Granville White

Winters here!

2012-01-28T12:52:00.002Z

So the weather is set to get colder eh! Well it was certainly colder last night and we turned the central heating up a little over night, cold out and sunny this morning, said on the news that the cold weather could last for 4 weeks, well lets hope that doesn't happen, roll on summer, which day is it on this year?

Goodbye 2011

2011-12-31T22:59:00.000Z

What a year 2011 was, disaster after disaster, snow, flood, earthquakes, tsunami, death and destruction everywhere, and not forgetting the Euro crisis and recession, hopefully 2012 will bring peace and prosperity to the world.

Happy New year Everyone :) 快乐新的一年大家

2011-12-29T15:30:00.000Z

My Cats - Neelix (above)

and Sweep (below)

Holiday Greetings

2011-12-25T04:05:00.002Z

Merry Christmas [ 祝圣诞节快乐] Everyone.

This year has just flown by hasn't it, the older one gets the quicker the time passes!

New hospital opens.

2011-12-10T12:14:00.001Z

New Hospital Photograph

People's Choice Awards 2012!

2011-10-20T05:32:00.001+01:00

Nominate your favorites for People's Choice Awards 2012! http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/nominations via @peopleschoice

The reason not to overtake a lorry when it's turning left!

2011-09-30T20:33:00.001+01:00

My theskynet Stats

2011-09-24T16:32:00.000+01:00

My theskynet credits

http://theskynet.org

Video about the theskynet.org program

2011-09-15T15:28:00.000+01:00

theskynet.org

Short video about the theskynet.org program/website

More about SkyNet from me

Visit to Bargoed

2011-09-15T14:16:00.001+01:00

Haven't been to Bargoed for years, when I lived here many years ago you had trouble walking on the pavement because of the amount of people shopping, today it's dead!
Lot of improving going on, maybe visit again in a few weeks to see the results.

Bargoed Town Centre - Hanbury Road

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Bargoed Town Centre - High St

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Bargoed Town Centre - High St corner of Upper High St.

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Bargoed Town Centre - High St corner of Upper High St.

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Bargoed - Looking down Upper High St, corner of Heolddu Rd

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Bargoed - Upper High St - Workmen have hit a water pipe.

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Bargoed Town Centre - Looking up the High St

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Bargoed - Looking up Curch St.

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Bargoed - St Gwladys School - Bottom of Church St.

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Bargoed - Bargoed Library bottom of Church St.
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Bargoed - The War Memorial

Bargoed - Steps into car park, Lower High St.
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Bargoed - Looking up Lower High St.
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Bargoed - Looking across the Bargoed Aberbargoed Valley

Tredegar Tce Aberbargoed in the background.

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Bargoed - Train going up the Rhymney Valley Line
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Looking across the Bargoed Aberbargoed Valley
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Bargoed - Back of Hanbury Rd, The Library.
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Bargoed - Looking towards Bargoed railway station

From the car park back of Hanbury Rd/High St.

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I've been Noobed!

2011-09-14T14:34:00.000+01:00

Just a few house crunching data on theskynet.org Windows client and I have been awarded a Trophy.

theskynet.org

2011-09-14T07:27:00.000+01:00

Your computer is bored. It has spare processing power nearly all the time that could be used to do something cool. So why not let it? theSkyNet needs you!http://www.theskynet.org

Have a computer? Want to help astronomers make awesome discoveries and understand our Universe? theSkyNet needs you!

Your computer is bored. It has spare processing power nearly all of the time that could be used to do something cool. So why not let it?The Science BitBy connecting 100s and 1000s of computers together through the Internet, it’s possible to simulate a single machine capable of doing some pretty amazing stuff.theSkyNet is a community computing project dedicated to radio astronomy. Radio astronomers use radio telescopes (of course) to observe the Universe at radio wavelengths (still with me?). All day, every day, signals from distant galaxies, stars and other cosmic bits and pieces arrive at the Earth in the form of radio waves. Once detected by a radio telescope the signal is processed by computers and used by scientists to support a theory or inspire a new one.The Computer BitWhen you join theSkyNet your computer will help radio astronomers process information and answer some of the big questions we have about the Universe.As a part of theSkyNet community your computer will be called upon to process small packets of data, but you wont even notice it’s going on. The key to theSkyNet is to have lots of computers connected, with each doing only a little, but it all adding up to a lot.At the heart of theSkyNet is this website, theSkyNet.org where you’ll find alliances you’ve joined stack up against others. The more data you and your alliances process, the more status you’ll have within theSkyNet community.But that’s not it, because as theSkyNet project evolves we’ll be adding more features for you to explore. In the pipeline we have visualisation tools to help you understand the data you’re processing and even an opportunity to help identify and catalogue radio wave sources.The Guts of theSkyNettheSkyNet is powered by some clever software called Nereus. Data collected by one of several radio telescopes is sent to your computer as a small data packet ready for processing by the Nereus client. Once processing of the data packet has taken place it is sent back and the process begins all over again. By repeating this process across thousands of computers, it is possible to simulate a single powerful machine capable of doing real and relevant scientific research.

theskynet.org
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Non-Members
Use theSkyNet software right
now in your web browser. - CLICK HERE

Bargoed regeneration proposals

2011-09-13T08:14:00.000+01:00

Bargoed regeneration proposals Video Bargoed

My Favourite Android Apps

2011-09-12T10:40:00.001+01:00

Here is a useful app for Android, TeamViewer

TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it. This program is free for Non-commercial use.

Download the program from the TeamViewer website and install on the computer you wish to use remotely then download TeamViewer from the Android Market onto your Android smart phone, register on line, start the TeamViewer software on your PC, go to the Android App and enter you account details and password and then it connects and you can remotely control your PC from your Android phone, you can also use it PC to PC, handy for helping out friends or family to correct faults or update Windows for non-computer literate users.

TeamViewer is free for private users.

My Boinc Stats

2011-09-11T19:32:00.001+01:00

Dog & Cat Stand off - Who's the winner?

2011-09-11T18:58:00.002+01:00

Test4theory is opening up for new volunteers!

2011-09-11T17:44:00.000+01:00

Test4theory is opening up for new volunteers!

Thu, 09/08/2011 - 09:11 — Daniel Lombraña...

We've recovered from the initial tsunami of volunteer support last month – thanks, everyone, for your enthusiasm and patience! So now Test4Theory is opening gradually to new volunteers using invitation codes.
If you want to test the project, please, sign up for an invite!
If the number of requests remains very high, we won't be able to accommodate everyone, so we'll be picking users randomly each week and sending them invitation codes – an invitation lottery. Thus, if you want to try the project and help debugging it sign up and good luck!

Well Done Me!

Boinc Stats

2011-08-21T08:12:00.005+01:00

Boinc stats as of 21st August 2011

Click image to enlarge

NCIS

2011-08-20T15:38:00.001+01:00

One of my favourite TV programs on channel five is NCIS, here is a link to the real NCIS

Video

2011-08-20T15:24:00.000+01:00

Been having having problems writing pages for this blog with video on, have now split the MY Cats pages into two separate pages one for photos and one for video, working fine now, after several re-writes.

New Hospital and new road layout on the A469 at Ystrad Mynach.

2011-08-08T13:38:00.002+01:00

New Hospital and new road layout on the A469 at Ystrad Mynach.

Above: 2009 - Below 2011

New road layout on the A469

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Above: 2009 - Below: 2011

New Ystrad Fawr hospital under construction

New Dallas series given go-ahead

2011-07-12T05:36:00.002+01:00

BBC News - New Dallas series given go-ahead.

BBC News - New Dallas series.

Google+ Invite.

2011-07-10T15:26:00.001+01:00

If anyone wants an invite to Google+ send me a DM with your email via my Google Profile (Under my photo) http://t.co/zJVa6Hr Limited time

Just indicate you wish a Google+ invite in your message.

Google+

2011-07-09T17:48:00.000+01:00

Looking to use Google+ soon, reports look interesting, don't like Facebook, don't trust them!

Waze

2011-01-30T23:13:00.000Z

Waze is free social mobile application that enables drivers to build and use real-time road intelligence to find the most optimal route to their destination. http://www.waze.com

Waterskiing is so passe

2011-01-30T11:06:00.003Z

How to fly using water!

This would be good on Lock Ness, ware a monster outfit with this back pack on and frighten the shit out of people, I can imagine the newspaper reports now :)

Puma or Panther roaming wild in Pembrokeshire

2011-01-29T15:46:00.002Z

A former police officer has described his close encounter with what he believes is a puma or panther roaming wild in Pembrokeshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-12307680

Funny Cats

2011-01-29T07:53:00.000Z

Kitten vs. Watermelon

2011-01-29T07:34:00.000Z

Willi the Kitten is so Proper

2011-01-29T07:24:00.000Z

World of Warcraft

2011-01-23T14:45:00.001Z

Have now installed the latest expansion pack for Warcraft, and very nice it is too!

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Tiggy the Cat

2011-01-23T14:34:00.001Z

Tiggy the Cat (Mummy Cat)

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Sooty the Cat

2011-01-23T14:23:00.001Z

Photo of Sooty the Cat

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Neelix

2011-01-23T13:46:00.001Z

Photo of Neelix the Cat

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Penny The Cat

2011-01-23T13:44:00.001Z

Photo of Penny the cat

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

World of Warcraft

2011-01-23T11:39:00.000Z

World of Warcraft expansion pack Cataclysm now installed on my pc, 10GB download from the net before hand which took for ever, then installed from CD, then another update from the net, not a large down load but again took ages, crashed half way and had to re-do, new graphics card in my PC as other burned out, that's two Nvidia cards I have gone through, so I have gone for a Radeon this time, couldn't fit as powerful a card as I would have liked because of the design of the Medion mother board, which won't take a double slot card.

Near miss with out of control lorry

2011-01-23T11:25:00.001Z

From the BBC News channel - Driver's near miss with out of control lorry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12261124

HTC - Desire

2011-01-22T09:44:00.000Z

I have a new mobile phone, sold the E71, now have HTC desire, very pleased with it, bigger screen than the E71 and running the Android system which I am very impressed with.

Only problem is the battery is not up to it, have to charge every night, but I had to do that with the E71 as well so no difference there, but Android seems much more stable than the S3 operating system, downloaded AVG for Android for £3.61, and using Seesmic for Twitter use which is free, good camera and good call quality on the 3 Network, and a good point with using 3 is free Skype to Skype which helps to keep call costs down.

Facebook

2011-01-22T09:34:00.000Z

I have closed my Facebook account because of privacy issues, Facebook seem to be putting the interests of developers before the interests of their users, this to me is totally unacceptable.

Sweep & Sooty Video

2010-04-04T14:26:00.006+01:00

Video of Sweep the cat grooming his brother Sooty. Taken at home on the 4th of April 2010.
Both around 12 years of age at the time.

Click arrow to play

pixelpipe

Tiggy the cat

2009-05-17T19:34:00.001+01:00

photograph of Tiggy

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Twibble test using Moby

2009-05-17T17:26:00.001+01:00

- Posted using Mobypicture.com

Sooty_16_05_2009_1

2009-05-16T17:08:00.001+01:00

Sooty_16_05_2009_1, originally uploaded by ville1955.

Sooty, one of my troop of cats.

Damp Morning In Hengoed

2009-05-16T10:53:00.001+01:00

Damp Morning In Hengoed, originally uploaded by ville1955.

Geo Tagging test photo, taken on a damp morning in Hengoed, tagging info is available on flickr

email test

2009-05-12T07:49:00.002+01:00

-- I sent this from my 3 mobile --

testing uploading from mobile phone.

2009-05-12T07:49:00.001+01:00

New way to post to Blogger test.

-- I sent this from my 3 mobile --

Test

2009-05-12T07:04:00.001+01:00

Email test from my mobile phone

2009-05-10T16:47:00.003+01:00

Short video showing problem with the Twitter client Blu, expect an update to correct the problem, I love the look of this client, expecting great things with future update.

2009-04-25T16:18:00.003+01:00

This video is a demo of using a Garmin 660FM SatNav & Nokia E71 to make hands free phone call from your car, look at the menu and phone status screens, in the video as an example I dial out to my voicemail system.
-- April 25th 2009

2009-04-12T11:15:00.001+01:00

Neelix the cat, photo taken in March 2009.

2009-02-03T18:23:00.002Z

Heavy snow today in South Wales, sent home early from work due to poor weather conditions.
Photograph taken in Penpedairheol.

Twitter

2009-01-17T17:07:00.002Z

Added new Twitter Widget to Blogger, Tweets appear on top left.

Xmas

2008-12-26T00:43:00.001Z

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my friends, family and blog followers.

Hope you all have a happy and prosperous 2009

Granville

Twitter

2008-12-21T18:04:00.001Z

Twitter Plug_In for Windows Live Writer working, yes I like it, easy to install & useful, will save some time when blogging.

Windows Live Writer

2008-12-21T18:01:00.001Z

Using Windows Live Writer to up-date Blogs, have installed the Twitter Plug-In, trying to figure out how to use it.

OpenOffice

2008-12-21T17:01:00.001Z

Just installed an extension to OpenOffice, write blog in OpenOffice Writer and post straight to Blogger.

Tallest Man In Nuaire

2008-10-11T00:59:00.001+01:00

Is this the tallest man in Nuaire?

or has he just bounced after jumping from the landing?

CCBC - New Council Building

2008-05-30T15:31:00.001+01:00

The new CCBC offices in Ystrad Mynach

CCBC Website

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photographs taken 30/05/2008

Desktop tower Defence

2008-05-29T14:53:00.001+01:00

I challenge you all to a game of desktop tower defence.

Link to game

Enter Penped Heros to list your high scores.

GOOD LUCK

Neelix

2008-05-29T14:20:00.002+01:00

Neelix the cat playing with the ladders.

bit of luck he will clean the upstairs windows!

Local Sustrans Rides

2008-05-22T18:29:00.001+01:00

List of Welsh and local Sustrans cycle rides and events posted on my web site follow this link for details.

New By-Pass road Bargoed

2008-05-19T11:37:00.002+01:00

Here is a photo of the new By-Pass road in Bargoed.

Internet TV

2008-05-19T06:43:00.001+01:00

BBC

I quite like the BBC iPlayer, used for the first time over the weekend, downloading takes a while on a 2 million bit connection but other then that the quality is very good, the streaming is a bit hit and miss through, sometimes it acceptable but other times it stops and starts streaming so much it's a real pain.

ITV

Whether this is my isp or the BBC server I am not sure, I have also been using the ITV streamer which again is very good, been watching Andromeda as I can't get Freeview.

Zattoo

This is quite good, I watch Neighbours on channel 5, again some streaming problems at times, if you haven't tried Zattoo it's worth a go if like me you can't get Freeview.

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Computer Fixed

2008-05-18T21:55:00.001+01:00

Computer fixed, 'Puter didn't like the 9600GT so had to fit a 7950GT, more then adequate for the use I put it to.

Medion 8818

2008-05-18T21:54:00.001+01:00

My computer has gone coput! graphics card decided to go to sleep, the 3 year warranties that it came with is not worth the paper it was written on, have been ringing the support number for two weeks, first week some French bird saying something in French to which I do not under stand, second week constant engaged tone, moral of story? don't buy a medion PC! Any way mines having a new more powerful graphics card fitted along with a higher rated power supply to run said card, which is a Nvidia 9600GT

Neelix the cat

2008-05-18T21:52:00.001+01:00

This is Neelix the cat, been with me nearly a year now, I also have five other cats.

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Sorted

2008-05-18T21:49:00.001+01:00

Ah - You have to select which one you want to post to by using the Weblog tab.

First post on Blogger

2008-05-18T21:45:00.001+01:00

This is to be my first post on Blogger using the Windows Live Writer, don't know if it will work until I post and then view, should be posted to Spaces and Blogger at the same time, next post will be a yay or a nay.