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231 days ago
Ahoy-hoy. The first album has been uploaded to the new Photo Gallery. As much as it appeals to run my entire photo collection from my Windows Home Server, the add-in I’m using doesn’t present the nicest or most intuitive interface. See the old collection here… The other downside was that I couldn’t easily link to any particular album or photo. Yes – I know there are services like Flickr out there – hey, I was using it years ago before I abandoned it, as evidenced here. However, as a self-appointed Grand Poobah of [mostly Microsoft] Technology Evangelism , I try and stick to the Microsoft-powered alternatives if at all possible/practical. Windows Live has reached the stage where I am now able to do that. My blogging is done through Windows Live Writer and my photo editing and tagging is through Windows Live Photo Gallery. Although Photo Gallery supports Flickr and the like, I do very much appreciate the tight integration between Microsoft’s desktop ...
231 days ago
It has been nearly a quarter of a year since my last blog, and even then that was a feeble attempt of a blog posting (essentially a “ hello there, I’ve been too busy to blog ” post). So – a bit of a reboot is required, and I need to get into the habit of being both rude and inane once again. No doubt due to my lack of a blogging outlet, I’ve been an incredibly grumpy sod in recent months – annoying co-workers, family and friends. Ah well. Not much to report, really. But given how Windows Live has evolved in my time away, I may revisit the idea of (re-)publishing my photos on the web. Not that you have much need to see photos of me in various states of nudeness but – quite honestly – photos of anything else just bore me.
313 days ago
Wow – a month-and-a-half since my last posting…? How time flies when you’re having fun! Wait… I’m not having fun. Bah – old proverbs are wrong and shit, apparently. Anyhoo – I am alive. I have been somewhat busy – trying to get our company restructure sorted, and essentially rebooting parts of the business. As usual – ever optimistic that shuffling some paper around and creating whole new tasks lists will change things for the better… :) I will try and blog a bit more regularly, again. Perhaps not once a day (that’s doomed to failure), but maybe once or twice a week… Stuff in my head I need to spill out include: Installing and running Windows 7 on my shiny new HP 2730p Tablet PC Completing my 30 Years of Life postings – truly a worthlessly epic tale of self-love and self-loathing! Random ranting Parties ahoy – my aim this year is to organise three small parties/piss-ups, and one spectacular mega-Party either sometime late Spring or early Autumn… That’s it, ...
362 days ago
I’m feeling quite lazy today, so Part C is going to be a brief instalment. Hey – at least I’m making an effort. I should have a bit of time over the weekend, so expect long-winded essays then… As with yesterday, I’m going to cheat a little… Positive Fact C I’m extremely immature and good (if somewhat dirty) humoured. I don’t tend to take things very seriously at all. I’d like to think that this fosters some kind of enjoyable work environment – I’ve yet to be hauled in front of the courts for helping to create an expletive-ridden, dirt-mongering office environment. Only today, I was encouraging work colleagues to search the Internet for reviews on Aberdeen whores. The scary thing is, we (or rather, I – I don’t wish to taint anyone else in the office here) managed to find some cursory reviews, including one girl who is “alleged to be the dirtiest cock sucker in the world – advance booking recommended”! (the totally work-unfriendly link is here). Maybe not a ...
363 days ago
So – part 2, er “Part B” of my 30-part epic. Sweepstakes already abound as to how many posts I manage to make before I get bored and give up! I’ll cheat a little today… Positive Fact B I have a very organised, very methodical and logical mind. Every major decision I make comes down to hours of logical thinking and fine-tuning. It’s why I’m such a great fit in the IT industry (although, strangely, no idea why I’m such a terrible coder). I can very carefully visualise how entire networks and functionality is built, and how they all inter-depend or inter-relate with each other. It also means that I rarely make decisions I regret. That’s not to say that I don’t screw up – I do, and I sometimes do spectacularly . But – the risk has always been considered, and I’m never really bitten in the ass by any decision that I have thought through. Even some recent business-related issues – although unpleasant and inconvenient – was not a surprise, and the risk was considered ...
