Live from Ribex

[Zippy]

Sorry.

Im still doing my hair after that trip home from cowes!!!

[slimtim]

Good to see you again howard (and paul, and ray, and bogi, and Tim G), shame it was a little brief. Martin, managed to miss you every time...phew ! haha

[benc]

Ah hah! - I noticed the rib.net sticker on the boat

We went down to have a play by the needles, then into yarmouth for lunch and then popped over to lymington for a drink Was a lovely day yesterday!

Originally Posted by Zippy

Ah, that would be me then!!

[pressman]

Willbe there tommorrow, Sunday with pressman, if we can get a berth.

Popped over to Cowes today with old man and father inlaw and found it hard to park anywhere.

Got n town quay in end after a struggle.

[Matt]

Oh REALLY.....Do spill the gossip.....

Originally Posted by Jon Brooks

Brit and Dave Manning

[Jon Brooks]

Well good morning listeners!!

Its the third and final day here at Ribex.
Sun has just gone in and the clouds are looming.

Busy day yesterday lots of people about.

Have to say its been a really good show this year.
Hope to see a few more face during today.

Did Paul (Jackeen) get back ok?
Last seen searching hard for his guests

That's all for now from you live Ribex reporter.

Regards

[daveh]

Very quiet down here at the moment at Ribex. Unfortunately the sun has disappeared. There are still plenty of things to look at, so if you haven't already; then get yourself down to the show before it close in just under 3hrs!

[Gray]

Just back from Ribex, bit quieter than expecting but I spose thats not such a bad thing, less chance of the Mrs getting knocked off the pontoon!!

Some nice Ribs about and managed to get some photos which once I've got to an appropriate file size i will up load and u can all try and see yourself!

Any recommendations for free software to resize pictrures from 1MB to 200Bytes?

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Gray

Just back from Ribex, bit quieter than expecting but I spose thats not such a bad thing, less chance of the Mrs getting knocked off the pontoon!!

Some nice Ribs about and managed to get some photos which once I've got to an appropriate file size i will up load and u can all try and see yourself!

Any recommendations for free software to resize pictrures from 1MB to 200Bytes?

Too quote JK:

"Resizing pictures

If you are using Windows XP then there is an add-on (or "Microsoft Windows Powertoy") called "Image Resizer" that makes it very easy.

It's free and you can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...ppowertoys.mspx

I've just tried it, and it's about as easy to use as possible! Once installed it adds a right click menu to image files, called "Resize Pictures" you then get a choice "Small, Medium, Large etc".

Small is 640x480 -- the perfect size to put onto RIBnet.

Thanks to benc for finding this.

John"

[Gray]

Ive tried that but the file size still remains at 1.8MB. Am i just doing something wrong?

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Gray

Ive tried that but the file size still remains at 1.8MB. Am i just doing something wrong?

You saving them as JPEGs?

[Gray]

Ye definately saving them as Jpegs. Will be most upset if I can't upload my photos. They aren't anything special but still!!

[simmons0]

If you e-mail them to simmons0@gmail.com ill have a go, can't think of a reason why its not working without doing it myself.

[ADS]

Originally Posted by Gray

Ye definately saving them as Jpegs. Will be most upset if I can't upload my photos. They aren't anything special but still!!

I ve got a HP camera, computer, printer etc so I tend to use the HP image zone program that came bundled with it somewhere, you have to get the pictures quite small if they are good quality to get them below the 200kb threshold I have found. Mine tend to be smaller than 640x480 to get below 200kb.

[Gray]

Ok think ive cracked it. Will post what ive got in the gallery section.

[edit] Pictures now uploaded, few more than I thought!

[Millermob]

has anyone got anymore pics of that blue and grey ribcarft 750 sport?

[Narcosis]

Originally Posted by ADS

I ve got a HP camera, computer, printer etc so I tend to use the HP image zone program that came bundled with it somewhere, you have to get the pictures quite small if they are good quality to get them below the 200kb threshold I have found. Mine tend to be smaller than 640x480 to get below 200kb.

I'm going to have a nerd moment!

When you save jpg's to should have the option to which compression ratio you require. If you select 10(highest quality, biggest file) then you will not be able to get below 200kb for a 640*480 image, but if you select a compression ratio of something like 7 or 8 you will get below 200kb. Do not go below 6 if you can avoid it as you will start to loose colour depths that are quite noticable.

Nerd Out!

Regards
D.

[CJL]

Just got back from RIBEX too. Terrible crossing from Calshot to IOW.

Felt that the show was very quiet in general and many companies not represented at all. I would have expected some kind of chandlery but sadly nothing provided at all. Did not see any demos of kit but saw lots of empty pontoons.

However thanks to Cookee for sorting me a Ribnet burgee and also to Jon B who took the time to talk to us about the new M7 h/h and intercoms.

Chris

[The Jackeens]

Originally Posted by Jon Brooks

Did Paul (Jackeen) get back ok?
Last seen searching hard for his guests

He did indeed & thanks Jon

Also our visitors from Southern Brittany were so pleased with the friendliness of all the RIBnetters they met. Nice one peeps!

Us

P.S. did anyone spot the gArfish?

[daveh]

Really enjoyed the show this weekend, great to get to know some of you a bit better. It was a little quiet but that's life.

Thank you to Paul (Jackeens) and to Naughty Buoy from Print Solutions for your help - much appreciated.