1300 words later and I’m thinking of changing the plot for my NaNoWriMo novel! Oh well at least I wasn’t further in.
Watched Serenity. I think you really had to have seen Firefly to appreciate it’s awesomeness. So sad that it is all over now!
Today we made muesli which was delicious, and I’m getting into politics again as I series link BBC Question Time.
Working from home today, looking after the boys on their half term. I wonder how many distractions there will be!
I just got a new batch of Google Wave invites!
“Up” was fantastic, touching and very funny!
Ok, the new iMac is officially awesome. 27″! Puts my 24″ to shame And boy am I getting a Magic Mouse!
Cracking and eating nuts is 50% fun and 50% delicious.
The word “skeptic” has negative connotations for some. But it is really a positive, inquisitive, reality-based approach to all aspects of life. A skeptic is a person who asks for evidence before accepting a belief and who asks if there could be another explanation other than the first one that is offered. Scientists are skeptics. Skeptics think scientifically.
Harriet Hall
Really getting into Firefly, shame there is only one series…
Isn’t it strange that Google don’t let you pay for Google AdWords using Google Checkout?? Err hello, do they not trust their own system?
Ok. This is getting serious. I *must* have a haircut this weekend…
Got my Google Wave invite! DM me if you want an invite.
Got my Google Wave invite
Wooohooo!!
Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned.
Derek Powazek in the best SEO rant I’ve ever seen. (via davidkaneda)
My parents came over today, had a lovely time. Andrew cooked a delicious meal, and Elliot and I made some biscuits.
Been battling with jQuery most of the afternoon… need to get a book on it or something. I got my interactive order form working though!
Temporal Prime Directive
Andrew and I have been watching Star Trek: Voyager from the beginning, one episode a day for almost a year.
I’d seen a lot of it before, back when it was on TV for the first time, and always enjoyed it. But to watch the episodes this way—with no long gaps—has been brilliant.
Tonight was the final episode. 7 series of Voyager all lead to this one night.
And it was fantastic.
If you’ve never seen Voyager, I thoroughly recommend it. They are starting over from episode 1 tomorrow on Virgin 1.
How shall I respond?
How shall I respond if you ask me,
Written by David Yanez
What are you?
Do you believe in God?
If not, What do you believe in?
Don’t you believe in anything?
Shall I make a list and carry it around
Lest you judge me for not having any beliefs?
“Judge not, that ye be not judged”
I wonder who said that?
Oh yeah, It was the same guy who judged
Those who didn’t like his preaching and said:
“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers,
How can ye escape the damnation of hell.”
How civilized. How tolerant.
What a gentleman.
I shall respond civilized.
I shall respond with tolerance.
I shall rise above the fear, which controls you,
The fear, which holds you prisoner and,
I shall proudly say:
I am a Humanist, a Free Thinker
A Naturalist, a Skeptic
A Secularist, a Scientist at heart,
An Agnostic, a Nontheist
A Rationalist, an Empiricist, and a Positivist.
And Last I am an Atheist.
“For I am a destroyer of Gods
In a world of Demons,
A giver of hope to those who know not,
For I am Human,
And Humane is what I long to be”.
I believe in life before death.
I believe this is the only life we will ever have.
I believe we can do in life what we could never do in death.
I believe in love, compassion, justice, equality,
Forgiveness, and freedom for all.
Did I mention I believe in social, economic, and racial equality?
I believe in your right to believe, and say what you wish.
I believe in not saying that which will cause
Physical and mental suffering to others.
I believe that no human is collateral when seeking justice.
I believe that those in power should be
Held accountable for the deliberate deaths of the innocent.
No life is expendable, No life at all.
I believe war is a crime if it can be avoided.
I believe the innocent should be defended
From their oppressors through shared international law.
Did I say I believe in justice?
I believe I don’t know the answers, but neither do you.
Most of all I believe in hope,
That someday humankind can live in peace.
And accept his place within nature
And put aside his selfish needs
For those who suffer,
For those that are disabled
For those with no voice,
For those less fortunate
And for all the creatures that can co-exist with us.
I’ve contemplated the big picture since I was a child,
And know in my heart
There is no God,
Which by definition makes me an Atheist,
But as you can see,
I’m a whole lot more!
That’s it. I’m switching to Coda.
I am fed up of Dreamweaver’s crap. I only ever use the code view; the ‘Design view’ is utterly useless as it displays even a simple page as garbage, and the ‘Live’ view is too slow. It doesn’t even check spelling as you type. The FTP is slow and buggy. Synching takes forever. The UI is too bloated. Collaboration tools are a joke.
I am trying out the 14–day trial of Coda; if all goes well, I will use this for all my work.
It has a beautiful UI; just enough complexity but nothing useless. There is a great live view that works with your server to even show server-side includes. Spelling as you type. It’s very Mac-like, and relatively cheap too—I’m loving it so far!
