Which means eventually I’ll be making one of my customary huge posts again soon. I plan to do a report of sorts on the Dublin Paranormal Convention this Friday. Additionally, I should mention that I lost the bid on the Wonderborg, which is unfortunate, but it does happen. I am currently looking for other ones as I really want a second one to play with to further my robotics stuff, which may end up gettings its own blog at the rate I’m going, or rather an A.I. and Robotics blog, in addition to coverage on a future projects blog.

Anyway, the main reason why I’m making this short post is because I stumbled upon this interesting post on someone’s blog (which was linked from a chat site I frequent,  named UKCB): National Novel Writing Month 2010, but given I’m still trying to get things sorted out, it’s unlikely I’ll be able to participate in this year, though I will however be committing myself to it next year, especially as I hope before the end of the year to take up writing again in some form… most likely with a new Forum Sim (Roleplay) I’m working on with a friend. as part of Xeno Storm, so watch out for that, and the addition of a wiki.

And also, I managed to find a full copy of my detective/comedy novel from 2004, although admittedly I’d end up rewriting it from scratch (though would keep a few elements) if I were to look at redoing it these days.  I’ll upload it in its current state soon (and update this post when I do) as a scrap to my DeviantArt, as well as to the XS Wiki, when it’s up and running.  Given it took me years to find the document, I want to have it in a safe place that’s not on my desktop, which is deciding to act up.  Just keep in mind that if you do read it, I know it sucks… it was written by me when I was younger and had certain things on my mind at the time.  I think the premise could still have merit, although I’d rather get myself into the Forum RP before I take that on as a project for NaNoWriMo. Admnittedly, I may just decide to develop it away from it instead and run with another idea; I can’t predict that far ahead though. In the meantime however, I have a lot of stuff to work on with websites, most notably a client’s site, followed by the XS RP forums and the wiki, then I’m going to look at other sites that may need attention, though I think I might spend this month focusing on XS entirely, with the exception of the client website.

I nearly forgot… I’ve now officially cancelled my ST Online subscription for the time being, so I’ll now have more money to invest, though with Lord of The Rings Online now becoming free to play, I’ll be focusing on tht a bit more. I’ve also been busy with Bush Whacker and Backyard Monsters on Facebook and I’m hoping before the end of the year, I’ll have a proper gaming blog to work with! I’m also off to Ireland on Friday for 2 weeks, so I’ll be writing a bit about that, no doubt, in addition to the Dublin Paranormal Convention, and also a security conferance I’m going to be attending towards the end of my trip.

It’s going to be a busy couple of months either way by the looks of it!

Just a quick note to people to be aware of the “Winamp” application on Facebook that’s going around at the moment. It’s in your best interests to not install it and to inform your friends who have it to remove it. I’m totally aware that some of you may know this already but I’m erring on the side of caution and both warning people on my blog, so anyone who stumbles upon the blog or happens to read it via any other sites this blog is connected to is adequetely informed. Below is a list of links that mention it and what it does (they were only posted within the past few days):

http://www.shoutmeloud.com/facebook-spam-name-this-is-without-doubt-the-sexiest-video-ever-p-p-p.html

http://www.tricksdaddy.com/2010/05/facebook-spam-this-is-without-doubt-the-sexiest-video-ever-p-p-p.html

And lastly, a link on how to remove it: http://www.lifedork.net/post/how+to+delete+winamp+facebook.html

Alternatively, if you happen to have me as your friend on Facebook or MSN I’ll help you through it.  But yeah, this just makes me glad I’ve become more aware of securing my online accounts as of late.

Edit: I know the alignment is a bit screwy, but at present I have no idea how to fix it.  Anyway, the post is still legible so it’s not that big an issue and likely can wait until after I move this blog to its new home.