A Backlog Already?
OK, so I'm already behind in my blogging. It seems that being a road warrior (as I'm lead to believe is the popular term) is rather hard without your own laptop or other portable device. Instead, I'm using my brother's laptop on his friends internet connection, so I sort of have to wait my turn. That and I've been a bit lazy in terms of internet things. I did want to get something like a laptop or even a PDA (those Sony CLIÉ look pretty cool or the PalmOne Treo smartphone) but I thought I should wait until I got to the UK before buying anything so expensive, just in case I didn't have enough money to see me through. Once I'm set up and got a job I'll be able to get my fix and buy some gadgets.
Speaking of getting setup, I've got myself a Virgin Mobile SIM card here, have updated my Resumé and submitted it to a few online recruitment sites. Speak of the devil, just this minute I got a phone call from an agency that will try to set me up for a job in Surrey. That was only an hour after putting my profile on those sites. I'll take that as a good sign for getting a job, but I've still got a little bit of travelling to do.
I've got a lot of things to write about, where I've been, what I've seen. I've even got some photo's courtesy of my brothers digital camera. I'll have some time when Paul goes off to the Rally of Great Britian to upload that stuff and say a few words. Paul has graciously left his laptop in my care, and I'll be staying with a friend of my Mum's who seems to have an internet connection. I know this because one of my first tasks once I'm there will be trying to figure out why she cannot send large email attachments. It seems my technical support reputation preceeds me (no idea how that happened Mum?) but I don't mind since I'll be getting some nice accomodation for a few days. Then this weekend I'll meet up again with Paul in Cardiff, we'll see a bit of Wales, hire a car and go up to Glasgow.
So much to do, so much time. This holiday's been pretty good so far. If anyone back in Australia wants my mobile number (to SMS me I'd suggest, ICQ can SMS for free) then send me an email and I'll send it back. I don't want to put it here, I'm scared of phisers. And don't forget, anyone can leave comments on my posts, it's an easy way to tell me something as I read this stuff a fair bit. Bye for now.
1 Comments:
At Fri Sep 17, 11:01:01 AM BST, Damien said…
Hey Joe, the Clié and the Treo look pretty cool indeed, although from what I can tell the Treo is only sold by the Orange network and the Clié isn't a phone (not that that might bother you or anything. Have you had a look at the Blackberry? They have a new model out, more phone like in it's form factor but still primarily an email/communication center kinda device. No cameras and suchlike. Still look pretty nifty.
Also, thought I'd just let you know that you can't SMS from ICQ anymore. Although the feature is still in the system, they don't send to any networks anymore (well none in the UK anyway, and only Vodafone in Australia, in fact they only list nine networks worldwide). That naffed me off a bit. Although up here you can get landline phones that have SMS features, which is pretty cool.
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