I have had a really nice break from work, mostly resisting the temptation to deal with emails and respond to texts and voice mails. I am looking forward to returning to work tomorrow though as I always hate leaving things in mid flight. It is not so much that I do not trust others as …
Tag Archives: Work
Moved my site onto a different publishing system
My blog has been running on an open source CMS (content management system) called Textpattern since 2004. Whilst I believe that this is an excellent CMS, it has to be said that development of the core by the open source community has been very limited for the last few years. I wish I had the …
Free wifi on iTouch with BT FON for BT broadband customers
The iPhone is brilliant but subscriptions are a little steep. The iTouch is pretty much the same device without the phone network connections (or a built in mic) and is just as good to use for most internet related activities provided you can find wifi access, which is pretty common now. The cost of some wifi services can be a bit too much to swallow though on an ad hoc basis (free access being rare). Subscription options are worth exploring. However, if you are a BT Broadband customer, there is a free option available that gives you up to 8 hours Openzone access a month.
My windows PC has slowed down
Not a month goes by without a friend or relative asking for advice on what to do about speeding up their Windows PC. Got another one today and decided to blog my response when Facebook would not let me reply in full properly for reasons that still escape me. At least I can now refers others.
No wonder I am on sick leave
I have a chest infection with asthma complications and have been told by my Doctor to stay off work and not to do any at home. It is surprising that I have lasted as long as I have given the kind of life I lead living in hotels, working long hours, eating badly and not exercising. It is also surprising that my family have not yet given up on me.
Endless bleeding
I called my wife as usual from my hotel in the evening after work to hear that my eldest daughter was having a strange experience. She had a very small cut on here arm – no idea what had caused it – that they could not get to stop bleeding. Given that they are both …
a few weeks later
It has been a while since I blogged. One reason has been because of my getting into Twitter, mostly using my iPhone as I am now.Work has been extremely hectic over the last few weeks as well. My weekends have been taken up with work, which is never a good thing. I am certainly looking …
A copyright debate on Twitter
Economists have calculated thatt he optimum period for copyright is 14 years.
Termination of my 3 mobile broadband contract
I have been a mobile broadband user with 3 for 11 months on a 12 month contract so have given them the 30 days notice to terminate the contract as I do not want to continue to pay £25 a month for a service I have never been able to achieve. They could not offer me a better deal.
DSLR v Compact Camera
My wife attended a family gathering recently that I was unable to join because of work commitments. Photography came up as a topic apparently and she felt that DSLRs did n0t get a fair hearing so I sent an email off to the family member who way weighing up the pro and cons of the various options. An edited version follows.