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  1. Steve Smith

    How do you pronounce UKAPS?

    Always been U-KAPS for me, right since the start when the society first sparked into life :)
  2. Steve Smith

    Alaska Salmon run - live webcam

    Stumbled across this yesterday. It's great to watch the bears catching salmon! The Riffles - Brown Bear & Salmon Cam - Bears - explore
  3. Steve Smith

    Drag/Drop Windows 8

    I've used MP3Tag before. It's pretty basic which means it's pretty straightforward. You can batch edit a bunch of MP3s etc... Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...) I also use MediaMonekey (free) as my media player, so last time I needed to do a bit of tag editing...
  4. Steve Smith

    Drag/Drop Windows 8

    Best thing I could suggest is using ID3 tagging software and clean up all of your tags! This is often the issue when it comes to iTunes/Media player etc etc. Things get put all over the place unless your tags are nice and clean.
  5. Steve Smith

    Drag/Drop Windows 8

    You may need to check your folder sorting options. It may be grouping stuff together, it may be sorting by artist or some other property that you hadn't noticed. Looking at my music folder, currently it's sorted alphabetically by folder name. So if I had "Album1", "Album2", and "Album3" they...
  6. Steve Smith

    Drag/Drop Windows 8

    What are you using to move stuff about Hogan? Sounds like you're in a music app or something. Normal windows explorer/my computer file browser behaviour wouldn't necessarily allow what you're describing as it would be automatically sorting the folders alphabetically/by date/by size depending on...
  7. Steve Smith

    Drag/Drop Windows 8

    Depends what you mean by drag and drop, and where you're trying to do it... I'm sitting on a Windows 8 PC, which I work with on a daily basis and I have no issues dragging and dropping stuff, but I'm using a mouse... If you're using it with "touch" then dragging stuff is a bit weird. But even...
  8. Steve Smith

    Recommend a salty site.....

    I had dark thoughts about a marine nano recently Ady. Interested to see how you get on :) I liked the look of the TMC Microhabitat setups. I only wanted something big enough to keep Sexy Shrimp :lol:
  9. Steve Smith

    Pic Heavy thread - Fish, Shrimps and Aquascaping Thailand

    Great photos and a really interesting place! Thanks for sharing :)
  10. Steve Smith

    why your user name?

    Um, well... I changed recently from SteveUK to just my name. Seems the fashion on UKAPS :lol: Previously gone as DevUK, which was short for Deviant UK which is another name I've used. Deviant comes form my bedroom DJ days, but I shortened it when I joined various fish forums as I didn't want...
  11. Steve Smith

    any one have a dog

    I'd love to have a Boston Terrier some day :) Cute little things.
  12. Steve Smith

    any one have a dog

    Yeah, he's a big softy :) Amazing dog. We have the opportunity to have Bleu as my brother would ideally like to re-home him (he took him in off his Mother-in-law). It was very tempting, even with the £1000 import costs, but I don't think I could give him the full attention and space he needs...
  13. Steve Smith

    any one have a dog

    Not strictly my dogs, but my brother's. After spending 2 months with them, they felt like mine :) This is Bleu, an Australian Shepherd: IMG_3887 by Casa-Steve, on Flickr This is Jake, who is frickin' huge! Some sort of shepherd/chow/who knows cross: IMG_3919 by Casa-Steve, on Flickr...
  14. Steve Smith

    my other hobby

    Odd, it seems to be doing the same for me Pete. (I've never used it before to be honest). Paulo is currently away, but I'll let him know something odd is happening. You could try out a photo hosting site, like Photobucket or ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting
  15. Steve Smith

    my other hobby

    Out of interest, are you saving them as JPG files, or are they RAW files or similar from your camera?
  16. Steve Smith

    Trying to get on the property ladder.

    Ah, but you also have to contend with London housing "tax" too Rik! ;)
  17. Steve Smith

    Trying to get on the property ladder.

    I'm fortunate to have Parents who were willing to put me up again for a bit while I try and save up. Feels odd being back home when I'm in my early/mid 30's! On the plus side, I have very little actual outgoings, as they refused any sort of rent etc. Unfortunately I went a bit silly last year...
  18. Steve Smith

    Trying to get on the property ladder.

    This will be my first place. It's annoying as I'm no where near ready. I think I've got enough saved for covering solicitors and surveys now, so just the deposit to go!
  19. Steve Smith

    Trying to get on the property ladder.

    Currently I'm saving towards deposit/costs but I'm browsing properties online regularly. Is it wrong to base my house criteria on aquarium capacity and whether the garden has/can fit a pond? :lol: Not sure about my priorities :D
  20. Steve Smith

    Being haunted by Co2 supermarket!

    Depending on what browser, I'd recommend Ad Block Plus. Works a treat :) Also, it's cookies that you want to clear out, although that will also log you out of any forums and facebook etc.
  21. Steve Smith

    my other hobby

    Are you uploading the photo or linking too it?
  22. Steve Smith

    high tech low tech

    High tech really means lots of light, CO2 and high fertiliser dosage (and high maintenance to go with that with regimented regular weekly/bi-weekly water changes of up to 50%). Low tech is a little more laid back, with lower lighting levels, but also still with CO2 if wanted (but not necessary...
  23. Steve Smith

    Posting photos online

    Hi folks. I thought I'd post this as a bit of advice for people posting their lovely looking aquascapes online. I would advise that people consider subtly adding a watermark/adding their name to a corner of their photos when they post them online. This at least means that you will get some...
  24. Steve Smith

    What has UKAPS done for you?

    There are no stupid questions :)
  25. Steve Smith

    Tanked - Aquarium Reality TV Show

    There was another show called Fish Tank Kings. Same sort of thing, only less wise guy humour. Based in Florida I think. Again, similar setup really.
  26. Steve Smith

    newbee confessions

    I've over filled a desktop tank before, spilling water dangerously close to my PC. Thankfully it missed!
  27. Steve Smith

    Major Balls Up! Always Check your Deliveries!

    It's worth asking. They might have noticed but neglected to tell you, assuming you'd be in touch with them. Also, if you bought it via credit card, I'd of thought you'd be able to get your money back for the missing goods.
  28. Steve Smith

    tv question

    I remember hearing a story about someone who's TV was above a mantle piece. His wife decided to put tea lights on the mantle which managed to melt the bottom of the TV! :rolleyes:
  29. Steve Smith

    tv question

    Hmn. I'd be cautious to be honest. Also, you might get light cast upwards onto your screen which could be annoying.
  30. Steve Smith

    Jump from the edge of space

    If you enjoyed the jump, you'll enjoy this too! :D
  31. Steve Smith

    More active again!

    Yeah, it's going to take a good 18 months if I actually knuckle down and stop spending money! :D
  32. Steve Smith

    More active again!

    Heya folks. Just saying I'm back and more active on the forum again, after a bit of a hiatus. Life and other interests have distracted me from the aquascaping scene somewhat. I've recently moved back to my parent's house, in order to try and save up a good chunk of cash to get on the property...
  33. Steve Smith

    Amazing Bike Rider

    This is the original video that launched his career :) Very good!
  34. Steve Smith

    London Riots

    Yep, yourself? My ride :)
  35. Steve Smith

    London Riots

    There's a lot of information here which is constantly being updated as things unfold, as well as a lot of discussion. Might be useful for any Londoners here: https://www.lfgss.com/thread13146-148.html A lot of clued up people.
  36. Steve Smith

    London Riots

    It's crazy. A lot of videos floating about. It kicked off in Birmingham last night too. I was watching a thread on a London based forum that I use, watching people posting about what's going on right outside their homes; fires, vandalism, looting... Scary stuff.
  37. Steve Smith

    iPad.

    My birthday soon... You guys are welcome to club together and buy me the Asus :lol:
  38. Steve Smith

    The Royal Wedding

    I'm not too bothered. I'll probably watch the odd bit out of curiosity. I'm annoyed though that it has made travel to London on Friday a frickin' nightmare, and I won't be able to go to Matt's early for Saturday's meet.
  39. Steve Smith

    Where are all the Girls??

    *shudder* ;)
  40. Steve Smith

    Where are all the Girls??

    Unless you're talking about fixed gear bikes... That seems to attract both sexes and mostly a young crowd ;) It's different in other European countries I think. At the vivarium show there were a lot of ladies :)
  41. Steve Smith

    Women UPDATE 23/4/11

    Re: Women If you need help digging mate, you have my number! :D
  42. Steve Smith

    Women UPDATE 23/4/11

    Re: Women When she says something like that, it's best to go with it while you can!
  43. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday Youngstud! :occasion-birthday:
  44. Steve Smith

    Nano terrariums

    Do it :)
  45. Steve Smith

    What would you buy - India Trip Feb 11'

    Re: What would you buy Pretty epic trip Pard :) Hope you have a safe journey home mate!
  46. Steve Smith

    Nano terrariums

    Looks quite nice, but doesn't come with a number of things, specifically a lamp. Not sure how much all the extras would set you back, but still it's interesting :) I'm guessing you could keep some frogs in something that size?
  47. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday Nelson and Degaspmike! :occasion-birthday:
  48. Steve Smith

    The great rift - rift valley waterways BBC2

    Watching it now, but I've just realised I've seen it before :)
  49. Steve Smith

    The great rift - rift valley waterways BBC2

    Any good? I might watch it on iPlayer :)
  50. Steve Smith

    New bike advice

    Jebus Garuf! Getting "doored" is horrific! Broken leg? I hope you got the car owners insurance details! Hopefully you have receipts for all the work and parts it's just had to make a nice fat claim...
  51. Steve Smith

    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas all!
  52. Steve Smith

    Who,s been snowed in ?

    I've managed to fly to Derry, drive to Donegal and get back, all with a 30 minute flight delay. Managed to get the bus to work this morning too. I've been very lucky it seems :) Great opportunity to be out there with the camera though, for those snowed in.
  53. Steve Smith

    Japanese aquascaping influence and other hobbies

    I'm sort of middle of the road on this. I totally disagree with their stance on whaling, yet they seem to have a deep connection with nature. Perhaps it's still that mentality of living off the land which we seem to have lost almost entirely.
  54. Steve Smith

    Could someone please check my homepage quickly?

    Spaces in a filename aren't always a good idea. You could try renaming the filename to remove the spaces and see if that fixes it?
  55. Steve Smith

    Could someone please check my homepage quickly?

    Try this... <div align="center"><a href="http://www.me-strings.co.uk/Instrument Pricelist Download.pdf"><img src="http://www.me-strings.co.uk/userimages/pricelistnowavailable.jpg" border="0" height="94" width="504"></a></div> I've ditched the alt="" tag and also a / from the end of the img tag...
  56. Steve Smith

    Could someone please check my homepage quickly?

    Using Chrome, it automatically seems to capitalise the filename to "Pricelistnowavailable.jpg" Trying that in IE8 doesn't work either. You have to remember that web browsers are case sensitive, so you need to put in links and image names exactly as they are including capital letters etc. I'd...
  57. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy birthday Danny Boy! I'm sure you're going to be smashing it tonight :lol: :occasion-birthday: Have a good one!
  58. Steve Smith

    Toshiba canvio external HD for mac

    A website called Overstock.com seem to sell them mate: http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/To ... cid=133635 I've never used the site, but according to reviews on Google Shopping, they seem OK.
  59. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday Graeme! :occasion-birthday:
  60. Steve Smith

    Typical, plants in the mail, but delayed :(

    Fingers crossed mate. Royal Mail can be unreliable at the best of times, but it's a busy time of year!
  61. Steve Smith

    Wish Me Luck!

    Good luck! Wish I could play :)
  62. Steve Smith

    our new cat

    Goregeous cat :) Cats protection or RSPCA might be worth a call to try and establish if she has an owner. She might be microchipped... Hopefully she doesn't belong to anyone and has found a good home :)
  63. Steve Smith

    Re lost shipment UP atomiser from HK

    Your wish is my command ;)
  64. Steve Smith

    New bike advice

    I'm CasaSteve on LFGSS ;) Currently rebuilding my other fixed gear. An old cheap lugged steel frame. Might be reynolds 531, but can't be 100%. I'm looking to replace it at some point, but for now I'm stripping the white powdercoat to raw steel and I'll clear coat it. It's a "beater" anyway...
  65. Steve Smith

    New bike advice

    Surly Steam Roller is on my list of bikes to own :) I love it! The langster steel may not corner so well due to the clearances of the front wheel to the frame. It's a tight geometry so the cornering will feel a little odd. You'd get used to it though. Does the Fuji come with brakes? I know...
  66. Steve Smith

    New bike advice

    Yes, with the world economy in the toilet, and the currency rates it affected the level of components on bikes from 2009 onwards. Basically in 2009 you could by the same model as 2008 but with worse components and it cost a lot more. Some bikes jumped a few hundred in price. It's slowly...
  67. Steve Smith

    New bike advice

    Are you looking to spend a lot, or happy with second hand? You can pick up a good second hand steal racer quite cheap these days. If you want modern, but with the looks of the bikes you've mentioned, it's worth looking at the Genesis range. Also, the Charge plug Tap might be worth a look...
  68. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday! :)
  69. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy (late) Birthday George!
  70. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday Lisa :)
  71. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Thanks guys :) Got the week of work and currently covered in grease/oil as I'm cleaning/sorting out one of my many bikes (the other hobby). Got family over in a few hours so should probably get myself cleaned up ;)
  72. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy birthday Paul :) Hope you had a great day!
  73. Steve Smith

    Another one of my Hobbies - RC

    Nice Andy. That's a sweet setup! I used to race 1/10th stadium trucks, 1/8th nitro buggies and 1/8th monster trucks. The last things I raced were 1/10 tourers on carpet :) Over the years, I've had (and still got a few) - Schumacher cougar 2000 (1/10th buggy) RC10 T3 (1/10th stadium truck...
  74. Steve Smith

    Grasstrack Sidecar Racing

    Hey John. Racing is Monday it seems :) Would be great to meet up if you can make it mate!
  75. Steve Smith

    Grasstrack Sidecar Racing

    Glad you reminded me! I went on an excursion down Ashorne way the other weekend to check the route out for cycling it. Might be there with my nephew though :)
  76. Steve Smith

    Would you call this frogbit?

    Just browsing ebay for some floating plants and stumbled across this auction: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0560834549 To me, that is a bowl full of duckweed with several frogbit plants, not "200+" plants as the seller describes. I sent them a polite message saying as such -...
  77. Steve Smith

    volcano joke

    Oh dear! I've heard another, but it's not really a family friendly one ;)
  78. Steve Smith

    Ebay items not arrived

    To give a ray of hope, I managed to reclaim some money back via paypal when something I bought off a random pleb didn't turn up. I had to wait a while and then go through the process of sending mediated emails I think, and then after 30 days paypal settled the dispute and gave me a full refund...
  79. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy birthday guys :)
  80. Steve Smith

    Comic that made me chuckle :)

    This made me chuckle :lol:
  81. Steve Smith

    Grasstrack Sidecar Racing

    Scary stuff mate! Glad he's doing OK :) That Ashorne fixture looks to be an easy 7 mile bike trip each way mate. Will do my best to make it!
  82. Steve Smith

    Departing.

    Best of luck Luke :) I'm sure you'll be able to keep a nano going somewhere :) The tropical growing room sounds ideal to have some fun growing some interesting plants. Sounds like this chap might be able to impart some growing knowledge aswell maybe?
  83. Steve Smith

    Question for the DIY enthusiasts amongst you

    Ouch :( Maybe a couple of fold down legs either end of the lid to prevent it dropping any further than a set point?
  84. Steve Smith

    Google maps not working....Mac OSX 10.5

    Working for me since yesterday evening :)
  85. Steve Smith

    Google maps not working....Mac OSX 10.5

    I'm on SuSE Linux using Firefox btw :) Just checked with a few mates around the country and they're having issues too. Suspect something's broken at google :?
  86. Steve Smith

    Google maps not working....Mac OSX 10.5

    Not working for me either...
  87. Steve Smith

    Happy Easter!

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  88. Steve Smith

    Happy Birthday

    Happy Birthday MattyC :) Hope you had a good day mate!
  89. Steve Smith

    new expert

    Yes, Dw1305 is Darrell :) memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=484
  90. Steve Smith

    new expert

    Darrell isn't a recent arrival, he registered in 2008! :)
  91. Steve Smith

    new expert

    Hey John boy. Darrell has been contributing some fantastic technical advice. Knows his stuff :)
  92. Steve Smith

    Horse Dragged to Its Death - Petition

    Just a warning to anyone clicking the link it does show an (admittedly small) photo.
  93. Steve Smith

    Spotify

    No probs :) Still got 5 or 6 left if anyone wants one. Just PM me your email address and I'll send it over.
  94. Steve Smith

    Spotify

    They used to give all users invite tokens, so they could invite someone else to create an account. Invites are the only way you can get an account. They stopped giving non-premium customers invites several months ago I think. I've had a premium subscription for the last 4 months, so I get...
  95. Steve Smith

    Spotify

    It's very legit. Several of the big record companies have large amounts of shares in the service. It's not available in america yet due to working out the legal side of things, and getting the american record companies onside I beleive. Found here: http://www.spotify.com/uk/work-with-us/ ...
  96. Steve Smith

    Spotify

    I've got 9 invites left, and I'll lose them next month :) PM me your email address and I'll shoot one over :)
  97. Steve Smith

    Spotify

    I have several spare :) PM on it's way...
  98. Steve Smith

    Grasstrack Sidecar Racing

    Perfect! PM me where abouts mate and I'll try and be there!
  99. Steve Smith

    Grasstrack Sidecar Racing

    I like that you've kept the old number mate! Looks mental :lol: Race anywhere in Warwickshire/West midlands?
  100. Steve Smith

    Mmmmmm! Cake!

    Hah! Awesome :) Happy birthday! :occasion-birthday: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-birthday:
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