Well, this week's been a bit on an oddity. The UK saw a huge amount of snow. More than I can remember, and it meant I had to work from home, rather than risking the drive in to the office. Given that we have a VPN with which I can use RDP, I wasn't too affected (apart from not being able to call any customers).
Given the schools were also off, and my wife is a teacher, it gave us time to be together during the week, while I carried on with my work. It was interesting to see some of the articles she was studying on Dyslexia (I'm Dyslexic too), and other special needs.
I had a thought today about TV shopping channels: it's funny how in a world of web based shopping, we still have many thriving TV shopping channels. I guess there is just a different market out there who are comfortable giving their credit card details over the phone to the people on the telly, but not over a secure internet connection, if they go online at all!
This week was quite a big one in the world of technology, with the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in America. There was quite a lot of talk about 3D technology. I'm not sure how many people are actually going to want 3D in their home. I think they have a few more years left to get the technology usable before widespread adoption. Given that many people might have just splashed out for a new TV, I don't see many, especially in this economic climate rushing out to get another new one, just for the 3D effect!
A funny thing happened yesterday: back in October, when I got married, a bag of cards was hidden in our house for us to open when we got back from Honeymoon. Only trouble was, the person who hid them for us forgot where they hid them, and when we searched the house, we couldn't find them either. But yesterday, they finally emerged from the one corner of the house we wouldn't have thought of looking in! So it was with surprise, fun and relief that my wife and I finally proceeded to open about 50 cards from the wedding. We must have seemed quite ungrateful to all those who had put gifts inside the cards and who we haven't thanked yet - but we just didn't know they'd given us anything to thank them for.
Oh, and my wife and I have decided to really go for it in term on weight loss. You'll be able to track my weight online if you really want, but there isn't much to look at yet, as I've only done one reading. I'm using an online service, Skinnyr, to track my weight. I actually signed up back in 2007, but didn't keep it up to date. Maybe this time - now I have someone doing it with me, I'll have a better chance.
I've received a message to say that the roads are clear enough to go back in to work tomorrow, so at least I'll be able to give customers a call as well as email them, which is handy, as I need to speak to quite a few of them.
Have a great week. Keep warm!
