So then, a few things to catch up on here. So in no particular order here we go:

Firstly my main site at http://www.trevs-shed.net/piggy/ has been hacked by the Albanians. It turns out to fix it all I needed to do was update Joomla and then fiddle about with the password settings. I didn’t do that, as you can see, I took the whole bloody thing down. I have been wondering what to do with it now anyway, and I always think a clean slate is the best place to start.

Next, er, ly - I spent last night writing the main script for my first solo podcast - Flux. It is still a work in progress, but I am basically happy with it, needs tweaking yet though. If you know me, I am not the kind of writer that can bang stuff out and be happy with it.

Talking of banging one out, the next North South Divide is almost with us. It is called Sky, for no real reason, don’t try and make sense of the names as some people have done. There is none. Or is that an elaborate double bluff? No. Well….

james is doing his editting and FX magic, and a few final bits of recording for some guest voices or two. More news on that later I would imagine. I have started work on the next one, I have got a name, which is how I start usually. Don’t ask me why, I don’t understand my writing methods anymore than you do.  I make a conscious effort not to think about that sort of thing too much. When it comes to comedy, that is not a good way to be heading, I learnt that some time ago. For now Flux has to take precedence for me, until at least the first one is done.

Other writing related stuff now, I have used Open Office Writer for some time now. (Hint: Don’t Google Open Orifice, and don’t email the Open Office team and refer to them as that either. Not a good idea, just helping you not make the mistakes that I have there.) I have been a big fan of it, partly because it is free yes, but I have a legal version of Word, so it isn’t just that. My main bugbears with it are simple, firstly it is now approaching bloatware status, not their fault. It is part of a suite, but I do not use the rest of it. You can just install Writer I am aware of that, but you still have to download the whole bloody thing.

Secondly, and more important, it is slooooooooow. So into the trevs writing arsenal (I won’t make any jokes about that word, oh no.) come two new contenders, both very different and both getting a lot of use from me.

Abiword - a fully featured, cross platform and free word processor. Most of all though, it is quick as it is bared down to the minimum features. I heartily recommend this if you need a word pro, that is MS Word and Open Office compatible.

Dark Room - A very different thing, I am the worlds most easily distracted wri… Oooh look at that! Sorry, where was I? dark room is a simple idea, a very basic text editor that fills up the entire screen, no tabs, no extra features, no word count or internet access. I love it for sketching out ideas, which is when I am usually at my most…. Oooh, I didn’t know it did that.

I am sure that I have forgotten something, but I will return. Lot’s of stuff from Trev’s mind coming your way soon. You poor things.