Jem's field notes

BellaBook has racked up another 1000 downloads since being moved in November!

Because I’ve figured out that I work better to a list (or ten)… Q*Bee Valentines thanks, heart-shaped ‘shrooms Bees of the week/honeybeez for today Process the remainder of the submitted eggs Distribute eggs to princess bees Choose new workerbees to replace old one/s Trade with any of 7 pending trade-ees General Web Finish fix for… read full entry »

There are days when I’d rather deal with a million awkward clients, than have to send yet another e-mail to a support team. Argh! Don’t get me wrong, I’m often quick to jump on others for getting nasty with support because I’ve been there… sat on the other end of the telephone line or e-mail… read full entry »

I have to admit, I didn’t play the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong, but was struck by how cute the Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo DS) packaging was while I was looking for a Wii online. We all know how much cuteness means to a game, right? :D Anyway… The… read full entry »

3 new t-shirts (2 geek, 1 gamer). That brings my total up to 18. I am just too l33t.

I’ve been feeling a bit rough today, what with a possible cold slowly approaching and the knowledge that I have far too much on — ‘socially’; that’s before I take into consideration what I have to do for work — and no motivation to do to it, so imagine how cheerful it made me when… read full entry »

A couple of my spring pictures have been ‘featured’ on the website of a local newspaper (“Jem of Jackfield”; that has a nice ring to it) after I spotted them accepting Spring picture submissions. This coincides nicely with me re-adding some of my pictures to the ‘net; I am hoping to re-add some of my… read full entry »

I am developing — or rather, re-developing — bad eating habits. In my old icky job my working hours were regimented. Coffee breaks were virtually timed to the second, and after stumbling up and down several flights of stairs all morning I’d worked off my lunch time calories before I’d even consumed them. Although I… read full entry »

Follow these tips and be l33ter than me in no time at all… 1. Rename your files to “.php” and chuck in a couple of PHP includes (sorry, I meant “headers and footers”) for good measure — because that’s all PHP is, right? 2. Take an already crap script, make a couple of even crappier… read full entry »

The Q*Bee got a special mention in the UCF Digital Media Podcast – thanks Melissa!