Category: Diary

Been a long day already and there’s still a way to go.

One of the reasons I’ve been absent lately is that I’m going through an insanely busy time with my web design business. For the past few weeks I haven’t had time to do anything but sit at this computer and juggle five or so sites at a time. It’s a good situation to be in, far better than the alternative, and it’s time to make that hay ‘cause when the sun is shining in January nobody is thinking about their web site needs.

Anyway, just to show I have been busy here is the first of the sites to reach launch, TreeTop Toy Shop.

As always, if you know someone who needs a site, feel free to share.

I know, I’ve been a bit busy. Moo just popped in to the office to remind me there is life beyond the PC.

Somebody has brought a monkey bike to the ferals across the road. I’m watching the idiot ride it up and down the street (no helmet of course) wondering how he could be so stupid.

Then I see his father take the next turn.

Sensis have made it even easier to cancel your directories. Just head on over to Directory Select and fill out your details. Delivery will be cancelled for three years. Hopefully we’ll get an email in three years time reminding us to extend.

UPDATE

If I had RTFM “We will email you when the end of this period is approaching to provide you with an easy option to cancel for another three years.”

As I think I’ve mentioned a million times I love 6 Music (BBC 6). It’s the perfect radio station and gave me back my love of music. The only problem is that it’s in London. No matter how large an aerial I construct I’m just not gonna get it so I have to listen via the net. This means I have to have a PC on. I can listen via the media PC/television, but that’s a bit of a waste of electricity or I can listen via my iPod or phone, but that requires plugging in speakers for proper sound.

Now, thanks to Kogan, my problems are solved. Introducing my internet radio.

Now I can have 6 Music going without a PC, just like a proper radio station! Not only that I can stream from any of PCs to the unit, it has an iPod dock, you can listen to podcasts, it has digital radio (DAB+ – already found Koffee to chill out to) and something called FM, whatever that is.

New tech, good music, I’m a happy man.

Goodbye Thomas.

Thank you for being such a wonderful cat. We’re all going to miss you terribly.

This morning the kids were arguing over a toy computer, the type that plays music and has basic light flashing games on it. Poor Henry was getting quite upset that Moo was hogging the toy so I said :”Moo, it’s Henry’s turn.”

She turned around, looked me straight in the eye and said “but I need to check my emails”.

Dear The Age,

well. The paper arrived and upon unwrapping what was I to find but a 16 Page Collingwood wrap around! As if this wasn’t shocking enough it was stapled along with the A2 so I had to actually touch it. I searched hard for the ‘advertising feature’ but couldn’t find it. Isn’t this Magpie-gasm a little premature? They haven’t won the premiership; the home and way season isn’t even over. Should we just abandon the finals series and give them the cup now? (No need to comment on that Mel or Jen).

Maybe today would have been a good day not to get the paper after all.

Dear The Age,

next time you want to have a five hour delay in getting us our newspaper can you please make it on a weekday. Saturday mornings just aren’t the same without the paper spread over the table and if we don’t get to read the paper by 9 then it’s not going to get read at all.

Thanks

The Malloys