Normally upgrading thunderbird changes nothing, it may be a little faster, the odd tweak here or there, not with Thunderbird 3.
Thunderbird 3 is a huge memory sap, it continuously downloads emails if on IMAP, and frankly kills your PC (please note I have not tested on a MAC). Every time I turned on thunderbird it downloaded the same 1000,s of emails, even if it had already done the job before.. The easiest way of avoiding this (they say) is to turn off Global Indexing in the Options (General Tab). Did this work? No. So I decided to revert back to Thunderbird 2.
This is very very easy to do, takes just two minutes.
Firstly, click on Start/Control Panel/ Programs/ Uninstall a program – click on thunderbird 3 (you will not lose any of your files, old emails or settings). Once this has deleted from your pc, go to this page http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/, this lists past thunderbird versions. The one you want to download is the latest version 2 (2.0.0.23/), click on it, select win32 (if you use windows) and then select your language. Now it will download and install.
My first post of 2010. I wanted to write sooner but frankly, have had zero free time what with moving back to the UK, and keeping all businesses moving forward. Everything is moving along nicely now, no problems with anything and we are actually seeing healthy healthy growth everywhere. Also looking for freelance sales people all across the UK and USA for fuelmyblog.
Quick flashback to the move, I used ABC van hire in Hoddesdon which resulted in one lorry having its gear box explode after a 16 hour drive and the second arrived with 5 flat tyres and 1 bald. Health and Safety eat your heart out, I will one day tell this story, but until then wanted to warn anyone looking to use them to be careful, we could have had some major major accidents..
But now, ladies and gents, to lighten up, say hello and put a smile on your face, this is what happens if you stick a winebox in a microwave.
The tears in my last post were a quick realisation that we had to make a big decision. In a positive and good way.
For us personally it was a difficult one, living a ten minute walk from the sea in a beautiful city like La Rochelle doesn’t get much better. The kids have made very close friends and are really settled, totally bilingual with zero accent. The daily markets, sunshine to match Monaco and amazing walks and runs by the coast really have made us very happy the past three years.
But with Ryanair playing with our flights, the ever decreasing euro and the fact we are busier than ever but unable to hire anyone here as our businesses are firmly in the UK, moving back has been making more and more sense recently.
Our businesses are growing fast, we need more support both from the business side and from family, we need to hire people and fix up an office, we need to go to the weekly conferences and meet-ups, enjoy beers with new friends and old ones too. We need to kick ass. Hard.
So, as of December 2009, we are moving back to the UK, just North of London in leafy Hertfordshire.
It’s a great move for us, we get to live near my family again, near our good friends and importantly 45 mins from London on the train. The kids will be able to move back to familiar classes with friends and we’ll be able to carry on as before. Only this time, with our own independence, our future dictated by us. Secretly we know that we are back for good, in a bloody positive way and we can’t wait!
More than I can remember. My Mum held me. I drank rum with my Dad, and finally saw the light.
It seems the dream is turning into growth. Growth of Sylvie and I and our little family unit. And not the end of a dream, the start of us kicking arse.
More soon.
We’ve had a big ride to get here, looks like the ride just started again, this time, we are coming faster and harder than ever.
You so knew we would. x
UPDATE!! No we are not expecting a baby, nor is anything up between Sylvie and I!! We are all 100% fine, just needed to make a very very strong business decision.
Some really sad family news today has prompted me to re-visit this question..when a friend or family member dies, what should you do regarding the contact details all over your technology?
I am talking mobile phone details, MSN contact, Skype contact, Twitter, Facebook, email etc etc.
A year ago a really close friend died – out of the blue – I still have his name and number on my mobile phone and feel I can’t delete it as it would be disrespectful (I know, crazy!).
With the sudden death of a close family member today, my Daughter, an 11 year old, said “I am never deleting him off MSN”. She spoke with my wife’s Uncle almost daily on MSN, they were close and it is a heartbreaking seeing your child so upset but the underlying question is, what should we do with contacts after their death?
I know everyone needs to grieve and some find different things help aid the recovery and help get through the pain. But is there a kind-of unwritten rule with technology?
What have you done, did you delete the contact from your phone or removed them from your MSN or Skype? I have to say I am struggling to know what tell my Daughter to do and guess she’ll probably remove the contact one day, but the longer it stays, the longer it becomes a personal memorial – clearly I will do nothing right now as it is so fresh.
