The personal disquiet of

Mark Boulton

June 24th, 2005

Normal service will be resumed shortly

Normally I don’t write about per­sonal stuff on this site — kind of makes me feel weird. But on this occa­sion I’ll let that little rule slip, just this once. 

I feel pretty crappy. Not only for not post­ing stuff recently (in all hon­esty, I’ve got loads of things to write but simply can’t be bothered.) but also I’ve been quite ill and fol­low­ing hos­pital vis­its, weight loss and chronic tired­ness I now have a dia­gnosis and am on shit loads of drugs to kick it into touch. 

So, nor­mal ser­vice will be resumed shortly with next in the “Simple Steps” series — Grid Design. 

Keep tuned.

18 Responses to “Normal service will be resumed shortly”

  1. Paul Lloyd said on: June 24th, 2005 at 12:22 pm

    Hope everything turns out okay Mark, doesn’t sound too good thou?  Get well soon!  Look­ing for­ward to hear­ing the low­down on grids!

  2. Mark Boulton said on: June 24th, 2005 at 12:27 pm

    Thanks Paul — Should be fine, hope­fully these drugs will kick in soon and I’ll start feel­ing a bit bet­ter. It hasn’t been good, but will be good again soon! 

    In fact I’m just about to buy a 12” iBook. See, things are look­ing bet­ter already!

  3. Rob Weychert said on: June 24th, 2005 at 12:39 pm

    Glad to hear you’re on the mend, Mark. May your health ever improve. I’m look­ing for­ward to the grid series!

  4. Reuben said on: June 24th, 2005 at 12:48 pm

    All the best Mark, hope­fully some of this fine Welsh sun­shine (today excep­ted) will help you along!

  5. Peter Holloway said on: June 24th, 2005 at 1:29 pm

    As with the above, hope you improve soon. We all appre­ci­ate the work put into the site — it does get hard to give out, when you’re feel­ing below par. Enjoy the iBook:)

  6. Veerle Pieters said on: June 24th, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    Hope everything wll return to nor­mal for you soon. All the best Mark!

  7. Kenneth said on: June 24th, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    Best wishes for a con­tin­ued speedy recov­ery. I’ve enjoyed the typo­graphy simple steps and look for­ward to the next.

  8. Jeff Adams said on: June 24th, 2005 at 2:36 pm

    Sorry to hear you are under the weather. I am really look­ing for­ward to the grid design topics. 

    Oh and if you are look­ing to get rid of your old com­puter, pass it this way. –Shame­less request for free computer–

  9. Guy Carberry said on: June 24th, 2005 at 2:53 pm

    Get well soon buddy! Enjoyed our chats at @media. Look­ing for­ward to meet­ing up again.

  10. Nell said on: June 24th, 2005 at 5:21 pm

    I hope you feel bet­ter! And enjoy your new iBook :)

  11. Johan Sjostrand said on: June 24th, 2005 at 5:31 pm

    Look­ing for­ward to your grid design series. I have my own the­or­ies about web grid design so hope­fully that will open up for an inter­est­ing dis­cus­sion. Feel better!

  12. Callum Mcleod said on: June 25th, 2005 at 8:27 am

    Hope you feel bet­ter soon Mark. The next epis­ode in the ‘simple steps’ series will be keenly awaited. Best wishes for your health!

  13. Kev Mears said on: June 26th, 2005 at 12:23 am

    Glad to hear you’re get­ting your­self fixed up. 

    Here’s wish­ing you all the best

  14. Brad Chmielewski said on: June 26th, 2005 at 5:51 pm

    Enjoy Read­ing your entries, I hope to see you in top shape soon.

  15. zeus said on: June 27th, 2005 at 2:47 am

    Get well soon. 

    I always enjoy read­ing your stuff.

  16. Graham Sanders said on: June 28th, 2005 at 12:12 am

    Ahhhh you poor sickly child :) 

    What is this?

    A com­pet­i­tion blog to see how much sym­pathy you get? 

    Man alive, come on mate get a grip! 

    Up and at ‘em c’mon, hup to three four?

  17. Chris H said on: June 28th, 2005 at 8:32 pm

    get well soon mark — there’s a gap where you usu­ally are!

  18. Mark Boulton said on: June 28th, 2005 at 8:56 pm

    Thanks for your com­ments all, makes me feel better!

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