Girding my loins for the trip up to Belshil, one of the apexes of the Buckfast triangle. My sister-in-law used to live round the corner from a place that sold chilled buckie for your discerning piss head. Apparently a quarter of the production is drunk in the area between Coatbridge, Airdre and Belshill, still it keeps the monks off the streets. Cold is still here but I feel a little better, not looking forward to the drive. Plan is to nip up there taking Cal, nip to a play barn and chill.

Library is currently rocking to the sound of the Dentists and 'Dressed' which is basically 'You and Your Bloody Oranges', 'Writhing on the Shagpile' most of 'Some people are on the pitch they think it's all over' (Back in the mid eighties that was an extremely fresh quote, now sadly done to death) and the A-side of 'Strawberries are Growing in My Garden (and it's Wintertime). Forgot how fresh the Dentists sound, jangly and speedy, just what I need to fight a cold. Nipped into Asda on the way to work and bought tissues, Beechams All-in-One Tabs and Lockets, for Katie Cat, cat food and fresh litter. Another big tidying night coming as we get ready for the visit of the folks and my trip up to Scotland to pick up the mother-in-law. Filled fade the blog with today's stunning grey lit.

Not sleeping straight 'cos of this pesky cold, waiting for a reasonable hour to go into work, loaded 'George', footled about and dragged the PC out to scribble in this thing. Today's agenda is design the stand for Monday how fun can it get and then it's the delights of a colourist in the afternoon. Need to wear my revolting orange shirt to wind the bugger up. Fade the blog seems to be gathering steam after a slow kick off, left Mic sorting the news on it yesterday and he seems to have got the hang of it. Meeting in Manchester was an odd one, an hour it was quick and to the point. Left before the pubs opened (just as well as I feel revolting) had a quick chat with Liz, need to send her costings of Heritage webbing up and came back to Hammy House. Liz rang later no applicants for the training job over in Salford, was asking after Mic a couple of months late unfortunately. However things look good for Tracy's mum who is firmly in the frame and Mic was going off to think about it. I need to get an e-copy of the application for for Tracy's mum anyway today. I wouldn't blame Mic if he's tempted, it's nearer home and offers a bit more security than we do at the moment. However the conversation did get interesting about next year, Liz floated the idea of a partnership post, Mic half time between us, I like the idea, it's cheaper for us, keeps us working collectively and co-operatively, and offers Mic a wider experience, just need to find the dosh somewhere.

Written well after then event 'cos Ive got the cold and went to bed early to listen to the second half and haven't been near the computer since what a result, read about it here.

Good clearance by Cygan, thank god. Referree still refusing to reach for the book for Totti.

Roma just missed, makes your heart stop when it happens could do without it. Totti's dived should be a booking, but the referee's a rabbit. It must be said this bit of the post was written after the event because I have a cold and feeling sorry for myself took myself to bed to listen to the second half, what a result 3-1, mind you I am now suspicious because I got way too optimistic last round and November happened in October still read about a great result here.

Good news George the family dishwasher is finally fixed, mind you I had to dash home from work because Sharon promised to go shopping with Helen having forgotten that the dishwasher guy was due. He�s sorted it but had to order an on off switch because George doesn�t want to be turned off. Mind you I don�t blame him. Helen and Lonen are round, poor Lonen is teething and is well grumpy as a result. Time for a dose of calpol. In the meanwhile the footy�s just begun so it�s a panicky night as Arsenal play in Rome. Stupid TV doesn�t want to show it live so it�s good old Radio 5 live for me. Score so far is 1-1 after 6 minutes. It�s going to be a bit of a nail biter I can tell. Really kicked off the Fade blog today, need to start developing the stand for Monday and arrange to borrow a set of boards because the set I�ve got on order from Gresswell�s have yet to turn up. Need to make a bit of a splash because the audience includes the NHS Libraries Advisor. 16 minutes and still 1-1. Allez les rouges.

Following Ken's visit to the library we are now attempting to use a blog for vaguely serious purposes at the library. Thus the world will now suffer Fade the blog, we'll use it partly as a route to disseminate the news service the cursed service Typicaly Topical. So far I think the name sucks, Ken recons it sucks but it has had one vote of confidence. Must ring Gail Campbell as Ken suggested about it.

New issue of the following is out if anybody has an interest. Meanwhile I'm heading back to cataloguing now and grooving in the bus lane to the sounds of The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy (see yesterday's post for a link if you want to know what I'm wittering on about....). In the meanwhile following the chat with Ken yesterday on trying to find a role for blogging, I'm working on it. Journal of Medical Internet Research ======================================= Iss. 2 / Vol. 4 Now online at http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/index.htm(publication of this issue has been delayed due to technical problems - our apologies) EDITORIAL ---------- Demiris G, Eysenbach G Internet use in disease management for home care patients A call for papers. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e6 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e6/ ORIGINAL PAPERS --------------- Houston TK, Allison JJ Users of Internet Health Information: Differences by Health Status Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e7 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e7/ Frisby G, Bessell TL, Borland R, Anderson JN Smoking Cessation and the Internet: A Qualitative Method Examining Online Consumer Behavior Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e8 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e8/ Fogel J, Albert SM, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA, Neugut AI Use of the Internet by Women with Breast Cancer Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e9 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e9/ SHORT PAPER ----------- Veronin MA Where Are They Now? A Case Study of Health-related Web Site Attrition Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e10 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e10/ REVIEW ------ Schwitzer G A Review of Features in Internet Consumer Health Decision-support Tools Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e11 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e11/ TUTORIALS ---------- Kelly G, McKenzie B Security, privacy, and confidentiality issues on the Internet Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e12 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e12/ Eysenbach G, Wyatt J Using the Internet for Surveys and Health Research Journal of Medical Internet Research 2002;4(2):e13 http://www.jmir.org/2002/2/e13/ EVENTS ------ Please visit our friends from the Society of Internet in Medicine and the Internet Healthcare Coalition at Mednet 2002, the 7th Annual World Conference on the Internet and Medicine, in Amsterdam, 4-7 Dec 2002 http://www.mednet2002.org/ WHAT'S COMING UP? ----------------- A preview of forthcoming articles (accepted or under review): ODIN: Overcoming Depression on the InterNet: A Randomized Trial of an Internet Depression Skills Intervention Program Unmet needs of primary care patients in using the Internet for health-related activities Evaluation of accessibility and use of new communication technologies in patients with type 1 diabetes Use of Medline by Medical Students of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria Asphyxial death by ether inhalation and plastic bag suffocation instructed by Press and Internet LASIK Complications And The Internet; Are The Public Being Mislead? Implementation and integration of Regional Health Care Data Networks: the case of the Hellenic NHS The evolution of web-based medical information on sore throat: a longitudinal study Trusted Online Sources of Health Information: Differences in Demographics, Health Beliefs, and Health Information Orientation Internet Infrastructures And Healthcare Systems: Networks And Markets Child Sexual Offenses and The Internet Child safety education and the World Wide Web: an evaluation of the content and quality of online resources The Use of The Internet By Orthopaedic Surgeons In The United Kingdom Are Health Professionals meeting the minimum-security requirements for Health Information Systems (HIS) in the New Zealand Health Service? (A pilot study in Residential Care) Compliance between the ehealth code of ethics trustmark and the reviewed sites A Model for on-line interactive remote education of Medical Physics using the Internet e-Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues ------------------------------------------------ About JMIR ---------- The "Journal of Medical Internet Research" (JMIR; Medline-abbreviation: J Med Internet Res), founded in 1999, is the first international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies. The Journal is indexed/abstracted in MEDLINE, ISA (Information Science Abstracts), and INSPEC. If you want to contribute a scholarly article, please review our "Instructions for authors" at http://www.jmir.org/instruction.htm

Had an odd conversation today with Gill 'bout the motivation behind moves on knowledge management from North Merseyside, personally I'm getting sick of all the talking, lets get punk, let's just get on with the job and do it.

Tracy's made some cool amendments to the enquiries database. This is exactly what I want, participation to take the basic idea and make it work better, excellent piece of work. This rate it'll turn into something really worthwhile.

Winter's really hit, this morning was foggy, air dense with liquid like a bad Basil Rathbone movie, I swear I drove past a pillar box and was convinced it was human. Like those old westerns that made sure you knew that the desert was murderously hot by scattering the bleached bones dead cattle about, winter in Liverpool brings out single lost gloves. Why do you always lose pairs of things singularly? One sock eaten by the washing machine, one shoe on a roadside, I'm convinced a pair of trousers is bifurcated simply so that each leg has the comfort of knowing the other one isn't going anywhere. The glove I passed this morning was flicking a V at me and by this evening it had gone all North American and was flipping the bird at me. Is there a mysterious figure that goes around arranging lost gloves for the edification of passing pedestrians? Back on the western theme instead of tumbleweed a winter UK scene involves old chip wrappers, murderous and greasy rattling a path at your ankles. If the cholesterol don't get you then the grease'll make them stick to you or make you slip. Still I suppose it makes a change from banana skins. On my trip to return 'Snow Dogs' I was trying to work out who was the best cartoon character in the 'Loony Tunes' and by a mile it was Wily Cayote, a beast of infinite resource and logical thought, each new method of catching that pesky Road Runner is defeated marginally but he never gives up. Bet he got taught to sing 'He Who Would Valiant Be' at school. If I remember rightly that one was down to John Bunyan (apologies if not, but it's a whole heap of time since I was at Primary School to learn search things), he'd have got a better press from me if he'd have just said sod religion I'll write Road Runner instead. Music today is the rough and ready 'Living With Victoria Grey' from the 'Cleaners from Venus' which contains amongst other tracks the wonderful 'Ilya Kuryakin Looked at Me!' the song that sold me on all things from Martin Newell when I saw him perform it at the Rain Forest Festival at Frued's in Oxford back in 1991. Ian and I had gone to see Pat Fish (the Jazz Butcher) and Martin was due to appear with Nelson as 'The Brotherhood of the Lizards' but 'New Model Army' were playing that night so Nelson was otherwise engaged. Nice night. Just reached 'Stay On' which I might be wrong but sounds to me like a Giles Smith number. Giles wrote the excellent 'Lost In Music'which charts the failure of the 'Cleaners from Venus' and his failure to take the music industry by storm. On the way though he developed into a fine journalist writing about music, TV and latterly reviewing cars in the Guardian. It's dawned on me I've been quiet on the new shoe front for a while, well news is they are still extremely comfortable, are being proofed at least once a week much to their and my amazement and while they are not the new shoes they are now the new old shoes.

Weird day, Cairs refused to spill it's grey literature for Tracy on Friday and when we looked there wasn't enough of the stuff so today's been a bit of a mad catalogue. By 4.30 we'd doubled the amount we'd catalogued and over 40% was e-grey lit which was quite a suprise as the majority I blatted on today. Er..miscalculated and the 80 we were aiming for became 121 items..oops, if we ever get our backsides into gear and really go for it we could produce truly frightening bulletins. Ken came in, caught me in an odd distracted mood rather than an odd fun mood. Think the hassle of having to sort out the list was beginning to get to me, suffice it to say at this moment having done the thing I now want to listen to extreme noise terror and scream. Oh well, singing at myself in the car again on the way home! Stupid chat of the day was with Shan this morning on the nature of pubs under railway arches and the fact that 'The Hole in the Wall' at Waterloo was the first place I came accross both curry and lager flavoured condoms. Conversation suggested 8 of the latter would require the former with a couple more of the latter to wash it down... don't think about it too much but it made for an entertaining conversation at 9.00 am. Took 'Snow Dogs' out on Saturday must return it on the way home. Hollywood.com describe it thus', When Miami dentist Ted Brooks finds out that he's been named in a will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. Once he gets there, however, his dreams turn to mush: he discovers he's been left a team of sled dogs. Not only do the dogs not warm up to him, but a crusty old mountain man named Thunder Jack feels as though the dogs rightfully belong to him. When Jack urges him to hotfoot it back to warmer climates, Ted becomes determined to learn to mush, no matter what it takes'. I describe it as 'Cool Runnings' in tone with more dogs, less bob sleighs and considerably less rum. It was OK as a family movie though. Back home to pan hang food and chicken soup, then tidy up for the Portage Team's visit tomorrow. Why do I live my life to deadlines.... 'cos I love the adrenalin rush I guess. Early morning listening was the 'Soft Boys' 'Nextdoorland' evening listening to be announced after tidying....

Sunday morning, there's a song in there somewhere, mind you it is now afternoon so that ain't relevant. Slow morning sorting out the kitchen and living room punctuated only by a trip to the wee shop at the top of the road for some margarine and the paper and cooking a Calzone Pizza for lunch.