reCAPTCHA on CnV

November 11, 2008

I’ve just installed reCAPTCHA and disabled comment approval on CnV to see firstly if this is a more effective way to ensure that spam comments don’t get through to the site, and also to see what you think of reCAPTCHA. I’m really interested to know your opinions. Have you not commented here before, because of […]

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Side effects come as standard

November 8, 2008

My physio warned me that the steroid injections would come with side effects, and he wasn’t wrong. To start with, a strange sense of tension in my wrists (that’ll be the extra fluid within the carpal tunnel, then) and then very faint pins and needles in my hands (that’ll be the extra fluid aggravating the […]

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Steroid injections

November 4, 2008

I had my injections this afternoon. Let’s hope this is the end of things!

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The Graveyard Pumpkin

November 2, 2008

Since I met Kev, Hallowe’en has become much more important than it ever used to be. Out in the wild depths of Dorset we didn’t make Jack o’ Lanterns. In fact, I’d never made one until 2005, when we killed Kenny. This year I did the pumpkin carving on my own, which rather took some […]

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Two types of progress: wrists and writing

November 2, 2008

First, the wrists After nine days of no serious pins and needles overnight at all, which I thought was terrific progress, the last three nights have been very disappointing. I’ve had very bad bouts of pins and needles, and last night’s just seemed to go on forever. I’m trying to figure out if it’s something […]

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Wps

November 1, 2008

Mae’r holl stori ar y BBC.

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Necklaces all up for sale now

October 30, 2008

All the necklaces that I made over the summer are now all up and for sale via PayPal. Yay! There are 37 available right now, and I’m hoping that I’ll be able to sell all of them before Christmas. I have a few beads left, so if you see something you like and want a […]

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Mr Neil on piracy, obscurity and slash

October 29, 2008

Last Friday, Mr Neil, Patron of the Open Rights Group, gave a talk to 200 fans and ORG supporters entitled Piracy vs. Obscurity (a reference to Tim O’Reilly’s quote, “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy”). You’re probably wondering why it has taken me so long to report back […]

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Richard Dawkins: The Self-Parodying Scientist

October 29, 2008

Richard Dawkins is a bit of a divisive figure, in my opinion. As an atheist, I sometimes get frustrated with the rabid way he attacks religion. But he’s now losing all credibility as he becomes a parody of himself. This, from The Telegraph: The prominent atheist [Dawkins] is stepping down from his post at Oxford […]

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Writing is rewriting

October 28, 2008

Sage and useful advice from young Mr Holland-Keen here, about the art of the rewrite. I especially like the bit where he takes his clothes off, and then the bit where he shows off his knees. Do try to keep calm, ladies.

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Wrist progress

October 27, 2008

Things are, at last, improving!

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Valuable advice for writers

October 27, 2008

Whether you are taking part in NaNoWriMo or not, Mr Neil has some valuable words of advice. I blog this not just because there may be people out there who need it, but because in a few weeks time, I’m going to need it myself. I’m not doing NaNoWriMo, but I am writing again. Which […]

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More thoughts on daydreaming

October 25, 2008

I had a conversation on Twitter this morning that segued nicely from my video last night about daydreaming. I hope those that took part won’t mind me replicating some of their Tweets here: dominiccampbell: Trying to remember what life was like before being online 24/7. I think it was nice. Suw: @dominiccampbell it was nice. […]

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The importance of daydreaming

October 24, 2008

I had a chat to Mr Neil tonight about daydreaming, and it reminded me how very important it is to have interstitial time where I can just let my thoughts freewheel. (Still not entirely comfortable with video instead of text as my medium, but I guess I’ll get used to it. Update on the wrists […]

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Eisiau gweithio yn yr Hen Iaith, yn Llundain?

October 16, 2008

Mae’r Guardian yn edrych am “Temporary Welsh Speaking Online Content Editor – To £21k – London“. Mae’n edrych yn ddiddorol, yn enwedig y bit ‘ma (fy emphasis fi): The Role In this exciting brand new project, as the Online Content Editor you will be uploading new and updated content, checking quality and accuracy, ensuring the […]

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