bookmark_borderFour hours

Not that I’m counting but that’s all the sleep I got last night. Hence I’m knackered and can’t really be bothered doing anything. I’ve struggled to do anything productive work wise, and the redesign has stalled (no thanks to finicky CSS mind you…).

So it’ll be some telly and then bed methinks.

Ohh and I seem to have been switched over to the new Blogger Pro and subsequently have lost my post from earlier today… so here it is again…

7:50 A.M. So you wanna be a writer
Writing a book : an interesting article and has some even more thought provoking comments.

“It’s such a pain to write books, it’s such a bother to go through the publishing process — what kind of person is willing to put him/herself through this? Answer: a very narrow demographic — the obsessed and the ambitious. Exceptions allowed for, this would seem to mean that most of the books we’ve interacted with over the years have been written by people who are nuts.”

bookmark_borderFlipping knackered

Almost 1:30pm and I’m done in already (and I’ve still got the house to tidy!)
Went shopping in East Kilbride (still missing an item though – arrgh!)
The tyres took about 20 minutes to fit and have the tracking adjusted.
I remembered my Blogger Pro email address as I was driving to East Kilbride (not much of a test though..)
I wasn’t the only person whose site was busy yesterday (see previous comments)
The local pool is very quiet at 10:30 am!
And I wasn’t late for my appointment, just…

So, lunchtime now. Then tidy up, then iron and pack, then start on the CDs.

Are you all enjoying my riveting life?

bookmark_borderRandom thoughts to the start the day

Should I go shopping in East Kilbride?
Is Harry Stone a genius?
How long will fitting the tyres take?
Why do we call it ‘silver’?
Will I remember my Blogger Pro email address for posting?
Why was yesterday the busiest day this site had in the last 12 months?
Why didn’t I keep a running total when I switched counters!
Where is the squirrel?
Should I complain more often?
Why aren’t I writing more? (also known as Why am I writing less?)
Will I be late for that appointme

bookmark_borderBlogger Pro

Well it seems like the Blogger guys turned on payment by credit card in February and it’s taken me this long to find that out. So I’m now a fully paid up Blogger Pro user.

Not that you guys will notice much, in fact bar the lack of permalinks for any posts before today, you will see NO difference at all.

Until I change everything of course.

Paying for stuff
I’ve been on a bit of a spending spree recently. I’ve long been a subscriber to various ‘ezines’ and of course there are a few tools that make publishing this very website possible. I also use, and have used, some pieces of shareware for quite a while now, and all in all the guilt has become too much.

So Tag & Rename, BlogRoll, LangaList, and soon Blogger Pro. I would pay for the Lockergnome newsletter, but it’s free, as is Winamp. I own PaintShop Pro and Homesite (used to create this site) and WindowBlinds. And of course the behemoth that is Microsoft Office. All the other ‘essential’ programs I use are free. Yes I have used pirate software, yes I have installed and used cracked software, but most times I found myself disappointed and went back to the tools I know and love. The best example is the Winamp and Tag&Rename combination. I’ve used them to manage my MP3s for a long time, and Windows Media Player just doesn’t ‘fit’ for me. Ohh yes MP3s…

So, what software/service do you pay for that you feel is worth the money? Am I missing the ‘best’ piece of software?

bookmark_borderUnfitted

Proper induction at gym today. Time to find out exactly how unfit I am. This is followed by a game of 5-a-side football. Another chance to find out exactly how unfit I am. Needs must , but I do question the sanity of playing football in this kind of weather.

Hydragenic has updated – all CSS and using Blogger Pro too. Damn I’m never gonna get ahead of the pack, am I? 😉