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Jun5
Um, no, perhaps not.
I got a new hard drive at last, after all the problems I had with the ibook and having to send it back, I didn't rush into getting another backup job, but I saw a bargain at Maplin Seagate 500GB FreeAgent, and it seems to be working fine, plug it in and it contains all the software it needs. This is on a PC, I'm sure it's fiddlier on the Mac. If you sign up to the maplin newsletter they send you a voucher you can use against it too, so I ended up paying half the price of the ibook for four times the storage. You might get it cheaper on Amazon if you don't have the voucher, prices are changing fast.
Also, I dreamed in the night that I had a hair growing out of the top part of my ear, so I just checked, and I did, weird. It was not growing I don't think, but sometimes you get a hair that wedges itself into your skin, that's what must have happened. This reminds me of the time I lived in New Cross and dreamed that the communal bin shed had burned down, and when I went outside it had. Also I woke up with my shoes on, smelling of petrol. No, that last bit is a lie, but that's at least TWO psychic flashes now. Why can't I get a useful one?
Speaking of unforseen circumstances, there's been a "restructuring" at Channelfly / MAMA Group. You may remember that's where I worked previously, up until two years ago when popex was restructured out of their corporate plans and I was redundant. The guy who was my boss then is off, and so is the editor of The Fly, the company mag. Good luck to them both. The guy who was boss above all us, CEO or something was "restructured" about a year before. Waiting for the gossip from a friend who is still there, but he's on holiday. I think Niall Doherty (who looks about 11 in that picture, and is not actually much older) is to become the new editor.
I still have shares, they're doing nothing, bah. Time to check last weekend's lottery ticket and then most likely head to work...
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May8
Hmm, from an email from Doctor Neil:
Then went to look at the boat, the boat is OK, though the water is still a bit too shallow, hopefully my Rain Dancing will fix that
Nice dancing skills mate, it's pleuting it down like nobody's business in London and was also jolly wet in Folkestone this morning. Actually this weather is OK by me, I did some gardening at the weekend, prepared the ground and planted some veges, I hope they need this much water. We planted some leeks and some courgettes that we bought at a car boot sale on Saturday. We had a fortifying lunch laid on, and then set to turning over the vegetable patch and digging in some fertiliser. Tiring work, but it didn't actually cripple me so I might give it another go. Self sufficiency is a step closer (so long as we only eat leeks and courgettes and slugs). I've got some peppers at home, and some chillis, which I'm going to look after indoors until they're a bit bigger.
Back to Saturday, which saw a visit from my parents and my Nan, on what would have been my Grandad's 80th birthday. We had lunch out in Sandgate at my favourite local \"Mexican fusion\" restaurant - it is my favourite restaurant and it is a fusion of Mexican and other cuisines, it's not that we have a tonne of this type of restaurant. Clare and I went for our usual steak and polenta double bill, but I also had some of Mum's vegetable paella which was fantastic (paella she ordered, she didn't make it). The menu is all online now too. The lunch menu is especially bargainous.
Spent the afternoon reading the paper (very odd to see a friend's picture on the front of The Guardian, though I knew this article about popbitch was going in), and also opening up my IPOD! The replacement battery arrived, and the surgery seems to have gone smoothly, it's all powered back up again, nice one Maplin. The hardest bit was opening the case, mostly because of being overly cautious about doing any damage, but there was no soldering involved, just unplug, and plug in again.
Even later that day, we went out on the large in Hythe, and came back to ours for a few more drinks. We weren't loud or late, but we did get an ANONYMOUS NOTE in our pigeonhole this morning. I guess they don't want a complaint to be traceable in case it causes them problems when they come to sell up, you have to declare these sorts of things. It did say that noise travels through the walls, floor and ceiling, so we'd not tell which flat it was. I'm not really a nuisance neighbour I swear.
From ntk.net, all you need to know about Father Ted.
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May5
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Maybe it's the nice weather, but every day this week I've not been able to sleep properly, not at night, and not on the train, bah.
Plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to a visit from the family, taking them to Escondido for lunch and then out in Hythe in the evening.
Folkestone's the seventh best UK holiday resort apparently.
Might take my IPOD apart any day now, battery life is down to about forty minutes or so! It is rather old I suppose. Maplins (not the ones from Hi-De-Hi) have replacement batteries from under a tenner, and one for mine for fifteen. Look out though:
This battery is supplied with fully illustrated instructions and two special tools used to aid the removal of the iPod cover. Replacing the battery will invalidate any warranty and is quite tricky and Maplin Electronics cannot accept any liability for damage caused during this process. If you are in any doubt please use Apple's "Out of Warranty Battery Replacement" service (about £86 at time of going to press). This 600mAh battery has 50% higher capacity than the original battery so will give you much longer playing times between charges.
Have a great weekend, especially if you're going anywhere near the giant elephant.
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