It’s amazing what you can find if you don’t look for it. I was looking for something on iTunes the other day, can’t remember what exactly, when I came across the theme tune for Cheers. For a bonus point, who wrote the song? You can find the answer here. You will need to have iTunes installed in order for the link to work.

Yet another example of the long tail, once again proving that there are people out there who will buy anything 🙂

In the early hours of this morning I downloaded the Mac version of Dave Winer’s new OPML editor. It looks interesting. It allows you to create outlines. All I have to do now is figure what an outliner actually is and how I can use one. I am going to play around with it to see if I can figure them out.

I have just finished reading Lance Armstrong’s book “It’s Not About the Bike”. It’s a great book. I couldn’t put it down. I only started reading it yesterday morning.

In the book he writes about his childhood, albeit briefly, as well as his battle with cancer and his career as a cyclist. It’s certainly a frank account of his life. He talks openly about his treatment for testicular cancer as well as the IVF program that he and his wife had to go through in order to have a child.

There a number of things to take away from reading this book. Firstly, I guess we could all do with taking a step back from time to time to look at the big picture and appreciate what we have instead of complaining about that which we don’t. There are people worse of than ourselves. Secondly, there’s hope if you are prepared to do what it takes. Sure, having talent helps but it’s not everything. I don’t remember who said it, but I remember somebody telling me a long time ago that you create your own luck. What he meant was that if you work really hard at something, you are more likely to succeed to at it. Well, that’s what I read into the story anyway.