tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83062956978171760692012-01-12T00:17:30.978+02:00A record of software projects I am currently working on, my general ramblings and things I find on the net I think would interest others.Simon Templerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783725914957955208noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306295697817176069.post-41855785810371156662011-08-14T14:30:00.001+03:002011-08-14T14:30:29.158+03:00

Wasps nest in our hedge

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Green Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Spotted Flycatcher A Spotted Flycatcher above, taken today in my Mum's garden. Apparently not too common a sight in an English garden. And above that the Green Woodpecker that's been making a real meal of my Mum's lawn digging great big holes in it but Mum loves birds so much she doesn't mind a bit! Not sure I would be let off so lightly if I'd made the

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While there are all kinds of benefits that are associated with learning and furthering your educational goals there are even more benefits to those who wish to pursue online learning in order to achieve those goals. I hope you will find that many of these benefits are quite enlightening and carefully consider whether or not online learning for your secondary education needs will be in your best

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If you are planning to attend college or the parent of a child you hope will attend college, I'm sure you are concerned over how you are going to be able to afford the process. A college education in many cases is a significant investment. The good news is that there are many options for the average family when it comes to paying the high costs involved in higher education. Types of Financial

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We live in the information age. We have grown so accustomed to information at the speed of light that the prospect of not having immediate access to countless numbers of facts and figures with the mere click of a few buttons for many of us is simply disconcerting. For this reason, it only makes sense that there are many people across the nation and around the world that are embracing the idea of

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I've just added a new science game to my website. It's a fun fair style arcade game to help in learning the chemical periodic table.Details and download at:www.greyolltwit.com/periodic-table.htmlGrey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comwww.go-education.comwww.go-games.com

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Madonna stopped her concert half way through in Bucharest last night to launch into one of her 'human rights' speeches. Many of the musicians and dancers she had employed were gypsies and the crowd politely applauded the fact but when she started on about how sad she was that the gypsies, or roma as they are officially known, were badly discriminated against in this part of Europe, the boos and

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The Google algorithm is shrouded in mystery when in fact it is very simple. It doesn't matter what content you have on your page. It is only about who links to you, their relevance and their importance. You can have the best website in the world and have thousands of inbound links and still appear much lower down than a crap site that has a handful of links. How? Well the secret is that the site

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Just updated and uploaded Dinosaur HuntDetails and free download at:www.greyolltwit.com/dinohunt_2.htmlTake care,Simon Hensby aka Grey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comor www.go-education.com

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Hi and Happy New Year. I have just uploaded a new much improved version of my MP3 Player which now also plays Windows media compressed audio files (wma).Details and free download at:www.greyolltwit.com/mp3player2.htmlTake care,Simon Hensby aka Grey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.comor www.go-education.com

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My 'Advent Calendar' and 'Spare A Thought For Santa' screen savers have been updated and are now totally free again. Download at: Advent Calendar Spare A Thought For Santa Happy holidays to you all

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Learning is a fantastic process that is carried out by all of us every day, whether you are 5 or 105. Then why when it comes to educational software, do the majority of programs have these silly pre school graphics? Granted they can be useful for very early learners but those looking to improve their number skills or sentence building can be any age and in my experience of teaching, are put off

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I have just returned my popular ten pin bowling game to freeware. You can get a copy at:free bowling game Happy Bowling. More free games coming soon.

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I have just added a new free game to my software website. It is my version of the classic breakout game. It's called Blobby Breakout and non members of my website can download a free copy. Check out my free breakout game.

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Check out my new World video news website, runVTnews.com.

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I have just added the following new program to my site. The details are as follows:New Utility Program - Search Engine Submission HelperDetails at http://www.greyolltwit.com/seshelper.htmlYou can download a freeware copy by clicking the Non Members download link.

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I have today returned all my cartoon screen savers to freeware. Visit http://www.greyolltwit.com/saverscartoon.html and click on the Non Members download link for each saver. Screen savers include: Percy Penguin - Virtual Penguin screen saver. Morris Myna - You very own virtual pet Myna bird in a screen saver. Tom & Jerry - Tom getting into trouble while chasing Jerry. Pooh & The Honey Tree -

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I have today added the following software program to my website.UK Parish Finder - A genealogy program to help with locating Parishes in the UKWhen searching for information on United Kingdom relatives or finding out your roots through tracing your family tree (genealogy) you will no doubt come across the seemingly endless number of parishes that used to exist in England, Scotland, Wales and

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After completely ruining our country and our relationship with the rest of the world, Mr Tony Blair had to give one more final stream of hot piss in our faces before he left as prime minister. The knighthood given to Salman Rushdie is a complete insult not just to the Islamic world but also to us poor bloody English people. This bastard insulted the Islamic World back in 1988 with his book the

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I'm working in Romania but I don't want the top bar of my blog to be in Romanian. Fair enough I suppose I could live with it being in Romanian before I log in, as being English we have to put up with a complete dilution of our language and lifestyle. It's not my fault the common language chosen has been English but why do we have to give up everything in favour of foreigners all the bloody time.

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Isn't it odd that whenever a new big product comes out, all the tossers who send spam suddenly decide they want to promote it. The latest is Adobe's "Creative Suite 3 Premium" and prior to that it was "Windows Vista...ready to download". I find it hard to believe that all the spotty little jerks who jam up everyone's inbox suddenly decide these are the things to try and flog today. Hmmm...you

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Live Video Chat is fast becoming the preferred method to communicate with friends and family. Apart from being far cheaper than a phone call, it's great to see the other person you are chatting with.To get on this fast moving bandwagon, you firstly need some good software to video chat with. Secondly, to live video chat you need someone to talk to. If like me, you have few friends, then try one

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I have been asked by several people if I can add a countdown facility to my stopwatch program. I am pleased to say I have now managed to integrate a countdown option into the program and I hope to release the new version in the not too distant future.

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Being British is about driving a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Only in Britain can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in Britain do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get

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Here's the rub. I'm a software author, not a marketing or advertising guy and clearly I haven't got a clue how to sign up members for my website.I receive over 2,000 unique visitors to my software website every day. I have hundreds and hundreds of genuine testimonials from ordinary folks who reckon that my programs are really great. However, I am lucky if just one person a day signs up to be a

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I'm trying to make a reasonable living on the net with my software and other projects as explained in a previous post below. So I am always open to new ideas and one that's potentially an earner, is even more appealing. I recently came across Bloggerwave where you can earn cash by writing reviews for companies on their products or services. I enjoy writing, so thought I would give it a whirl.The

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I've just added a new Blogs links page to my software website Links section. I'm not a huge site but I do receive 2,000 unique visitors a day, have a Google Pagerank of 5 and am ranked in the top 340,000 websites on Alexa. So a free text link on my site could help your blog.Visit here to request a free blog text link on Grey Olltwit Software.

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Sad to say, but in my experience it's a fantasy for most of us. There are a tiny minority who actually manage to make a pile but most of us barely scratch an existence, and many that boast of high incomes are usually lying to get you to part with your hard earned.I've been 10 years on the net and can just about pay my rent and eat occasionally. It's taken me this long to build up my software

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Just to let you know that my Block Text Replacer program is now free for non members. Please visit:http://www.greyolltwit.com/btreplacer.html and click on the non members download link.That's all for now.Cheers, Grey Olltwitwww.greyolltwit.com

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My Plan Maker program for making simple house plans, street direction maps etc., has now been completed and is available here. The search engine program I mentioned below is still under development but mainly just needs some cosmetic tidying up before release as freeware.I'm working on an improved version of my Strongest Link program, to include larger text and the ability to change the font etc.

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I'm currently working on a page listing about 90 search engines that you can submit your website/s to for free. Plus I'm building a handy little tool to help you with all the copying and pasting. This I shall add to the page as a free download. There is a bit more work to do yet but I hope to release it shortly.There are of course sites that claim to auto submit your website to hundreds of search

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My platform game Simanji is now available whilst my Planmaker is still in development. I hope to release it shortly. I have also added a new program for those that have some difficulty using a mouse. It's a media player which scrolls through folders and options, allowing you to click when you see something you want to view, such as a folder of pictures or listen to some mp3 tracks or wav files.

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My Jellyfish and Let It Snow screen savers are now available as downloads plus the Junior Wordsearch Maker I was talking about in my last post.New updates have been made to my Turtle Valentine and Easter Screen Savers plus I've been giving my fossil website a makeover too. Its new address is go-fossils.com and it has a free copy of my Dinosaurs Screen Saver, plus you can play an online quiz and

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Grey Olltwit Software (my business) is 10 years old so I've decided to give my site a long overdue makeover.Current projects I'm working on include a Jellyfish screen saver which is ready for uploading along with a snow scene saver. The latter has snow falling and blowing in the breeze. The effect is quite realistic and I'm pretty happy with it. I have a nice snow scene backdrop but I have added

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