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Since losing the entire contents of my hard drive when my laptop first failed in September 2004 (blogs are very handy for records) I have become extremely wary of storing photos on my hard drives. Why I feel a knackered … Continue reading →

Though technically that was Monday, and today is Wednesday. This is important as harvest started on Tuesday and this view is now straw stubble. Rather than being an eyesore it makes the drop of the land into the valley even … Continue reading →

Sad about Robin Cook, init. He seemed like a nice chap. I admired that he had the courage of his convictions when others were being typical politicians. He seemed honest, and suprisingly straight talking.

The lull in terrorist action is giving the media a chance to review the effect it’s having on the people. Some interesting programs on. However I’ve found I’m avoiding the whole issue – I find watching programs examining it offputting. … Continue reading →

I have an urge to mutter strange words in a grumpy fashion. Fniggle. Schnat. Knagmub. Doobleprat. Gaaaahrn. Fnu. Astfgle. Gah. Niggle is back. I was quite enjoying life without her actually. She’d been gone quite some time – a sign … Continue reading →

She’s called Philly 🙂 80gigs, Celeron, 512mb RAM, DVDRW, TFT, speakers, wireless optical mouse and keyboard, plus colour printer/scanner/copier. Bought from Tescos of all places! Security guard thought I was trying to nick it. It barely fitted in my car … Continue reading →

You’d think people would welcome me giving them money. It is shockingly difficult to buy a computer. PC World have none of interest in stock. PC World’s website lists about 20, all of which are unavailable at this time. Dell … Continue reading →

Is it possible to be very satisfied? Or is that like saying something is slightly unstable. Surely it is either stable or unstable** – can you qualify the degree of instability? Perhaps you can… so perhaps it is possible to … Continue reading →

My Dad spoke. He pointed out that the problem with my current laptop is that it overheated. This being a trend in laptops he queried my decision to get another one. I then said, “yes but desktops are more expensive … Continue reading →

Laptop is dead. Well – not dead in the sense that I can’t use it to get online, but dead in the sense that that’s all I can do with it. And even then it gets shirty. Last night I … Continue reading →