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By Greg, February 22, 2010 6:36 pm

Hi all, I’ve been damned busy recently, due to a number of reasons all culminating in laziness. Actually, I wrote two posts in the last week or so, but I haven’t posted either… Because I chose not to. It’s likely neither post will see the light of day – one because it was pre-emptive, and the other because it was more personal than I intended. Anyway…

As a result of me not posting a damned thing, I’ve been feeling a little restless –I need to post something, but I’m in a bit of a slump. Thus, I added Skribit (see widget in sidebar), where readers can suggest something for me to post about. And I decided to write up this quick post inviting you to my dad’s website:

Newbegin Writing

In block quote form, no less. Why not?

Anyway, my old man writes about various things, and he makes me chuckle, but he also wrote a sci-fi novel. If you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, it might be worth your while to check it out.

Oh, and yes, I’m aware the site needs to be updated… I designed his site, so it’s all down to my laziness… Again… I think I’ll migrate the blog to replace the static site – it will be much easier.

So yeah… go to his site, buy his book, and pop a suggestion in skribit to the right. If you like.

Peace, and catch you soon with rad ideas.

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By Greg, January 5, 2010 8:35 pm

Well, another year is over – and a new one just begun. Who needs to think of something new when ideas from other places already say what you want them to?

So was 2009 a good year? Depends, really. Politically, and internationally, perhaps not. But I’m not here to comment on any of that. There are other places, if that’s your thing (try here, if you like – free plug, Dom). Personally, it wasn’t bad – hey, my daughter was born, for one thing! Financially? Meh. Anyway, let’s take a look at things, and the year to come.

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By Greg, December 19, 2009 9:15 pm

I came to a realisation today. It was somewhat shocking, but I knew it for the truth as soon as the thought came into my mind – I am not a ’real’ blogger.

For some time now, I’ve been deluding myself. I’ve kept a blog for two years now, and I’ve written quite a few posts, but while this does make me a blogger by definition, it doesn’t make me one by trade.

Of course, at it’s most literal, the previous sentence is a moot point – blogging is not my prime source of income, so of course it’s not my trade; in fact, I don’t earn anything by blogging. What I mean is (unfortunately, or at least it seemed like an unfortunate realisation at first), I’m a hobby blogger. Not that it’s such a bad thing.

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By Greg, October 26, 2009 7:29 pm

I like reading blogs. I do, it’s true. I spend a good couple of hours every day doing it. Perhaps I should be spending some time on my own damn site, but that’s beside the point. What I am trying to say is, I waste a good deal of my life reading things posted on the ‘net – and I have for many years now.

Back in the day, when I was living in Tokyo, I would wake up, make my coffee, and sit myself in front of my PC, and head from site to site, reading back to the last post I could remember reading. I had my bookmarks listed in order of preference, and I’d go through them. Over time, the number of sites I like to read has increased, and things just got out of hand. So I looked into other options.

Eventually, I started to use Google reader. It took me a while to get into – I really didn’t GET it to begin with. In fact, I tried it once before and thought it was lame. On persevering, however, I discovered the beauty that is GReader, and now I want to share it with you – in case you were wondering.

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By Greg, April 5, 2009 4:04 pm

I like to think of myself as being lazy. That’s not really something that you would expect to hear someone saying, but hey — not only is it true, it’s beneficial. Why so? Well, my friend, because I find things that make life easier, and I try them out. So I want to pass on my experiences to you good folk.

Now, I’m not going to claim to be able to produce anywhere near the amount of good tips as Lifehacker, for example, but hey, if I find something I like, I’ll point it out!

And what have I discovered today, good people of the ‘net? Windows Live Writer. Sure, many of you may already know of it, but I never thought there was a reason to use it…

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