Monthly Archives: June 2006

A-Z of Professional Blogging

Just a quickie, I don’t think I have as good a list of links on blogging tools and services as This list at problogger Well worth working through here if you are trying to build and improve on your blog. … Continue reading

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Fairly lazy weekend

And much better for it. Did some clothes shopping, a much-needed update to my wardrobe. Small meal out at the Red Star Noodle Bar, which just does great food. I have to be careful not to go there too much, … Continue reading

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Funny how the week can fly by sometimes

and not touch the sides. Haven’t felt like writing much this week really. Nothing bad, just not in the mood at the moment. Probably need to sit down and make myself write a little this weekend, get my head back … Continue reading

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Opera 9 Released

And you just won’t find me using it, other than for a bit of testing. It is a shame, I can remember a couple of years ago when Opera was the best thing since bread. Not just sliced bread, bread. … Continue reading

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Something for the Summer

Right, have been listening to some new things on my iPod today, and can definitely recommend the mashup album by the Kleptones Yoshimi Battles The Hip-Hop Robots. Basically the album by the Flaming Lips with much added rap. Probably a … Continue reading

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Just finished reading JPod

I have just finished reading JPod by Douglas Copeland. Good read, is definitely about geeks from a somewhat geek perspective, but is more accessible I reckon than Microserfs. Mrsfb complained heavily about that being just a world she could not … Continue reading

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Second Child Syndrome

I’ve mentioned it before, but my friend Emily’s blog Second Child Syndrome is really worth a look. We’ve yet to experience the joy of crippling our finances and ruining our social life, so what she has gone through, and is … Continue reading

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Plenty to do, too hot to do it

It is just too warm to do anything today. Was dozy at work from the heat, then when I came home could barely bring ourselves to do owt. Am determined we should be motivated and get out for a wander … Continue reading

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dreaming the 2.0 dotcom boom

Very odd dream last night, which I will put down entirely to reading Douglas Copeland’s JPod late on yesterday. My whole mind was flooded for most of the night with a vision of a new website. Possibly ripp.com. It was … Continue reading

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Modern Blogger is Rubbish

Blogger has gone to seed. I was doing some coding work last night on a little project in both Blogger and WordPress, and the differences were very noticeable. For one, the Blogger servers were being just rubbish, and sometimes I … Continue reading

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