Blueyonder (Telewest) today upgraded our broadband connection to a full 4mb per second. I’m amazed at their execllent level of quality and service, they continue to impress me. We very very rarely have any problems with the Internet being unavailable, and they continue to offer a better service at no extra cost. Browsing web pages seems similar, but I guess FTP and downloading music/videos will be significantly quicker.

Excellent work Blueyonder!

It’s a month since my last post, and I’ve been very busy. Most of my time has been spent working on a new project, Our Stock Works. Remember about a month ago I asked for any photographers reading the blog to contact me…?

Now is the time to unveil what it was all about. Our Stock Works is a stock photography website, offering a huge catalog of images at really good prices. It’s due to launch in a few months time, so we are now scouting for any photographers who may be interested in contributing. We are offering a 50% commission rate, which means it’s a real method to earn money from your photography - images you may just have sitting on your hard drive.

If you’re interested, simply visit the site and enter your email address into the ‘Photographers’ box. We will be in touch with more information about how to get started. Feel free to pass the word on and post about it on your blog. We may be inviting a select few people to help test the site before it launches - probably people who have shown an interest already (Mint referrer feeds are great for that!).

It uses AJAX and RSS extensively, and has been a fantastic project to work on so far. It’s great to be able to apply the latest technologies to a website. To get your taste buds tingling, here are a few exclusive shots of the site and contributor area in action:

Check back for updates - I’ll be keeping track of progress here.