about and that is fine as well. It's a good feeling to have a watertight roof again.
- [Roof part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/23/roof-part2/) - The good news is the man can fix the tile, but he didn't have the right type of ladder with him. He will be back on Monday to clip the tile in place. The spare tiles that I had in the shed for just this sort of occasion are not as useful as I thought,
- [Roof Leak](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/22/roof-leak/) - What can I say... it rained this afternoon and I don't think I have ever got so wet before. When I got back from the school run, we had just finished getting changed, when the power went out. The rain water was pouring through my daughter's light fitting and had tripped the circuit breaker. I
- [100 years of Phone books](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/20/100-years-of-phone-books/) - Britsh Telecom have teamed up with Ancestry.co.uk to host historical phone books. Initially they are mainly from London and the surrounding area. Still, I have been able to find some of my ancesters in the 1960's and 1970's. This confirms addresses and in some cases provides information that I didn't have before.
- [Spam emails](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/16/spam-emails/) - I have been having increasing problems with spam emails recently and so decided to do something about it. I have installed Spam Assassin and integrated it with my mailserver (Hmailserver). It does a resonable job of identifying most of the spam, but some of the image based ones are still getting through. Hopefully as I
- [Jo’s guitar](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/14/jos-guitar/) - We had the afternoon free of the school run today and so we went up to Hobgoblin to have a look at guitars for Jo. Jo has a classical guitar that she has played for many years and was considering a new guitar to allow her to develop more. The classical had quite a wide
- [Trip to CadburyWorld](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/09/09/trip-to-cadburyworld/) - I had a collection to make today that was about 2 minutes away from CadburyWorld in Bournville. So, to make the best of the day we all went to CadburyWorld; it was about a 2 hour drive, so we couldn't not go there really. We got there about 9:45 and so went around the back
- [Mum’s computer](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/27/mums-computer/) - About a month ago, Mum's computer crashed just before we went on holiday. I managed to coax it back into life, but the disc was failing. Last Monday, I replaced the hard disc, but after copying that data over the system was in a worse state than I thought. On Friday, I took the computer
- [Updated Cakebread’s information](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/13/updated-cakebreads-information/) - I spent some time about a week ago entering the information that my mum had found out for the Cakebread line of my family. Today, I have got around to updating my online databases with the new information.
- [Great Great Grandparent’s Grave Part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/13/great-great-grandparents-grave-part2/) - A few month's ago I wrote to the funeral directors for my great great grandparents [link]. I had hoped that they would be able to help me with burial records and cleaning and repairing the memorial. They did write back quite quickly at the beginning of July. It is never a good sign when someone
- [Weather Icons](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/13/weather-icons/) - I have added weather icons to some of the earlier blogs and will try to remember to add one each time I post from now on. This morning when we got up, it was raining quite heavily, but now it is dry and overcast, with the sun trying to break through.
- [Updates on school network](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/08/02/updates-on-school-network/) - I went into the school today to work on a couple of outstanding issues. Primarily my visit was to retire the old Linux pc that was acting as the local proxy server and DHCP server. Over the last year, this had become increasingly unreliable and a couple of weeks ago it wasn't giving out IP
- [Stay at Centre Parcs](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/29/stay-at-centre-parcs/) - We had a short break at Center Parcs at Elveden Forest this week. We had booked in for a comfort villa, the same as we had 3 years ago, but the Monday before we went, I had a phone call from Center Parcs offering to upgrade us to an Executive villa. We were moved to
- [Changes to child car seat law](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/14/changes-to-child-car-seat-law/) - On 18th September, a new law is due to come into force. This will mean that children under the age of 12 and under 1.5m (about 5') will have to use a child seat or booster seat. Currently the majority of children over the age of about 6 no longer use a car seat or
- [Bedfordshire retains 3 tier school system](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/13/bedfordshire-retains-3-tier-school-system/) - After the public consulation which was in favour of retaining the current 3 tier education system, the consultants recommendation to the council was to change to a 2 tier system. However, this afternoon the County Council voted to retain the existing three tier system and impliment an action plan to improve standards.
- [Thunder storm](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/04/thunder-storm/) - Wow, what a thunder storm today on the way home from work. I've never driven in weather like it! There was lightning striking either side, ahead and behind. I kept expecting to see something struck and go up in flames. It was so close there was practically no time between the strikes and the thunder
- [School Summer Fayre](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/07/02/school-summer-fayre/) - Went to the summer fayre at Watling Lower School today. The fayre was from 11am to 2pm and the weather was really hot. We all had a great time. There were gocarts, a large 6 person trampoline, bouncy castle as well as the standard stalls. The kids made tie-dye t-shirts, threw paint filled ballons at
- [Voice over Internet Protocol phone](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/25/voice-over-internet-protocol-phone/) - Since my trial of VoIP a couple of weeks ago, I have purchased a Linksys SPA-3000 from BroadbandBuyer. I have configured this using the wizards at Voxilla to get me started, and then adjusted the dialing plan and added additional gateways for the alternate VoIP services that I have subscribed to. I have added a
- [Note on car](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/25/note-on-car/) - Found a note on Jo's car this morning. It appears one of the neighbours has an issue with us having parked on the road outside their house. We are usually parked outside our own house, but due to another parked car, Jo had to park a bit further up the road. I guessed yesterday that
- [Music Centre Concert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/24/music-centre-concert/) - We went to the Dunstable Music Centre end of term concert this morning at Manshead School. Both Peter and Jo were playing in it. Next week is the last session before the end of term and then it's not back until mid September.
- [Great Great Grandparents’ grave](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/22/great-great-grandparents-grave/) - When Lyall was over last month, we located his great grandparents' (my great great grandparents') grave. Tonight, I finally got round to writing to the funeral directors whose name was carved on the memorial stone. Hopefully they will still have records of the burials and will be able to assist with cleaning and repairing the
- [Claimed my blog on Technorati](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/14/claimed-my-blog-on-technorati/) - I added my blog to the Technorati blog finder today. It may get me a couple of visitors, who knows if I'm really lucky, I may get a breakthrough on one of my family tree brickwalls. Technorati Profile
- [Family Tree email problem](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/14/family-tree-email-problem/) - I realised today that I hadn't had any emails to my family tree email account for several days. Unfortunately this was due to a rule I put in place to deal with some spam that I was receiving. The result of this was that I was deleting the emails before I even saw them. Hopefully
- [Voice over Internet phone](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/10/voice-over-internet-phone/) - In view of the high cost of 20pence per minute for calls to New Zealand, I experimented today with making phone calls over the internet. I have subscribed to a service from VoipTalk and installed a software phone on my computer. This morning I rang Lyall in New Zealand and chatted for about 30 minutes.
- [Updated blog layout](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/06/updated-blog-layout/) - I have made some changes to the layout of the blog pages, which I hope will make them easier to read. I have removed the calendar, which didn't really serve any purpose.
- [Warwick Castle](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/01/warwick-castle/) - Had an excellent day out yesterday at Warwick Castle. The weather was really good, a bit overcast at first, but hot and sunny for most of the day. We had an unexpected interruption while walking through the rooms just before midday, when the fire alarms went off and we had the leave the building. Still,
- [Joust 2006](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/06/01/joust-2006/) - My tickets for this year's Joust arrived today. This is on the last two weekends of July at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. We haven't decided when we are going, probably the first Saturday.
- [Trying to catch up](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/14/trying-to-catch-up/) - Hmm... I haven't kept up to date with my blog and now have some catching up to do. I will have to add a few back dated entries to correct this.
- [Expensive guitar bag](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/13/expensive-guitar-bag/) - We went out today to Hobgoblin in Newport Pagnell to get a quarter size guitar case. We took Jo's mandolin that I bought there at Christmas to discuss fitting a peg for a strap. We got the bag and the peg and strap no problem. Then I started looking at their guitars; I have been
- [Ouch time](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/09/ouch-time/) - I had my car serviced today. 90,000 mile service and air conditioning clean was what it was booked in for. However, after adding anti roll bar links, front brake flexible hoses, front brake discs and pads and a throttle cable - ouch! The plus side is I can tell the difference; the throttle is so
- [Shower part 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/09/shower-part-3/) - The shower valve arrived today and is now fitted and working.
- [Shower part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/06/shower-part-2/) - I replaced the broken gate valve today, but discovered the cold one would turn back on, so replaced that as well.
- [Shower problem](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/05/shower-problem/) - This afternoon, I noticed that the shower valve was leaking water out of the casing. It had at some point today leaked under pressure and there was a lot of water sprayed around the area. When I fitted the shower, I had left a couple of access panels sealed with silcon sealant, so I had
- [Visitors from New Zealand 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/05/01/visitors-from-new-zealand-3/) - Oops, missed a day here, was at Mum's yesterday for the day with Lyall and Diana. All came over to our's this afternoon, and we went out for the afternoon. We drove out past the Zoo at Whipsnade and then stopped in one of the carparks so that Lyall could see and photograph the White
- [Visitors from New Zealand 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/04/29/visitors-from-new-zealand-2/) - We spent the day at my Mum's today meeting Lyall and Diana. Lyall is my 2nd cousin once removed. He got in contact with me last September through my website. We popped in to say hello and just got talking and talking and ended up spending the whole day. Back at my Mum's tomorrow for
- [Visitors from New Zealand](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/04/28/visitors-from-new-zealand/) - Lyall and Diana, arrived this evening from New Zealand for 5 weeks. We will meet them tomorrow.
- [Unexpected visitor](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/04/06/unexpected-visitor/) - Got a surprise today at work, when my ex boss from the US, Phil Stathas, popped into work on his way back to the airport. He had been visiting the UK sites of his new company and couldn't pass by without dropping in. So glad he did, it really brightened the afternoon up.
- [I’m an Uncle!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/27/im-an-uncle/) - My brother and his wife had their first child this morning.
- [Ashby Arts and Crafts](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/18/ashby-arts-and-crafts/) - We went into Luton this afternoon to get presents for Mother's Day next weekend. As usual, we had a look at Ashby Arts and Crafts in Luton indoor market. They are always a good place to get cards and collectables. We always used to get our Discworld figures there. The market is being refurbished and
- [Ofsted results](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/17/ofsted-results/) - The school's Ofsted results were sent home today. The school achieved a 2, good overall, with 20 of the 26 graded scoring a 2 (good). During the summing up, the inspectors commented that it was a school to be really proud of. This result is an indication of the hard work that all of the
- [Updated code](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/10/updated-code/) - I have now finished updating the code on almost all sections of my website. My main, family and blog sites are compliant HTML and CSS. My picture gallery is compliant HTML, but not CSS due to some vendor extensions in the style sheet. The point of doing this, is so that the pages should display
- [Ofsted Inspection](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/03/01/ofsted-inspection/) - The school's Ofsted inspection has occured over the last 2 days. The inspection went well, a credit to all the work done at the school. The report should be published in 2 to 3 weeks.
- [Relatives](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/02/25/relatives/) - I am now in contact with two 2nd cousins once removed, from the Moulden branch of my family. Lyall from New Zealand and his wife will be coming over to the UK at the end of April for about 5 weeks. We are looking forward to finally meeting him. The other is in the UK
- [New Website](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/02/25/new-website/) - I have created a new website www.ijhedges.co.uk so that I can get a presence in the UK search engines. As my main site www.ijhedges.com is hosted in Germany, it shows up well in the global and german Google searches (first page), but doesn't appear in the UK search. Hopefully this will resolve this.
- [New Websites](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/02/14/new-websites/) - It must be the time for new websites. www.patchworkpals.co.uk My wife has just finished a site for her friend's patchwork and quilting shop. www.perfectfavours.co.uk My boss's brother has a new site selling wedding favours, children and gentlemens novelties and wedding jewellery.
- [Cheaper fuel](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/02/13/cheaper-fuel/) - I came across the PipelineCard website by word of mouth today. They plan to get a lot of people to sign up and then use this to negotiate a discount with a fuel retailer. It seems a good idea and so I have signed up.
- [Over The Rainbow](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/01/22/over-the-rainbow/) - Last night we went to see Over the Rainbow at the Alban arena in St Albans. It is a musical about the life story of Eva Cassidy. It was an excellent evening and a very good show.
- [Christmas passed so quickly!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/01/04/christmas-passed-so-quickly/) - I can't believe how quickly the break was over this year. It doesn't seem possible that its all over and that I have been back at work for 2 days already. The children went back to school today as well.
- [Fixed some errors](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2006/01/04/fixed-some-errors/) - While looking at my website, I noticed a few errors that had crept in during the reorganisation last week. These have now been corrected, and I think all the pages are working correctly.
- [Website reorganised](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/12/30/website-reorganised/) - Following a security problem in phpGedView, which led to my website being defaced on Boxing Day, I have reorganised my website. My family tree information has been separated out into its own subdomain family.ijhedges.com and the online family tree database phpgedview also has its own subdomain familydb.ijhedges.com/phpgedview My picture gallery has also been separated from
- [We have heat!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/26/we-have-heat/) - After about an hour and a half, I got heat back today. The heating system drain and valve replacement was very straight forward. It took a little longer to get the air back out of the system, but the good news is its all working again. At least if the motor on the valve fails
- [Recoding pages](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/21/recoding-pages/) - The homepage of my website is now laid out using Style Sheets rather than tables in the HTML. I will gradually convert the rest of the site across.
- [House is cold](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/21/house-is-cold/) - As the weather is having a cold snap, it only follows that the 3 position valve on our Central Heating system has become faulty. If the system needs to heat water, then it works fine, however if we need the heating on, then the boiler and pump don't start. As a work around, if we
- [Tudor Festival](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/19/tudor-festival/) - Went to Dunstable's Tudor Festival this afternoon. It was cold, but dry. We did the children's Tudor Treasure Trail and managed to get all 18 answers and stickers in the 2 hours before it had to be returned. That was a result as we got all 3 prizes.
- [Fish problems](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/06/fish-problems/) - It seems that last Saturday, not only did we introduce new guppies and white cloud mountain minnow to the tank, but we also introduced white spot. We only still have 2 out of the 6 guppies and both of those are covered with white spot, one of the dannios is also showing signs of irritation.
- [More Problems resolved in the ICT suite](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/11/04/more-problems-resolved-in-the-ict-suite/) - I visisted the ICT suite again this afternoon to look at some reported problems. When I visited the Friday before half term, I confirmed my plan to deploy the Maths-Whizz software onto all of the computers. As this was only working on 3 of the computers it had been reported as a problem. The software
- [Yet more Fish](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/29/yet-more-fish/) - While visiting Jo's friend at her shop, we popped into the fish shop next door but one and bought some more fish. We have added 5 white cloud mountain minnow and 6 guppies. I think that's it for the tank, its about as stocked as it gets. We also have a home grown baby platty
- [Ancestors coming out of the woodwork](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/27/ancestors-coming-out-of-the-woodwork/) - It's been a busy few evenings recently, trying to track down my people in the 1861 census. Then, when my back was turned, on Wednesday the 1851 census images appeared on Ancestry. Don't get me wrong, this is great, but now its there, I just feel that I have to look for everyone at once.
- [Problems in ICT suite resolved](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/14/problems-in-ict-suite-resolved/) - I went into the school this afternoon to resolve the outstanding issues in the ICT suite. As expected the problems were mainly related to the Linux server (the server that I don't support or have access to). There was a problem with intermittant Internet access, as all traffic passes through the proxy server on the
- [Problems in the ICT suite](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/12/problems-in-the-ict-suite/) - I found out today that there have been problems in the ICT suite since my visit on 30th September. Needless to say, until the head made me aware of the list of issues I hadn't been told. It's extremely frustrating as several of the issues were in my email to the school on 2nd October
- [MOT and garages part 7](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/12/mot-and-garages-part7/) - Yes, its over, I have got the MOT certificates and the refund. Until next year....
- [MOT and garages part 6](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/11/mot-and-garages-part6/) - Getting closer, credit card details today for the refund
- [Photos!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/10/photos/) - A bundle of photos that were sent on Thursday arrived today from New Zealand. I now have photos of my Great Grandparents and Great-Great Grandparents and several others of great aunts and uncles. Wow! That's a word that was used a lot this evening.
- [MOT and garages part 5](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/10/mot-and-garages-part5/) - I think I'm nearly there now. Evidently, the MOT has now been correctly dated and the invoice should be reversed tomorrow and the correct value one raised and all the paperwork returned to me. So part six should be the last.
- [More fish](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/09/more-fish/) - We added some more platties, some neon tetras and a pleco to the tank today. It's starting to look lively in there again.
- [MOT and garages part 4](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/07/mot-and-garages-part4/) - No real update today, rang the garage. The service manager has my paperwork and would ring me back later, maybe Monday. Looks like Monday for part 5 then.
- [MOTs and garages part 3](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/06/mots-and-garages-part3/) - Rang the garage today. Initially I was asked could I post the MOT certificates to them and they would get it resolved. Come on, I'm only across Milton Keynes, you could send one of your drivers to collect it. OK, so a driver would collect the MOT certificates, MOT voucher and a copy of the
- [MOTs and garages part 2](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/05/mots-and-garages-part2/) - Grabbed a lift from someone at work to get in on Wednesday and got the car back in the afternoon. Not until my wallet had been lightened significantly. The keys for the car were just left in reception and the paperwork was in the car, oh well, check it out when I get home. The
- [MOTs and garages](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/04/mots-and-garages/) - I'm fated to have fun with getting cars through the MOT. I took Jo's car with me to work for a service and MOT. It was going to be really simple. The garage would collect it at 10am, service it, get the MOT and return it at 4pm. In reality the car was collected at
- [New Zealand update](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/10/01/new-zealand-update/) - I had another email from New Zealand this morning and then a 25 minute phone call this evening. I still seems strange to be discussing family tree with someone that I didn't even know existed 1 month ago. During the conversation, we were discussing some photos that he had found, and it soon became obvious
- [Computer Suite](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/30/computer-suite/) - During a visit to the school today, I converted the computer suite across to using the new network account. This account is set with a mandatory profile, so that the machines will remain as they have been configured. This should save a lot of work maintaining the desktop configuration. There were a couple of initial
- [PSA recruitment drive](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/27/psa-recruitment-drive/) - The school is on a major recruitment drive for the PSA. At last night's poorly attended Annual General Meeting, the existing PSA officers all stood down. There was only one person who expressed a desire to become a PSA officer. There will be an Extraordinary Annual General Meeting of the PSA on Tuesday 10th October
- [Results from 1861 Census](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/24/results-from-1861-census/) - I spent time yesterday working through my family tree, looking for everyone in the 1861 census. I have found a lot of the older generations and even identified some of their parents and siblings. Some are a bit elusive, but I'll come back to them another time.
- [Shopping portal](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/24/shopping-portal/) - The school have subscribed to a shopping portal. They get a percentage of all transactions through it. It is at www.itallhelps.com/watling. Hopefully it will raise some useful funds.
- [1861 Census](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/22/1861-census/) - While checking some information that I was putting in an email to New Zealand, I happened to look on the Ancestry website. They now have the 1861 Census on line. I have already spent several hours looking and finding my ancestors. Must stop and go to bed now, or I will spend half the night
- [Computer working again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/15/computer-working-again/) - I replaced the power supply and the computer started. That was a relief. I need to investigate an error message I get on shutdown, but other than that all systems go again.
- [Email from New Zealand](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/11/email-from-new-zealand/) - I had an email this morning from a second cousin once removed in New Zealand that I didn't know I had. He had details of a branch of my tree that it didn't have to much on. Asking at the moment if I can include his information into my database.
- [Added some more fish](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/10/added-some-more-fish/) - We added half a dozen platies to the tank today to keep the zebra danios company. We'll give it another 2 or 3 weeks and then get some more fish.
- [Slight problem with Feed Digest](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/09/slight-problem-with-feed-digest/) - The service that I use to feed my headlines to my main website, Feed Digest, had a slight problem yesterday. This is causing it to recrawl the rss feeds, as a result, the most recent headline on my homepage is from 6th August. Hopefully this will sort itself out soon. A bonus however, is the
- [Computer went bang!](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/08/computer-went-bang/) - When I came down this morning, the computer I had just put the new hard disc in was beeping at me and had a burning smell. Somehow, I just knew this wasn't right, so decided to just power it down and worry about the data later. So I pressed the power button. What I wasn't
- [Blog from New Orleans](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/09/01/blog-from-new-orleans/) - I have been reading the following blog from New Orleans http://mgno.com/ This is being posted from a datacenter of DirectNIC on the 10th floor of a highrise in New Orleans
- [Hurricane Katrina](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/28/hurricane-katrina/) - I have been watching the live feed from www.wwltv.com an online tv station for New Orleans, Louisiana. There are also still photos relating to the hurricane.
- [Timeout problem with SquirrelMail client](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/28/timeout-problem-with-squirrelmail-client/) - I had a couple of problems with the SquirrelMail client that I installed. It kept logging the user out after a couple of minutes, very annoying if you are in the middle of typing an email. I checked all the suggestions for preventing this. One of the suggestions was to turn on the refresh of
- [New home email server](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/27/new-home-email-server/) - I was looking at adding a webmail client to our existing home email server, Jana Server, but didn't find anything that I could work with. Jana Server has been a good product, acting as a proxy server, when we were on dialup many years ago, and more recently as a POP/SMTP email server. However to
- [New Fish](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/20/new-fish/) - A few weeks ago, following the demise of our last tropical fish, we gave the tank a thorough clean. Today we have just added half a dozen Zebra Danios, we'll see how they are in a couple of weeks and then start increasing the population.
- [New hard disc](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/18/new-hard-disc/) - I realised that I was running out of disc space for my pictures and audio files, so Tuesday I bought a 120GB drive to increase the storage on that computer. It arrived today, and is now installed, formatted and working. I'm now busy moving files from one partition to another. All I have left to
- [Development website](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/10/development-website/) - I have been experimenting with some different ideas for menu structure and formatting on the test website. The main school site is still here www.watlinglower.org.uk
- [Unread emails](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/09/unread-emails/) - Spent some time this evening catching up on my unread emails from the geneology mailing lists. They build up quick when you take your eye off them. I'm now down to 120 unread.
- [Finally got the MOT cert](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/09/finally-got-the-mot-cert/) - Rang the garage today to get the expiry date on the MOT changed. It's sort of right, the written expiry is right, but the bracketed year is wrong. I have been assured by the MOT station that this is not a problem. I guess I'll find out when I tax it in Feb.
- [Bad Car Day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/08/bad-car-day/) - Car was booked in for MOT retest and replacement of brake fluid. Brake fluid was due to be replaced the previous week, but the main dealer didn't have any. Booking and collection for today were arranged following this visit. This morning, at 11.30, I rang the dealer to find out if my car was being
- [Feed Digest](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/07/feed-digest/) - I am using a free service called FeedDigest to display my RSS feeds on my website. This provides a great service allowing you to splice several feeds together for display.
- [Blog theme again](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/07/blog-theme-again/) - OK, so it wasn't right. I've make a few improvements, mostly to the navigation links.
- [Blog Theme](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/06/blog-theme/) - I think I've got the blog theme about right. Once I started working on it, it started to fall in place fairly quickly
- [Expensive car day](http://blog.ijhedges.com/2005/08/06/expensive-car-day/) - Another expensive car day. My car had failed its MOT last Monday because of a broken bracket on the exhaust. I tried to get this repaired today, but ended up getting the exhaust replaced. At least it was cheaper than the main dealer price. It should now pass the re-test on Monday, as that was

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