The usual

June 20, 2008 – 8:17 pm

Not much has happened recently, I’m still looking for work. There seems to be even less jobs to apply for now. It really is disheartening. The job interview that got cancelled hasn’t been rescheduled. The lady has not got back to me and I have tried calling her but her phone always seems to be off. I have not heard a thing from the agency, either. Times are rough right now.

It is Sean’s birthday on the 27th, I can’t afford to get him anything since I have literally no money. Sean’s parents are kindly going to give Sean some money so we can go out for a meal for his birthday. This will be the first time in months that we have gone out for a meal together. I hope it will do us some good.

I am hoping things look up very soon, but I doubt it. The economy has gone down the pan and rather than hiring workers, companies are having to make them redundant. I really do not see myself finding work anytime soon. I am trying to stay positive, but right now I am in a little slump. I need a job desperately, I am doing all I can. We’re struggling so much, I’m just hoping things can only get better rather than worse.

Plurktastic

June 17, 2008 – 8:41 am

Lately the mini blogging service Twitter has been having server issues and people have been considering jumping ship. Finding a decent alternative has been easy, thanks to Melissa. She found another mini blogging service called Plurk. Melissa shared the URL with some of us in the Quilting Bee chat room. At first I was skeptical and thought, “oh yet another dull social networking site”. I was wrong, Plurk is far from dull.

It is not just any place where you can send mini updates. Your updates are displayed on a timeline, you can change the wording by choosing a coloured phrase from a drop-down menu, such as “is”, “loves” or “likes”. You can even change the style of your timeline/profile page. There is also a very handy feature where you can organise your friends into “cliques” or groups. You can also be somebodys “fan” or they can be yours.

Another feature that Twitter doesn’t have is the karma system. By posting plurks, replying to peoples plurks and referring friends you can earn karma points. With these points you can have access to new timeline designs and other little characters that you can display in the top right-hand corner of your timeline.

There is a handy Firefox plugin for Plurk which I use, to make the plurking process easier. I have found a Wordpress plugin, too!

If you are tired of Twitter and want something more exciting with heaps more features give Plurk a try.

To ban or not to ban?

June 16, 2008 – 9:45 am

As you may have seen in one of my previous entries and others, there has been quite a bit of drama going on. This is involving Chris, as per usual. He feels he is the big “know-it-all” and that his opinions count, though they never have. Chris has had his fifteen minutes of fame, is it now time to ban him? I know some people find his stupidity amusing and would like me not to ban him, but do you think he is going too far?

So, should I ban him or not? He never comments about anything decent, he comments solely to be nasty. However, I know some of you are entertained by his antics and like to respond to his comments. I love seeing him get owned. I don’t want any visitors getting put off visiting because of this fool, though.

Edit: I have banned him. I have decided with the help of Jem that it is for the best.

Another edit: Chris will no longer be commenting. Any comments he leaves will be sent into moderation and then deleted.

Yet another edit: Chris has admitted to hacking into my site a few years back. I got this information in an e-mail he sent:

I once got access to sarah web site, by talking to the admin of the site and acting like i was the account holder.

This gets better and better.

Portfolio is live!

June 13, 2008 – 2:32 am

I am still awake at almost 2:30am, I just do not seem sleepy. I decided to do something productive, so I got my web design portfolio up and running. Hurray! I have been working on it for quite some time, I am glad it is now live so that I got something to show potential employers. Any feedback on the site would be much appreciated.

As you can see, I need some actual experience creating websites for others and not just showcase my own designs. I could contact a local charity and ask if they would like their website redesigning for free, that way I will get some much-needed content for my portfolio. We’ll see.

On the job front, I am going to a local agency later on today about a vacancy I saw advertised online. I also have a meeting set up about another job. I will tell you more once I know more. I don’t want to jinx it. Fingers crossed, eh?