Feb '04 15

Today Ultralab’s Industrial Resident Dr. Stan Owers will be live on Air at BBC Essex today at 3pm for ‘Tea at Three’ with Steve Scruton.

To listen Live, follow the following steps:

Goto a web browser and type in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/essex.

Then click the ‘Listen Live’ button:

Then click the smaller ‘Listen Live’ button on the new page that pops up:

Now listen, it could take upto a minute before you hear anything, you need to turn your sound up!

Also, we’re not sure which Studio Stan will be in…..so here are the links for both of the studio webcamera’s:

BBC Essex Radio Webcam 1

BBC Essex Radio Webcam 2

To read about how Stan became a guest on BBC Essex Radio, click the following link:

Dr. Stan Owers on BBC Essex Tea at Three with Steve Scruton.

Feb '04 6

eBay discriminates against Apple Mac users. We all know how annoying it is to list an item on eBay and how it can take ages via the web. What we all need is an application to list the items offline, and then upload them.

eBay offers a piece of software for Windows customers called Turbo Lister.

Turbo lister boasts:

  • Usability enhancements make the tool extremely easy to learn and use
  • Bulk list hundreds or even thousands of items to eBay efficiently
  • Save the listings you create in the program and use them again and again
  • A new WYSIWYG (”What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get”) HTML editor
  • Attractive new templates you can use to spruce up your item descriptions
  • Ability to schedule listings to start automatically at a future time
  • Reliable and scalable upload of listings using the eBay API
  • And much more…!
  • Best of all, it’s still FREE!

So….Great….but it is NOT FOR MAC with no plans for a Mac Version.

BUT…

iwascoding.com have launched their very own application which does the job PC users have for free, it is called….GarageSale.

Feb '04 2

Yesterday evening the Ultralab team were invited to the home of Jonathan Furness for a birthday party to celebrate Jonathan’s 28th birthday. After a rebrand of the occasion to ‘Garage Warming Party’ a healthy number turned up to celebrate Jonathan’s Erection of a new Garage.

For the occasion it was a must to make a very cheesy Pineapple & Cheese hedgehog (see picture above).

All garage party animals were encouraged to ‘bring something interesting to do or eat’ and the party was hosted by Katie & Jonathan in Jonathan’s Bungalow, Wickford.

Pete Bradshaw was event record logistical manager for the event, the pictures can be viewed by asking Jonathan to get them out.

Richard Millwood demonstrated his pancake production skills, assuming his part time occupation as famous cook Anthony Worrall-Thompson. Sasha Millwood entertained the party goers with his excellent ability as a pianist (Phone Video:1, 2, 3) it is hard to believe Sasha is 12, he plays the piano with tremendous skill and emotion.