Nothing really to report, this week. I haven’t done a lot – walked the dog a few times a day, been to work three days this week, finished chapter 7 of the White Heart first draft, generally been lazy.
Web-site-wise, I’ve caught a few spelling mistakes on the THOMAS and BECK pages and moved the April diary entries on to a page of their own in the archive. And Firefox [External Link] is definitely winning as my web-browser of choice at the moment.
This week, I submitted a short story (currently known as “A Council of Angels”) to Interzone [External Link]. In celebration, I’ve added a tiny bit of information on my “projects” onto the writing page. You never know…
I’ve also been updating the CHARLESWORTH family having been contacted by a cousin, Terry CHARLESWORTH. He’s given me some more people to put on my tree and explained where Jack GASCOYNE (note the name!) fits in. We’re still unsure of how the LDS fit in with everything, though.
My doggy news this week is that Finn has learnt to swim. This can only be a good thing, despite the smell of soggy doggy that now follows us in from our walks.
In (further) web-site news, I’ve tweaked the structure, so if you have bookmarked pages, be sure to check they haven’t moved. I’ve also downloaded Mozilla’s Firefox [External Link] and Opera [External Link]. These are the leading non-Microsoft web browsers and I thought it was time I checked the web-site is displayed well in them. Turns out, Internet Explorer is much more forgiving of basic errors, but at least I know the site displays as I intended for most people now. As for how well Firefox and Opera perform, so far I prefer Firefox as I find it just that little bit more easy on the eye. To be honest, from the basic user point of view, there is very little to choose between them. Firefox doesn’t handle mail and newsgroups, Opera doesn’t seem to have as many add-ons. They’re both more secure than IE, but the average user wouldn’t even notice it. I certainly don’t “feel” any difference so far.