Upgrading to 64bit Windows 7. I tried to upgrade to 64 bit Windows 7 (taking a backup using the bundled Samsung Recovery Solution first). It didn’t go so bad, there was a difficult period getting the network reconnected because I hadn’t already downloaded the appropriate driver, and couldn’t download it because….. I didn’t have the [...]
Last week I got hold of a new laptop, a Samsung R780. Something of a splash out for me since my old laptop was only 3 years old and probably still good for another year. I would have preferred the smaller model (R580) but it wasn’t available with the same kind of spec. There are [...]
In January I got the results of my “well man” blood tests. As I feared I have high cholestorol, not enough to warant going on statins, but enough to worry about. The Nurse also suggested I needed to lose half a stone (7 lbs), though I’m convinced that that was her misunderstanding just how heavy [...]
Every day I ride my motorbike up a small road to see to my horses. This road has been getting progressively worse and worse over the past year or so. So when I found a site where I could report holes I started to use it. So far I’ve reported two of the worst holes [...]
It’s taken as a given in the UK that the French are “touchy” about their language and don’t like it when it’s not used correctly. This is in any sort of “formal” activity, I suspect that they are generally quite pleased when an ignorant englishman makes the effort to actually speak it. The question that [...]
I just want to write this so I have something to remind me, already it’s fading. Woke up this morning knowing that there might be some snow, and looking out the window, yes, there it was. A thin coating on the ground outside the house. Nothing too serious, the main road is certain to be [...]
Whee! Today, for the first time this year, I rode into work on a motorbike! I am chuffed! no more hanging around waiting for trains. My working day has just got an hour shorter! It’s not my bike though, it’s Sue’s new R1150R! What a monster, massively overpowered, but there were very sound reasons for buying it. [...]
Over christmass I went to see Avatar with my girlfriend. This is the first film I’ve ever seen in 3D. Let me say this, 3D does not make up for a poor plot. Everywhere people seem to be going “3D is the next big step since colour”. I’m afraid I’m not convinced. I guess this [...]
It’s been quite a while since I last posted, soz. So what has happened in the World of Rummy?? I’ve reread some of this rambling and it comes fair and sqaure under the category of “Content Free”. Before crimbo we went and bought a new motorbike, just in time for all the snow to fall, [...]
Sue was visiting a bunch of news sites the other night, trying to find something or other about Strictly Come Dancing, when suddenly a notepad window popped open with random looking text in it, starting with the dangerous MZ characters and including some text or other about “this program cannot be run in DOS mode”. [...]