Why is it that anybody whose work involves computers in any way whatsoever is always described in the media as a “computer expert”?
Entries from August 19th, 2008
Let’s Go Round Again
August 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Let’s Go Round Again · Technology
I returned home from work today to find that Chrystal’s laptop had got it’s knickers in a twist and it was stuck in an endless loop of trying to configure updates to Vista. I looked into it and discovered that Microsoft has greatly expanded its repertoir of frustrating messages since Windows XP.
Airbag
August 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
In case anyone was wondering exactly what a giant inflatable dog turd looks like, somebody over at Flickr managed to get a photo of it. (Link only. Its a copyright image so I won’t embed it here.)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
August 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
Some good quotes from Lemmy in an interview in Word magazine this month, including this one where, I think, he is making up a new word: I’ve always looked like a do-er, not a do-ee.
Tags: Quotes
New Gold Dream
August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
I am starting to wish I had started my holidays a week later. I am enjoying watching the Olympics, but now I have to return to work on Monday. Today was good though: not just for the gold medals in swimming and rowing, and the many medals in cycling but also for the commentary. Towards […]
Ibhola Lethu
August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Ibhola Lethu is “our football team” in Swahili or some other African language. I think. Anyway, its the title of a song by the mighty Johnny Clegg and his band Savuka and appropriate for speculation about this new football season and particularly the fortunes of not only the Hammers but my team in the Guardian’s […]
Tags: Football
Further On Up The Road
August 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Further On Up The Road · Life
On Thursday Jayne went into hospital for a few hours as an out-patient to have some work done on her hip. It was supposed to be urgent, but she had it postponed until the school holidays so she would not have to take any time off work – not something I would have done I […]
Travelling Without Moving
August 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
The local papers have recently been providing a sort of running commentary on the ever-changing location of a group of travellers in Crawley. Or maybe there are a couple of groups: its hard to tell. All I know is that there have been caravans parked somewhere for the last couple of months. Which all reminds […]
Living In The Past
August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Music
I have been listening to another new CD, courtesy of Amazon’s ‘Vine’ programme. Its a self-title debut album from The Virgins: a New York indie band who seem to be quite popular in France. Here is what I thought of it:
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
August 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger · Life
Having a couple of weeks off work, and not going away anywhere, I have been able to watch a bit of the Olympics this week. Today there was some eventing, women’s weightlifting and canoeing, leading to the normal speculations, plus a few unique to the 2008 Olympics.
