"An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries.
Arash Sigarchi was arrested last month after using his blog to criticise the arrest of other online journalists."
Friday, February 25, 2005
Iran jails blogger for 14 years
Reading a story like this is certainly enough to make me glad I live where I do...
"An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries.
"An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Happiness
Another big gap between Blog updates, but there hasn't been all that much to talk about lately - Just a slow, steady stream of happiness and contentedness.
Work has been busy (And probably worthy of some cheap, tacky documentary - When Transitions To Active Directory Go Wrong), but never to hair-pulling-out extremes. It seems to have been an unlucky couple of weeks, with failure after failure of systems, hardware, etc, but we seem to be over the worst of it now so maybe things will quiten down. Aside from that, I've loved being back - I honestly didn't realise how much I missed hearing a 'thank you' from someone on completing a job, it just seems to make it all worthwhile. The reintroduction of deep analysis of the football from the night/weekend gone by has been a big bonus as well.
I've also enjoyed my reintroduction to the fullness of the Elite Bastards fold over the past few weeks as well, I swear it's one of, if not the, best communities there is. It really is a joy to post news and articles there and see the responses and debates that follow, it makes the whole process worthwhile.
Finally, life at home is very good - Tara has (understandably) had a few pangs of homesickness this past week, but we're both very happy with everything right now, and I love spending every free moment with her. We spent last night watching 'Saw' on DVD - A pretty good movie, but still kind of a poor man's 'Se7en'. Mind you, 'Se7en' is probably one of my top five movies, so it would take a Hell of a lot to knock it from its lofty perch. I also shelled out on the new Doves album, which I haven't listened to properly but sounded pretty good, and also 'Dead Or Alive Ultimate' for the X-Box - The opportunity to let my wife beat seven shades out of me was too much to pass up... ;o)
Work has been busy (And probably worthy of some cheap, tacky documentary - When Transitions To Active Directory Go Wrong), but never to hair-pulling-out extremes. It seems to have been an unlucky couple of weeks, with failure after failure of systems, hardware, etc, but we seem to be over the worst of it now so maybe things will quiten down. Aside from that, I've loved being back - I honestly didn't realise how much I missed hearing a 'thank you' from someone on completing a job, it just seems to make it all worthwhile. The reintroduction of deep analysis of the football from the night/weekend gone by has been a big bonus as well.
I've also enjoyed my reintroduction to the fullness of the Elite Bastards fold over the past few weeks as well, I swear it's one of, if not the, best communities there is. It really is a joy to post news and articles there and see the responses and debates that follow, it makes the whole process worthwhile.
Finally, life at home is very good - Tara has (understandably) had a few pangs of homesickness this past week, but we're both very happy with everything right now, and I love spending every free moment with her. We spent last night watching 'Saw' on DVD - A pretty good movie, but still kind of a poor man's 'Se7en'. Mind you, 'Se7en' is probably one of my top five movies, so it would take a Hell of a lot to knock it from its lofty perch. I also shelled out on the new Doves album, which I haven't listened to properly but sounded pretty good, and also 'Dead Or Alive Ultimate' for the X-Box - The opportunity to let my wife beat seven shades out of me was too much to pass up... ;o)
Monday, February 14, 2005
Love is in the air...
It's Valentine's Day today (R.I.P. to anyone who has forgotten ;o) ), so I believe the law requires that I mention love in the subject title here. Anyway, today is my first day back in my new old job (Read the post below if that confuses you) - It's great to be back among friendly, familiar faces, and in an environment where you can interact with people away from just phones, e-mails and MSN. I'm not the most sociable person in the World normally, so I surprised myself saying this, but I really missed the human interaction element of working from home. I've spent most of the morning catching up on what's being going on at work the past couple of months, as well as trying to configure myself a new PC here in the office - And boy have I ended up with a crap one! Oh well, it's not like I need anything all-singing all-dancing I suppose.
As of Saturday my wife had been in England three weeks now, and everything is still going beautifully - Every day is a joy to partake in. We've had some great days out, great days in, and I only wish I could be at home for Valentine's Day... I guess I didn't plan that one out so well! Still, I had a bunch of roses delivered to the house not long after I left, and also left her with an 'Andy replacement' in the form of a cuddly toy. I fear I've lost my place in bed now!! :oP
Website-wise, I've taken my leaving HEXUS as a chance to re-evaluate and look to the future of Elite Bastards. I think, when it comes down to it, that I'm something of a control freak, and I need the relaxed atmosphere where I can basically do what I want to produce my best work. It hasn't taken long for the writing flame in me to resurface, and although I won't have that much free time any more I have quite a few plans for what I want to do there as the year progresses. I'm already working on getting the test rig side of things up to scratch, with today seeing the arrival of... Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it? ;o) I also got hold of some great stuff last week as well, so keep your eyes peeled. I hope it'll be an exciting time on that front, both for myself and anyone else involved in the site, be they staff or readers.
So, I'll leave you all with Valentine's Day wishes and I hope everyone reading this, single or otherwise, has a good one.
As of Saturday my wife had been in England three weeks now, and everything is still going beautifully - Every day is a joy to partake in. We've had some great days out, great days in, and I only wish I could be at home for Valentine's Day... I guess I didn't plan that one out so well! Still, I had a bunch of roses delivered to the house not long after I left, and also left her with an 'Andy replacement' in the form of a cuddly toy. I fear I've lost my place in bed now!! :oP
Website-wise, I've taken my leaving HEXUS as a chance to re-evaluate and look to the future of Elite Bastards. I think, when it comes down to it, that I'm something of a control freak, and I need the relaxed atmosphere where I can basically do what I want to produce my best work. It hasn't taken long for the writing flame in me to resurface, and although I won't have that much free time any more I have quite a few plans for what I want to do there as the year progresses. I'm already working on getting the test rig side of things up to scratch, with today seeing the arrival of... Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it? ;o) I also got hold of some great stuff last week as well, so keep your eyes peeled. I hope it'll be an exciting time on that front, both for myself and anyone else involved in the site, be they staff or readers.
So, I'll leave you all with Valentine's Day wishes and I hope everyone reading this, single or otherwise, has a good one.
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