The Lost Blogs…and the Slightly Lost Blogger
13 May 2009
So blogging is not at all like riding a bike. You really do forget bits of the blogging process when you’ve been away from it for a significant period. And it doesn’t help that the Wordpress editing interface is completely different.
Anyway, hopefully I can get back into the swing of things soon enough and find myself again.
Last I remember, I had decided to adopt a rather taciturn, journal-like style of blogging, inspired somewhat by Orwell’s repeated ‘Two eggs’ entries into his journals. I think I’ll stick with that for now. Just can’t be bothered to link thoughts together into some meaningful prose. Little bursts of thinking will have to do for now.
Oh, nearly forgot. The blog server was hacked into sometime back, and two blog entries where lost on the restore. Here they are (thanks to Facebook, which had saved the imported versions):
Lost Blog #1 – “Mi Do Re Do Re Do La Sol*” (Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 6:36pm)
Lisp is sucking my soul. The problem is that I am no Lisp expert, yet I am trying to read the Lisp code written by a bunch of experts and then trying to make additions and modifications for my own purposes.And if I am to believe Malcolm Gladwell – who has been all over the media this week promoting his new book Outliers: The Story Of Success – I need to invest some 10,000 hours (10 years at 3 hours a day) towards acquiring the necessary skills to join the ranks of these Lisp experts.
In other words, I’m screwed.
Perhaps tonight’s chorale practice will provide some form of escape. I think we are starting to rehearse Christmas carols (which reminds me that I need to purchase 100 Carols for Choirs).
*This is the “solmisation” of the opening tenor phrase to a song tht Ddy always used to sing when we were growing up. Don’t know the lyrics or even the title of the song as I have only ever heard him sing this “solfa” phrase. Maybe a tradition I should continue with my own kids.
Lost Blog #2 – “25p saving on a £12 pizza” (Monday, November 24, 2008 at 7:40pm)
I’m with Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable on this one. I don’t see how a saving of 25p on a £12 pizza (inc. VAT) will get me rushing over to Pizza Hut to stimulate the economy. That £350 iPhone, now £342.50, is still out of reach.
Anyway, Gordon Brown is infinitely smarter than I am, so he must be seeing a trick with his VAT reduction that I am missing.
Enjoyed seeing Ddy this weekend. The flurry of SMS messages before, during, and after DT’s cabinet reshuffle was intriguing to witness. Still coming to terms with HB as a politico. But loving the political gossip.
Took him to see Uncle J yesterday. Uncle J still looking good. Auntie A did us up a wicked rice&peas and macaroni pie with baked chicken and baked pork.
Incidentally, I never understand why the train from Euston to MK runs so slowly on Sunday evenings.
Another day spent playing the Lisp detective.