I went for a short run this morning – only probably about a couple of KM. I wanted to build some speed rather than build distance. It was good to have a chance to run since I have not been out for a week or so. I would like to build the distance too, but I really have enough to do at the moment that I did not feel too bad for having done a shorter distance.

I also picked up a copy of the Kelly Clarkson CD. I am listening to that at the moment, and I like the sound. It is nice background music, and she is a good vocalist, with a great voice. I don’t know how much of her sound is thanks to the experts in the background, but in the end that really does not matter. The important thing is how she sounds in person and in concert.

I have spoken to Vodafone about the 3G offer. I rang them up to get connected, and the first thing they did was place me on hold with music, without even saying the company name. That really is not professional at all. Then when they were processing my order they advised me that there would be a $10 delivery charge. This was not listed anywhere on their offer. I just keep shaking my head with them at the moment. They seem to have got some of their technical things fixed, and now their business processes need help.

The SKYPE handset works… But it is rather strange. When I then went to use the CD player in the laptop I did not hear anything. Nothing at all. A little while later I realised that the Skype handset had taken over as default input and output of audio for the PC. That is now fixed! and the handset still works.