Death Wish
Posted: Mon 7 February, 2005 Filed under: General Leave a comment »Here in Bracknell, it’s what’s known to meterologists as “bloody foggy” this morning. While you can see your hand in front of your face, you can’t see much past about ten yards. Fortunately it’s not freezing fog, but it’s still not particularly pleasant either.
What amazed me while I walked into work was the number of idiot cyclists* riding along in dark clothing with no lights on. Do they have a death wish?
* = not all cyclists are idiots. These ones, however, are.
Socks
Posted: Mon 7 February, 2005 Filed under: General 3 Comments »Over at Little Red Boat, Anna’s been talking about Anarchist socks – believe me, they exist. And I was thinking that socks have actually got really boring since Sock Shop went bust.
When Sock Shop existed, I had a tendency to wear very very silly socks – cartoon characters and the like. Generally kept under cover, due to my preference for Cat boots instead of shoes, but they were there all the same. Since then, well, the variety has been far slimmer, and I’ve ended up resorting to boring socks.
Of course, I realise that this has sod-all relevance to anything at all, it’s just something I was thinking about. I’m sad like that.
Outage
Posted: Mon 7 February, 2005 Filed under: D4D™ Leave a comment »Just an advanced warning, d4d™ may be away for about an hour later – the hosts are norking about with servers.
UPDATED : I was gone for a while, but now I’m back…
Still to be done
Posted: Sun 6 February, 2005 Filed under: D4D™ 1 Comment »I’ve still got some stuff to work on on this redesign. Not just the rest of the pages (photo pages and the like still need to be redone in the new style, for instance) but also fun stuff like sorting out the archives, which in WP seem quite happy to only display the last week of each month. Pain in the arse, and I haven’t yet figured out where to look to fix it.
Also, I’ve just noticed (having used it in the post below) that the old question-mark icon really needs redoing with a transparency so it works across the colour schemes. At the moment it’s got a nasty little yellow border on it. As does the donor-card image on the right-hand bar.
I’m sure there’s other stuff too, I just can’t remember what it is at the moment. I will though…
Gymmage
Posted: Sun 6 February, 2005 Filed under: General Leave a comment »Yes, again today I’m off to the gym. It’s the second part of the induction, this time on fun stuff like the weight machines. We kind of ran out of time last time, so I’m back again. I’m sure Sunday’s are supposed to be “a day of rest”. *cough*
Anyway, once I’ve had my induction on those, I’ll be seeing what I can get up to on that score as well. I’ve not used them ’til now at this gym, as I wouldn’t have been covered on their insurance, which is fair enough. I know what I’m doing on them, but all the same, always best to be covered just in case I drop a weight on my foot, or a cable goes boing! snap! when I’m using it…
Settling In
Posted: Sun 6 February, 2005 Filed under: General Leave a comment »Should I be worried about the fact we’ve just spent around £100 at Suttons Seeds for stuff to arrive in the next couple of weeks and get planted?
Mind you, most of those are mini-plants (i.e. they’re not just seeds, these are ones we can pretty much just transplant into the earth) so that’s not as bad as it could be. And in there have also been things like purple carrots
(I can’t resist something that sounds that strange/different/interesting) and some potato buckets. All very self-sustaining and green. 2005’s going to have a lot of interesting stuff going on, I’m certain 🙂
Blockage
Posted: Sat 5 February, 2005 Filed under: General Leave a comment »I’m sure I could find interesting stuff to write – but for some reason today my mind is an utter blank.
I’ll probably have more later – but don’t hold your breath.