Status-Q

Do you remember when computers and software used to come with manuals?

I've been updating Statuq-Q to use WordPress 1.5 and making a few changes along the way.. a few more yet to come.

One is that I'm going to start using 'categories' on my posts so that people interested in gadgets & toys or Apple & Macs or photos can see them in more concentrated form. (There are links on the right of the page, too). Other categories may follow.

With over 600 posts now, I may take some time to apply these retrospectively. But if I don't start now, the job will only get harder in future.

Mmm. The Segway XT looks fun.

See also the comments on my last segway post for another use for Segways.

Well, even if I weren't heavily jetlagged, I can't say I would lose any sleep at all over the likely demise of the EU constitution.

There's a rather nice Q&A section in the Times:

...the French are very traditional, conservative, very prone to striking and revolution (the revolution is for when their conservatism runs out).

I like 'em both. Nice photos from both John and Pete Naughton.

Actually, John has provided me with a good reason to start using categories in WordPress. You can view the recent postings in his Photography category for a visually-pleasing little browse. I haven't felt the need to categorise my blog posts until now, but I might follow his example. It's also time to upgrade my copy of WordPress...

Yesterday I rode on a Segway for the first time. I had high expectations and it lived up to all of them. A beautiful bit of engineering.

The main reason I don't have one (despite it being an expensive toy at present) is that I would feel guilty about not exercising. It's faster than walking and more convenient than but not as fast as cycling, but since it wouldn't give me any exercise it's not a compelling replacement for either of those. I couldn't really justify it simply on the basis of being more fun.

For me to buy one I'd need to find a convincing reason to use it instead of a car. I don't have that yet. But I'll keep looking!

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons
for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup

1. Safari can now save 'Web Archive' files. A single file that captures a page with all its images, links etc intact. Useful for anything that you suspect may become premium content in a little while! IE on Windows has had this for a while, of course, but on the Mac, as you save it on disk, it gets indexed by Spotlight...

2. The Mail app can now resize images. This is a great timesaver for me; I'm always creating small versions of my pictures using PhotoShop or ImageWell before dropping them on a mail message. Now, if your message has images in, a menu appears at the bottom of the window allowing you to select the size and telling you how big the resulting message will be. Very handy.