Soup of the Day

Musings and things

As you may have noticed, things have been quite around here. As I keep saying, quiet on the outside means much business in on the inside. This is very much the case at the moment as I am currently working on four web sites for clients, plus the new Polaris Digital site which is shaping up very nicely. Unfortunately it will not launch as originally intended, but clients work always has to take precedence.

Well I have been waiting for various clients to call, I have been busy working on some new projects. One of these projects revolves around the wonderful world of social networking. Most of the good social networking sites have a public API, allowing third-parties to develop their own applications that can harness the tools and services provided by the likes of Flickr, Upcoming, Facebook, Last.fm and many more - noticeably MySpace doesn’t have have a public API and I feel it is only right to ‘out’ them on this sad fact!

The unfortunate side effect of becoming members of all these sites is that I felt obliged to add content, which in turn leads me to want to update the content and so the vicious circle begins. So I now have a Flickr picture profile and many others where you can find me, other than MySpace of course.

In other news. Siân and I are going do to London this weekend for the first Green Feet fund raising party to help fund the Crap At The Environment project. The party commences on Friday 29th June at The Clockwork in Islington, tickets are £4. Mark Watson (CATE founder and generally funny guy) will be performing alongside a number of other performers into the night. So please, one and all join us for what will truly be a variety event.

Also, I have had to postpone our European rail tour which we were due to embark on in three weeks time. This is for a number of reasons, but mainly due to lack of planning due to lack of time. So I am going to do the trip next summer and start organising it now, hopefully this will become part of the CATE experience and can be added to Mark’s book. Siân is bitterly saddened by this, and I am upset beyond decent words, but I think this energy will serve us well if we channel it into organising a massive trip next year.

Finally, on a lighter note, the first of my Chilli’s have broken through. Measuring at about four centimetres, the first green Chilli already looks good enough to eat, but I’ll let it develop properly into and use it in a home-make Thai Red Curry, Lasagne or Pizza - yes my culinary skills are improving!