Speed Blogging
Okay, bad news, then good news. Bad news is that I still have to do at least some of my Computing homework before I go to bed. Also, I need to do some more Maths revision, including several practice questions. And my toe is infected again. I don't think I've mentioned this here before, but I often fall prone to infection in either of my big toes. It's not a big deal and it mostly goes away if I leave it open to the air and have a few salt foot baths, but it stings like hell when I walk and it's pretty damned inconvenient.
Now, the good news. I've started writing something. I just started thinking about this scene I've had in my head for a good while now and then, all of a sudden, plot elements started clicking into place. I can't promise much, but I do hope to have something to show for it eventually, probably put up on here.
Of course, all that means that I have to get back to work soon so I can only spend about five more minutes on this post. I wonder what I can achieve in five minutes of solid typing.
First up, the new Firefox beta. Keeping up Firefox's well-deserved reputation of being faster and better than Internet Explorer in ever way, the first version 3 beta is out just 13 months after the official launch version 2. Microsoft managed the same feat with Internet Explorer after four years.
There's a whole host of new features being added (as seen here) but you probably won't get to play with any of them. As I said before, this is just the first beta and it's being recommended that no one but experienced testers and web developers play around with it, though there's really nothing stopping you. I just wouldn't recommend it as your primary browser.
Skippy more or less qualifies as a web developer, so I might get him to try running it to see how it works with some of his sites and projects. Personally, I'll wait till something a bit more stable and then try out some of those new features, like the ability to resume downloads, sort my bookmarks in a jillion different ways and... use parental controls. Okay, that last one's not much of a big deal but it should still be awesome.
That's coming up on five minutes now... is their anything else?
I'll take a moment to recommend that you start watching Numb3rs. This show completely passed me by until recently, meaning I now have three seasons worth of episodes to catch up on. And by the time I'm done with that, probably most of the fourth as well. Solving crimes using complex maths may not seem very interesting (it may even sound educational) but, from what I've seen so far, it manages to keep the maths and science believable, unlike certain other shows.
Well, that's my time up. Maybe I'll try some “speed blogging” some other time, since it's been a rather interesting experience. I've got to go do this Computing homework or else my teacher will kill me about, oh, three times. He's already up to twice because I'll be handing it in late and, due to trips (I might talk about that tomorrow but I might not, since it was today and I'll have lost interest in the memories of it by tomorrow) and my surgery, I'll only be having two of my intended five Computing lessons this week.
Don't be surprised if you hear me complaining about my crappy Windows laptop and how I have to do loads of Visual BASIC on it over the next few days.
Now, the good news. I've started writing something. I just started thinking about this scene I've had in my head for a good while now and then, all of a sudden, plot elements started clicking into place. I can't promise much, but I do hope to have something to show for it eventually, probably put up on here.
Of course, all that means that I have to get back to work soon so I can only spend about five more minutes on this post. I wonder what I can achieve in five minutes of solid typing.
First up, the new Firefox beta. Keeping up Firefox's well-deserved reputation of being faster and better than Internet Explorer in ever way, the first version 3 beta is out just 13 months after the official launch version 2. Microsoft managed the same feat with Internet Explorer after four years.
There's a whole host of new features being added (as seen here) but you probably won't get to play with any of them. As I said before, this is just the first beta and it's being recommended that no one but experienced testers and web developers play around with it, though there's really nothing stopping you. I just wouldn't recommend it as your primary browser.
Skippy more or less qualifies as a web developer, so I might get him to try running it to see how it works with some of his sites and projects. Personally, I'll wait till something a bit more stable and then try out some of those new features, like the ability to resume downloads, sort my bookmarks in a jillion different ways and... use parental controls. Okay, that last one's not much of a big deal but it should still be awesome.
That's coming up on five minutes now... is their anything else?
I'll take a moment to recommend that you start watching Numb3rs. This show completely passed me by until recently, meaning I now have three seasons worth of episodes to catch up on. And by the time I'm done with that, probably most of the fourth as well. Solving crimes using complex maths may not seem very interesting (it may even sound educational) but, from what I've seen so far, it manages to keep the maths and science believable, unlike certain other shows.
Well, that's my time up. Maybe I'll try some “speed blogging” some other time, since it's been a rather interesting experience. I've got to go do this Computing homework or else my teacher will kill me about, oh, three times. He's already up to twice because I'll be handing it in late and, due to trips (I might talk about that tomorrow but I might not, since it was today and I'll have lost interest in the memories of it by tomorrow) and my surgery, I'll only be having two of my intended five Computing lessons this week.
Don't be surprised if you hear me complaining about my crappy Windows laptop and how I have to do loads of Visual BASIC on it over the next few days.
posted by Alasdair Corbett at
11:30 PM
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