22 Jan 09 Don’t Look Back In Anger
Look Back In Anger, was a 1956 play written by john Osbourne, and made into a film in 1958.
I always think that a postive outlook on life is the best one, even though that can be difficult at times of course.
Perhaps now, with a US President, this is true.
Whatever your politics, or ideology, the direction that the previous administration was going was obviously not doing very many people much good, so almost any change of direction has to be a good thing. The new administration needs to have some time to get its feet under the table, and be allowed to get to work.
There will always be the ‘doom and gloom’ brigade that are never happy whatever decisions are made, and are basically people that always find someone else to blame for their own misfortunes or lack of status in life.
For most people, the Government doesn’t make or lose you your fortune, you do.
So Don’t Look Back In Anger, Look Forward In Hope.
Tags: anger, change of direction, decisions, doom and gloom, feet under the table, fortune, government doesn, john osbourne, misfortunes, new administration, previous administration
03 Apr 08 WordPress 2.5
So, after the trials and tribulations of trying, and failing, to install WordPress 2.5 last weekend, here we are!
The Eye, now running WordPress 2.5.
The main problem I had issues with was the media plug-in that I use. This meant that none of the video clips I had added were displaying.
Any of my own video clips that I add, I first convert to flash movies, to ensure maximum compatibility across platforms. I know that .avi files will work on most Operating Systems, but I avoid platform- dependent formats such as .wmv. In fact, once they’re recoded to .flv they’re usually smaller anyway.
Why don’t I just upload them to YouTube, I hear you ask?
No real reason really, except that mostly I don’t want to, and have plenty of server space, and bandwidth of my own. OK, so if I were to put one of my own creations up, and everyone found my starring role in it, so
irresistable that I had a million viewers a day, then I’d have to have a re-think. It’s not happened yet though.
Anyway, as I’ve said somewhere else before, it’s not fame I want. It’s the fortune!
Getting back to the subject, you probably won’t see any earth-shattering changes with this behind-the-scenes upgrade, but if you do see anything broken that I’ve missed, I’d be glad for you to write
me.
Ok, I’ll fess up, I’ll be glad for anyone to write me. The bloggers life is a lonely one sometimes. The self-piteous approach not working either? Thought not. Anyway, I do hope you enjoy reading my rants, rambles, and well ok… utter drivel.
Tags: avi files, bandwidth, earth, fame, fortune, lonely one, maximum compatibility, million viewers, operating systems, own creations, platforms, rants, real reason, server space, trials and tribulations, video clips, wmv
