1st June 2017 – Binge TV and Book Cataloguing
So this is my first post of June 17, I was going to give myself a word count for each day but instead I think it is best at this point to just give myself a small goal and then build up. I am in the middle of my week off and for most of…
Mid month and planning, it’s that time of year again….
Internet issue is “fixed” so I can now access the blog from my own network, this means I can post just in time to start talking about NaNo. If you were to look back over my posts at this time there will be a lot of sweeping statements about getting it planned out and ready…
Nano
So, its almost September. Two months until the crazy people start that mad dash to complete 50k words in a month. I have attempted this feat for the last two years and coincidentally both years I have stalled at around 11k words. I am determined that this year I will not fail, so I am…
Black Friday!
Just watched a video from Philip Defranco on Youtube…. It was showing the fighting at Wallmart in the states when Americans were in what can only be described as a mosh pit trying to get to the deals in the electronics section. It makes for sobering viewing when you see these people pushing and shoving…
Reading and living the story
I have loved reading for as long as I can remember, I was always in the school library when I was younger and all throughout school. When I grew up my love for reading just got better as I now had the money to buy more books. When I had kids I think I should…
The Madness that is 118 118
When I was a kid it cost 10p to use a BT phone box and there were not mobile phones, if you needed directory enquirers to find a number you didn’t need to take out a mortgage to do so. Today since the privatization there are now several companies offering this service. the most prevalent…
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
While looking for something to write for the blog tonight I found a news article on the Register site, I was very happy 🙂 It seems they are bringing back the IT crowd back for one last episode, the show ran for 4 seasons from 06-10 and focused on the IT dept of a large…
The death of the book – Not!
I keep reading articles talking about the death of the printed book as the Ebook revolution continues. It always makes me smile. Given the calls when the DVD was released that CD’s were a dead format and the same calls when BluRay was standardised that the DVD was dead. yet both formats are being produced…