No News Today
Woudln’t it be great if you switched the news on one day, and the newsreader said “There is no news today, so we will be showing Will and Grace an hour early...
Posts from 2003
Love Actually Is All Around
I seem to find less and less time to put entries into my Blog… to be honest I think it has something to do with me being a Pisces. I tend to drift like the w...
Where Did The Year Go
It’s the third of December and this is my first blog entry for a couple of weeks. I guess I should make a bit more of an effort really…
I Just Lost Again
I just setup an account on ICC (Internet Chess Club) and subjected myself to a number of wipeouts playing chess… admittedly I was only playing 5 or 6 minute ...
Ssx Tricky Rules
I have spent the last few evenings taking it in turns with W to play SSX Tricky on the PS2. I had never bought an extreme sport game before, and only really ...
I Am The Chessmaster
I am a little enthused at the moment.
Sick Again
I came home from work at lunchtime today - W is off work too; we both have pretty bad colds. When I got in she was quite shocked - apparently I have dark lin...
Mayhem
I think today will go down in my memory as one of those days you would prefer you hadn’t had.
Running Without Moving
As you will have noticed if you have visited via the “blog” URL, I am in the process of re-writing the Blog script, and have now ditched the old version. Ove...
Getting There
I’m spending my lunchtime at work changing the layout of the PluggedOut website a bit - making a “Projects” page.
New Blog Version Out
I have finally released the first beta of the re-written Blog script
Home Alone
I have stayed off work today after losing the battle with an ear infection. I thought about going in at lunchtime, and started to get ready - but bent down t...
Nanowrimo
For some ridiculous reason, one of my best friends on the internet has talked me into taking part in the nanowrimo competition.
A Sad Day
Today is a pretty sad day. We have decided to pull the plug on the ThoughtCafe website when the current hosting agreement runs out.
Very Very Tired
Today is Friday, and I am extremely tired. What’s worse, I have no prospect of a break until next weekend. Do you ever feel like the world is becoming unfair?
Busy Busy Busy
Last night W was at her book group so I found myself on my own for the evening. I managed to spend 90% of it messing around with ThoughtCafe once more - addi...
Mad Week On Site
It’s been a pretty mad week once again.
Its The Weekend
It’s 10:45am on Saturday morning, and I’m sitting at the laptop starting work on a website for my cousin in San Francisco (reminder : I’m in the UK).
One Of Those Weeks
It’s been a strange week really.
Saturday Morning
It’s 11am on Saturday morning and I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Last night W had a “Body Shop” party, with a few friends round, so myself, my br...
Tired And Painful
This morning I got out of the shower, got dressed and was busy wandering around the house finding stuff for work (as you do), when suddenly my neck stiffened...
Our Mouse Murdering Cat
If you want to read about our murderous cat, scroll down a bit…
Lazy Day In Cornwall
We have travelled down to visit my parents in Cornwall for the weekend, and are having a very lazy Sunday indeed. I think being away from home kind of forces...
Is It September Already
I can’t believe it’s September already… It does seem like it should be for some reason. August didn’t seem to happen this year - perhaps this is the kind of ...
Getting Better
I’m back at work today (and not feeling too clever, it has to be said). My powers of healing seem to be about as good as usual though - I was really bad for ...
Home With A Cold
Today I am sat at home with a pretty horrid cold… one of the people I work with brought it in, and somehow I managed to catch it. I must hold the world recor...
Abandonware Rules
When I got up this morning I really didn’t want to go to work. I was up at 7am, and sat watching breakfast television for a while. Eventually I gave myself a...
Exploiting Vote Systems
Is it time to own up to the Diarist exploit that’s put me on top of the referrals list?
Wiped Out
I’m guessing that the people who lived here before wanted their garage base to survive a tactical nuclear strike.
Indian Restaurant
We went to the “Tiger Garden” indian restaurant in town last night - my Aunt from America was staying over before flying home, so took us out for something t...
No More Food
We went out for dinner last night with some friends to a local pub that has started doing a “curry night”. We arrived at about half past seven, to find that ...
Strange Week
On Wednesday this week, myself and my father-in-law went on a “Hawk Flying Experience” day at the Andover Hawk Conservancy (www.hawk-conservancy.org).
My Computer Is Infested
After my other half told me that she had some trouble rebooting the computer this morning, I did a search on the internet for some of the suspicious looking ...
Back In The Office
I am back working in the office today, after a couple of days working in Swindon. The one great thing that I got out of the last couple of days was reading “...
Trains And Trucks
For the last two days I have been working on-site at Swindon - about an hour and a half journey by train.
Quickdraw Mcgraw
I had an early start today to go and visit a client on-site. I left the house at about 7:35 to catch the early train. The journey there was as uneventful as ...
A Quiet Day
It’s Saturday afternoon and my only contribution to the world for the day (so far) was to walk into town this morning and buy a newspaper…
Fire And Brimstone
It’s Thursday afternoon, and the world seems to be falling down around my ears. I am working alone on the upper floor of the company. There are presently fou...
Wednesday Night
It’s wednesday night, and I’m sat here fiddling around with the code that makes up the page you are reading right now. I’m worried that the whole thing is a ...
All Airshowed Out
I went to Fairford “Royal International Air Tattoo” with my brother on Sunday. Apparently officionado’s call it “RIAT”. I think I’ll call it an Airshow.
Another Day Away
It’s Tuesday morning in sunny Manchester and I’m sitting in the BUPA building at Anchorage one, having just dealt with my first Kofax Ascent question. It’s h...
On Site In Manchester
It’s 14th July, I’m sat in the offices of BUPA in Manchester, and I’m tired. I’m also bored.
Tired And Busy
This week has been a bit of a nightmare. It’s Friday already and I feel like it’s about Wednesday… it’s just been one of those weeks.
New Blog Version
Hi all,
We Are Back
Just a quick note to let everybody who reads this know that we are back from the states. We arrived at Heathrow this morning, got home lunchtime, slept a bit...
2 Days To Go
We fly to the US on Saturday morning from London Heathrow - only today and tomorrow to survive at work before 2 weeks away from all the hassle…
Finding Time
We are going to America!
Hectic Weekends
We got up early on Saturday to get into London (I had to get a new passport).
Sick As A Dog
We went out to a housewarming party on Friday night. I didn’t know if I should go or not, because I had been going downhill all the way through Friday at wor...
Camping Is Great
We went camping over the weekend (and I had yesterday off - 4 day weekend
Long Time No Write
The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy for me (hence no entries in this blog).
Work Work Play Play
Today I am relaxed. I wouldn’t say the work I have been doing is easy, but it’s not exactly difficult either. I’m writing a migration program to turn a dataf...
When I Get Time
The last week or so has been manic, but in the midst of working on-site, having a never ending stream of visitors and helping do work on the garden, I have s...
My Arms Are Killing Me
I suppose I should have expected it, but my arms are absolutely killing me since I went to the Gym on sunday morning. Okay - it’s two days later, and people ...
First Day At The Gym
This morning I had my “induction” session at the gym in town. I won’t say I was exactly nervous (never having been to a gym before), but I was certainly apre...
Why Are Fridays So Slow
I really should try and update this Blog more often. It looks better when there are more entries
Back In The Office Again
It’s lunchtime, and I am back in the office at work once more.
I Need Sleep
Last night I got in from work, tidied up a bit, then spent most of the evening installing a computer for a friend (well - an hour or so). I think the compute...
Holiday Blues
We got back from our holiday on Saturday night - after a nine hour drive from Scotland. We took it in turns to break the journey up, which worked quite well....
Mexican Cheese Sandwiches
We now have only two days before we go on holiday, and I’m really looking forward to it. We’re off to the “Firth of Fourth” in Scotland - we will be staying ...
An Up And Down Week
It’s been the kind of week you don’t like to have too often. Loads crammed into it, and not really enough time to take stock properly.
Avoiding Work
It’s Wednesday morning and I’m avoiding doing too much this morning - even though I have a quite a few things to do. For some strange reason, even though I h...
Vogon Constructor Fleet
We’ve just been messing around in the office (trying not to do any work) and I came up with the following rather stupid sketch…
One Hell Of A Week
This week has been like walking in treacle… whatever that might feel like!?
Emulators Rule Today
Last night I installed ZSNES and KEGA on the laptop at home (along with several hundred ROM images downloaded from alt.binaries). Oh what fun I had… well, I ...
Pizza And Beer Rule
Today is a good day.
Pausing Between Reboots
Today I am at work and I’m not really sure why. I feel like crap (I did all weekend), and can’t really concentrate properly.
A Rather Busy Day
Today was one of those days that started out quite quietly and got faster as the day went on.
Drifting Along
I’m bored and trying to think of what to write.
End Of Another Day
It’s getting near the end of the first day of the week (and as the HR department helpfully pointed out, a fifth of the way towards the weekend).
Windows Free Zone
Woohoo!
Sleepy Saturday
Woohoo! I cooked dinner last night and it was great (I didn’t poison W!!). We had Chilli, made with Quorn mince (veggie substitute - W doesn’t eat meat), kid...
Its Valentines Day
It’s valentines day and I was planning on leaving an hour early to pop into town and pick up some flowers and ingredients for tea… except my project manager ...
Calendar Feature Added
I just spent most of the evening adding a calendar feature to the script.
Opening The Source
I finally did it - I opened up the Blog script to the community.
How Many Hits
Since opening the source code for this noddy little bunch of scripts last night, I’ve been somewhat taken aback by the number of apparent visitors into the p...
Tired And Bored
I’m sat at my desk this afternoon after being in and out of the office for the last few days, and I don’t really know what to do next…
Dead On My Feet
After pulling a late nighter working on my website last night, finally getting to bed at about 2:30, the tiredness has really hit me this afternoon.
Forging Ahead With Tc
After a week of concentrated effort, the new ThoughtCafe site code is becoming more stable, and the bugs are falling out as I work on it.
On Site And Using The Web
Today has been a long day already.
Tired And Bored
If anybody that reads this is wondering why there is such a huge gap between entries, it’s because I’ve just been so damn busy!
Another Monday
It’s another Monday and I’m back at work after a week off enjoying time at home decorating and working on the new ThoughtCafe website.
Monday Morning And I Feel Fine
It’s monday afternoon and I’m sat here after having read a number of comments on my own blog from a rather colourful character who seems to have rather too m...
I Hate Smoking
It’s been a funny kind of day today so far - I got up a bit later than normal and got a lift into work with my infinitely superior other half (W), then figur...
First Real Entry
I suppose “technically” I have missed posting an entry into this online diary for the first of January, because it took longer than 40 minutes to get the ini...