Back in the early 90s we had to explain what LOL and : - ) meant. Today it’s all XD - I had to look it up to understand what the youngsters meant in their text and email messages.
We had a good run while it lasted….
Over to you, young’uns
Mine was buying Brandi Carlile’s album on Amazon after seeing her on Jools Holland. Those that know me will agree it’s completely out of character, but there you go. Loving “The Story”; like they say, start off listening to Johnny Cash and you’re on a slippery slope…
This was a good impulse purchase for me.
Have every episode on official release, Season 1-7. What’s it worth (in pounds)? Just moved house and don’t have space for them any more. Still have the stickers, holograms etc. that came with them.
Now that the hype has died over MySpace, Flikr, Facebook, Bebo etc. what is the next big thing? And why?
Damn - I have to use Windows again. As a Mac switcher some time ago I thought I was done with laptops crashing and wasting so much time just getting stuff I plugged in to work.
Well, I chased that corporate dollar and am now paying the price in lost productivity or, to be more precise, my employers are. Booting up, anti-virus/MS Outlook clashes (and then crashes) are an everyday occurrence I thought I’d left behind. I’ve now co-ordinated that schedule with getting my first cup of coffee at work and refined it down to a 15 minute left click, right click, repeat dance.
Ho hum.
At least when I get home I can use my Mac to load up my iPod with Podcasts, edit photos, make DVDs direct from my camcorder and other such good stuff without buying any software. And, as the adverts say, “it just works”.
And let it be known that the old saying “we use MS Office so you need it to read and use the documents we make” doesn’t apply any more; NeoOffice for the Mac does all that and more. And it’s free.
Looks like I have some evangelising to do at work 
I’m thinking this blog is looking a bit boring - I set it up one afternoon some time ago without much thought. Can anyone suggest a better look for it? Our blog runs on WordPress and there are plenty of templates available if you do a search on the Internet - what do you prefer? (please give us the URL for that template). If you’d like to submit your own design please do so and we’ll give you credit at the bottom of each web page.
Fanx.
P.S. Must find the link to that video of the skateboarding chimp for Steve…
We moved to N. Ireland four months ago. I closed our office doors (IT company) in Scotland, sold and gave away 99% of the computers, servers & associated accessories, sold house, loaded up family and got on a ferry. (Thanks Dad, Steve and anyone else who knows me).
Worked on a farm for a while, worked as a furniture van driver for a couple of months. Had a great time, got very fit through work, got to see a lot of Norn Iron countryside by delivering stuff all over, got my bearings. Met a whole bunch of interesting and likeable people, as the vast majority of people here are.
Didn’t turn on a computer for 3 months and didn’t miss it for one second. Politely declined all requests to assist extended family members with their IT problems unless I knew it would take less than 30 minutes to resolve. Had to turn on the computer to reply to some emails that had attachments my Blackberry couldn’t open relating to the sale of some property. Selected approx. 10,000 messages that had made it past the spam filter and deleted the whole lot without looking at them. If it was urgent, they’d have phoned me.
So far, so good. Computers had been taking up too much of my time over the last 20 years, most of it unproductive. I’d been their slave for too long.
And then I got a great offer from an Irish IT company I respect. The working conditions are great (working at any of their offices that suit me, work from home a couple of days a week etc.)
All their offices are 50 miles from where I live - this equates to between 1.5 and 2 hours driving in Norn Iron depending on how many tractors or big trucks you get stuck behind en-route.
I worked a couple of weeks and got really fed up with all the crap on the radio stations I had to endure on my way to and from work; BBC, local and from the South.
And so I treated myself to a new-style iPod nano and radio transmitter. Love them both and couldn’t now endure 1.5 hours of the usual radio station format of song - advert - advert - advert -song on my way to/from work.
So, in summary, I went from leaving an IT company to doing good manual work which I really enjoyed with every intention of not doing computer stuff again. I now work for an IT company and need extra IT stuff (iPod and transmitter) just to get me there. When I get home I fire up the good old MacBook Pro and download podcasts to listen to the next day on the way to work.
My addiction to technology is now worse than it ever was…
Does anyone else have an IT addiction story?
I forgot about the blog. Easy to do. You know, you start off making soup and then you mow the lawns, then before you know it, it’s like 4 months later.
Apparently I am sorry, and will start posting again very soon.
Now where’s my lawnmower………..
I’m getting right into Delta Blues just now. This song is “Aberdeen, Mississippi”. Dayyum! I need a steel resonator guitar to beat the hell out of… Oh yeah, and some talent
All wrapped up in one handy YouTube package! Ace - 2 of the best NMA songs I reckon. The bass playing is great 
A public service announcement that tackles the issue of using disparaging remarks around friggin’ retards.
If you’re at all interested in old style blues or rag music you have to check out Blind Gary Davis, one of my favourite post-war guitarists. From having nothing on YouTube a couple of months ago there’s now a fair bit of footage (some of it tagged with the Welsh-ish “Davies”; makes no difference, it’s all good )
One of my faves : In This Land (give it a while to get used to his slightly off-tune strings)
This song is probably more on the bluesy side, but you should also check out his rag music (and you’ll recognise a bunch of it because his trademark licks are still being used). If you like the rag-style stuff, track down music by Roy ‘Book’ Binder who traveled with Rev. Davis for a couple of years and is still playing. He’s an ace “finger-picker” and also puts out instructional DVDs which are well worth a watch, even if you’re not a guitar player.
P.S. Donovan - you ARSE
All these things are cool:
And they’re all cool together
If you’re interested in a random story (constructed totally out of spam emails I receive), strap yourself into your chair, forget everything you learnt at school about the English language, get yourself over to The Woolhams and start following Dants crazy (and nonesensical) adventures. Please keep your hands inside the vehicle at all times.
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