Mixedmatt's Mixed Blog Adding a bit of confusion to your world!

7May/100

Everything goooood!

Not really said much about myself lately but everything is going good. Been real busy with work (Sainsbury's) and some web projects. Speaking of web projects work has been underway at Ferrari Fans! Project Italia has been coming along nicely with a new design :)

It's only a concept at the moment. Feel free to give your thoughts and opinions. Suggestions are warmly welcomed and will be taken on board.

Notice how we are moving more to a "content" based homepage. We aim to have a few surprises thrown in too :)

We have pretty much chosen to ditch vBulletin now. vBulletin 4 has been a major disappointment. In my opinion keeping vBulletin 4 so secretive was the first downfall then releasing something half baked after committing so many people who relied on it was a big mistake. Therefore all the staff have agreed within the community to move back to MyBB forum software. We need a reliable open solution and we believe MyBB is the right solution. As some of you may remember we ran MyBB back in 2008 so it's more like coming home.

The content side will be run on Joomla a strong well known CMS. We want people to suggest what can be improved. We are in this community together. One improvement will benefit us all. If you can think of something you can reply on the blog or post a topic here.

Moving back to myself and home. I'm doing good. Currently watching the UK election updates.
I missed my opportunity to vote. Let's hope the right people get into power :)

26Jan/100

Feeling more positive

Truth is I have become disillusioned with my degree. I'm not going to pin this down on certain difficult lecturers but rather myself. I chose a motorsport degree because I done a bit of karting and loved watching it on tv.

However I've lost interest and feel like I should be chasing something else... I probably should have seen this coming ages ago. I look a what I know I can do and seem to have a passion for and I see the web, servers, databases, COMPUTING! Maybe I'm just having a phase.

Computers not working!
(Maybe I should focus on a career in the IT/technology field)

I know how to work with php to some extent (I got a lot more to learn and I'm working on it) I can work with MSSQL and MYSQL. I feel like I should something related to what I can do. There is a lot to this but I been feeling down over my university choices.

In other news... I'm still focusing my efforts on getting Ferrari Fans on top. At the moment I am in talks with some designers over a new theme. I hope that buy July 2010 we will have something revolutionary online. Something more then what we have now which is effectively just a forum.

It's also great to see Michael Schumacher in F1 overalls in the vicinity of a F1 car again! Welcome back Michael and Fernando Alonso has given his first interview as a Ferrari F1 driver.

At the time of writing this I was listening to: Wyclef Jean feat Mary J Blige - 911

Till next time... love ya all :)

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11Jan/101

Talented? What? Lazy Yes!

Am I talented? Well, I don't look upon myself as such. Am I lazy? I would have to say yes to that!

Today I got told I was a very talented person but frustratingly lazy to work with. I agree to the second part and have constantly tried to improve and become less of a lazy bum. I've made it my near years resolution but I constantly find motivation hard.

Lazyness is often used in a joke reference to someone who spends a day or two on the sofa.. but for me I think it's actually starting to hold me back! :(

Any chance someone can gimme some tips on how to improve on productivity? I'm not too lazy to search for myself so don't think that ;)

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10Jan/100

Dedicated spot to Rosie

For making my life a lot better everyday. Not just a pretty face ;) but always there to talk to and make my day brighter :D

Dedicated to you thanks for being there when I was down, love ya xxx :)

23Dec/090

Its almost christmas and the NEW YEARRRRR!!!!

I'm back home chillin and can't wait for the new year.
Hope everyone has a happy christmas and a even better new year :)

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23Nov/090

Brookes Bus morning woes!

I really wish Oxford Bus Company made the morning bus service only for brookes students... they end up like school buses in the morning with annoying school children. I must get a earlier or later bus I think because that horrible old bus is in service at that time it only comes out when it's busy.

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Can't wait for xmas to come though.... need a breakkkkkk! :)

21Nov/090

Still here….

Me and my blog n stuff will be back soon..

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4Sep/090

It’s September

It's September and the sun has started setting early already :(

I'm still her and will be writing more when I have some free time. Hope everyone is okay...

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23Aug/090

Banking sorted… concentrating on the important things!

I've finally switched banks. Something I should have done years ago. Bye Abbey!

Now I have finally started concentrating on the important things and looking forward to beginning my second year at uni. This week I've done a far amount on Ferrari Fans but I still have not got round to writing some articles up which I plan to do shortly. I really want to get some more written up because I don't feel it should just be superkimi writing them all but me contributing too. It would be unfair for him to produce and me not to really in that sense. Most of the articles I plan to write are automotive/motorsport engineering based and will be quite technical in depth.

I have a lot of other plans in store this week for Ferrari Fans... mainly rewriting some of the content on site. A few days ago I updated the rank set to the one you see below. I think they look a lot easier on the eye and more attractive.

Old

Fowner

New
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This week will consist of work... more work, driving to and from work. Relaxation and the odd spot of work on Ferrari Fans. All sounds pretty good to me but I am sure the plans will change over the course of the week.

I plan to keep updating this often just been busy over the last few days. Till next time.. cya :)

1Aug/090

Watch Time!

I haven't had a watch on my wrist for years. I am finding that I need one more and more though. It's a lot easier then having to reach for a phone in your pocket. I've found a watch I like and I am considering ordering it. It's nothing flashy and it's not digital. It's from Calvin kleins classic range.

ck-watch

Watchshop UK has one positive review - here

It seems like a good watch and because its so simple this fashion won't die out over time. It's water resistant to 30 meters. Pretty amazing because I think most fashionable watches now aren't resistant to that depth if it all! It also includes 2 year guarntee from calvin klein. All looks pretty sweet :)

What do you think?

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