http://www.therandomblogger.com Random Posts, Random Thoughts Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:01:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I came across a great tool today that you can add to your website in minutes – and the best bit is, it’s 100% free! It’s called the Mini Search Automator Widget, and you simply need to configure a few options, copy the code that’s generated for you, and then paste ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/techy-stuff/free-search-widget-for-your-website If there’s one thing I really dislike when I’m out at any social function, or even a meal out with family or friends, it’s what people often incorrectly call “background music”. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against real background music, but if it’s http://www.therandomblogger.com/gripes-whinges/non-background-background-music Something I’ve really disliked (I almost used “hated”, but this is such a strong emotion and it’s such an overused word that I’ve kept it toned down) for a long, long time is when people say things like “Everybody likes …” or “The nation mourns …”. Quite frankly, such people, who ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/gripes-whinges/dont-include-me It was when I remembered, momentarily, that today had been a big day for me many years ago, that it got me thinking about life in general. (The event in question, the full details of which are sort of irrelevant to this post, was when I proposed to my ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/thoughts-on-life/is-life-digital-or-analogue Being a bit of a geek (or is that nerd?), I’ve installed no end of supposedly useful tools and applications on my various PCs over the years. Most of them turn out to be nothing more than a novelty that gets tired very quickly, and so they get unceremoniously dumped soon ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/techy-stuff/folder-guide-%e2%80%93-a-free-tool-that-works Like many people (I hope), I often have music playing inside my head. It may be a favourite song, or the theme tune from a movie, or it may be a catchy but usually irritating chorus from some TV ad. I’ve often stopped to wonder, though why specific songs or ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/thoughts-on-life/my-internal-jukebox On the face of it, audio books (e.g. standard novels read aloud and played using audio cassettes, CDs or maybe even MP3 files) sound like a great idea. But although they’ve been around for many years now, and are a natural extension of books being read aloud on both radio and ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/gripes-whinges/sounding-off-about-audio-books Is it me, or do people just not care any more about customer service? It never ceases to amaze me when I send an email to a company, asking a few simple questions, how few of them actually take the time and trouble to read and answer every single point. Some may ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/gripes-whinges/customer-service-and-the-lack-thereof I was brought up in a generation where little attention was paid to what are now known as “green issues”. And yet, as I grow older, I find myself more and more concerned with the health of our planet. But, having moved to a country that seems to be in a state ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/crusading/the-story-of-stuff They say you can tell a lot about a person by their taste in all sorts of things, such as books, movies, people, cars, food, and music, to name but a few. If that is the case, then I’ve often wondered what my tastes say about me. You see, in almost all ... http://www.therandomblogger.com/thoughts-on-life/who-am-i