Hello all. Just a shameless plea for you all to vote for me and send me on holiday. Thank you
I spend 9 great days in the US to see Wrestlemania in Phoenix, plus a side trip to Las Vegas. A very eventuful week which included
- Meeting and getting autographs of several of the wrestlers
- Pure luck of being sat next to a kind gentleman who works for WWE who got our nosebleed seats upgraded for free
- Meeting Jack Swagger at Skyharbor airport, en route to his first championship later that night at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas
- Lots and lots of eating
That last point is a killer - I’ve put on 7 pounds in 9 days, when I was a bit of a porker to begin with. I think fate is having a laugh with me since one of my most recent clients offers gastric balloon treatment. For now, I’ll stick with the eating healthy and maybe even leaving my desk once in a while
Well, I’m off to Wrestlemania this month, which will see a lifelong ambition realised.
Workwise, things are plodding along. My most recent work is:
London Apartment Lets, which is a company specialising in Serviced Apartments in London.
Morvah Ltd, who are a Cardiff advertising agency.
Some SEO work for Nucleus Healthcare, a heathcare operator specialising in the gastric balloon - who specialise in gastric balloon treatment at their Gastric balloon centre in Newport.
I’m also launching a new cheap website design service via My Designer Website
The roads of the United Kingdom just got a bit less safe - I passed my driving test this week, courtesy of Martin Jones, who’s a driving instructor in Swansea
This is step 1 of my plan to own a Ferrari completed. Step 2 is upgrading to a house with a garage; step 3 is actually saving up for the Ferrari. I think I stll have quite a way to go…
For the very few of you who don’t follow me on Facebook (not Twitter, for I can spot the signs of addictivity a mile away) some brief snippets of information
Business is surviving the economic downturn - website design seems to be fairly recession-proof though the number of enquiries has dropped in recent months. Still happily working from my home office in South Wales. I have found myself missing London at times, though a well-placed rush-hour tube journey when I was last there reminded me why I wanted out so badly.
Few minutes ago, I wrote a quick post about code bloat and SEO - Cubecart is user friendly and tries hard to be SEO friendly but I do find that code bloat has a negative effect. A whistlestop tour of some minor changes I’ve made to 2 Cubecart websites - H2D Hair Straighteners UK and H2D Hair Straighteners Australia - the results of which should be self-evident in a few weeks.
On a personal note, I’m getting married in just over 6 months. They say it’s the most stressful day of your life - if preparations are an indication then I believe that. I’m also learning to drive, which is a whole different kind of stressful. Big life changes ahead!
Quality Carpets Direct, specialist in cheap carpets, launches Cubecart online retail site including Axminster, Westex, Ulster and Wilton ranges.
A redesign for London-Moscow Translations, who offer Russian translators and Russian interpreters to individuals and companies.
A brand new e-commerce website for H2D’s line of UK hair straighteners and hair straighteners in Australia.
Time for my annual festive re-written blog post.
There it was. Over and out.
Seeing as it’s September and I haven’t blogged since May, I figured it was time I updated everyone about the status quo. Some major life changes have occurred
- My fiancee Louise is now a Doctor
- We’ve moved from London to Llanelli, South Wales…
- …and bought our own house
- I get married in November next year
In addition to this, MB Web Design has acquired a number of high-value projects to keep me busy (and has kept me busy) for months.
Life is treating me very nicely. I’m busier than I anticipated, given the various DIY tasks owning a house causes, but that’s so much better than having nothing to do and pimping for business, surely?
So, what’s happening to this blog? Evidently nothing for the time being. Having a website with a decent-sized archive gives me a convenient platform on which to test some Wordpress templates I’m putting together, so the primary function of this site is to test the themes and give people a live, working demo.
That’s me over and out for now - it’s Saturday evening and I am working, of course.