Back once again for the renegade master, D4 damager, power to the people

My pathetic excuse for a diary has not been updated properly for nearly a month now! I've been busy and writing diary entries while I have work to do seems like a waste of time, but that's not a very good excuse. Must try harder. So, in the spirit of things, here is a summary of what I've been up to recently:

Work:

  • Registered as self-employed (at last, just in time)
  • Finished the first interactive CD for the publishing company
  • Spent far too long trying to get an odd 3 column css layout working, so gave up and used tables. I feel dirty, but I don't think what I was trying to do is possible - feel free to prove me wrong...
  • Hacking at nasty 4-year old scripts to try to crowbar in more functionality rather than rewriting, and then figuring it would have been faster to start again
  • Working some more 10am to 4am days, although to be fair I do have nice long breaks for meals, and sometimes have to go out and do things in the real world (which although is sometimes work-related, it is frequently more like going to Tescos)
  • Using Unison to keep all my work up to date between my servers and laptop, I can't say how handy this thing is
  • Had meetings, updated websites, got annoyed by domain squatters, and other miscellanea.

Play:

  • Visited Leela in Cornwall, it was good. We went to Truro, helped prepare/eat/clean a dinner party and met people, and saw the Eden Project which was extremely cool. When I grow up, I want to live in a biodome.
  • Playing the same hotel level Hitman Contracts, can now complete it in well under 5 minutes without cheating!
  • Watched 'Crimson Tide' last night, first film I have allowed myself to watch alone at home since well before Christmas! Yes I may waste 2 hours a day, but saying 'Right, for the next 2 hours I will not do any work' is a different matter and makes me feel guilty. Bit silly really...
  • Decided to get a new car. Well, new to me. Still looking, but I know roughly what I want.
So as you can see, I keep busy! Am off to Bath later today so must get on with things - tata.

Comments

Simon Willison

Let's see your three column layout then.

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