We're in Edinburgh on the second week of our holidays, having spent the first week in East Lothian.
I've not been getting online much in the last few days - been spending a lot of time swimming in the sea, walking, sight-seeing and reading books. Unfortunately my planned surf lesson was cancelled due to lack of waves - a relief to wetsuit manufacturers everywhere no doubt.
Apologies to anyone who might have been wondering about the disappearance of my last blog post about the Scottish Affairs Committee's Report on the Crisis in the Scottish Press Industry. Have a read of what our MPs had to say for yourself and let us know what you think about it.
Before I came away on holiday I'd been working on the online news network I mentioned in earlier posts. It's coming together, slowly. I managed to configure the Advanced Profile Kit which means that users will have a Facebook-style page, including a Wall. Thanks very much to Michelle for all her hard work.
Now if I can get the Advanced Dynamic Display Block going, I'll be laughing.
Another thing I'm working on is creating a ChangeTracker for the Scottish Government website. The main stumbling block at the moment seems to be that Versionista isn't registering changes made to the site. I've stuck a help request in, so we'll see what happens.
And finally for the moment, I had a look at the new Herald beta website. Ian Hepburn has written a good review of it. I'm pleased to see user comments and Most Read functions making an appearance and I'm looking forward to what the blogs could bring.