Mmmmm, Thai foooooood

Should you ever find yourself in the town of Beverley, in East Yorkshire, I strongly suggest you try visiting the Muang Thai Restaurant on Lairgate. Went there last night for the second time, and it really is the best food in the world, ever. I just can’t emphasise just how fantastic it is. The atmosphere … Continue reading “Mmmmm, Thai foooooood”

Should you ever find yourself in the town of Beverley, in East Yorkshire, I strongly suggest you try visiting the Muang Thai Restaurant on Lairgate. Went there last night for the second time, and it really is the best food in the world, ever. I just can’t emphasise just how fantastic it is. The atmosphere is lovely, too – small and friendly. They’re always full – booking is a couple of weeks in advance at the mo, I think. And like I said, the food is just……. *falls over from remembered taste-bud overload*

And on another note entirely, I’d been following the posts about validating sites at not.so.soft, Mo Morgan, and My 2p. In a moment of idle curiosity, I thought I’d see how this site checks out. Much to my surprise, it almost validates. The Javascript “type” is missing (cos I don’t remember what it is), and so is the alt tag from the blank gif. Otherwise, there are 3 things from the little “mood” gadget, and that’s it. Wow.

Woohoo, last day!

Woohoo, last day of my run of 4 50-hour weeks. And I’m off for 9 days from tomorrow. I’m soooooo knackered it’s untrue! I’m just planning to get lots of sleep….. oh, and sort out all my websites, and finish unpacking and finally get the house sorted. I’m also going to have one more crack … Continue reading “Woohoo, last day!”

Woohoo, last day of my run of 4 50-hour weeks. And I’m off for 9 days from tomorrow. I’m soooooo knackered it’s untrue! I’m just planning to get lots of sleep….. oh, and sort out all my websites, and finish unpacking and finally get the house sorted. I’m also going to have one more crack at finding my Worf-kitty – he has to be *somewhere*.

Was tempted to bludgeon B to death last night…… didn’t have the energy, though. *g* I know he can’t help it, cos he’s got a bit of a cold, but his snoring kept me awake for ages, and then woke me up at intervals during the night! The final time was at 5.30am, and I didn’t get back to sleep. This isn’t helping with the tiredness. Still, I guess it’ll give me a bit more impetuous to clear the spare room so I’ll have somewhere to escape to in future! Heh. I apologised this morning for the murderous thoughts……

Oh…… bah!

Oh…… bah! Wrote a great big long post, didn’t think to copy it, and of course the browser crashes when I go to publish. Typical! Doi. I’ll have to try again. My archives had apparently gone for a wander. Odd. I’ve republished them. Still, if that’s the only fallout from the actually-not-very-Great Site Disappearance, I … Continue reading “Oh…… bah!”

Oh…… bah! Wrote a great big long post, didn’t think to copy it, and of course the browser crashes when I go to publish. Typical! Doi. I’ll have to try again.

My archives had apparently gone for a wander. Odd. I’ve republished them. Still, if that’s the only fallout from the actually-not-very-Great Site Disappearance, I can live with that.

Had an unusual experience at lunchtime. Not interesting, just unusual. See, I’m just under 5’2″, so while maybe not qualifying as ickle, I’m certainly not a big thing either. So I had a bit of a surprise when I tried on a pair of very-fake-but-very-very-cheap fake leather trews and discovered they were a fair bit too short. I think I’d picked up some kiddies ones. D’oh!

I like what this guy, Tom, has to say about letters. Though I don’t quite get why 12-point Arial is sarcastic. It never seemed it to me. Maybe it’s when it’s in contrast to, say 11-point Arial in the same email? Hmm. And I can’t write with a fountain pen, either. My writing is kinda thin and spikey, so however narrow a nib I use, I end up with ink splodges everywhere, the letters all running into one another, and all in all, a great big mess. Nope, it’s ball-points for me. Tom seems like a nice bloke, anyhoo. Maybe I’m just biased towards musicians ;-) But he’s a flautist, and all the flautists I know are cool, so I reckon he is too. *g*

That post, though, has made me realise I really should write to my best friend. I don’t use the phone much for actual voice calls these days (mainly internet access, you see), and I don’t know if she checks her email much, so I’m not even sure if she knows my new address and phone no. Slack of me, I know. When we were in school *in the same class*, we used to write to each other all the time. Even when we were sitting next to each other (which was mostly). {work? what work?}. I found some of those letters not so long ago – paper conversations that probably wouldn’t make a blind bit of sense to anyone else, but were, and still are 10 years later, funny and personal to both of us. So yeah, I’m going to do it. I’ll write her an actual letter. I’m really looking forward to it now. :-) So thanks, Meg and Tom. Letters are good. Letters can be doodled on. Heehee!

Domain snobbery?

Domain snobbery – does it happen? I’m not just talking “I have a domain, so I’m better than x who has their site on a free server”. Which, incidentally, is a big pile of pants, since site design talent certainly isn’t related to the ability to afford and maintain a domain and server space! (See … Continue reading “Domain snobbery?”

Domain snobbery – does it happen? I’m not just talking “I have a domain, so I’m better than x who has their site on a free server”. Which, incidentally, is a big pile of pants, since site design talent certainly isn’t related to the ability to afford and maintain a domain and server space! (See my own sites for reference *snort*). Granted a fair few people who have domains, have them because they’re very much into web design, and want their own space and name and all that, so domain-ed sites are often good stuff. But that’s not what I wanted to ramble about. I was thinking more “My domain’s better than your domain.” See, I have a few domains, and I wuv them all lots an lots. They’re all .co.uk’s though….. some of them are because I specifically wanted a .co.uk, and some cos, well, I pay a nice reasonable price for ’em. Also, I’m from the UK, so why not? Recently, though, (and not in relation to this site, mind you) it seems there’s a real preference to .com and .net’s. Perhaps I’m only just noticing something that’s been around a while. So, apart from being shorter, why would a .com or .net or .org or whatever, be better than a .co.uk or .org.uk? Personally, I quite like the way a .co.uk (or any other country-specific domain) locates a site / webmaster on the otherwise vague international web. (However, having said that, I’ve found a .nu that I might well register for a little project. *g*)

So, thoughts…… is there a better kind of domain? (Is anyone reading this thing? Helloooooo?……)

Wonky post times

These post times have gone wonky again. Noticed it yesterday. Right now, according to the clock on my PC, it’s 10:39. According to my watch, it’s 10:44 (not sure which one is right). And according to Blogger it’s……

These post times have gone wonky again. Noticed it yesterday. Right now, according to the clock on my PC, it’s 10:39. According to my watch, it’s 10:44 (not sure which one is right). And according to Blogger it’s……

Phew! Site has returned.

Phew! Site has returned (obviously, if this is readable). Still getting 404 errors last night at home, but I finally managed to ftp in. Megs said she got a bit of it, then it timed out. Could just be the often-crappy-but-free local ISP we both use, though. *g* This morning, checked at work, and all … Continue reading “Phew! Site has returned.”

Phew! Site has returned (obviously, if this is readable). Still getting 404 errors last night at home, but I finally managed to ftp in. Megs said she got a bit of it, then it timed out. Could just be the often-crappy-but-free local ISP we both use, though. *g* This morning, checked at work, and all is well. Yay!

This is not so good……

This is not so good…… my blog site has disappeared, and loopylou.co.uk is down. And when I tried ftp-ing, I got a message that said “home directory not found” or something to that effect. This doesn’t fill me with confidence. Saw Megs this morning, and she told me that it was there at 7.30pm, but … Continue reading “This is not so good……”

This is not so good…… my blog site has disappeared, and loopylou.co.uk is down. And when I tried ftp-ing, I got a message that said “home directory not found” or something to that effect. This doesn’t fill me with confidence. Saw Megs this morning, and she told me that it was there at 7.30pm, but gone by 9pm. I didn’t notice til 11pm, cos I’d been offline making ICQ skins. All my other sites hosted there are fine…. and there’s nothing even remotely offensive on here that would cause it to be shut down. This is so strange! I mean, I guess when I was using free servers and all that I was lucky never to have a site mysteriously deleted (happened to plenty of people I know). Still, I’ve got everything offline and in the blogger archives here, so I can republish with no probs. I just want to know what happened….. and when it’s coming back! I’m going to post this entry in the blogger archive thingy now…… if it ever gets read by anyone but me, then that means the site is back. Making this a pretty damn pointless entry. But I needed a little rant….. *g*

MX Records. Hmm.

Hmmm….. it’s just filtered through to my tiny brain why the applications and other form submissions to the UKBAWC might not be redirecting properly…… it’s the only decent reason I can come up with, anyway. See, on the old server, I had this webmail facility set up through Everyone.net, and to use that, the MX … Continue reading “MX Records. Hmm.”

Hmmm….. it’s just filtered through to my tiny brain why the applications and other form submissions to the UKBAWC might not be redirecting properly…… it’s the only decent reason I can come up with, anyway. See, on the old server, I had this webmail facility set up through Everyone.net, and to use that, the MX records had to be pointed to them. All well and good, worked fine. However, when I moved the domain to be hosted by Neil, I couldn’t have that any more, so I’ve got a funky control panel setup to make POP3 and Forwarding accounts instead. *But* although the email works fine otherwise, all the form submissions are still going to the webmail account, which (a) shouldn’t theortically be able to receive anything from the domain any more {bored yet?}, and (b) is going to be deleted any day now. What I think is happening is that when I transferred the site, I didn’t think to change the formmail script, so the forms are still using the script on the old server. And since I didn’t have an official account there, nothing was cancelled when I transferred out. Soooooooo….. I think it’s possible that the formmail is still going to the webmail because the internal settings still show the MX records as pointing to it. Is this possible? Happens with DNS records, so why not this? Or am I talking utter cack? Guess I’ll just have to get my own formmail sorted out on the new server, and see if that does the trick. Pants.

Sites and more sites

Now trying to see if I can get the lil Blogvoices thang to tell me how many comments there are. *crosses fingers* Haven’t done my links page yet, cos…. well…… I watched Buffy and Angel on Friday night (as usual). Laughed my arse off at Buffy, cos she didn’t get there in time to stop … Continue reading “Sites and more sites”

Now trying to see if I can get the lil Blogvoices thang to tell me how many comments there are. *crosses fingers* Haven’t done my links page yet, cos…. well…… I watched Buffy and Angel on Friday night (as usual). Laughed my arse off at Buffy, cos she didn’t get there in time to stop Riley leaving forever (*snigger*….. not that I really hate her, but it’s good to see the heroine not getting it all her way). And then I watched Angel. In which Darla and Drusilla caused much mayhem. *vbg* The upshot of this is, I’ve been doing a brand new Darla & Dru website all weekend. I promised myself I wouldn’t make any new sites now. Guess I lied. Ho hum ;-)

Trying the Blogvoices thing….

Oookay…. trying the Blogvoices thing…. try leaving me a comment and see if it works! *g* Oh, and added a permalink to each post as well, cos you never know when they might come in handy. Ummm. Right. Going to bed. Verrrrrrrrrrrrry tired.

Oookay…. trying the Blogvoices thing…. try leaving me a comment and see if it works! *g* Oh, and added a permalink to each post as well, cos you never know when they might come in handy. Ummm. Right. Going to bed. Verrrrrrrrrrrrry tired.

Buggrit waaagh, etc

Buggrit waaagh, millenium hand and shrimp! Or summat like that. I’m only 91.7% Teenybopper Pure. *sniff* It’s not my fault I can name the Spice Girls or that I saw Titanic at the cinema! Damnit…… *g* Going to try the Freak one now. Getting these via Anji btw. Aha. 79.2% freak. Cool. Joined a few … Continue reading “Buggrit waaagh, etc”

Buggrit waaagh, millenium hand and shrimp! Or summat like that. I’m only 91.7% Teenybopper Pure. *sniff* It’s not my fault I can name the Spice Girls or that I saw Titanic at the cinema! Damnit…… *g* Going to try the Freak one now. Getting these via Anji btw.

Aha. 79.2% freak. Cool.

Joined a few cliques n stuff yesterday. I’m going to expand my links, too – add a page for them, and just have the ones I visit daily on the main page…. maybe rotate a few or something. I’ll do that this evening. I registered with BlogVoices too. Also putting that up later….. and now back to work.

Singers =/ musicians

Why are singers never considered musicians? Not that I’m moaning about this clique in particular, cos it says it’s for instrumentalists and all, but it just reminded me. :-( I’m a musician, damnit! Well yeah, I play instruments too, but my primary instrument is voice. Someone told me I couldn’t get into the MU, either, … Continue reading “Singers =/ musicians”

Why are singers never considered musicians? Not that I’m moaning about this clique in particular, cos it says it’s for instrumentalists and all, but it just reminded me. :-( I’m a musician, damnit! Well yeah, I play instruments too, but my primary instrument is voice. Someone told me I couldn’t get into the MU, either, but I think that wasn’t totally right since there are a fair few vocalists listed. Oh well. Guess I’ll have to look for a singer clique. *g*

It’s all ground to a halt.

It’s all ground to a halt. FMS is dead….. I have nothing to do, cos I’ve done everything I was doing, and now I can’t pick up anything new. Lee is pretending to play golf with the gold-laquered bowling pin. A few people are in the monitoring room, watching telly, and just about everyone who … Continue reading “It’s all ground to a halt.”

It’s all ground to a halt. FMS is dead….. I have nothing to do, cos I’ve done everything I was doing, and now I can’t pick up anything new. Lee is pretending to play golf with the gold-laquered bowling pin. A few people are in the monitoring room, watching telly, and just about everyone who smokes has gone for a fag break. I spun on my chair for a bit, but I got dizzy…… must find something to do……

And on another note, I think I want one of those doobries to add comments to posts. Bet no-one would use it, though. *g*

Mmmm, technology…

I think I might go to this computer fair thingy when it hits town. Despite the scary scrolling marquee, and the scarier roll-overs (my eyes, my eyes!), and all those animated gifs…… yeah, it’s a bit much for my taste. However, someone at work has the catalogue, and it looks like there might be some … Continue reading “Mmmm, technology…”

I think I might go to this computer fair thingy when it hits town. Despite the scary scrolling marquee, and the scarier roll-overs (my eyes, my eyes!), and all those animated gifs…… yeah, it’s a bit much for my taste. However, someone at work has the catalogue, and it looks like there might be some good bargains. I’ll have some cash by then, and i need a zip drive (or a CD writer if I can afford it). Could also do with some more RAM, and it looks like you can get 128Mb for mere 30 quid. Hmmmm.