Welcome to My Domain!
Yep, the domain’s up and running. If you’re accessing this via chrissie.datasnake.co.uk, update your bookmarks to www.chezchrissie.co.uk. (Not that many people even know this site… Read More »Welcome to My Domain!
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New Look, New Server
*phew* I’ve spent a couple of days figuring out how to transfer all my existing blog material over to Movable Type. Since a lot of it was hand-coded, this was a major pain. Still, I got there in the end.
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Bank Holiday Blues
Today, I’ve felt incredibly bored and listless. Maybe that’s what Bank Holidays are for—it’s time for the TV channels to replace their usual, stellar line-ups with a constant stream of ancient films that have already been shown a zillion times before.
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Looking for Stephen King?
Current reading = old reading I never quite made. Mom bought me Stephen King’s Bag of Bones in hardcover back in Christmas ’98. I’m not sure why I never read the thing. I dug it out a few nights ago and when mom saw it she remembered she’d bought it from Asda—where it had been proudly displayed on a stand that proclaimed it King’s Latest (which, at the time, it was).
I’m just over halfway through, and I can say that I’d deprived myself! It’s a really great book. Not very fast-moving, really, but rich in character with lots of intriguing detail. For another opinion, read Kevin Quigley’s review. I’m giving it a big thumb’s-up (of course, if the ending disappoints me, I might go back on this).
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Fascinating Hair
Nothing to report on the house move situation! We’re still expecting to view somewhere fairly soon. It’s a first floor two-bedroom flat. The price is right. The location isn’t. But I’m coming to terms with the idea a bit. Having more money = new computer, for instance, so there are benefits!
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CSS Has Taken Over
Okay. I decided to go for a major site overhaul. The main purpose was to enable greater control of most of the design via CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). So I’ve officially burnt my bridges with old/non-compatible browsers now… a minute’s silence please…
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Misinformation
Link for amusement value only: We Love the Iraqi Information Minister. Well, he was only thing about the whole mess that managed to raise a… Read More »Misinformation
Still Searching?
To make this an unofficial tradition (following last Sunday), here are the search engine requests that have brought sundry surfers to this site in the last seven days:
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Searching for Something?
Just for trivial interest and amusement: recent search engine strings (mostly via Google) that led people to this site…
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To Blog or Not To Blog?
Well, now the April Foolery is over with, we can reasonably expect that our media friends will be giving us strictly legitimate reportage. Right? Uh, yeah. So Saddam is dead or wounded (obviously; in fact, I’m surprised he didn’t stand in open desert with a target stuck on his chest) and coalition victory is nearing. Let’s all give a jolly good cheer for Our Lads™, and let’s not spend another negative moment pondering the avoidable deaths! Bravo, democracy.
Today, mom and I were actually talking about stuff to do when this interminable move is finally settled. A holiday was even mentioned! Hey, I’m up for that… I’ve had occasional breaks, but not a real holiday since I was a kid. A lot of neat things can come out of resolving this situation, but I still think getting there is gonna be a lot of stress.
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