Travis' Lucozade thing

I keep losing this great little video. Wakes me right up first thing in the morning! Expect more Travis Barker posts...

Get to draw some pie charts tonight

I have had such a long day. That stuff about this being a popular sick day - I can see why. First Monday of Feb sucks. I've got enough work to last me all week and I didn't get as much as I wanted to done today. I'll be planning a holiday tonight, and doing my money stuff, which I forgot about over the weekend.

I like to take a good half hour tallying the week's spend into a personal budget file to keep track of how much is going out and where. PocketMoney is a dream iPad app for this. I've used this and the iPhone version, both of which can be kept in sync. Managing my money on a tablet keeps it to hand, simple to use and understand. This program, or at least personal finance apps similar to it, are platform sellers as much as social networking, ebook readers and photo apps are. It crushes desktop money management.

I am spending some time today getting more into AdWords for Video. As a campaigner for the death of traditional TV, this is of particular interest to me. I really believe that if we can get media companies to host their programming online in a simple, TV-on-demand format, as well as get users to subscribe to channels and stop watching shit, mass media television, we can all have a better experience with ads and TV content in general. On the internet, TV has the potential to tailor to more niche interests at demand, and advertisers should have more targeting options, reserving their budgets for the audience that relates closest with them.

National Sickie Day!

Today is national sickie day! Hoorah!

Congratulations if you made it in. I have to admit that I felt it this morning; that urge to stay in bed and start planning my holiday was powerful. I made it in however, and we're working hard up here. Besides, with the flu season attacking, I'd hate to ruin my karma for sick days ahead of the time I might need it most.

Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone (Jhameel mix)

Just another example of Jhameel's amazing creativity:

Travis Barker Remix Slaughterhouse "The One"

This is going to get me through this last hour.

Just got the ball rolling on trying to organise a recruitment event at Lancaster University for Google. Any interest from undergrads of all disciplines is always taken favorably - get in touch with either myself at stupidpoems@gmail.com, contact your careers person at uni, or look up the info yourself on the Google Student site for all the information on what opportunities are available and how to apply for them.