After my experience of having the BlackBerry die on me I implemented nearly all the advice about extending battery life and it has had a dramatic effect. Now the thing still has plenty of battery life left after a couple of days.
Entries from August 18th, 2011
Live long and prosper
August 18th, 2011 · Comments Off on Live long and prosper · Technology
Tags: BlackBerry·Gadgets
Smashing Logo Design
August 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Smashing Logo Design · Life
Smashing Logo Design: The Art of Creating Visual Identities by Gareth Hardy is another book I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. Here is what I wrote about it:
Too much information
August 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Too much information · Technology
I was a bit late into work this morning. This was indirectly caused by information overload. More directly, it was caused by the battery totally dying on the mobile I have been using as an alarm clock, but information overload contributed to that.
Tags: BlackBerry·Gadgets
Wedding Bells
August 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Wedding Bells · Life
I have just seen the story, tucked away towards the back of the Crawley Observer, about Gordon Seekings getting married to Marcella. They may be Lib Dems, but still… all the best to them. I hope everything goes well.
Tags: Lib Dems·Local Papers
Happy days are here again
August 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Happy days are here again · Life
It is good to have Jayne back home. Ok, maybe she seemed happier to see the cats than me but then they *are* cuter than me and they didn’t go up and visit every day. Had to put on a tin helmet for her verdict on the quality of my housekeeping though…
Tags: Family
I’m feeling lucky
August 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on I’m feeling lucky · Life
I recently read a book called I’m Feeling Lucky: the Confessions of Google Employee 59 by Douglas Edwards. No point explaining what it is about, the title sums it up quite nicely, but for what it is worth it is the erstwhile brand manager of Google telling the story of his five or so years […]
Hi Ho Silver Lining
August 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Hi Ho Silver Lining · Life
They do say, whoever ‘they’ are, that every cloud has a silver lining and so it has turned out with Jayne’s little stay in hospital. Overall it is not a good thing; she has pain, people sticking needles in her all the time, and all the other discomforts of hospital, while I have to drive […]
Tags: Medicine/Health·Money
Prayers for Jayne
August 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Prayers for Jayne · Life
I was chatting to a friend at work who is a serious christian (he does all the Alpha course stuff so he knows a lot about it too) and mentioned about Jayne’s current situation. He had got halfway through saying he would pray for her when my raised eyebrow stopped him. We do discuss religion […]
Tags: Religion
TVOD
August 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on TVOD · Life
So I am dabbling in the indulgence of using a song title as a post title again but I doubt many people will remember the song TVOD (double A-side with Warm Leatherette by the Normal AKA Daniel Miller on Mute Records. I’m starting to miss my old vinyl) Chrystal is down for a few days […]
Three cheers for the NHS
August 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Three cheers for the NHS · Life
I seem to have spent a lot of time in hospitals during the last few months. This week it has been because Jayne has been admitted to East Surrey hospital. On Sunday she had some headaches and I spent the night keeping an eye on her. Eventually I took her up to the hospital early […]
Tags: Family·Medicine/Health
