I am a flabby city boy

Last night Rosstopher thrashed me in four straight games of squash, and he was recovering from a cold.

I was a shambles, slow, out of breath, you could almost see the pollution being expelled from my lungs as I puffed and panted across the court. Still, it was a start.

Thanks for the game Rosstopher, I will have my revenge.

Hmmmm, Strawberry and Vanilla Smoothie

Its a very nice, I've already got one...

Why do you think I am writing with this outrageous accent?

Thats an I can't be bothered to make lunch so I will have to go out at lunch time to buy it comment.

Gibble, flibble, muppet.

Blarg.

OK, we will soon be able to host our own blogging/wiki

Excrement!!!!

We now have the capacity to host our own blogging/wiki'ing etc etc whatever you want to call it. Now its just up to us to produce the software we will use, ETA I don't know, but there should be something up within a fortnight hopefully, watch this space.

Positive Internet sorted everything out, and were really very helpful.
Thinking of calling the bliki or whatever it is, 'Friends of Ntombi' or something like that as it will be hosted off the Ntombi site that Bert, Dave P and I are in the process of putting together. Please post any other suggestions, and feature requests.

Rantings about the system

Just to let you know I am not going to swear, I am trying to cut down, so imagine the effort that has gone into this trying to describe the lunacy of the system without swearing. I got off the train at Paddington, I pay a large amount of money for a year season ticket, which covers the tube. I find that the underground is closed because it is too fu*$ing busy.....

Why are there so many people here in London, why do they let you buy a ticket if it is going to be too fu*$ing busy, what the hell is this??????

The whole concept of travel, the government and cities in general is an act of lunacy. Rossputin for Prime Minister, or first minister, as long as the Tsar doesn't try to stab poison and drown me...

15 Minutes Notice Dinner Party

Excellent, I am so disorganised that I don't even know I have organised a dinner party till 15 minutes before it is supposed to happen. Luckily Nicky is amazingly organised and can cook and host without any notice, she saved me. Thankyou Nicky. Sorry Rosstopher and Loue, hope our unpreparedness didn't show.

Use Firefox or Mozilla DROP INTERNET EXPLORER

It is quite simple really, I have been using Mozilla for some three years now in its many forms, its better, more standards compliant, secure, extensible, feature-packed, and generally more intelligently put together. Why continue to risk everything on IE, why succumb to the 'herd' mentality, why use Microsoft at all (except perhaps for some gaming). Demonstrate your intelligence, remember the power of choice is available to humans...

Ntombi blog

In the absence of an Ntombi blogger/wiki, (bliki), cos Positive Internet are either on holiday, sick, or maybe just a bit slow, here is a progress update on projects.

Mexico, Architecture company website - not looking good, our friend has let us down by not staying in contact, and it seems he no longer wants to be associated with us, (a shame really). A double blow because he was the graphic designer.

Dorset Youth Orchestra - evaluating their budget, will have an answer in the next month - Herbert informed me they still want it done.

My contact from work - I have sent an email to my contact, and am awaiting a reply, fingers crossed.

Bertie new graphic designer contact - Bert has been networking, and has got a possibility for some freelance work from a friend of his, well done Bert.

Lets hope something comes up soon.

Gentoo Linux

I have to admit it, geek installations of Linux are better than the one click SUSE types, Gentoo while being more complicated to set up, is a far faster distribution, with an excellent build and packaging system, have a look, Gentoo Linux.

Landline restored hurray

I am back, and can now call people without having to watch the seconds tick away on my pay as you go.

My landline trauma

With any luck after some 7 odd weeks with no landline (not helpful when your mobile is pay as you go) I will be reachable on my landline again, please god let the engineer turn up this time.

Anyway, once I am back on, I will be in touch again.

Benefits and drawbacks of Remote hosting

Remote Hosting versus dedicated... if you have the time and knowhow.. go dedicated everytime, ServerPronto offer very competitive prices.

Newbury Beer Festival

So we went to drink lots of beer, it was okay, but we went mainly for the hog roast.

One word of advice, if you want a nice hog roast, do not go when all that is left is a small pile of cold fat, as this mixed with stuffing and apple sauce is not particularly pleasant.

Much preferred the Reading Beer Festival, but Newbury will get better.

Welcome associates of Rossputin

As you can see, I now have bloggage, so we can communicate a little easier. Hope you are all well. I am still suffering from 'new-boy-itis', as I was luckily blessed with many close friends at my last work, so I am quiet and settling in at the moment.