Speaking Freely

"Hello, this is me actually talking to my blog, yes, Talking! I'm using SpinVox which will convert any ramble into my telephone into hopefully something intelligible that you might want to read about life, the universe, gadgets and everything else. Basically, they give you a phone number and then you can blog away to your heart's content - Spinvox will then send your blog a text transcript - either to Draft, or Real Live Publishing, depending on your demeanour and/or blog settings. So here goes:*

I've just finished answering all the questions for the virgin media xmas forum which was quite exciting, although it took me a lot longer than I thought to complete... it turns out that there are lots and lots of questions that don't just require desk research, but actually speaking to Real Humans, which I try and avoid as much as I can first thing in the morning.

Other news, on my website http://www.ljrich.com/ you will actually be able to get a £5 voucher from Firebox if you click on the Firebox Voucher link on the menu... just enter your email and then Firebox will kindly send you £5 with no minimum spend which I think is fabulous.

I'm also trying to get everything sorted for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas, where I'll be filming in January 2008. The more I'm told about this, the more bemused I am.

I've been constantly given warnings about how crazy Las Vegas is and how absolutely ram-packed it's going to be and how it's just going to blow my mind and that it's some kind of Gadget Heaven. I've come to the conclusion that I'll either be swallowed up by some gigantic technological black hole, never to return, or I might just get it over and done with and be assimilated at the show. Let's hope that Borg OS is compatible with most browser platforms. I bet it's incredibly efficient...

You know, I'm currently somewhere between really looking forward to this trip and really being quite worried about it. I'll definitely be updating you on how it all turns out. Thanks very much SpinVox, you rock! speak to you soon. Bye."

*note, I spoke this to Draft and tweaked it so you could click on nice links before publishing, but really I didn't need to adjust very much at all- most excellent! www.spinvox.com if you fancy having a look.

spoken through SpinVox tweaked by LJ