Back from the land of the dead

So, I'm back at work. My sinus system is still a flowing green triangle of mucus and my left lung still has a dull scraping pain every few coughs - but I am here - and working too! Which is a start. I have left the pleasures of being ill at home with the kitchen fitters behind. This was not really pleasant (for either of us) - but was necessary. I slept for 9 hours on Thursday - so didn't even really see them - which was nice. Anyway, they have gone and left us with 80% of a kitchen. Still a few cupboard doors missing (on order) and a few holes in the walls (being done Wednesday). The fitters are really good blokes - but we are more questionable about the sales people and their methods now. Hindsight is a marvelous thing - but when verbal conversations with one sales/designer person don't translate magically to the fitters written instructions you can only kick yourself for not insisting things were handled better at the time. We will get there in the end. Money will not be paid if we are not happy - simple as that! I will post some pics of the partially finished article too. As reported on the Slyck P2P news pages (and other sites) there seems to be a buzz around a new website: http://www.snarf-it.org. In fact - the buzz is so loud - that I can't even get to the site at all as they are being hammered! I think it is just another torrent site/tracker - but people are already touting the new site as the 2nd coming. Still not sure why though! Apparently it has a cute "mascot". Maybe that has something to do with it? Some interesting news also from the Slyck pages reports on the fact that the owners of Kazaa actually monitor and record what is being downloaded via their network! I guess this also applies to Kazaalite too - so watch your backs boys and girls!

I am having a real Jolly time in my kitchen at the moment.... 

What i come home to this week... 

Template

Oh well.. Managed to screw my template up! Even my saved copy with the extra links down the sidebar does'nt work either! Curses...! back to the drawing board.

My first newgroup post

Courtesy of google. Nearly been on the web for 10 years now! Google Search: "tao schencks"

MSN Search Results

Just did a search for "Taoski" on the new MSN Search and found quite a few interesting things! Blimey! I thought some of this stuff would have been removed by now! ngStats for Unreal Tournament Taoski It shows me in a very bad light! Not at all on par with my usual standards! Also found this: fame at last!!!

Boombastic Radio

Check out Boombastic Radio for the best in live streaming music. Nice. Found through iTunes which also has some Trance Internet radio stations which play at 160kbps! CD Quality Streaming Trance? - excellent!

Collectormania 7!

The draft list of guest stars at Collectormania 7 has been released on their website: Collectormania As we all know, Collectormania is held at the Milton Keynes shopping centre - near where i is living. It appears it is mainly a Dr Who reunion and stars of the Star Wars prequels. Actually - i am not really sure i want to see any of them - but i'm sure i will be struggling through the crowds with 2 crying kids, a buggy and a wife that would rather be off buying clothes! Actually - it will be a cool place to get an odd Manga Robot type toy for my Sons 6th birthday in June!

Security Alert!

Here a nice link for the master of all that is corrupt, unjust and recycleable, Bigfootcookie. http://www.nationalterroralert.com/ You probably seen it already Bigfoot, but it contains the USA National Terror alert headlines - which can make quite interesting reading! More US propaganda no doubt - but they do mention German police on there though so its not all completely anal. You can also get the code for a nifty Security Warning Status Internet Banner like this:

Homeland Security Advisory

You can add to your site - just in case something major happens when you are reading your own blog. Nice.

How to blog!

I was just reading the nominations for the 2005 Bloggies and came across this nomination for Best Article or essay about weblogs. I like reading about Blogging - actually i am probably more into reading about doing blogging than about actually blogging. A bit like reading porno mags i guess!! Anyway - the article is quite funny and gives some real inspiration to all you bloggers out there. How to blog Also see the other nominations for this category (which i will read later tonight): New Kids On the Blog Random Reality Bites Blogs, Bandwidth and Banjos: Tightly Knit Bonds in Weblogging Warning: Blogs can be infectious Right.. I'm off to start my private personal blog. Laters!