My best friend Dave, set me a target, back when we met in September last year. I was confident that I would meet it by the summer. However, due to circumstances beyond my control, I have had to move the objective forward several months. What was this target? Well it was nothing serious, before you start to get worried. He made the comment that the next time we met, he expected to see a different set of car keys in my hand. I laughed this off, replying that I expected to see any car keys in his hand, as he was still (at the age of 25) to start taking lessons. The next image is just for you Dave.

Unfortunately, due to the rubbish weather this weekend, I have not been able to get any photographs taken, but will wait for the full Ultimate Winter detailing from Pav before getting the photographs onto FlickR. I bet, like me you thought all my computer problems were over, after the mission impossible back in early November but they are back and with vengeance. Last Sunday, my graphics card started failing, but I thought it was a problem with my FreeView card as the reception became extremely poor. A colleague on MSN, put it down to atmospheric disturbance,and I wanted to believe him. However, this evening I have made the decision to go out and pay a replacement card. I will never buy an ATi card again. (Even if they have been bought out by AMD). I am going to go for a Ge Force graphics card from Nvidia, as most have great reviews and are not that expensive. The problem with my current card, the Radeon X700 is that is has began to overheat. A well known issue with these cards, and even a special ATi Tool that forces the fan to run at 100% fails to keep the temperature below 100 degrees, which is the point at which the card overheats and dies, sending my monitor into standby. So the question is, how am I writing this blog entry right now? Well I have booted Windows XP using VGA mode and have a lousy resolution of 640 by 400 by 8 bits. Believe me, it is not fun, particularly when WinTV will not load and I cannot watch MOTD. Never mind, will resolve all with an emergency graphics card purchase tomorrow morning. Went to see The Pursuit of Happyness last night in Reading. It was very good, excellent in fact with Will Smith giving a tour de force performance as single father Chris Gardner with aspirations of a reaching a better place. The movie, as you would expect is an emotional roller coaster, with many ups and downs. However, the message is clear, although at times, very much a diluted part of the American dream. Perhaps most clear in the title, which is lifted directly from the Declaration of Independence, itself. Will’s son, also gives a fantastic performance, and will surely have a textbook Hollywood career, should he wish to go down that path. In the end, the film perhaps was the pic k me up, I was looking for, to focus on the coming few weeks and what the future may bring.