Never take on too much May 27, 2008

Some categories: ranting & raving. Some tags: , , , . And exactly no rambling responses.

In the world of web developing, it’s very easy to have an idea, develop it, start a design then snap! Another idea! Quickly, got to hurry on the new one now. Repeat that over and over. At the end of the day, the result is: a bunch of half finished websites and apps that will take ages to clean up and get launched. This is a serious problem if you’re always thinking of new ideas. On the other hand, if you have the time, perhaps it is worth it to think of all the ideas and develop them, because one day, you might just come accross that killer idea that in 500 years people will be remembering. An idea like Google or Facebook.

Unfortunately though, most people don’t have all the time in the world, so constantly developing new ideas every week simply isn’t feasable. From now on I am refusing to take on any new ideas that come to me (unless they really the idea), and I will concentrate soley on a certain few apps/websites/projects. Once they’re finished I might try actually developing and promoting those sites, rather than hopping straight onto the next project. Do you take on too many projects? Pehaps you should consider a stronger focus on a certain few…

Exams crush blogs May 20, 2008

Some categories: news. Some tags: , , , , , . And exactly no rambling responses.

Strictly that’s not entirely true, while a lot of my time is currently consumed by these horrible AS-Level things, I’m spending some time (probably way too much) working on various projects. Bookmarks is one, it’s now possible to use a link in the favorites-bar of whatever browser to link a website, and a one click version will soon be finished. More importantly, Fanatical Host has launched, nice cheap webhosting, with a backend billing/support system build soley by me! I’ve never coded something so complicated in PHP before, and it’s turned out pretty nice.

Another project is Host Scout, where you can read lots of nice reviews and news all about hosting, to help you choose a web host. Of course, this is NOT related to Fanatical Host other than the same people made it, in fact, we don’t have any reviews on it.

Lastly, and most importantly, is Kerplunc and our new design. Currently we’re down to two members, and I’m the only coder, so I’m doing all the html/css/php and mysql code, hence a serious slow down in activity. The new (planned) design can be found here, with the “about” and “creations” links working. We’ve had good feedback so far from the few people we’ve asked.

Anyway, I guess thats it!

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Out there May 13, 2008

Some categories: pointless. Some tags: , , . And exactly no rambling responses.

What is out there? I looked up at the night sky earlier while taking out the bins and the moon was half hidden behind a strangely beautiful arrangement of clouds. Every time I look up I get the same feeling “what is out there”. There must be something.

They say there is a star for every grain of sand in the world, billions upon billions of them. Each one is an entire solar system. The chances of a planet perfect to contain life that has actually developed life must be huge, almost guaranteed in fact. It’s such a shame we can’t just have a look around.

Cannabis is class B - WTF? May 7, 2008

Some categories: ranting & raving. Some tags: , , , , , . And exactly no rambling responses.

Class B, class A, class C drugs. They’re all drugs though aren’t they? Why categorize drugs like that, an illegal drug is a drug, they should have just one class for them all. Hold on though, who are the government to tell us what we can and can’t injest? Isn’t that just like smoking or alcohol with different effects?

It would be fair to say, there is strong argument on both (possibly three) sides of the drugs issue in the UK. As for the isn’t it the same as alcohol/smoking argument, I can’t quite decide my position. In a sense, yes, it is, what’s the difference? They both can have long term effects, as well as short term effects. In fact, smoking (tabacco) is probably the safest to others, because it doesn’t effect driving, unlike acohol or other drugs. But it does cost the country huge amounts in terms of healthcare, and passive smoking might have a strong effect on people too. Perhaps we should ban the lot? Alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc… But then what happens? People buy it on the black market/similar, and the government simply looses tax revenue.

In reality, people should be able to enjoy themselves/life without the aid of the booz or their fags or dope, yet people still seem attracted to the temptations of these things. I drink, but I hope never to smoke or take any drugs. Ever.

As for classing the drugs, thats absurd. Regardless of whether or not the drugs should be legal/illegal, they should all sit in one class if illegal. If you break the law, you suffer, or should suffer. Plain and simple. The law needs to tighten up in the UK, it’s pathetic.

Expect a post on prisons (a.k.a: free comforting homes for the homeless) soon :)

Sustained visitors and (finally) a new PC May 3, 2008

Some categories: geek. Some tags: , , , . And exactly 1 rambling response.

When I say finally in the title, I mean it. A whole week with no gaming (well, minus the Wii). I guess productivity did rise 400%, and work hours increased 10-fold, but I wasn’t gaming, and that is what counts, I think. So, a new machine for me, but no more money either. For the geeks, here’s the specs:

I’m pretty pleased with it, took a few hours to build it all, then I thought it broke. Of course, I had stupidly forgotten that motherboards actually have two power plugs, the 24pin and the 4pin. *silly me*

AS-Levels are in a few weeks, so it’s work, work and more work at the moment, but I’ll still be around.

In other news, it seems this blog has picked up sustained visitors! It’s off the front page of BestWebGallery (whom gave me 5000+ visits), and the uniques have dropped off significantly, BUT, they now seem to have levelled off at a very nice value of ~200, much more than I’ve ever seen before. Perhaps CSS gallerys can bring returning visitors. We shall see…