I don't like the rising popularity and pressure around Halloween. It all seems to be commercially driven because trick or treating by children is a new phenomenon in New Zealand. I prefer Guy Fawkes which has it's own set of adversaries and complaints.
Today we checked out a few houses from the outside. The ones we like are just beyond what we think our affordable price range is. It will be a mission finding accommodation in time.
And wouldn't you know it... for the small amount of time I spent doing the test, I got a parking ticket! For a grand total of $440, with $40 of it because I parked on a residents parking zone, and the rest as punishment for procrastination for not having registered and warranted the car. I was really philosophical and was treating it as a bad joke, but Drin got angry and into blame mode.
I was thinking of F* (I will use first initials to maintain confidentiality) while I was doing the test. I hope your appointment went well, or as well as it could.
Another presentation to our class today, and then an overnight marae stay tomorrow night. The kids are looking forward to it, but I was ticked off that even with heaps of notice Drin conveniently chooses to roster himself to work and excuses it by stating how irreplacible he is.
ALWAYS check my pages in Netscape.
No one responded to my plea for help checking my page. Maybe no one actually reads this Blog. But on a hunch I downloaded Netscape again and reinstalled it. I know that all pages should be checked in Netscape, but the last download took forever and didn't work, so I was putting it off. Now it's fixed!
Now I just need someone nice to christen it.
My next efforts will be directed to rounding out my Blog. According to Blog culture it seems appropriate to include a reading list and some Blog rings. That will be fun :)
I was actually going to get a bit of extra sleep because my daughter kept me awake last night, but then my internal lightbulb flashed and I realised I hadn't printed of my bibliography for my women's studies presentation.
After a midwifery lecturer at Conference commented that my Reflective Journal had not been updated in a while, I made sure I spruced the page up and added more entries. My lecturer is currently reviewing my reflective journal for my course, so finishing the entries will have to wait. Having feedback about my journal was a timely reminder that even though I put up my pages for my own satisfaction, that people do actually visit them. LOL
This web publishing angle I will use to my advantage. The university want to use a logo that some of the students designed. I was concerned that copyright issues might be compromised and if we wished to use the logo at a later date that there would be no record of initial creation and ownership. The university has permission to use the logo, but we retain the rights. I should probably research copyright implications...but the first step will be publishing online the assignment that we submitted.
Are there any hosts that are better at collaboration?
The difficulty has been to find a place to hold the pages that allows FTP, and doesn't have a banner that will mess the page up. Red Rival fits the bill completely, but FTP is down at the moment. How reliable are they? So here we are at Spaceports for reliability :)
I am feeling philosophical. Our landlords visited today to say that we have 6 weeks notice and will need to move out just before Christmas. If we hadn't had a hint of the news beforehand we would have been gutted. There is a remote possibility of a purchase in the pipeline, but I don't want to get too excited about it. Thank goodness we weren't doing Christmas lunch or dinner at our place this year!
I'm currently juggling the OPD, Net Sisters, my aromatherapy club, and the sites I maintain. This seems to be a happy balance. No more site competitions for a while. They don't seem to achieve much, other than fellowship, and require a lot of time and dedication.
