I need to regenerate some brain activity by doing something that doesn’t involve technology, so I thought I might attempt to get the creative juices flowing and start writing some poetry again. I haven’t written any in a very long time, and I always used to enjoy it. Having come across a ‘how to write poetry’ type of book buried on my bookshelf, I thought it would be an idea to start with that (I don’t place much faith in these books, but it’ll inspire me hopefully). I might even share the results with you poor unfortunate souls who read here from time to time. :)

Looking to the future a little, I was browsing through the Open University site on Saturday (as you do), and came across a course that I liked the sound of. The course is titled Certificate in Web Applications Development. I realise it won’t be a career maker, and I think I’ll breeze through the first two modules, but it will teach me some new skills and it will count toward a degree if I wanted to go that route. I have until January to decide (and to get the money for it together). Studying degree level subjects again scares the bejesus out of me, but it’s something I think I will enjoy too.

On a side note, today I hit 20000 played tracks on last.fm. It’s been tracking my listening habits since last November, that’s a lot of music!