Nov 29 2007
xbox 360
I’m on the look out for an xbox 360. Before I investigate deals in shops and/or ebay, does anyone have one they’re considering selling? It must have HDMI output.
Nov 26 2007
A week on.
I saw the doctor today. He said that my upper bronchils are where the problem lays. They’re full of nasty gunk, and unfortunately there’s not much he can give me.
He has prescribed some codine based cough linctus to try and calm the spasm which is making me cough so frequently and intensely. So far that appears to be doing the trick (though making me a little drowsy).
Work have arranged things so I don’t need to get up at the crack of dawn, and in fact only need to be online for a short time to get a new trading host live. As a result, I can get some more much needed rest to try and get better.
Poor Emma’s not having a great start to her week in Devon. Both her and Zachary are sick (same thing as I have I think) and Zachary’s refusing food, which makes for not a very happy Zachary (or Emma). Zachary’s also managed to break some of Grandman’s drums, whoops.
The house is empty without them here :(
Nov 21 2007
What’s a blocked nose between family?
I felt like I had the onset of a cold coming yesterday.
Last night it was confirmed, and sleep was fitful. Zachary’s also coughing like a trooper keeping everyone awake but he’s crying when he wakes, which is very sad.
I’m working from home for a bit today, and then I think I’m going to try and get some more sleep
:(
Nov 13 2007
Embarrassing moments #1987
A recruitment consultant called me up, we had a chat for a while, I said I wasn’t interested in the position he was touting.
He offered to let me know about anything of interest that comes up.
I meant to say, “Lovely, thank you.”
I actually said, “Love you.”
Oh. The. Fucking. Shame.
Nov 12 2007
Bananaman!
Nov 06 2007
Upgrades a-hoy
This morning I upgraded my Gallery and WordPress installations to the latest and greatest. WordPress was brought to my attention due to finding out that a company I used to have dealings with was hacked via a dodgy wordpress install. Not good. Looks like I’m going to need to keep a closer eye on releases.
Gallery was also long overdue an upgrade. It, unfortunately, was not as painless as wordpress.
I have the software installed in the “shared hosting” mode, meaning I get one full install of the software onto my server, and then I can install cheap copies onto any virtual hosts. This, for the most part, works great. Upgrading, however, is a different story.
To upgrade in the shared hosting environment, you need to first upgrade your main install. This is easy, simply extract the new files over the old, tada. Unfortunately, that’s not all. You then need to visit each gallery installation using the shared install and manually go through the 6 step upgrade procedure. This involves finding long-ago-set passwords in configuration files too, not the most fun thing I’ve done :)
Anyway, all complete. Until next week or something, when the new ‘must upgrade’ versions become available.
Nov 01 2007
Man-flu strikes again
I seem to have been struck by a touch of the man-flu. My nose won’t stop running and I’m feeling generally like shite. Bah.
Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for tomorrow *fingers crossed*