Monday, December 26, 2005

Done And Dusted

Ok, another one over with and the same old feeling of disgust and self-loathing to contend with. Christmas. What's it all about? I dunno - its just gets harder each year to give a shit to be honest - the bringing together of family members is about the only plus side, but even that's wearing thin these days.

I made a big change this year to the gifts. Other than some small gifts for the kids of the family to open (creative stuff - scorned on by many of the parents) there was one big item for everyone in the family, friends and kids alike.

I donated a sum of money to the Woodland Trust to help create a plot at a new woodland creation scheme in the Vale of Glamorgan - and in return they dedicated it to all the family in friends. I just can't face feeding the consumer machine any more - buying them all stuff they don't need and don't want (like the obscene amount of plastic stuff Elis received) and felt I needed to make a point.

It's a small point at that, but if it makes them stop and think for a few seconds, then all the better. Plus, if they're ever stuck for something to do for the day, they can go seek their plot of newly planted forest out and have a picnic. Let's not go into the fact they'll have to drive there - lets just look at the positive factors. ;)

They all got a map to the plot, some background info and a copy of the certificate as a gift - and nothing else. Most seemed to appreciate the gesture, others were perplexed, but at least there's something tangible in the world for them to enjoy for the rest of their lives. If it makes them all buy us less next year all the better.

So, been kinda quiet around these parts recently. I've had a lot on at work with the run up to Christmas, been busy on my web projects and doing some maintenance work and things. I've got a lot on the boil at the moment - so naturally this place comes fairly low down the list of priorities. Apologies for the neglect.

The most recent thing I've been working on is this very simple site all about the joys of signing upto the Google Adsense programme in the hope of coaxing people to sign up. Find out why Webmasters Love Google - once again its another quick hitter hopefully to make me a small income. Its very basic, but has a blog element and some basic guides for anyone interested in earning a small income from their websites for what ever purposes.

Other than that, there's little else of interest. I've had quite a few tidy-ups and changes to make to the other sites as well as the day to day running and updates. No photos, not a lot of interesting stuff to shout about and little time for getting stuff done. Hopefully now Christmas is out of the way, that will soon change.

Hopefully you've all had a nice time and a relax (I've been trying to fit some of that in as well). Stick around for the annual musical review of the year, coming very soon.

Posted by Dio Bach at 23:27

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