The 9rules submission.

5, November 2008

Its a “9rules Open Submission” day, Basically, Loads of bloggers submit their sites to 9rules in hopes of becoming a member of the “elite club” of independent bloggers from around the world. Usually i’m not a fan of getting involved in these “clubs” or “groups” because it tends separate or space you from your readers, Some of this is caused because your readership number increases by some massive amount (in most cases) or simply because many become very very ignorant about creating content.

But I made an exception this one time, I submitted chaos to 9rules, I’m not expecting to become a member (If I did become a member, it would prove that miracles, do indeed happen.) even if I do become a member, nothing will change. I’ll continue to slag off anyone I want, and provide credit where credit is due. For me, 9rules isn’t about displaying a badge or being able to say I’m a member of some “exclusive club” I think, more then anything, It’ll be about proving my in-experience to others.

(I’m not funny, I already know.)

I’m out of action.

This isn’t your normal post. At 13:02 (GMT -7) on the 27th of October 2008, my mum was rushed, via emergency services to hospital. complaining of stomach pains, which were very sharp and causing loads of pain, She was kept in the Emergency section of the Hospital for 16 hours, before I finally decided to return to our hotel room. The place where we’re staying.

As of now, Its unknown what the cause of this is, It could be a “twisted” organ, which is causing pain in general, or it could be something blocking something, somewhere. As of now, I sit here at 7AM, writing this post, to tell you this. Chaos Inspired, and myself are out of action, until further notice.

I can’t promise you a date when it’ll return, but it should be less than a week (seven days) but it could be longer, depending on what her outcome is. Many don’t realise it, but Chaos is closely connected with me, which means its closely connected to my mum as well.

As of now, I’m here, staying alone, lonely (as usual) my overall internet accessibility is limited for now, as the Emergency section didn’t seem to have WiFi, and I would be surprised if the Hospital did. Although, It would be nice if you added me on AIM (donaldakelly) or MSN (donald.kelly@live.co.uk), your choice. George Pearce is looking after Chaos for you, He won’t write anything (I don’t think, Feel free if you want to George!) and he should be able to keep Chaos running, as its not that complex of a thing.

So for now, As I usually say in almost everything,

Bye for now. (donald@donaldkelly.co.uk)

(Update - Day Seven: Righty, I’ve been here for seven days now, My mum is still in hospital, She’s been going through some ups and down’s, we currently seem on an up. They’ve done several tests as of now to try and figure out why and what is causing these issues. Its expected that we’ll be told / updated with a diagnosis in today, or on Monday, if not during the weekend. I’ll be sure to update the blog as soon as I get any information.

as well as everyone who was sent me emails or IM’s.)

Back in Commission

After my previous post, informing the world that I would be offline for a few days due to some faulty kit, I’m back to inform the world that I’m back, and I’m sure you missed me while I was gone? Right?

For those who would rather smash their heads against their own desk rather then read my explanation of what was up with my MacBook, I’ll keep it short, The thing that converts power was bad, and was over charging the battery, causing it to fail or short out. I still have a pending warranty claim for the second battery I purchased for the MacBook, which also failed due to the inverter issue.

I took the MacBook to the local (American) Apple Store on Saturday night, and actually received it back two days early, Monday evening. I do have some complaints, like the fact that the screen was covered in fingerprints, none of which were mine, plus the fact that the top right of the case has been chipped, probably in the process of getting into the case to replace the faulty inverter, and the right side of the case has been cracked, it looks like this has been caused by over tightening the screws.

How ever, I won’t go on my normal bitching rant like I would in this situation, as the issue has been fixed, and it was done for free, the local genius was pleasant to deal with and polite about it as well, possibly because I was the only customer in the store that day who was remotely nice.