Mar/094
I need your help! If you were a butler… (or a computer)
I’m writing a program that uses bluetooth tell when you leave and enter the house. It includes an alarm to wake you up, and the ability to check the weather, the time, emails, and other things like that.
Here’s a list of things it is going to say so far – I want you to add to it! What would a butler say?
Good morning.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
The time is x:xx AM/PM.
Today is January x, 2009.
Right now it’s x degrees and fine outside.
It’s expected to reach a top of x degrees, and a low of x degrees today.
You have x items on your to-do list for today.
I’ll wake you again in x minutes.
Welcome home!
I hope you had a wonderful evening.
You have x unread emails.
While you were out, you had x visitors.
Rain is forecast for the next x days, why not consider doing a load of washing today?
It looks like it will be beautiful weather tonight. Perhaps dinner outside would be nice?
What a beautiful day it is today!
I love thunderstorms. But if it starts to get too close, you might want to consider turning me off!
Aah… Friday. Finally!
I hope you had a restful weekend.
Thanks.
Jul/080
House-Person
I don’t know how working families do it.
This morning I have spent all morning cleaning up (mostly Pepper’s little surprises), and paying bills. There’s washing up to be done, our lounge room is a mess, and our office is worse. Not to mention our bedroom floordrobe.
Talia is currently at school 3 days a week, and I’m at uni 2 days a week, school on 1, and usually at work on 1 (total:4). That means that although we’re both usually out of the house, we do have 3 days between us each to clean and tidy.
Of course, those 3 days are usually taken up with school and uni work. But I won’t to know how families with working Mums AND Dads keep their houses clean!?!?
All that for this point:
There is definately a full time job in being a house-wife or a house-husband.
Does anyone want to do our housework?
Feb/081
A personal approach
This year I am involved with the church youth group.
One of my jobs as a youth leader is to be in charge of a small group of boys. It’s about building relationships with them, and mentoring them.
The guys I have are okay. I mean, there are a few of them that are a bit ratty. They’re still young (grade 8-9) and going through that whole ‘be cool in front of my friends’ stage. I guess when I really think about it, I got stuck with the ratty ones.
Here’s why I think it will be good though…
Feb/086
How often should you blog?
I read all my blogs once per day.
Often, I get quite annoyed when someone hasn’t updated their blog in a few days. It makes me loose interest in the blog, and I remove it from my list. Others only check their blogs maybe every second day, and might be too overwhelmed with blogs that are updated multiple times daily. With too much to read, the blog drops off their list.
My point is this: A key factor to retaining readers is knowing how often they check your blog for updates.
Here’s how to do it (It’s really easy).
Feb/083
Why I don’t like RSS
Those who know me know that I bookmark all my blogs, and read them everyday.
Some of my friends use a nifty little thing called RSS, which allows you to quickly view all the new posts from your favourite posts, conveniently arranged neatly in the one spot: your RSS reader.
I can’t stand to do this.
Why? I’m glad you asked.
Jan/080
Who I want to be.
During the 5 minutes that I spend focusing and planning everyday, today I made a list of what kind of person I would like to be. I figure the first step to being more comfortable with who you are, is defining exactly what is is that would make you comfortable.
Dec/073
What makes a good blogger?
A friend of mine recently told me that though they read my wife’s blog, they don’t really ever read mine.
When asked why, the response was that Talia writes about fluffy, gossipy, fun stuff, while I write boring ideas about life, the universe, and everything like that.
So, I asked myself the question – what makes a good blogger? And I’ve come up with these five answers.
Dec/071
One of life’s unanswered questions.
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while.
I’ve recently got a job at Dominoes. I think that for me, delivering pizzas (although I do enjoy it), is a bit of a morale killer. I head shrinker. A blow to my ego (I should be a rapper).
And I think that has had an effect of my wanting to post on my blog. That, and the fact that there are only a select few who read it.
So anyway, working at Dominoes, as working in any fast food, retail, or similar position will do, has forced me to ask a question that I just can’t find the answer for.
Why do customers always come in ‘waves’?
Nov/072
Introduce Yourself!
Hello, everyone! I would just like to thank you all for visiting my blog! Why not say hello while you’re at it?
I’d love to know: who are you, why are you here, what do you do, and if you had a third arm protruding from your chin, what would you use it for?
Please leave me your message in the comments for this post.