http://www.samstarling.co.uk Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:21:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Me, Elly, Olivia and Dan (who took the photo above) have just returned from a very amusing and somewhat chilly trip to Vienna. All in all, it was a smooth journey - apart from the cancellation of our first flight out, which cost us 12 hours. easyJet decided it was ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2010/01/oh-vienna/ "It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to management than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely the lukewarm ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/11/quote/ Recently, I've been using Dailymile to track my running, a service which is basically like Google Analytics for exercise. It's nice and simple to input data and has nice ways of tracking progress - for example, I've burned 26.88 donuts so far, but have still only made it 0.00% around ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/11/analysing-exercise/ So the news I got this morning was, on a personal level, quite disappointing. The slideshows we had prepared for a few radio stations didn't work on the demo models of the rather lovely Pure Sensia that was released today. It eventually came down to connectivity issues that only seemed ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/09/pure-sensia-and-radiodns/ Myself and my two good friends Dan Pilkington and Rick Sellars all took part in the Great Yorkshire Run on Sunday. Perfect day for running - a bit cloudy and just the right side of being warm. I think Sheffield must have some kind of protective bubble around it, as ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/09/great-yorkshire-run-2009/ Recently, I've been looking into the RadioDNS project - specifically the RadioVIS side of things. For the uninitiated, RadioDNS is a project that allows radio devices to obtain extra information about the station or programme that you're listening to. The project defines the way that these services can be discovered ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/08/adventures-into-radiodns/ So I've taken to the roads again because a couple of my friends convinced me to do the Great Yorkshire Run, which takes place in Sheffield on Sunday 6th September. I didn't really carry on running after the Great Manchester Run back in May, but it's good to have another ... http://www.samstarling.co.uk/2009/08/running/