tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18985933833561522192024-03-08T07:07:17.880-08:00Simon "Says"Blog from Simon Yeo.Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-68299731506091402192009-09-25T07:30:00.000-07:002009-09-25T07:43:54.620-07:00New BlogsAs my <a href="http://simonyeo70.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-new-blog.html">experimentation</a> with blogging continues, my personal blog can now be found at <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://simonsays.smjbk.com/">http://simonsays.smjbk.com/</a></span><br /><br />I have also started a "weblinks" blog, with links to heaps of interesting stuff on the net.<br />Check it out at <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.simonsweblinks.com/">www.simonsweblinks.com</a></span>Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-78240010945869085592009-04-17T07:51:00.000-07:002009-04-17T08:47:06.300-07:00Canon SX1IS digital cameaI've had my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3315526533/in/set-72157614468320945/">Canon SX1IS digital camera</a> since February and have been experimenting with producing high quality photos and video.<br /><br />The camera's first outing was to the Melbourne Motor Show, where of course I took hundreds of pictures of some really nice cars. Yahoo Autos saw fit to link my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/">flickr.com</a> shots of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/sets/72157614599112012/">Melbourne Motor Show</a> on their website, producing thousands "views".<br /><br />A recent trip to Mum & Dad's saw the opportunity for some great shots (mostly macro) of their <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/sets/72157616615952159/">roses</a>, below are some of those photos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3436853325/" title="20090412_SX1IS_041 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3436853325_7a16864050.jpg" alt="20090412_SX1IS_041" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3436873251/" title="20090412_SX1IS_030 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3436873251_178f20b365.jpg" alt="20090412_SX1IS_030" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3437692808/" title="20090412_SX1IS_036 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3437692808_b509748f6a.jpg" alt="20090412_SX1IS_036" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><br />I have also been experimenting with the HD video capability of this camera too, below are a couple of examples.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="s=ZT0xJmk9NTExNjE0MzM5Jms9aFpMclUmYT03OTI2NjA2X3JZdEd3JnU9c2ltb255ZW8=" /><embed src="http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf" flashVars="s=ZT0xJmk9NTExNjE0MzM5Jms9aFpMclUmYT03OTI2NjA2X3JZdEd3JnU9c2ltb255ZW8=" width="425" height="240" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sq0DqcuXZSY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sq0DqcuXZSY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-23605030368688912702009-04-17T01:43:00.000-07:002009-04-17T01:46:21.870-07:00Google Chrome video - HD blocksThis video from Google promoting their "Chrome" web browser looks great when watched in HD full screen.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHZFsJKlsuA&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHZFsJKlsuA&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-26326282527616318462009-04-09T06:19:00.000-07:002009-04-09T06:54:23.184-07:00flickr views skyrocket thanks to Yahoo! AutosI used to be chuffed if one of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/">my flickr pictures</a> achieved 100 views. To my amazement though, a recent <a href="http://autos.yahoo.com/auto-shows/geneva_auto_show_2009_slideshow/2009_geneva_autoshow_gallery_3/bmw_concept_5_series_gran_turismo">review of the Geneva Autoshow on Yahoo! Autos</a> linked to some of my pics from this years Melbourne Motor Show, resulting in view counts in the thousands.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3317824917/" title="20090228_SX1IS_329 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3317824917_65945f18f3.jpg" alt="20090228_SX1IS_329" width="500" height="375" /></a><br />This picture of the new Nissan 370Z is still receiving thousands of views per day and the totol count is currently over 61,000. That is amazing!<br /><br />Here are some more of the most popular <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/sets/72157614599112012/">pictures I took at the Melbourne Motor Show</a> and posted on flickr.com<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3317740265/" title="20090228_SX1IS_289 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3317740265_e64c6181e7.jpg" alt="20090228_SX1IS_289" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3318384574/" title="20090228_SX1IS_239 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3571/3318384574_9d688e4390.jpg" alt="20090228_SX1IS_239" width="500" height="281" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3318647492/" title="20090228_SX1IS_328 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3318647492_78065bac1b.jpg" alt="20090228_SX1IS_328" width="500" height="375" /></a>Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-49445088343801290132009-04-08T07:58:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:06:36.456-07:00Experimenting with my "Blogger" blogOk, my first blog post on Blogger.com is online. Something else I'd like to try is embedding a picture from my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/">flickr.com</a> site.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smjb/3422837791/" title="20090405_SX1IS_081 by smjb, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3422837791_a6456cf5b3.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="20090405_SX1IS_081" /></a><br />This picture is of my newborn baby girl. I've embedded HTML from flickr for it to show here.Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898593383356152219.post-51157220094889106072009-04-08T07:06:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:57:37.260-07:00My new blog<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6750398400224078"; /* 728x90, created 4/8/09 */ google_ad_slot = "1099593378"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--><br /></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>Ok, I've been blogging (on and off) for a few months now on <a href="http://simonsaysblog.wordpress.com/">my Wordpress site</a>, and I'm wondering about my next step in the blog universe so I thought I'd check out the competition here at Blogger to see if this might be a better option for me. I will make a few general blog posts and then decide where to go and what to do after that.Simon Yeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06122393721198686975noreply@blogger.com0