Category: Arb Thoughts

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe it’s indicative of the erosion of family values (although I hope not).

Perhaps it’s simply a result of all work and no play and a life out of balance but this year I just haven’t felt the Christmas spirit.

And I’m saddened by the ‘loss’.

I used to love Christmas and look forward to the entire Festive Season – it’s not only a time for gifts (but who minds getting a couple of these, right?) more importantly it was a time for family – with Advent observed over the four Sunday’s leading up to Christmas with the burning of candles, family gathered around, a sense of gratitude for what we had and the smell of Mom’s Christmas cookies baking in the oven.

This year simply felt rushed. Without pause nor a moment to catch your breath.

No Advent. No family gatherings. No cookies.

Sigh!

This is a sample post in which I test the automated “Tweeting” of my new posts using a wordpress plugin.

This should substantially increase the “visibility” of the post, not only to search engines and subscribers but also by drawing attention to the post through Twitter.

Lets see how this works!

Sometimes elegance is forgotten in this fast-paced gender equal world of ours.

Have a stunning day now!

This image, courtesy of Graham (thanks G) is of our fearless leader providing customer support on a Friday.

Viva Productivity, Viva!

Following a day of rain which washed the city clean, this is the view I had of Northcliff Hill after having lunch on the balcony.

Sadly the picture doesn’t do it justice, but the sky is the most extraordinary blue!

I see poor Haiti is being battered again by another Hurricane. I know they live in an area where tropical storms strike regularly, but eish… enough is enough.

Like most kids my first proper bicycle had training wheels for stability. As I grew in confidence so I became less and less reliant on those training wheels!

Getting to grips with all this internet and website technology feels much the same. In the beginning things seem much bigger and more daunting than they are.

So I i’m hoping that as my web experiments get bigger and bolder I will be able to leave my training wheels behind and I can become a full Netizen soon!

This is my first web post that I have sent via email to my blog. What this means is that this post appears although I didn’t log into my control panel, but rather sent my site an email (this email) and it went ahead and posted it for me!