Apologises to use the overused pun but a Saturday of two halves. First half productive, second half relatively empty and meaningless. I got up a bit later than I wanted to but rushed to get ready and caught the bus at 9.32am. First stop, Jerry’s Street Styles for a haircut, then to the library. This […]
Wednesday 9th April 2008
I have been using the BBC iPlayer since launch on Christmas Day but had a request. A killer script for the XBMC (the product formerly known as Xbox Media Centre – great new web site) to enable the programmes to be downloaded (or streamed) to my television screen. I had a hunt around on the […]
Sunday 6th April 2008
It is 17:24 as I begin writing this post and as the weekend draws to a close, I am trying to put words together to describe my weekend. An adventure of highs and lows, I can tell you that! My Saturday was relatively lazy, very lazy even. I got up around 11am, had breakfast and […]
Friday 4th April 2008
Sorry it has taken me so long to get around to an update. I have written up my entry from Monday so you can have a read of that if you like before getting stuck in below. Updates will be more erratic from now with this major shift in my evening routine. However, I intend […]
Monday 31st March 2008
It was tempting as I called my colleague at 17.25 to bail out and head home. I have to admit, while blasting back on the M4 from Newbury, the thought did cross my mind. However, I made up my mind quite quickly that I had to get down there. I had to get on with […]
Friday 28th March 2008
I get plenty of invitations to add a variety of applications onto my Facebook profile, most which I ignore. However, Pav convinced me to add PetrolHead several months ago. I have not used to much really and have only carried out one upgrade. Pav on the other hand has just smashed a new record to […]
Sunday 23rd March 2008
Easter Sunday, and according to the well researched Diamond Geezer the earliest we will ever experience. It is 11.06am precisely as I begin writing this and I have quite a few things to do before the football matches this afternoon. I will try and make this entry both concise and brief. On Good Friday, I […]
Thursday 20th March 2008
The Beeb have been doing a fantastic series charting the build up to the Iraq war in ten minute episodes on BBC2 over the past week. They take the view point of variety of different ‘characters’ with time running out before the actual invasion begins. After being screened, they are debated over on Newsnight with […]
Sunday 16th March 2008
Finally watched Knocked Up last night, it has been sitting on my hard drive since 22nd February with my last attempt to watch it a few weekends ago, when the file would not play. I tracked this down last night to a dodgy codec file, so I downloaded the latest version and away I went. […]
Saturday 15th March 2008
It is 10:40am, as I begin writing this post. I have just got back from town and the new Eden Shopping Centre. More on that later but first there are a few other bits and bobs to mention. Imagine if I worked for a big corporate machine, with silk ties, polished shoes and endless bureaucratic […]