Month: February 2003

Boothby Graffoe – utterly brilliant.

It comes to something when the most exciting thing going on around work at the moment is speculation on the reason for workmen digging a series of holes in the road through the middle of the village.
I reckon it’s the sewers.

"From the outset, I tried to be different…"
And succeeded. Scaryduck’s first birthday.

No news this morning.
Had to run for my train due to lingering too long over breakfast, but having stepped on the scales as I stepped out of the shower, a little exercise may be no bad thing. Thank goodness that the evenings will soon be getting light – I’ll be able to restart my walking regimen.

Beer tonight with Arron. Sightings of Alex, Nikki, Clive and Hamish.
I hear that Bora is leaving Chichester. But I’ve heard that before.

Live365 are changing their terms, so that to listen to radio grayblog, listeners must first log in. I’ve been considering upgrading from the lowest level of service, and possibly going ad-free, as these two things would help me get some sort of money back (in an referral fee style). But it is one of those spend money with no guarantee of return situations. Dunno – still thinking about it.

Slaving over a hot Document again this evening. However, a few minor steps forward today: forms obtained from the NatWest; first credit account set up; domain names registered.
I wanted to register four domain names. The most important one was available in both .com and .co.uk versions, no problem, but the secondary one that I wanted was available only in .co.uk form. I checked and found that the .com variant is being sat on by a domain name company, who, when approached, attached a price tag of US$3880.00, more than £2500, which is about one hundred times my budget for this. Is this utterly unreasonable, or what? Advice appreciated from anyone that has more experience of these things.
Incidentally, I wouldn’t be too concerned if I didn’t get this domain name. The one that counts is safely mine.

I’ve been struggling with recalcitrant Blogger all morning. If anyone says "why don’t you use MT?", I’ll hit them. Hard.

Lots and lots to do this morning. What to do first? And it’s nearly afternoon already. Pants.

According to the latest figures from the Halifax, I "earned" more last month by being a property owner than I did through turning up for work each day. This is good news, as I spent more last month than I earned through turning up for work each day, roughly by the same amount that my property increased in value. urf.