http://wheelzonline.co.uk Life of an IT geek. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:46:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reading my last post back to myself I decided that the best way to make myself worth something again was to branch out and try other technologies.  I've been developing in Adobe Flash for a few years now and although the things I've done have been nice and pretty ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/10/29/finding-my-own-niche/ So, as I said last time, i'm now back at work for a while.  I now go into Hospital for surgery on 22nd November and until then I'm full-time back at work.  This has been quite an adventure as with only 8 weeks of working time I've not been included ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/10/07/being-a-second-rate-worker/ After what seems like more time that it actually was, I finally went back to work on Monday morning and was greeted unexpectently.  I had people from different offices coming in to welcome me back to my desk which was a nice feeling really.  Its nice to be missed.  Even ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/26/back-at-work-finally/ I had another hospital appointment today where I had to endure 2 hours of laying on my back and an x-ray machine taking photos of my guts every 10 minutes while being pumped full of fluid.  At the end of all that I got to have a scabby sandwich from ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/18/worst-day-of-the-year-so-far/ So what has happened to me over the last few weeks to keep me from writing in.  Where to start?  Well as you know I was back in hospital for a week.  During that time I had a tube placed through my back into my kidney.  This isn't the nicest ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/30/august-is-not-my-favorite-month/ So on Tuesday I got a phone call from my consultant to tell me that although yesterday she was happy with the results of my blood test, this morning she decided that I was still pretty ill.  This is news to me as I’m starting to feel pretty good again.  ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/08/my-new-stay-in-hospital-the-yo-yo-effect/ So today I went back to the hospital to see my consultant.  For anyone who is interested, the reason I have such a gap in posting in July is that I was very ill in hospital and didn't have my laptop with me.  Although I was only in for a ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/04/having-a-go-at-listening-to-the-doctor-for-a-change/ On 11th July, Apple released the iPhone 3G.  At the time I looked at it with envy because I was stuck with the original iphone which I bought on release day by standing in a queue for 2 hours in London.  I thought that I was not going to be ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/08/01/i-have-no-willpower/ I'm getting married next year after being engadged for a few years now so Mrs-to-be has started looking around again at places to have parties etc.  I'm looking forward to it also so marrage type things which I've seen have sometimes perked my interest lately.  Well I found this on ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/22/the-first-dance/ Hi again.  So sorry for not posting for ages, I kind of went through a little slump of feeling sorry for myself and the last thing I wanted to do was write on here.  So what has being 33 years old done for me upto now? Well first thing is that ... http://wheelzonline.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/01/man-bet-you-thought-i-was-dead/