News, news, random crap, etc. I passed the first module thingy of my course. It only (why is there no “<sarcasm>” tag?) took them 3 months to mark the damned essay report! Grade 2 Pass, whatever that means? The thin looking kitty from the garden — so named Mr Scruffy, how original — has been… read full entry »
I bought Star Wars: The Complete Saga for the Nintendo DS on Friday and while it’s quite cute, I’m stuck already. I’m on episode I, part 4 and just seem to be going round and round in circles. I would google for the solution, but I hate “giving up” when the game has barely started… read full entry »
It’s frickin’ windy here today.
It was announced last week that Terry Pratchett has pledged $1 million to Alzheimer’s Research Trust. While the cynic in me knows that this kind of awareness is only usually raised by of a popular celebrity because of their own personal suffering — and there are thousands of charities who don’t have someone famous behind… read full entry »
With the new house having a garden, Karl and I are both keen on doing a bit of planting and in my case, growing vegetables/salad stuff that I can fill my fridge with. As neither of us have actually done much gardening before it’s all a big experiment really. Today we ventured out into the… read full entry »
Picture the scene: my brother and I on our way up to the local McDonalds being driven by my lovely Mummy. We get to the turn in for the drive-through and a red Peugeot is blocking the road. Realising we’re trying to pull in behind her, she pulls forward and goes through the drive-through, stopping… read full entry »
I want to successfully use Georgia [font] in a design.
I’ve had a bloody shit day and it can’t end soon enough. What with mail issues for a major client (who I really get on with, so it annoys me on a personal level) that seem to be never ending — despite the fact that everything seems OK at server level — and the gas… read full entry »
I know some of you are complaining that I’ve not been updating — such is the downside of having no Internet — so you’ll have to make do with lots of posts all in one go as and when I do have access to a ‘net enabled computer :P Karl registered us with a new… read full entry »
Our connection will be disconnected in an hour or so, no idea when I’ll be back on the ‘net in our new home.