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As those who follow my Flickr feed (especially my 365days project) will know I have recently begun seeing someone.

Whilst you will get very little of out me about this person on this blog (to protect the innocent) there is one aspect I find especially fascinating for the effect it has had on me. Her house has no broadband.

Whilst normally the thought of this would cause me to go into anaphylactic shock, it has been quite an interesting sensation to spend time away from the tubes. I do spend a lot of time online, what with Flickr, Facebook, my various websites and email, so to spend seven or eight hours awake and not online is quite a new experience.

Of course it goes without saying that there is a dial-up connection for the mandatory uploading of self portraits and even when I suggested that I upload a recent shot the following day I was told quite emphatically that it was important to keep going as I was. So the photo in question was uploaded the same day as it was shot, like the 52 others before it.

Signing off now as I really should think about going to bed as it is midnight and I have a very busy weekend planned including a gig, dinner with friends of L and a trip to Melbourne with other friends.

Someone else has posted the question that I blogged about on a previous site (about three years ago).

“Look, I know it’s Friday you’re just looking for some fun stuff to end the work week with, but we’ve got a pressing matter to discuss. Let’s say you’re a new father and a movie fan. When your child is of an appropriate age to start watching movies, in which order will you show him/her the six Star Wars movies? By original release date (Star Wars, Empire, Jedi, Phantom Menace, Clones, Sith) or according to the intra-movie chronology (Phantom Menace, Clones, Sith, Star Wars, Empire, Jedi)?”

It appears that the consensus from the masses (and most of the people I have raised this with) agree with what I think will be my final decision … Matthew will need to see the films in release date order.

That’s a load off my mind.

This is your 24 hours notice.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 19th September 2007 is Talk like a Pirate day.

I rely on spell checkers as I simply can not spell.

But even I knew I was right on the following.

My word: Craigieburn.

Firefox suggest spelling: Sideburns.

Additional: Firefox comes up with a dotted red line under the word Firefox. Ironic.

I spent three hours today hand coding a page which no one besides me will probably ever see. It a page for my upcoming portfolio website that allows me to enter in the data easily for each photo I display.

I suppose in the long run it will make the data entry faster but my Lord, it was a slog.

I’m switching off soon to watch a series of Red Dwarf. I watched series three last night and Series two is a calling tonight. I need to go back to my actual home and grab the rest.

May not get to an entry tomorrow as my Mum is flying off to Europe for four weeks and I am saying goodbye at the airport. May not get the chance to catch up with you until Friday.

Talk at you later.