It's a triumph over mind and matter ...

... I don't mind and you don't matter ... no, this is indeed a minor triumph ... a quest for the blogging 'Holy Grail' - how to embed your own audio welcome message onto your blog. If it's a music file and you care to risk copyright infringement, it's 'fairly' straightforward, but if you want to embed your own audio via PC mike, it's not quite so easy, or so I've discovered - during breaks in horse-races and other sports betting.

Various formulae from blogging anoraks have borne no fruit, yet still I searched ... I could post the audio but not on autoplay and audio storage sites refused to release simple HTML code to post within an embedded player. But in the very early hours of this morning (4.15 am) I finally achieved my goal, to undoubted howls of rage from some quarters.

The 'welcome' message is on a repeating loop and is 'semi-embedded' which means it can be turned off ... instructions on how to do this will follow shortly (you will need them to be able to play videos) ... the dustcart has just gone past (7.40 am) and I'll have a quick couple of hours shuteye AND then I'll be back to release you from your ordeal ...