Category: diary

Well, I seem more organised. I create this illusion through the use of Yahoo Calendar, which I now sync through Outlook to my phone. Has a todo list, which is my key to getting my life in order at the moment. I really must keep it up, as it really does help, and I feel more sane and less chaotic with that working for me.

This has got me reading more, both geek books, literature and books on video games. I am presently reading Power Up, which is a great book covering both the history of games, and some dissection of how they can be perceived. Interesting for me at least.

Need to work harder on losing some weight and stopping smoking. Want to get those sorted out really. Saving is going alright, money is a bit saner now we are through Christmas. I could really do with getting some of the junk I have onto ebay, get some dosh towards the things I want to save for, and get rid of stuff that well, I need to get rid off. We really do need the space for one!

So thus far, got some things organised, can do better.

Partly because it was, nearly six weeks ago. Feel slightly more solvent now, which is no bad thing. Good weekend due to it, quiet one with a little drink out at the start of it with mrsfb on Friday, and plenty of junk tv, then a double night out on Saturday, my departments christmas do (don’t ask) and a friend of mrsfb’s birthday drinks. Just about fitted it all in, wasn’t sure if we would quite survive it all, but we got there, manfully (and womanfully of course)

Finished reading a geek book. Read some more Vernon God Little. Re-cabled the pc. Tidied up all the stuff that had fallen down the back of the pc. Helped someone set up a blog. Set up my new mobile properly. Sorted out some little jobs too. Not a bad evenings work really.

New mobile is well good. Nokia 6630, does video calling, which would be great if I knew anyone else with it. Does do photos and lots of online stuff well, which is all good. May well end up using the Flickr account (which is what provides the photos on the right-hand side of the blog) a bit more now I can take photos that don’t look anywhere near as blurred.

Didn’t necessarily achieve much this weekend. Did tidy up our place some, manage a long walk, but mainly about relaxing. Which is good. I think my main aim for this week is to get back on with some reading. Have started the first Vernon God Little book (okay, the only one thus far) and have enjoyed it, but need to get into it a bit more. May set up on the sofa tonight and plough through it. Have managed quite well last week at getting into my tech books, but need some balance to keep me vaguely sane.

Mr Wonderduck has pointed out in comments to a previous post that he does not have broadband. This makes me sad, as it has totally changed my internet experience. I think I have had it for roughly 5 years now, and I just can’t imagine being without. Actually I can, I remember all the time before, and the shock of using dial-up very occasionally at other friends houses. It isn’t perfect yet, could be far far faster and cheaper, but tonight when I get home I am going to kiss my cable modem and be thankful for what I have got.

Trying to create an RSS feed for the site at the moment. If you subscribe to this site using a feed reader (I know at least two people do, and one of them isn’t me), it is using Atom rather than RSS. This is more practice for myself in such dark arts. I’ll chuck up an RSS logo once it is sorted.

Saw some mates for a good drink on Friday night, then a quiet one in with mrsfb on Saturday. We caught up on the end of Lost (The first series) which was great and unsatisfying all at once. Then again not finding things out is part of the joy of Lost. Also watched some Shameless, and taped the movie Ping Pong, which I have heard good things about.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. I have figured out how to get my digital camera doing respectable video clips. There just may be something coming soon. Fear the flotsky.

Still sharp. In fact, really do feel my brain is engaged at the moment, getting a lot done and sorted. One tiny little thing that has helped with this is whiteboard.com. It is a collaborative space where several people can edit the same webpage easily. I just use it as a place to write a list, that I can access from any computer. Makes life lovely and simple, and replaces the endless pieces of paper that end up in my pocket. It is nice and straightforwards to set up and use too.