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One thing that BiCon returnees haven't mentioned yet - is there going to be another one? Do we know yet?

Is there a consensus yet on whether XP users should download Service Pack 2? And has anyone tried it yet? I am running Zone Alarm, AVG and AdAware and I don't use Internet Explorer...

As part of clearing out my huge hoards of stuff I'm finding a lot of small nice things that are too little to sell. I was thinking of making up gothic/cyber grab-bags for sale instead. For a fiver you'd get at least seven items including stuff like glitter pots, false hair, jewellry, squashed rose brooches and hair accessories, ribbons, gem stone beads, uv-glowy things etc etc. I would try to tailor the bags to what people want, so I could do trad goth, cyber, sparkly, etc. Alternatively I could take pictures of all the stuff and offer them on a basis that they're 50p or a pound each but you have to buy at least 5, but that would take ages and might mean I don't get rid of some of the smaller things that nevertheless people might like. Please tell me if this would be a tacky idea... (And whether you'd be interested, of course)

In the continued attempt to get some of my stuff sold - are there any Edinburgh people prepared to model some of my clothes so I can get pictures for selling them? I need people from a size 14 anywhere up to a 26 - women preferred but girly goth bois are also acceptable. I can hide your face or give you credit depending on how extroverted you are, and you will of course get the chance to veto the pictures.

In a continued attempt to make some money I would like to draw people's attention again to my For Sale page wot I have just updated. I've added a few things including some DVDs. If you wnat any of it, make me an offer - I'm quite skint right now so even cheeky offers will be considered...

Oh, and I realise that I said I'd post this list before and didn't

Happy songs I really really want MP3s of...

Red Guitars - Fact and Good Technology
Anything at all by Gee Mr Tracy but especially You Make My House Shine (tricky)
Marc Almond - Ruby Red (it's on Mother Fist and her Five Daughters)

And on the subject of Gee Mister Tracy and one or two other albums - does anyone in Edinburgh have the ability to rip vinyl to CD/MP3 or is prepared to set me up to do it? I have only a few albums I really really want to do, but they're hard to find so I'm prepared to go to some lengths. Only people don't just tell me "you need [x] software and you just have to do [y]" - it may indeed be that simple, but I would still be looking for some actual help. I have a new Dell machine running XP and the hifi is right next to it, so in theory it ought to be possible I suppose...

If I made a treo community would anybody join? Or is there one already?

I did a number of brave things today. I had an appointment with a dietician, which meant filling out a more-or-less accurate food diary, which was more stressful than I would have thought. Then I saw my GP and persuaded her to give me a longer term prescription so I don't have to pay as often.

This is good as this morning I looked at my finances, worked out what the flatmates owe for bills etc and realised that I have almost nothing to survive on this month, so I hastened to cancel my latest Amazon order and am now trying to think of ways to stay fed watered and entertained this month on a handful of thin air. My resources include: ( Read more... )

Quick geek question: my virus definitions subscription has run out with Norton and they're making it hard for me to pay for a renewal, so I'm thinking of going for a free virus scanner - any recommendations? Is it worth paying for full-on Zone Alarm, and if so does that do Spyware checkage, or do I have to do that separately?

Damn XP. Grrr.

Also, does anyone out there have a spare old phone that could take an Orange PAYG sim? Would be prepared to pay/swap something for it...

Update: OK, that's AVG and Adaware got. Thanks.

I hope that everyone noticed that the last post was exactly 200 words long - I pasted it into Word to check just so it would fit the title.

And to answer my own questions:

Web comic: I currently read Dilbert, Doonesbury, W00t and Sinfest through LJ and Diesel Sweeties separately since the feed seems to be defunct. The only obscure one I can recommend is Hello Cthulhu which is sort-of-weekly-ish.

Classic Literature: I think The Moonstone is somewhat under-rated

Witty Writing: Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald is great if you know your Holmes.

Thoughtful writing: Jared Diamond's Why do some societies make disastrous decisions.

Legal MP3 - I use and endorse Epitonic. They have Spiritualized and No Means No as well as a heap of more obscure stuffs.

Salad: I'm at a bit of a loss here, since I like ready packed Caesar salad and have yet to make anything from scratch that I like as much (or can be bothered to make).

Famous LJ people include Warren Ellis, Charlie Stross (well he's getting there), JWZ and Momus. Other famous type blogs I read are Noam Chomsky, Ken Macleod, Bruce Stirling, Neil Gaiman and William Gibson who sems to have stopped. Most of the links are in my info page, if you want to add them.

The other thing that I should have said in my previous entry is this. I should not assume that just because I suddenly feel like crap on a stick it has to turn into a whole depressive episode. Yesterday felt so like the start of a month of awfulness, but today I'm sort of OK; not great, but some of the doomladenness has lifted. So, in the interests of feeling alright, here are some random questions which I would turn into a poll, but then it's a bugger for me or anyone else to read the answers...

To cheer me up and help me waste my time, can you recommend: a web comic, a classic piece of literature that might be available free online, a piece of witty or thought-provoking writing online, a legal MP3 and a way of making salad nice.

Who's the most famous person you know of on LJ? Can you recommend any famous-ish people with LJs or blogs with LJ feeds to me?

And I leave with this thought that occurred to me last night and seemed important enough to write down before it fled:

Narcellipsy = putting '...'s in your posts in your sleep. Ithankyou