Nov 7, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Still crouched in the corner. This is so very rudimentary and charming, like the being-online version of the Russian chandelier*. Nothing like a little return to basics to break up the complacency and make one appreciate one’s creature comforts. Started by...
Nov 6, 2004 | Uncategorized |
In the Big Annoyance sweepstakes, computer malfunction is a hands-down winner every time. Which is why I have been stalking around like a raving lunatic for the last couple of hours in a fit of frustration, screaming WHY CAN’T I GET ONLINE??!!! PREQUEL: It all started...
Nov 5, 2004 | Uncategorized |
YIPEE!! They let me in! Yours truly has been suffering from itchy finger syndrome today, blog words swishing around in the mind like liquid, desperately needing to be spilled; meanwhile those nice people at Blogspot have spent the day Keeping Me Out. Error messages...
Nov 4, 2004 | Uncategorized |
SNOW!! It’s what we had this morning, everything covered by a thin layer of the white stuff. There’s always something fantastic about the first snowfall of the season, isn’t there? Particularly when it’s dark outside. Like it’s happening...
Nov 3, 2004 | Uncategorized |
Once upon a time the Icelandic nation was blessed with only a single television station – the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Broadcast hours in that faraway time were from approximately 6pm to midnight. There was no television on Thursdays and no...
Nov 2, 2004 | Uncategorized |
So exciting! A volcanic eruption in Vatnajökull glacier! The earth shakes, the ground quakes … all beneath a layer of ice 100-200 metres thick. How cool is that? Actually flicked on the TV at noon today to catch the extra news report. Killer shots of smoke...