Well, it's certainly been a while since I've made any entries.  I've had a couple of excuses though. Although I have easy access at work, I'm pretty busy there so I don't really have much of an opportunity to relax and take my time to write what I want – it's never fun when you're rushed. Plus there's always the peer pressure in a busy environment – I can't exactly say I'm flat out and then get caught blogging.  The other challenge has been the good old dial up internet connection from home. Having to crank up the line and make do with a slow link kind of takes way the spontaneity of putting pen to paper, especially if it's some news item or the such that has irked me and I want to have a rant then and there (I'm well known for my rants !). So, after much promise for a couple of years, work has finally committed to subsidising a broadband service for when I am on call. As a result Jess and I have gone the whole hog and got digital cable for phone, tv and internet with 10Gb per month.
Although I work in IT, I'm quite a non-geek anti-computer type so this is quite a new concept for me and the worrying thing is that I've actually been looking forward to it (broadband, that is). I have been finding more and more that there are actually things on the net that I want to access, research et al and it's no fun at work when you're being sneaky about it.  Plus at home when you have the impulse to check something out but just can't be arsed dialling up….now I can hop on lickity split.   We bought a cool wifi router that acts as our firewall too and both  Jess and I can tap away at the same time, share data etc.  It's only taken me 16 years but I've got there at last.  So, we took yesterday afternoon off work and got hooked up…..and went nuts, hehe. We've already consumed 10% of our monthly quota in 1 evening but what the hey. 

So, suffice to say I will now (hopefully) be able to update my blog on a more regular basis and actually talk about the things I want to.  I guess it's down to me now, no more excuses huh – that's the scariest part I think. Vamos !

Well, I’m now a blogger ! Thanks to Jess for setting me up. Stayed tuned for upcoming rants’n'raves.