The Best Laid Plans...

Does this sound familiar to you? You finally make everything ‘just so’, got all your ducks in a row, and things seem to be going your way. Then SUDDENLY something comes out of left-field and blows your carefully laid plans to pieces. Well Friday afternoon there I was minding my own business (driving back from work) when I decided to make a short detour to McDonalds. Yes that’s right, greasy, carby, fatty McDonald’s, but that’s not important right now. I took a sharp turn on to a side street and I heard a very loud *CLUNK* from my right front wheel. Immediately after that I completely lost power. The engine was still running and the still revving but the wheels weren’t getting any power.

Yes the CV joint had finally given up the ghost. Fortunately I still had enough momentum from the turn that I was able to coast safely into a parking spot. When all was said and done it was $282 to replace the axle assembly – parts, labor, towing. It actually was not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Blogger.com issues

All-in-all I'm pleased with the overall functionality of blogger.com's blogging system. I do have one complaint however and that's how hard it is to log in to your own blog without Java enabled. There should just be a general log in page. Go ahead and keep the java tab if you like just make a regular forms version available for us mobile users.

Oh did I forget to mention that I'm typing this on my cell phone? That's right I DO possess advanced technology. Oddly enough my cellphone contains a complete web-browser which is java-enabled. However as with all things nothing is perfect. The Java login section appears off-screen to the right and I can't jump to the part where you put in your username.

How am I typing this now? There's a curious inconsistency in Blogger that allows you to log in whilst posting a comment to someone's blog. I posted a comment on my own blog et voila! I'm logged in. Now I should stay logged in until the next time I reset my phone.

Oh well.