Comments for Rich's thoughts

Comment on I’ve gone mobile. by Rich

Rich — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:32:12 +0000

It’s the official wordpress app on the iphone. It’s not the clearest interface in the world, but it works ok. Actually, I really like the way wordpress looks on any mobile device from a browser (I use safari on most things), but the mobile app allows me to blog offline and save as drafts if I haven’t got coverage (which you get used to with iphones!).

Still figuring out all this mobile interaction / connectivity / how things work… but it’s quite fun this! Still loving the HTC?

Comment on I’ve gone mobile. by Steph

Steph — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:19:08 +0000

I lied, it’s wpTOgo on my phone, wp-touch is activated on my blog!

Comment on I’ve gone mobile. by Steph

Steph — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:14:53 +0000

Nice, are you blogging via the browser or with a app. I’ve just installed wp-touch but have yet to try it.

Comment on thinking about the past. by Andy Arnold

Andy Arnold — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:59 +0000

Interesting thoughts, Rich.

I’m no longer in touch with the friends that I had in my late teens and early twenties. I also worry about how much of the “real” me it is “safe” to reveal to people now, as I’m sure some of it would put people off. But I’ve come to realise that all of that worry is quite natural.

Someone once said to me that “we are the sum of all our experiences and injuries”. And that made me think hard about my life, and I came to realise that I’m not the person I was in my late teens. So, although I still carry all that baggage around with me, and still worry (probably unnecessarily) about what people think of me, I wouldn’t be the person I am now WITHOUT those experiences. They’re part of my life, part of me.

I believe that most of us constantly perform our own private magic show; using smoke and mirrors, and other distractions to hide our past, what we think are our weaknesses, our inadequacies, etc., and only revealing the “best aspects” of ourselves to those around us, except for the “chosen few” (such as our partners) who we let into the secrets of our own illusions, delusions, and disillusions.

I hope that I’m a better person now than I was in my teens; and for reasons that I don’t need to go into here, I’m definitely more than a little bit aware of my own mortality! But it means that I’m trying to be a better person than I was; I try to be more thoughtful of others, more accepting of other people’s views and open to their differences; I try to be less critical and disparaging of other people. By becoming more self-aware, I’ve become more “other-aware”, if that makes sense?

Reading the above back to myself, I’m not sure if what I’ve written will help you (and I’m not even convinced that you actually need any help!), but hopefully it will show that you’re not the only one that feels that way about life.

Comment on Health month update #1 by Steph

Steph — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:53:40 +0000

You’ll feel like hell in a about a week or two and start coughing, Your lungs will realise that your not feeding them toxins on a daily basis and will want to purge what’s already lying in there….

….but keep at it, It passes.

(talking as an ex smoker who went through the quitting process)

Comment on Health month update #1 by Keith

Keith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:00:58 +0000

Rich, congratulations!
I’m tempted to join you, really I am, it’s a fantastic idea, but I must finish this cookie first.

Comment on Healthy living for a month. Day #1 by Penny

Penny — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:19:20 +0000

My god!! Good luck !!

Comment on Healthy living for a month. Day #1 by essitam

essitam — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:56:41 +0000

….but it’s BBQ time??

Comment on Healthy living for a month. Day #1 by Andy Burrells

Andy Burrells — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:36:58 +0000

Mate… We’re havin a BBQ this afternoon, Loads of booze an hot sun….

U fancy it?

Comment on Healthy living for a month. Day #1 by James

James — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:31:55 +0000

Good luck!