coxy's blog

Last week, or maybe the week before, I spent a few hours (until the early hours) making a website for my friends Encyclopedia - who happen to also be a rock band.

It's a pretty simple website - but it does the job - or will do by the time it's complete. At the minute, the basics are there, but that shouldn't stop you from taking a look at the site and subscribing to the RSS feed.

Encyclopedia have a single due for release at the start of June 2009, it's called 'Hilary' and it's their first release in 3 years. You can find it through the flash player on their site, on Bandcamp (where it'll be available to download in lossless format for a small fee) and on Last.fm (where you can scrobble the track).

Please check it out and if you like what you hear, tell your friends, blog it, tweet it, shout it from the rooftops.

The boys are back in town.

So, most of tonight was spent putting Ubuntu back on my machine. If you remember, my Hard Drive failed towards the end of last week and I lost my Operating Systems - rendering me partially operational. I am back in the swing of things and fully operational again, I'm sure you'll be pleased to know. It is nice to have a clean installation on my machine again - sometimes its good to start over. You learn from past mistakes and learn how to organise things better.

The first thing I did after installing Ubuntu on my machine was to install Opera. I'm now using as my default web browser, RSS reader, Email client and for IRC. Because I had a few quibbles with how Opera handled certain things, I previously used Evolution for email, Liferea for RSS and X-Chat for IRC - but that was until Ramunas shared a few of his own tips and tricks. Props to Vikki for buying me a new hard drive... even it was a selfish act; she just wanted to play Oblivion.

Anyway, geekiness aside, I've got a job prospects to mention.

So, Monday evening I went to Flame Digital for an interview, or a 'chat' as they seem to be referred to in the web design industry. I wasn't too sure of what to expect, but it was quite the pleasant experience; the company is a nice size and the office is a nice space. The overall atmosphere and vibe was a lot better than the other companies I've seen so far, and they seem like a fairly competent team.

Between the nerves and the questions about the salary, the usual questions were batted too-and-throw and I think it all went quite well. I may have chatted on a bit too much, but that can be put down to my nerves too. My options now are to sit back and wait; this is the part I hate most. I know I'm up to the task, and would like to work for this company - the ball's in their court now.

In the meantime, I've found a few things to occupy my time; punk-pop rockers Pickled Dick have asked me to head up their Street Team. I love these guys, and when I was at their Manchester gig the other night, Jhon asked me if I could help them out. Since then I've given their street team a face-lift (it's such a chore to style MySpace profiles!) and am well up for helping them spread the word.

I've also a gig scheduled for next Thursday. Hot Club de Paris are playing on a ferry 'cross the Mersey, supported by goFASTER>> and SSS. It's all being filmed for Channel 4, will be broadcast as part of their 'Secret Gigs' schedule and it's the first time I've ever been to a gig on a boat. I'm quite looking forward to it. I'll take my camera and see what pictures I can grab - but I don't suppose it'll be much, what with an official film crew being there to capture it themselves.

Before I sign off for the day, I'd just like to tell those that are subscribing to this feed via Feedburner (and please do), you'll start seeing links from my Ma.gnolia account. Hopefully this will result in being a good thing, as opposed to bad. Let me know what you think though, because the change is easily reversible.