This is where we diarize…
1. Find that flickin podcast. So I recorded this awesome segment for my good mate Matt of YourHMOExpert the other week. Then my PC family literally rocketed in number. There's baby netbook (right here), the 5 year-old Dell Inspiron 9200 monster laptop (bigger than most people's cars) and a fairly (for a geek) modest desktop downstairs. I think I checked them all but I need to go back in because when you create greatness, you need to stay close. Rather than lose it.
2. Stay motivated. I watched a YouTube video all about Mini littering the streets with giant packaging – old boxes that looked like people had turfed them out rubbish-style after removing their Christmas cars. Take a look:
3. Figure out the cheapest way to acquire all the James Bond movies on Blu-Ray. Re-hooked after a viewing of Casino Royale. Don't want one of those ridiculous steel-effect attache cases because I'm not about to commit a bank heist and looking for an accessory in which to stash the loot, nor am I a schmuck for nasty marketing stash.
4. Be more chatty in my blogs. I just read a half-dozen tirades at http://ittybiz.com and I love the way she talks to you, not at you. That's cool, homely and warm. I'm going to do that (if you don't mind).
5. Fix the flickin' 'w' key on this damn netbook. I'm not particularly enamoured ith unworking keyboards. When you're a riter this stuff matters. So dabs.com is about to get hit.
6. Create some profitable alliances. Find a great website developer who we can call a preferred supplier when our business turns stellar; join up with some prominent blog companies/individuals to write guest posts; get more out of everything I do. Think value. Let's inject some ka-ching.
7. Learn more CSS. Ok, enough procrastinating (there's enough out there already); I need to crack the fundamentals. Box models? No problem. Soon.
8. Tell people how awe they are. If there's something that'll resuscitate your pride in the midst of a shitty day, it's a compliment. A 'thanks so much for the great work you did', a 'your arse is LUSH!' providing it's your girlfriend, rather than your mum or headteacher.
9. Post insightful, no, intriguing comments on websites. I'm not asking me to go all antagonistic and suggest ways to silence the environmentalists screaming 'IT'S TOO HOT' with reference to the current climatic crises. I just want to give people the inestimable weight of my savvy on topics that matter to me. Facebook; blogs; newspaper sites; even the Beeb on occasions has half-decent conversations I feel would benefit from Dave commentary. SO I'll do it.
10. Ask you what your '10 for the week' are. Perhaps you'll:
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! - Wonder how the hell Chris Evans made it. Not the prettiest, ginger man in the world yet there isn't a man alive (apart from maybe a blind transwoman) who wouldn't have, with his ex-wife Billie 'Callgirl Secrets' Piper. He's got the morning show on Radio 2 after driving drivers round the bend on his Radio 2 drivetime show, after leaving Virgin Radio with a golden handshake consisting of more lucre than the De Beers portfolio. He's a goddamn failed stripper for god's sake!
- Moan that you could get to work because the snow's all-but disappeared. You really gave it some when the ground was a bit slippy, didn't you? Where's the excuse now? And did Tesco couriers, paperboys and Canada give up because there was a bit of white on the ground? You lazy get!
- Discover a new use for the car windscreen scraper: to spade off the turkey dripping that's been sitting on the bottom of your oven since last year. It could remain until December when you'll unearth it as the base for your Christmas gravy, but the mother-in-law would find out and steal your wife away. Good point – leave it.
- Take stock of your New Year's resolutions. Exactly how long did it take before you realised peeling paint is actually avant-garde? Save it for a rainy day…