Vastus Lateralis

Reading time: 2 mins I have a weak vastus lateralis and a sore knee! The physio lady was very nice, chatty, friendly and didn’t have cold hands at all. She was a complete bitch. After some questions about how I got the injury and some gentle prodding and pushing of the area around my knee, she asked me to…

Decluttery

Reading time: 2 mins Well I didn’t get half the stuff I’d hoped to get done but made a start at the “Big Declutter”. Two bin bags for the skip, one for the charity shop and I’m not even halfway through. The whole thing has come about because of the big smile that now appears on the face of…

A few days of misc

Reading time: 2 mins OK, a conscious decision to not think about this blog has meant a fair amount of stuff is getting ‘done’. But I won’t bore you with the minutiae of the past few days as it mainly consisted of shuffling stuff about (mainly into loft), a fair amount of tidying up, a large amount of throwing…

Jack of all trades Pt. 2

Reading time: 2 mins My name is Gordon McLean, I am a Technical Communicator* and I am proud to be a jack of all trades. I recall once being asked to breakdown all the skills required to be a Technical Writer, and then to provide a list of daily work tasks. The list of skills was to be used…

Jack of all trades Pt. 1

Reading time: 2 mins My name is Gordon McLean, I am a Technical Communicator* and I am proud to be a jack of all trades. Working in the software industry, and particularly for a company that has embraced the XP development methodology, I have exposure to, and contact with, most of the other roles in the company. I talk…

Planning ahead

Reading time: < 1 min In my hangover fug I’ve been thinking about stuff wot needs to get done. One of those things is to sort out my WordPress install as the recent upgrade has left it littered with errors. It seems to be working OK but… well.. it’s annoying. Other than that, with the bulk of last week concentrated…