No Launch Today

We didn’t make it in time.
clicky.
I’ve been buzzing all day, but not in a good way. I really need to go for a power walk in Holyrood Park….
My entries are going to get shorter and shorter till they’re finally down to one word - probably the name of the day

Help! Help! Help!

The UK launch of the website I’ve been translating is tomorrow so I’m buried in wrk!
Last minute stuff everywhere and also the bloody backend has ground to a halt. All programmers have left the building without fixing it! Bloody hell!
No entry today (well, apart from this one). I’m just going to stay up for ages [...]

PhD Corrections ‘Progress’

There isn’t much progress at the moment and I really need to get new motivation from somewhere! I have lost the will to do anything. I’d much rather do something else. For example, today was a really nice and sunny day and I would have loved to go out!
It’s definitely, definitely the end of my [...]

The World for Free

I consider myself politically left of centre. I was a teen punk grrl and now, in my 30s, have calmed down a lot. A lot! These days, I’m really not overtly political, unless you consider being a strong-headed, bossy, tomboyish, non-feminine WOMAN who knows what she wants political.
My BF sometimes says that I’ve become very [...]

Going Home Today (to 8MB)

I’m going home to Edinburgh today. Yay! While I’ve been away, BT have kindly upgraded my DSL to 8MB for free which is great
So great in fact that I’ve mentioned it in my post title…
I’m looking forward to:

the aforementioned 8MB
lots of mail, including 2 cheques (money money money!)
my plants
my superfast desktop PC with [...]

Yesterday was Burns Night

oops, I totally forgot about Burns night which was yesterday (25th January). In fact, I’ve never celebrated Burns night since I’ve been in Edinburgh so it’s no surprise that I’ve missed it (again).
In any case, where would I’ve gotten my (vegetarian) haggis from? They sell it in supermarkets in Edinburgh, but I doubt they do [...]

dict.cc is Your Friend…

… if you’re doing German/English translations. Today I finally created a user account for dict.cc, so I can start contributing something rather than just l33ching as I do
It works a bit like Wikipedia in that its content is user-generated and thus, its accuracy etc. relies on a pool of friendly and clever volunteers [...]

Homesick for Scotland

I’m homesick for Scotland. I know it’s going to be fucking cold, and my car probably won’t start, and my flat is going to be lonely without my BF.
Nevertheless.
Whenever I go out, the feeling gets stronger. I’ve been coping by simply not leaving the flat - or as I put it in an email to [...]

Why is no one online 24/7?

I’m online from first thing in the morning to last thing at night. I sometimes wonder why most of my IM/Skype contacts (bar one) seem to follow regular office hours. Well, the answer is obvious: they work in an office and don’t go back online once they get home!
Only I don’t. I work from home, [...]

WordPress Problems: Comment Spam

I’ve been getting a lot of comment spam in the last 2-3 days, from this IP:
89.149.195.16
I’d already changed my settings ages ago, selecting that a comment author must have a previously approved comment. The result was that spam comments don’t actually appear live but instead arrive in my moderation queue.
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However, it’s still annoying to receive [...]