tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62361944782035388312024-03-13T11:19:00.832+00:00Northern TripA view of Lewis for the world - A view of the world from LewisADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4872125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-36817544739314904772008-10-07T20:43:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.302+01:00The End<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Tomorrow, 8 October, is the 4th anniversary of my journal Northern Trip on AOL. As AOL is axing its blogging service, I have decided to cease making entries on this journal from now. It will be transferred to an archive on Blogger as soon as the mechanism for doing so becomes available. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>My new blog, </FONT><A href="http://atlantic-lines.blogspot.com"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Atlantic Lines</FONT></A><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>, is hosted on Blogger and has been in use for a few days now. Please go there for further updates. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Thank you to all in J-land on AOL who welcomed me into the community from 2005 onwards. A special thank you to reader peguera1, who was one of my first commenters. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>See you on Blogger. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Guido</FONT></P>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-52009311002476633322008-10-03T13:09:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.303+01:00Update<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Greetings from Inverness. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I urgently need to tell you that it has proved impossible to migrate the dormant journals, including those written by the deceased, to Blogger. If anyone does have access to them, it can be done; if not, copying the entire journal manually is the only option. Lori [helmswondermom on AOL] mentioned on her Blogger journal that saving it as an ebook is apparently an option - please check her journal. Haven't got the link here, and have only very limited time. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I am desperately sorry about this. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">It is perishingly cold today, with a strong northerly wind and snow on the mountains. Not even just the tops, quite low down as well. Temperatures are currently between 5 and 8 degrees across the Highlands. Had a rough crossing to Ullapool, with sleet showers along the way. Now in Inverness Tourist Office, trying to access my email - not possible due to temp maintenance. </FONT></P>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-1027830206449521632008-10-02T11:23:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.304+01:00MSN group<font size="3"><a style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" href="http://groups.msn.com/JLandFriends">JLand Friends</a><br/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You need a Hotmail / MSN username & password to join. The email address can be changed. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-33333215222538181962008-10-02T11:10:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.305+01:00Away<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I am pleased that my J-land 2 folder on Google Reader is filling up nicely with everybody's new URLs. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">
Ken (buckoclown) is suggesting we drop the J-land name. Let's not have
too many changes all at once - this move is proving traumatic enough,
and I'm not looking to the heartache that's bound to occur on and after
November 1st, when people discover their blogs have disappeared. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">
The </span><a style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" href="http://jlandhub.blogspot.com/">J-land Hub</a><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">, the Magic Smoke on Blogger, will come to life in the next couple of days with more information on the transfer. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">
I'll be off Internet from October 3rd until (and including) October
8th, but will try to get internet access at some point. I'm travelling
to Orkney tomorrow to photograph 700 wargraves in Kirkwall and Lyness.
The weatherforecast is atrocious, so please think of me whilst I feed
the fish in the Minch and the Pentland Firth. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">entry copied to <a href="http://atlantic-lines.blogspot.com">Atlantic Lines</a></span></font>
ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-78365459712884722872008-10-02T00:17:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.306+01:00Midnight update<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The procedure for transferring our blogs to Blogger is yet to be announced. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">YOU have to do the transferring, there is nothing automatic about it. Any blogs left untransferred on November 1st will be lost. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Setting up on Blogger:</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">1. Go to http://www.blogger.com</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">2. Click the big orange arrow </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">3. If you already have a Google account, use the login details for that to proceed</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">4. If you DON't have a Google account, provide the details requested, and please don't forget to check the validation email and click on the link that contains. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">5. You now have an Blogger account into which you can transfer your AOL journal</span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-81405285197107441432008-10-01T18:27:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.307+01:00Looking forward<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Once the stramash is over, and our journals are no longer hosted on AOL, I shall switch to a new journal, called <a href="http://atlantic-lines.blogspot.com/">Atlantic Lines</a>. </font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-73317147839062133762008-10-01T18:18:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.308+01:00Request<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Anyone who knows of a blog by a deceased person they wish to preserve, please drop me a line. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Anyone who knows of a blog by a person who will not be in a position to effect the transition to Blogger themselves (through being ill, on holiday whatever), also drop me a line.</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I have set up a Blogger account specifically for these instances. I hope to be able to save these journals; for the latter category, it is possible to transfer ownership later. </span></font><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><br/><br/></font><font size="3" color="#ff0000" face="Comic Sans MS">AS I WAS BLOCKED FROM MAGIC SMOKE, MY ADVICE ON THE TRANSITION WILL NOW APPEAR HERE. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. </font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-42220329085338157972008-10-01T18:08:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.309+01:00Magic Smoke<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I have been blocked from making further entries on Magic Smoke. The reason why is unclear to me. <br/><br/>I will go so far as to say that AOL LLC is solely interested in making money off the backs of its users, without any due regard for their interests, whether these be tangible or otherwise, as in the case of J-land. <br/><br/>My entries on Magic Smoke have been nothing but helpful, and were not critical of AOL or its policies. I have endeavoured to take work away from the Journals Team by answering questions and giving technical advice. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br/><br/>AOL, in
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">AOL</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> Team <br/></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br/><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I'm supposed to be on a journals break, but it looks like it will be a permanent break by the end of October. </span></font><br/></span></p>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-4256225579725407162008-09-24T13:06:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.313+01:00Taking a break<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I have decided to take a break from blogging until October 8th. I have therefore declined an invitation to be guest editor this weekend. Anyone wanting to keep an eye on my pictures is welcome to check them out on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/adb41/">Flickr.com</a>. See you all next month.</font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-42312776263358483942008-09-23T17:46:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.313+01:00Gress<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Visited the graveyard in this small village, 9 miles north of Stornoway, this afternoon. The location is actually quite pretty, so I'll share some of the landscapes of the area. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><img style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2882797632_44e30d4e7f.jpg"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">View from the cemetery</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><img style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2881961527_fd1b44fbc5.jpg"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Along the main road, looking north</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><img style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2882795928_93820e4aab.jpg"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Gress Beach</span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><img style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2881973057_f0ea45d950.jpg"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Gress River and Back [village] on the hill behind</span></font><br/><div id="metrics" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljurlAdd">aoljurlAdd</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljurlAdd_4">aoljurlAdd_4</a></div>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-30753455444926013442008-09-23T12:38:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.314+01:00Alerts<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I am not following "alerts" (through Google Reader) at present, and may not do so for a while. At the moment, I do not feel up to reading and or commenting, and I would not do people's writing any justice. Back soon on that front. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-49789069366315597652008-09-23T12:34:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.315+01:00Tuesday 23 September<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Fairly bright today, even if with a good cover of cloud. No complaints about the weather so far. More than can be said of Puerto Rico, which has had 24 inches of rain in 24 hours, causing mudslides and flash-floods. The tropical weather system responsible is not a formal depression, but its impact is still quite severe. <br/><br/><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7630969.stm">Finland</a> has seen another college shooting, the second in two years. Twenty are feared dead, but the condition of the gunman is unknown - he shot himself after going on his rampage. Finland has a high rate of private gun ownership. This story echoed of the tragedy at Virginia Tech in 2007. </font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-60317181935278369582008-09-22T10:56:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.316+01:00Monday 22 September<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Bright morning, with variable amounts of clouds. Here in Lewis, we have the ridiculous situation that there is no ferry on a Sunday, but you can fly out on a plane. So if you're in the money, you can travel, but the penurious cannot. Also, Lewis is part of the Western Isles, and the island of North Uist does have a ferry service to Skye, which is linked to the Scottish mainland by bridge. So one part of the Western Isles can travel to the mainland on a Sunday by ferry, whilst another cannot. If anyone can make sense of that, please let me know. I can't. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-52289578562974148902008-09-21T16:50:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.316+01:00Hurricane update - 21 September<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Tropical disturbance 93L is moving north towards Puerto Rico, and the NHC is expecting it to develop into a tropical depression within the next day or so. Further updates as they come; at the moment, the Lesser Antilles, US/UK Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola should keep a sharp look-out for this system. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-6185978982172628882008-09-21T16:38:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.317+01:00Sunday 21 September<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Quite a decent day in the islands, with increasing amounts of sunshine as the afternoon progresses. Temperatures have gone down on recent values, just 12 degrees right now. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">South Africa's president, Mr Mbeki, is to announce he will stand down. Can't say I'm sorry to see him go, actually. I'm not a avid follower of SA politics, but a head of state that denies there is an AIDS problem, whereas about one-third of his people have the virus and/or the disease, should really consider his position. Also his tacit approval of Robert Mugabe's regime didn't do him any favours, although Mugabe has sawn the legs from under his own chairs through a disastrous economic policy. The formal reason for Mr Mbeki to step down lies under allegations of interference with a political rival. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-83362223279927271532008-09-20T16:31:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.318+01:00Saturday 20 September<font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Very windy today, with white riders on the water of the basin across the road. Autumn is here, and here to stay. The equinox is nigh, and the weather is there to match it. <br/><br/>If you're in the Caribbean, keep an eye on disturbance 93L, which is currently across the Lesser Antilles. It could turn into something unpleasant. <br/><br/>It is reported that using paracetamol in babies could expose them to an increased risk of asthma. Whether it's the paracetamol (acetaminophen) that's to blame, or another factor, allied to the use of the drug (in high temperatures) is being investigated. The BBC have published an <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7623230.stm">extensive article</a> on the subject. </font><br/><br/><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-214659848761933792008-09-19T23:56:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.318+01:00Alerts<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Please forgive me for being lax about alerts these days - got a lot on my mind. I'll get round when I do. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-11032808534256117922008-09-19T23:51:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.319+01:00Friday 19 September<font size="3"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Bright day with good sunny intervals, making it feel quite warm. Went back to the Eye cemetery this afternoon to complete my trawl of said graveyard for wargraves. Got another dozen or so pictures there. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The Caribbean island state of Haiti was pommeled by four tropical cyclones in recent weeks. Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike all dumped vast quantities of rain, nearly destroying the city of Gonaives in the process. Normal aid procedures are deemed to be insufficient, so a call for further help has gone out. </span><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><br style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"/><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Over the past week, I have received several indications that the commemoration of 9/11 has been seized upon to highlight Muslim extremism. Photographs and video footage was shown of mobs in England, calling for the murder of infidels and deranged clerics in the Middle East wanting the destruction of everything the Western world stands for - in their eyes. I have to stress most forcefully that this information is out of date, as the world has changed a lot since 2005/6. It is unhelpful in the extreme that this footage has been dug out of the archives, particularly around 9/11 - or perhaps precisely because of it. Should this sort of material come your way, please consign it to the circular archive, otherwise known as the dustbin or garbage can. </span></font><br/>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-51574202069700871262008-09-18T22:53:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.319+01:00Olympic size gaffes<strong><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" color="#a00000"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(160, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">Here
are the top nine comments made by sports commentators during
the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back: <br/></span></font></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><font size="2" color="#a00000"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(160, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;"></span></font></u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">1.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Weightlifting commentator:</span>
'This is Gregorieva from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during
her warm up and it was amazing.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">2.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dressage commentator</span>:
'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since
I once mounted her mother.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">3.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Hamm, Gymnast</span>: 'I
owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'
</span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">4.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Boxing Analyst:</span> 'Sure there
have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them
really that serious.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">5.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Softball announcer:</span> 'If
history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing
again.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">6.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Basketball analyst:</span> 'He
dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it
all over their faces.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">7.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">At the rowing medal ceremony:</span>
'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of
the British crew.' </span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">8.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soccer commentator:</span> 'Julian
Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'
</span></font><br/><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">9.
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tennis commentator:</span> 'One of
the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his
wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just
said?'</span></font></p></div></div></strong>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236194478203538831.post-27122976778548299912008-09-18T18:41:00.000+01:002008-10-22T20:27:33.320+01:00Relayed<font id="role_document" size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial"><font size="4">Barbara [bhbner2him] has let us know that she should be back to work on Friday, and back on-line as soon as the power returns. They are all fine and have what they need. She misses us all, and is grateful for our prayers. Please pass the word round (with thanks to Carolyn / lifesabench6). </font></font>ADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com2