… that has been greeting my blog visitors for the last day was due to the fact that I wasn’t here as we rolled over into a new month. I have been up to the cold North of the country visiting relatives, the Small Person has been duly spoiled rotten but enjoyed seeing her great-grandmother … The big blank screen
It isn’t that I have nothing to write about, sometimes I come here, to add to this, and can’t think of how to say what I wanted to say. The big project is all but finished, it should be live in a few days. Which is good because I have suddenly become ill, and no-one … long absences again…
I know how Zeldman feels. I feel like I have had my chair welded to my bum for the last month. This big project is almost complete though, and I’m pretty pleased with it. I should be pleased with it… I’m not someone who has ever wanted to be ‘good enough’. I’ve always wanted to … The end is in sight
The Internet Archive – you will not believe the number of sites indexed by this site. Type in your own domain, or a favourite site. Fascinating, and cool because they have indexed all sites – not just the big names. Just when you thought that design horror you created three years ago was gone for … our past is always with us
Lots of interesting writing being posted at Independents Day – Celebrating the independent web. Speaking of good writing, I’m currently reading “Where Wizards Stay up Late – the origins of the internet”, totally fascinating, documenting a period in history that is within my own lifetime yet seems so distant from the net as we know … The Future Independent Web
…at 9 am this morning, some workmen turn up, put a generator outside my window and proceed to drill into the wall of the flat above me. This is really helping me work…. My Linux box is still resolute in its refusal to allow me to configure XFree86, the horrible thing is sat there, happy … Trying to work
SexRanks appeared in my referrer logs, its appearance has also been noted by Glen Murphy and at I Don’t Smoke. I then noticed that if you click through to that page, the referrer (where you have just come from) appears at the top of the ‘vote for this site’ list. Mystery solved, some of our … Referrer Weirdness
I’m at it again… regular readers may already be aware of the fact that, every so often, I feel the need to attack my stable, well configured Linux box and attempt to install something that I don’t fully understand. I use Debian, but I also use KDE, which isn’t supported by the stable release of … argh Linux!
I seriously have no idea where the time goes, I want it to slow down… I want to slow down, and I never seem to achieve that. I’m increasingly envious of the people who can spend an evening lounging in a chair, watching TV or reading a book, and just being. The constant need to … another new month?