Sunday, 26 July 2009

Nadgers, nails and not much work done

It's been a funny week.
First of all some planned training work was cancelled at very short notice. I try to be flexible with my clients but this was two days' notice so I was somewhat wrong footed.
Still, I thought, plenty of web content editing to do. Then my wireless router gave up the ghost and I lost internet access.
So, it's been a quiet week. And a bit of quiet never did anyone any harm.
So I went to the gym. finished an article for a a magazine, spent a bit more time meditating than usual and felt all the better for it.
"So, what's with the nadgers?", I imagine you asking.
Hamish labradoodle has been castrated - and while he was under got his nails cut too.
This has no connection whatever with cancelled training and belly up routers by the way.
Hamish is a three year old bundle of blonde curls, long legs and floppy ears. He was also full of testosterone and recently this has got him into a bit of bother - other dogs full of testosterone taking him on as a potential threat for instance. Hamish had no idea how to fight for his honour and so he's been divested of his testosterone making machinery.
Right now he walks like a new mother but he'll be ok in a day or two.
He has a blog of his own, http://hamishlabradoodle.blogspot.com/ - take a look.
Tomorrow I'm hoping that a new wireless router will arrive. But if not there's always the gym



The need for speed

So, my internet access is down because the modem and router has died. My only way to access the internet is by using my xda Orbit 2 as a modem. It works, but it's so slow compared with broadband.
It has caused me to reflect on the way I expect everything to happen quickly these days. Do you remember how you would order something by post and there was always a note that said 'Allow 28 days for delivery'?
I'm not prepared to order anything online that can't be delivered tomorrow .... and I expect my internet access to be fast fast fast.
I've forgotten how to wait.