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Thanks for this information

2009-07-07T11:17:31.469+01:00

Thanks for this information

She's extremely lovely and cute. Wait a few years ...

2009-05-28T07:55:58.194+01:00

She's extremely lovely and cute. Wait a few years and she'll break some hearts !!!

Chris, thought you might like to know there was a ...

2009-05-07T11:06:00.000+01:00

Chris, thought you might like to know there was a scene cut from the movie portraying, or at least hinting, the Waltz has skeltons in the cloest.

This scene I think appears in the Cut Scenes section on the DVD (I saw it in a special version years ago), basically showing a 12 year old rising talent crying at the top of the stairs, and she is seen by Tom.

Because it is all part of the rich tapestry of Cha...

2009-04-17T19:41:00.000+01:00

Because it is all part of the rich tapestry of Charlotte's life!

Why haven't you removed me babbling on about petro...

2009-04-17T16:23:00.000+01:00

Why haven't you removed me babbling on about petrol gagues on such an important video!!!!!!

Now you get to experience such things as banana be...

2009-04-16T07:19:00.000+01:00

Now you get to experience such things as banana being wiped on your TV screen and your child walking into danger with no sense of fear. Have fun.

May I say for the record that Amelia has been walking for 6 weeks now. :-)

Attempt 4:I agree SVN is good, but it has major pr...

2009-03-30T12:31:00.000+01:00

Attempt 4:

I agree SVN is good, but it has major problems. The additional more than 1:1 ration of files and the fact that it often breaks if you don't quite do things right or the windows event file handler isnt always captured. This causes MAJOR headaches and I have seriously spend days trying to fix issues cause of it.

I am currently working on some open source projects which we have chosen CodePlex to host. This is much better as you can access via SVN or Team Explorer therefore acting as a TFS server. This is a much bettter source implementation as you have only 1 additional file and a lot less headaches (far from perfect though).

However CodePlex is only for OpenSource projects and cannot be secured, you have a 30 day slot to code your project or it is scraped unless you publish it to the world.

I looked into Hosted TFS solutions and there only appear to be 2 providers, 1 thats offline and another which wants $129 a month!

Surely theres a massive gap in the market here.

BTW: VisualSVN is the tool to use with Tortoise, Ankh is good but I've found it slow, I bought another SVN license at the weekend definately worth the £30 or whatever it is. both Save you using explorer as they are VS plugins (if you get a proper copy!)

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! So proud of her! She is so cute!

2009-03-06T18:49:00.000Z

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! So proud of her! She is so cute!

That is so lovely and spooky as I dreamt on Monday...

2009-03-03T08:39:00.000Z

That is so lovely and spooky as I dreamt on Monday night that Charlotte walked from Dawn to Chris and I was watching.!! From a doting Grandma x

That's cute. We are doing the exact same thing at ...

2009-03-02T07:10:00.000Z

That's cute. We are doing the exact same thing at the moment with Amelia.

She can actually walk but still prefers to crawl.

There certainly is, but I can't tell you off the t...

2009-01-16T09:55:00.000Z

There certainly is, but I can't tell you off the top of my head. Have a look at the configuration of the remote in the software, or use Logitechs helpline, I've heard it is very helpful.

ok, I have the same remote, but for some reason if...

2009-01-16T09:05:00.000Z

ok, I have the same remote, but for some reason if I'm watching my DVR when I need to change volume I have to switch to Activites--> Watch My Tv in order to do so. Is there any way to set it up the way where I can just change the volume without switching things?

In all fairness we nagged too! So don't blame mum,...

2009-01-14T19:20:00.000Z

In all fairness we nagged too! So don't blame mum, tut tut tut

Little Sis

I agree. Been using it for a week and love it. My ...

2009-01-07T09:55:00.000Z

I agree. Been using it for a week and love it. My girlfriend too! I'm still having a little trouble setting the delay on the TV to switch to the AV1 input, since the TV takes about 6 seconds to warm up. Other than than, respect to a great piece of technology!

this is very interesting device but the prices are...

2009-01-03T10:15:00.000Z

this is very interesting device but the prices are very high for me at least it's just a simple and small remote and for such a high price....

Well, how do you think you did?

2008-12-31T13:14:00.000Z

Well, how do you think you did?

Happy birthday Charlotte.

2008-12-17T06:24:00.000Z

Happy birthday Charlotte.

Disappointed to hear you didnt take part!But for t...

2008-11-10T09:45:00.000Z

Disappointed to hear you didnt take part!

But for the record I dont think people with moustaches like that are allowed near children!

WOW I almost feel like I was there, crawling to da...

2008-11-04T18:36:00.000Z

WOW I almost feel like I was there, crawling to day, hanging out in the bus shelter by friday night!

This is where the nightmare begins. :-)Just rememb...

2008-11-04T08:22:00.000Z

This is where the nightmare begins. :-)

Just remember, crawling babies have no fear and will head towards stairs, knives, ovens etc during their exploration.

Not that we leave knives around for Amelia to get but I am just making a point about them seemingly seeking out danger.

Prepare to be exhausted. :-)

She's very cute.

What's the problem with a bit of extra protein in ...

2008-10-17T14:16:00.000+01:00

What's the problem with a bit of extra protein in your lunch box!!

Hi Rahul, I'll try and make it more obvious how to...

2008-10-01T21:05:00.000+01:00

Hi Rahul, I'll try and make it more obvious how to contact me, but you should be able to use validator [at] cgiley [dot] com

Anyway, the error you're seeing is probably due to an issue with my web host. I'll try and take a look into it, what's the website you're validating?

Hi Chris; couldn't find a way to contact you so I'...

2008-10-01T20:32:00.000+01:00

Hi Chris; couldn't find a way to contact you so I'm posting a message here. This is regarding your HTML validator; my website is fully validated by W3C, but on trying your validator I'm getting this error on ALL my page! [Error loading DTD or file: System.Xml : Expected DTD markup was not found. Line 1, position 3.]

Excellent. Can't wait to see the IM bot in action....

2008-09-15T16:03:00.000+01:00

Excellent. Can't wait to see the IM bot in action. Let us know if you need any help along the way.

There you go Ant, the footer issue in IE7 should b...

2008-09-01T22:51:00.000+01:00

There you go Ant, the footer issue in IE7 should be fixed now - cheers Tony :o)