My camera arrived in the post this morning. That was only six days between posting the poor broken machine and recieving it back in full working order. And all done free of charge with no fuss at all. I’m impressed. Just in time to try and get some good monkey photos at the weekend. Thank […]
Entries from February 23rd, 2006
Hello to Seamus
February 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Hello to Seamus · Life
Seamus was born on 02/03/99 at Monkey World after his mother, Cherri, had removed her birth control implant! Cherri tried to look after Seamus but did not have enough milk and started setting him down to go off and play with the others. Left on his own Seamus could have been hurt by the others. […]
Tags: Seamus
Two things I did today
February 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Two things I did today · Life
1. Stood on the platform at Clapham Junction and watched two trains for Brighton arrive within 4 minutes of each other. Both were so crammed that the station must surely be thinking of hiring some of those people the Japanese metro has to push commuters into over-full carriages. These were immediately followed by a nearly-empty […]
A link for Mr Wonga & Neil
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on A link for Mr Wonga & Neil · Music
On Friday I mentioned a website with a nifty name-that-tune competition and said I would give you the URL, well this is it I hadn’t been there for ages. Just had a go and got 10/10 on Genesis, 5/10 for Metallica, 10/10 for Squeeze, and then I tried Baaba Maal and it all crashed… In […]
Good news about the camera
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Good news about the camera · Life
On Friday I put my broken digital camera in the post to get it repaired under warranty. I took a chance and sent it by normal post – not registered or special mail or anything like that This evening I remembered about it and had a look at the Fujifilm web site, where you can […]
Tags: Gadgets
WordPress 5-minute install
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on WordPress 5-minute install · Technology
Tonight I finally bit the bullet and tried to install WordPress. I feel cheated as it only seemed to take about 4 minutes. I really should have just taken Jo’s word for it and gone ahead last week. I think that what screwed me up was trying to read the documentation. I read beyond the […]
When is an mp3 player not an mp3 player?
February 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on When is an mp3 player not an mp3 player? · Technology
The answer is – when its a Sony. Remember this piece of kit? Its the Sony NW-A1000 6Gb mp3 player we bought Chrystal for Christmas. I knew there were potential problems with it preferring proprietary file formats and proprietary software but, well, it looked good, and thats whats important for today’s teenagers. From a practical […]
First time for everything
February 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on First time for everything · Life, Technology
Today we put our car (an 11-year-old Laguna) through its MOT and it passed. First time. I have never had a car pass the MOT first time. There is always something which needs replacing or adjusting or repairing, even if its just a blown indictor bulb or headlight alignment, although its just as likely to […]
Recess Monkey?
February 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Recess Monkey? · Life
You know how sometimes you feel really stupid? Until Paul Burgin mentioned recess Monkey in his accent I had never realised that it was a pun on Rhesus Monkey. I just feel so obtuse.
Land of the Dead: a socialist zombie film
February 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Land of the Dead: a socialist zombie film · Politics
This evening I watched Land Of The Dead, George A. Romero’s long-awaited follow-up of the classic zombie trilogy. I don’t know why, but I do like zombie films like Night of the Living Dead and the pseudo-zombie films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil. Maybe its the black humour, the thrills and excitement or […]
