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Last week and this week
Mar. 20th, 2008 02:42 pmIt's been pretty quiet around here, so no personal blogs. Last Sunday was back at St. Matthew's after a four-week absence. Nothing changed, really. Not that I expected it to.
I am trying to revamp my website, but don't have the technical know-how so to do.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spwebdesign has promised to help out. Perhaps over the Easter holiday.
I am still between assignments at work. This is seriously beginning to annoy me--I don't know what to do, but will step up contacts with recruiters and my network after the Easter holiday.
St. Matthew's is having a Passover Seder tonight before the Maundy Thursday service. I refuse to participate in Christian Seders, as I don't wish to participate in simulations of the liturgies of other religions. The Rector says that as Judaism is the precursor of Christianity, he's entitled to put on a Seder. I think that's triumphalistic. He is very annoyed about the whole thing. I shall be preparing the church for Maundy Thursday, going away, then returning to strip the altar after services.
Tomorrow I preach at St. John's: a two-pager this time. Very short and sweet. I hope it's effective and memorable.
I have bought an internet wi-fi radio; will probably be delivered next week. I don't think I can get it on my Reliablehosting VPN so that I can listen to KKSF or WNUA over it, but we will see. Anything is possible these days. I got £33 pounds off by using coupons and Amazon.co.uk.
I have heard of the LJ boycott. While I am in broad sympathy with the aims, I have a permanent account and thus don't see ads, provide ads, or anything of the sort. I read other blogs in my Friends page, so I don't see any ads there either. I hope that nothing interesting happens tomorrow so that I don't have to blog or comment, but I'm afraid it will and I will.
Speaking of ads, there has been a bit of a controversy over here about Phorm, a company that purports to serve targeted ads to you (assuming you're viewing one of the websites that subscribe to their ad feed) through analysing the content of the sites you visit. All the details are here, and it's a real doozy. BT and Virgin are planning to assume that we "opt-in", while Carphone Warehouse will require explicit opt-in from users. Privacy issues abound here; although the Home Office has given it the OK from a privacy perspective, the Information Commissioner needs to rule on this and I suspect that serious issues will arise. I plan to opt out, and additionally ensure that Phorm's ad server is in my hosts file so that I'll never see any of their ads.
The yoga instructor at Paris Gym has been sacked for not showing up. He told us that he was going on a yoga trip to South Africa, but the owners of the gym have said that he didn't inform them of it. They also say that he's often very late (not unusually so) and that he hasn't helped them by promoting the yoga class in the gym. They're looking for someone else, but I'm going to try to get in touch and see if I can go to another yoga class that he teaches. I'm a bit bummed out by this; I like Kym and he is a very good teacher and leader.
I am trying to revamp my website, but don't have the technical know-how so to do.
spwebdesign has promised to help out. Perhaps over the Easter holiday.I am still between assignments at work. This is seriously beginning to annoy me--I don't know what to do, but will step up contacts with recruiters and my network after the Easter holiday.
St. Matthew's is having a Passover Seder tonight before the Maundy Thursday service. I refuse to participate in Christian Seders, as I don't wish to participate in simulations of the liturgies of other religions. The Rector says that as Judaism is the precursor of Christianity, he's entitled to put on a Seder. I think that's triumphalistic. He is very annoyed about the whole thing. I shall be preparing the church for Maundy Thursday, going away, then returning to strip the altar after services.
Tomorrow I preach at St. John's: a two-pager this time. Very short and sweet. I hope it's effective and memorable.
I have bought an internet wi-fi radio; will probably be delivered next week. I don't think I can get it on my Reliablehosting VPN so that I can listen to KKSF or WNUA over it, but we will see. Anything is possible these days. I got £33 pounds off by using coupons and Amazon.co.uk.
I have heard of the LJ boycott. While I am in broad sympathy with the aims, I have a permanent account and thus don't see ads, provide ads, or anything of the sort. I read other blogs in my Friends page, so I don't see any ads there either. I hope that nothing interesting happens tomorrow so that I don't have to blog or comment, but I'm afraid it will and I will.
Speaking of ads, there has been a bit of a controversy over here about Phorm, a company that purports to serve targeted ads to you (assuming you're viewing one of the websites that subscribe to their ad feed) through analysing the content of the sites you visit. All the details are here, and it's a real doozy. BT and Virgin are planning to assume that we "opt-in", while Carphone Warehouse will require explicit opt-in from users. Privacy issues abound here; although the Home Office has given it the OK from a privacy perspective, the Information Commissioner needs to rule on this and I suspect that serious issues will arise. I plan to opt out, and additionally ensure that Phorm's ad server is in my hosts file so that I'll never see any of their ads.
The yoga instructor at Paris Gym has been sacked for not showing up. He told us that he was going on a yoga trip to South Africa, but the owners of the gym have said that he didn't inform them of it. They also say that he's often very late (not unusually so) and that he hasn't helped them by promoting the yoga class in the gym. They're looking for someone else, but I'm going to try to get in touch and see if I can go to another yoga class that he teaches. I'm a bit bummed out by this; I like Kym and he is a very good teacher and leader.
