Uploaded – 13\02\2010, originally uploaded by neilrsmith.
I don’t think many people realise just how geometric the Dixons building actually is. Everywhere I look, I see the squares, diamonds, grids, alignment, chequerboards etc.
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Over the last few years, I have amassed a collection of people via Facebook in the vein hope that I would catch up with many of my school friends and old work colleagues. The idea was to chat about old times and generally keep in touch. But after my failed attempt to bring people together last year at a school reunion, most of my ‘Facebook friends’ haven’t contacted me. Never even commented on FB messages or photos. So why keep them on a list which should appear lean and useful? Well, exactly. It isn’t an assault on those removed for not contacting me – just a realisation by myself that maybe most people like the idea of connection without the hassle of actually getting in touch. Are we losing the ability to correspond? I had a reasonably busy week, working at DSGi. There has been some people off sick and one left. The team gets smaller and the task list grows ever longer. Mostly HTML corrections, so nothing we can’t handle. The Christmas peak is rapidly approaching and everyone needs their jobs done first. Oh well. At home, James is loving his new bed. Built with my own hands, I’m very proud to have something that is useful and still standing. A triumph one could say. I need some finishing touches though. We have Sky Movies back for Christmas. I’m such a miser when it comes to TV. But there’s so much crap on, I resent paying for it. I wish I could just buy the channels I wanted or simply turn off the unwanted ones. Do I really need 7 God channels? My website is going through a dramatic change. Although I’m a web designer by trade – I feel that building and maintaining my own site is very boring. I understand the need to sell myself but it’s getting beyond a joke. This feeling is conflicting with my desire to create and experiment with new technology too. My blog is growing into a website structure of choice. Much easier to control, develop and add to. Am I finally seeing a way through the clutter? Another birthday and yet I find myself reflecting each year less and less. Everyone makes a big deal of birthdays and getting old, but to be honest I feel great. I feel no older than last year and in fact the year before that. I have never quite understood why people celebrate getting older each year. Maybe I’m not an easily excitable person, and celebrating the fact with a trip to the pub to get drunk with friends just because of a date on the calendar is just bizarre. 7:15 My iPhone wakes me up with the ringing bells and Sarah makes me tea and toast. We switch on BBC One to watch the news. 7:45 James wanders in and gets into bed. He eats his porridge and drinks his milk, then pesters me to play with my iPhone, but he calls it the ‘game’. 8:45 Finally get out of the house. Driving to DSGi in Hemel Hempstead today. A contract I’ve had since November last year. Down the A5 and on the M1 listening to BBC Radio Four on the way. Driving a Vauxhall Corsa at the moment. My BMW 530d is in the garage having a wing and wing mirror repaired. 9:15 Find somewhere to park in the DSG car park and make my way up to the 4th floor. 10:30 Working on the Dixons.co.uk website currently. I’m building the supplier pages and specifically Sharp LED TVs. 12:30 At lunch, off to eSporta sports club, down the road with Richard for a drink and a chat. A regular occurance at the moment. 15:00 More work in the afternoon. 16:00 Another break with Richard, cup of tea downstairs in the onsite canteen. 16:30 Leaving early to drop off the Corsa and pick up my BMW. I get stuck in traffic on the M1 and with only 30 minutes, it’s touch and go if I’ll make it. 17:30 Finally get to Enterprise Cars and get a lift over to Courier Direct. 18:00 The car looks finished but the sensors haven’t been reset. Will have to sort it another day. I go home for dinner. 19:30 Sitting infront of the telly watching some CBeebies programme with James in bed. 20:15 James finally falls asleep, I carry him into his own bed. 21:00 Watching ‘Mock The Week’ from last week and then ‘Gadget Show’ about the future. 22:00 I stay in bed and fall asleep. |
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