by John - Published: October 22nd, 2008
I have seen references to RSS feeds on several sites I visit but had never grasped the concept.
I had even read all about them on Wikipedia, and had been no better informed of the functionality as it relates to me and what I do!
Tonight, my Wife, an non-programmer and who often calls for my help in matters “computer”, started a blog and suggested I add her “RSS” feed from her blog to my Firefox browser.
My response was, OK, I know that there is such a thing as RSS Feeds, as I am constantly offered to avail myself of them, but, hey, I have got by for over 60 years without one!
So, next step, with her standing at my desk, was to go to her new blog site, navigate as per her instructions, and voila, now I have an RSS Feed from her site to by browser.
What has happened here, is a practical demonstration of “how” something works, that I had never been able to grab from reading descriptions. Maybe I had never grabbed the concept as it was something I was locking out! Perhaps so!
But now I do have a live RSS feed from “Magnetic North”
Live and Learn.
John
by John - Published: October 7th, 2008
Spotted this little gem whilst searching for another picture on the internet. Thought it was worth sharing 
GD&R
by John - Published: October 6th, 2008
We toured Italy in the summer of 2008 with some friends Bill and Sandra. We all enjoyed the trip very much, apart from the flights to and from Italy on Alitalia.
The food in Italy was great everywhere. Lots of Pasta and Pizza and a great variety of fresh local foods everywhere we went. We did not notice an over-use of garlic as we had expected. In Australia and USA Italian cooking usually has a great deal of garlic.
And now for a few pictures….
Above shows a shot of the Grand Canal in Venice.
Here I am standing on a bridge across the Grand Canal in Venice.
Here we are on the Gondola ride. We named the oarsman “Charles Manson”. We were treated to a bottle of Italian Spumante served in lovely plastic cups!
Not a cheap ride along the canals of Venice, but hey, we had gone all that way to see what there was to see!
We later visited the Isle of Capri. It was a great day, and the water really does look like this there…
John
