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Saturday, June 19, 2004

What a day...

Holy crap I hope I don't have to do that again for a while. This morning I decided move my desk/bed combo to the basment as it is getting way too hot during the day upstairs. Well I started at 10 am and did not stop until 8pm. This custom build desk/bed combo is alot of work to dissassemble then re-assemble. the thing has to weigh 200lbs. Well every thing is finnaly setup up in the basment now but I still have to tidy up my room upstairs. urghh! I'll leave it for tomorrow.

So... Any one enjoying the peep show the last few days? hehe. There be boobies on my web page! Bloody hot weather. :( You could sweat just doing nothing!

Anyway I have been delayed uploading my WamPosterCL (Webcam image poster/uploader) application because it seems it only wants to capture a few images before it starts having problems. I have it set up under the windows task scheduler to capture an image every ten minutes. Then I use the built in windows ftp command line to upload the captured image to my web site. I have been trying to track down the problem and if I can't figure it out by monday I will post the app anyway. Capture bug included. I also have not dismissed that it could be my web cam that is at fault as well.

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To use FTP from the command line click start run and type "cmd". then type ftp at the command line to start the ftp app. I believe the ftp command line is availible as far back as win98 but I could be wrong.

Thursday, June 17, 2004

Online peep show!

Well I just finished setting up my web cam capture software and have scheduled it to run under the windows task scheduler every ten minutes.
You can find a new link on the side bar called "WebCamera" that will take you to the web cam page. Kind of a novelty item, so people can see weather or not I'm at my computer. I still have not posted the WebPosterCL application yet, will do that tomorrow, but for now its bed time....zzzzzzzz

Goto webcam page!

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Running Times

I have decided to start posting my running times. I run a course over a dirt road for 2.4km. Here the data table of my running times thus far...



Moving
Date Distance Time Average Comments
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May 30, 2004 788m 4m30s
May 31, 2004 776m 4m56s With break mid way
June 1, 2004 800m 3m56s 12.4kh With 32 sec break mid way
June 2, 2004 800m 3m59s 12.1kh With 30 sec break mid way
June 3, 2004 1.4km 8m35s 8.8kh With 1 minute break half way (longer run at less speed more preferable)
June 4, 2004 1.4km 8m51s 9.5kh With no breaks
June 5, 2004 1.79km 11m32s 9.3kh With no breaks
June 7, 2004 2.4km 16m45s 8.6kh With no breaks
June 8, 2004 2.41km 16m28s 8.8kh With no breaks
June 9, 2004 2.42km 15m30s 9.4kh With no breaks
June 10, 2004 2.45km 16m31s 8.9kh With no breaks
June 11, 2004 2.4km 17m09s 8.4kh With no breaks
June 12, 2004 10m Took cassie dog for a run
June 13, 2004 2.4km 15m53s 9.0kh With no breaks
June 14, 2004 2.41km 14m24s 10.0kh With no breaks (also rode to town about 45min)
June 15, 2004 Did not run. Did yard work.
June 16, 2004 2.41m 13m16s 10.9kh With no breaks



My goal is to run 2.4km in under 11m56s. That is the Canadian forces minimum standard for entry. I figure if I can start running 2.4km in under 11m56s consistently I'm doing good. From the data table you can see that when I started doing my run I was running 12.4kh for only 800m I stopped doing that because it was too difficult so I opted for a slower pace run at a longer distance. Which is much easier. Although I can't recall the reason for deciding to start doing a daily run... Just for the hell of it I guess. :p

WebCam capture app on the way

I am just finishing off a application called WamPosterCL. This app will capture an image using your webcam and save it out to a file. It will include features like FTP Upload, Embeded text etc.

I should be uploading to my site within a few days.

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Links page has been updated

I have updated my links page and removed the link to the Camstudio application because it appears to have been bought out by Macromedia. The Camstudio application was free, but the link now takes you to the Macromedia RoboDemo application page. RoboDemo is not free. Therefore the link was removed.

This was the original url to the CamStudio application http://www.ehelp.com/camstudio/product/screenrecording/

I also have added a link to Sony's QRIO personal "entertainment" robot. Sony QRIO Main Page