Category: old blogging

had a good look at the ISS – it wasn’t as bright as I expected, but certainly very obvious – and, blimey, it doesn’t half shift! one horizon to the other in a bit more than three minutes.
actually, looking at the tiny point of light, rushing along, and thinking about the fact that there are *people* up there, framed against the inky blue of the sky, tends to make you think. not sure what it makes you think of, but it does make you think.
more worrying, as I was standing on the city wall looking at the ISS, I spotted a white helicopter flying by. now *that* did make me think!

today is a beautiful sunny day with perfect blue skies – ideal conditions for watching the International Space Station go overhead, complete with space shuttle Atlantis docked on. For those in the south of England, it should be visible for about three minutes, moving from west to east, sometime around 6.11pm tonight.

From my Atomz search request logs…highly amusing, I’m sure. Will the person or persons responsible for this, please stand up.

Week of February 4 to February 10 11 total searches, 11 phrases (1 to 11)
Graph	Count	Phrase	Results Count
	1	buster gonad	7
	1	chickenhead	0
	1	do you really read these search requests	7
	1	graybo is my hero	7
	1	groke	0
	1	i m bored now goodbye	5
	1	jesus shut the fuck up will you	7
	1	look enough is enough just stop now	7
	1	music	7
	1	stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop	4
	1	thinning hair why not wear a hat	8

BlogFinder is potentially useful – although when I typed in “Grayblog” and “Graybo”, both searches showed up a bunch of other sites but not this one.

today I’m feeling less “Monday” and more “Tuesday”, which may be related to the fact that I slept very soundly last night (apart from waking up after yet another bizarre dream, the details of which are fuzzy) and that the sun is shining. However, I am definitely a long way from having that “Friday” feeling.
for those that don’t know, Tuesdayness is a slightly toned down version of feeling crap on a Monday.

feeling very Monday-ish this morning. Apart from a few high points (beer last night and Friday, lunch yesterday and Saturday), the weekend was unremittingly crap. I am so tired and in need.

beers last night in the company of Paul F, Bruno, Aris and Claudette. Topics for discussion included:
– the internet
– web design
– marketing strategies
– working from home
– Grayblog
– narcolepsy and agoraphobia
A mixed bag, I think you’ll agree.

sound advice, I’m sure, but in Chichester there is little choice. Unless you’ve booked your black cab (actually about a third of them are red) around seven to ten years in advance of actually needing it, you won’t get one. And since my fair city is the home of the world’s oldest private carriage company, at least you feel that the cab operators are experienced.

bearing in mind that I will be “celebrating” my 30th birthday just three months from tomorrow (that’s the 12th of May – gorrit?), I’ve been busy updating my Amazon wishlist – of course, there is no obligation upon readers blah blah blah….

Mum and Dad have been here for most of the day. Dad has installed the last of my new light fittings (although one of them broke, which was slightly alarming (they cost £50 each) – but we’ve effected a repair which we shall finish next week probably) and we all went for lunch at The Vestry, which is really very good.
Other than that, I’ve been reading through my new HTML4 reference book which is actually proving to be quite useful, and is, in the words of one Amazon reviewer moving me from “moderate status to advanced”, which is nice. Actually, I’m considering learning a scripting language in order to expand my knowledge and ability at web design, and I know a couple of folks in that trade read this site from time-to-time. So any tips? I was wondering what might be the most useful language for me to learn (bearing in mind my limited resources of time and cash) and what opinons or hints anyone might have.