Played SWG last night. I’m really getting to like it now. The interface is a bit sluggish, but I assume that’ll improve over time. I really like the waypoints system and the “heads-up” moving map which really make moving throughout the world so much easier. Also, it looks like I’ll be able to play with my friends who play “hardcore” without any detriment to the group which rocks!

Left for work just under 10 minutes later than usual and have just got here :( It’s amazing how much difference a few minutes can make to the journey time!

Whilst travelling, Gordon Brown was interviewed on the Today program. He came across well, but like every other Labour politician at the moment blamed the Government’s unpopularity on anything but the Government’s policies…

I’ve updated the RSS feed template so hopefully the entire body of the entry is included now…

ADiary 1.1.1 is out! Just a minor update that allows for relative document directories to be stored in the ini file.

I’ve done this so that I can install ADiary on my USB flash disk and so I’ll always have my notes with me wherever I go. (I keep my USB disk on my keyring). However, when I plug the disk into a computer, I don’t know what drive letter it’ll be assigned which is why I wanted relative paths, so now ADiary find it’s own documents :)

to Sylvia’s F’log!

After quite a long hiatus, I’m back doing personal programming for the sites I run. I’ve done some minor stuff over the last few months, but nothing big. Mostly it’s been bug fixing and a new style sheet for the-allens.net. On the other hand, I’ve done quite a lot online gaming recently :)

I’ve got two or three things I want to get done in the near future:

• New character list system for SWG britlore.co.uk characters.
• Fix the Naming Ceremony pages on the-allens.net to fit the current site style.
• Bug fix ADiary so that I can use it on a USB flash disk.

I’ve also got a freelance paid project coming up that will be a nice bit of pocket money, but requires me to write a whole new webapplication. The toughest bit so far has been thinking of a name, but with Georgina and Sylvia’s help, I’ve now got three possibilities to consider :)

Photos are now up of our holiday. My favourite is this one:

HP/Compaq shows how to provide proper customer support…

My journey to work is a trip through roadwork city at the moment. It’s only a 35 mile journey along A-Roads and there seems to be always some roadworks being done somewhere along it. Today a new set started up in a place where the previous roadworks only finished about 2 months ago! What’s going on? Haven’t these people got better things to do than make my journey longer?

Rather amazingly, it appears that the European parliament has actually worked for us rather than for big business for a change. According to this article in The Register, the parliament has made numerous amendments to the proposed software patents directive. The important thing is that the amended version makes software patents sensible (i.e. available for true inventions) rather than the imbecilic system in the US.

Of course the industry lobbyist are less than happy, but that’s a sure sign that the amendments are probably a good idea anyway!