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  • Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. Today is going to consist of work followed by the Predators film tonight. #
  • Just opened my cards and presents, got some money from my family and Julia bought me a tent yay. Also I missed a delivery w00t! #
  • Up at stupid O'Clock this morning after slinking into bed at 3am. My parents are over this weekend with the dogs, so entertaining time! #

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  • Playing scrabble with Julia, I'm losing but trying to claw it back. #
  • http://twitpic.com/24yswc I pulled up some of the beetroot today, the first vegetable that I've ever grown. Hurrah. #
  • The heavens have finally opened up here, I've seen a lot of rain lately! #
  • IT Crowd tonight : genius! #
  • We are watching Kick Ass at the moment, I wasn't sold on the idea but its actually quite funny. #
  • So far today we must have spent 8 hours playing Worms on the Xbox. I had forgotten how much I love this game! #
  • Finally finished the Sword of Truth series, 11 books by Terry Goodkind. Any series that is a slog rather than a pleasure has got it wrong! #

This week in bullet points

  • RT @blonde_doctor @rs_rose @Jon_Jeffery: Yup, bring plenty of spare inner tubes! #
  • Really struggling to get back into the swing of things today. The impending trip to the Lake District on Friday probably isn't helping. #
  • Used my new lime and chilling shower spice this morning, feeling all fresh and awake. #
  • http://twitpic.com/235cmy First sign of potato goodness from the garden, perhaps it wasn't blight after all. #
  • Today marks the first of my holiday, I set off for the Lake District tomorrow. Today involves packing, relaxing and travelling to Romford. #
  • http://twitpic.com/23fhr3 Starting as I mean to go on! #
  • After much faffing, I'm finally on my way, sadly my pack weighs around 40kg (a rough guess) and I have to travel through London rush hour! #
  • http://twitpic.com/23owjx playing with my niece Lorien #
  • Wohoo we are on our way to the Lake District! #
  • Camping not going well thus far, its been raining since last night. This has not been the best time to find my tent is no longer water proof #
  • http://twitpic.com/2463e4 Novelty drinking time, huzzah #
  • http://twitpic.com/2476×4 this is getting silly, the enthusiastic bar staff in the Swan are actively trying to find interesting receptacles #
  • Oh my Fucking head. Need cooked breakfast stat. #
  • On our way home now, annoyingly, as soon as we left Cumbria we had to stow the waterproofs and put on sun cream! #
  • Home this evening after 8 hours of travelling. Not the best camping trip ever but a darned fine piss up was had. Broke now. #

This week in bullet points

  • Another Monday rolling on by. Can't wait till my holiday next week, camping up in the lake district. #
  • Oh looks like it's been raining half the night here. Much cooler today, yay. #
  • I've got a workman in doing a gas safety inspection, the bastard has just turned on the central heating! 0_0 #
  • Swimming again today, 34 lengths in under 30mins. I feel like I could have gone further but I'm happy to stick with half a mile for a while. #
  • When work is this intense I find it really hard to do anything other than veg when I get home. It's not good for getting stuff done :/ #
  • Spent the day in the @dialarch in Royal Arsenal. I wish this place had opened while I was living here still! Very impressed. #
  • Heading back to the pub for lunch. Surprisingly I'm not even remotely hungover, just enjoying a lazy summer day. #
  • I'm *this* close to getting my first tattoo, went to the local place to have a proper book but they were closed. It's definitely this month. #

This week in bullet points

  • I recently discovered VMWare's ability to split virtual hard drive into 2Gb chunks. Thanks to this I'm now running a virtual pc from my ipod #
  • Something I've eaten today has disagreed with me in a big way. Just as I finished cooking our steak dinner, I was overcome with nausea. #
  • Emergency early night required. #
  • Ahh, the power of sleep never fails, feeling much better today after near 11 hours sleep. #
  • Damn it's hot today. Time fu a swim to cool off a bit. #
  • Swimming today was good in spite of being ill yesterday. Managed 32 lengths (800m) in 30 mins. Just 2 lengths shy of half a mile. #
  • Haha just got ID'd at Sainsbury's. #
  • Days like this I don't mind going into the office so that I can cuddle up to the aircon. #
  • RT @scuba_suzy i suspect I'm the only person in my office doing any work :| #notwatchingworldcup #
  • Terrible nights sleep, I woke up on the sofa bed in the study next to two open windows and was still too hot! #
  • Finally managed the half mile swimming today: 34 lengths (850m) in 30mins. #
  • http://twitpic.com/1zl40f does this look like potato blight? #
  • I'm *this* close to buying an aircon unit. #
  • Today I'm going to be stuck in a development meeting from 10:30 till 17:30. What could possibly take so long you ask? My thoughts exactly! #
  • I'm heading to Homebase: its aircon time! ION I got paid today, three days earlier than expected. Woot. #
  • http://twitpic.com/1zuybc oh yes, I can't wait to get home and switch this on! #
  • Finally emerged from my dribbely pit after being.poked awake.by Julia. It's like living with a cat some times. #
  • Now relaxing at home after mooching around Epsom, spending some more of my wages. I always feel quite content just after payday. #
  • I'm actually shivering but I refuse to turn the aircon down on principle. Tempted to sleep in here tonight! #
  • Swimming pool was nuts this morning, Sundays is not a good day for it. Even the bike rail was full. Swum 34 lengths (850m). Breakfast time! #
  • We're heading to the Pictures to see Prince of Persia in half an hour. Fingers crossed it won't be awful. #

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  • Gah I'm really feeling the Monday today. Probably due to staying up till 2am playing Assassin's Creed 2. So very tired. #
  • In spite of the weather, I've just eaten a whole punnet of strawberries from M&S. Feel a bit sick now :/ #
  • I can't believe how much my biceps are still hurting from swimming on Sunday. I even skipped my swim yesterday to give my arms a rest. #
  • Dear Three. WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO TRY AND FILTER WEB CONTENT I VIEW ON MY MOBILE PHONE. FUCK OFF. Angry support call incoming #
  • Feeling much calmer now, right until the point where I find out that the repair estimate for my pocket watch is £89.50. I give up on today. #
  • Finally getting around to watching the first episode of season three of True Blood. #
  • In spite of the whining from many of my friends, I quite like the ubiquity of the English flag. Racism has tarnished our flag for too long. #
  • loved Breaking Bad – s3 | e13 – Full Measure on Boxee http://bit.ly/ST2Ct #
  • We just watched 'The Orphanage' with the surround sound turned up loud. Unfortunately Julia is too scared to go to bed! Cartoon time. #

This week in bullet points

  • Getting back into a routine after our weekend away. Swimming today: 28 lengths (700m) over 30 mins. Going to try going 3 times per week. #
  • Setup the surround sound last night, now I need to spend many hours configuring it. Geek joy. #
  • We've been watching Luther on the BBC, thoroughly impresed. Go beeb. #
  • Blimey, it's one seriously grey day today. I can't complain though, the temperature is much more to my liking. #
  • Time for a quiet relaxing Sunday at home. We really need this, feels like months since we've been at home with nothing to do. Bliss. #
  • Decided to go swimming. I managed 30 lengths (750m) in about 35mins. I blame the weekend crowds for slowing me down a bit. #

This week in bullet points

  • Getting back into a routine after our weekend away. Swimming today: 28 lengths (700m) over 30 mins. Going to try going 3 times per week. #
  • Setup the surround sound last night, now I need to spend many hours configuring it. Geek joy. #
  • We've been watching Luther on the BBC, thoroughly impresed. Go beeb. #
  • Blimey, it's one seriously grey day today. I can't complain though, the temperature is much more to my liking. #
  • Time for a quiet relaxing Sunday at home. We really need this, feels like months since we've been at home with nothing to do. Bliss. #
  • Decided to go swimming. I managed 30 lengths (750m) in about 35mins. I blame the weekend crowds for slowing me down a bit. #

This week in bullet points

  • Monday already, time to get our things together and head back to Epsom. Had a brilliant day yesterday playing Articulate with Dan and Tarah. #
  • Home sweet home. Had an epic weekend, now for some lounging. Well ok, even more lounging #
  • http://twitpic.com/1ss2yo Ahh cup of tea makes everything better. #
  • Just watched 'Going Postal', brilliant. Far better than the other Pratchett stiff they converted to the screen. #
  • It seems like 'Summer timetable' is another way of saying 'service cut backs' on Southern trains. Thanks arseholes. #
  • The neighbours just handed me my new surround sound system, I'll bet they were tempted to just hide it! #
  • We're on our way to Hastings this weekend to celebrate our third anniversary. Yay for weekend by the sea. #
  • Sitting on the beach in St. Leonard's watching the sea. http://twitpic.com/1tw2cr #
  • Today has been ace so far, breakfast in bed, presents and a long luxurious shower. Heading into town for some mooching now. #
  • We've spent the day strolling around Hastings. Visited the museum, aquarium and managed some shopping and a promenade along the promenade. #
  • Tonight we went for dinner at St. Clement's. Food was amazing and Julia looked stunning. Woot! http://twitpic.com/1ua11f #
  • On our way back to London. Feeling knackered, I could almost do with a weekend off to recover. #

This week in bullet points

  • Monday already, time to get our things together and head back to Epsom. Had a brilliant day yesterday playing Articulate with Dan and Tarah. #
  • Home sweet home. Had an epic weekend, now for some lounging. Well ok, even more lounging #
  • http://twitpic.com/1ss2yo Ahh cup of tea makes everything better. #
  • Just watched 'Going Postal', brilliant. Far better than the other Pratchett stiff they converted to the screen. #
  • It seems like 'Summer timetable' is another way of saying 'service cut backs' on Southern trains. Thanks arseholes. #
  • The neighbours just handed me my new surround sound system, I'll bet they were tempted to just hide it! #
  • We're on our way to Hastings this weekend to celebrate our third anniversary. Yay for weekend by the sea. #
  • Sitting on the beach in St. Leonard's watching the sea. http://twitpic.com/1tw2cr #
  • Today has been ace so far, breakfast in bed, presents and a long luxurious shower. Heading into town for some mooching now. #
  • We've spent the day strolling around Hastings. Visited the museum, aquarium and managed some shopping and a promenade along the promenade. #
  • Tonight we went for dinner at St. Clement's. Food was amazing and Julia looked stunning. Woot! http://twitpic.com/1ua11f #
  • On our way back to London. Feeling knackered, I could almost do with a weekend off to recover. #

This week in bullet points

  • http://twitpic.com/1qkl0b on the train to Work with Julia. Since her job moved to Croydon we get the same train most days. #
  • Thankfully, it feels so much cooler today. I was *this* close to buying an air con unit. I'm knackered today though, did not sleep well. #
  • Going swimming for lunch. We've been here a year and this is the first time I'm going to use the local pool 5 mins down the road. Bad Dave! #
  • Bugger. Not only did the car fail its MOT but its now going to cost 500 quid to fix. Bye bye car. #
  • Thoroughly enjoyed my swim at lunch, going to try to do this twice a week when I work from home. I managed 22 lengths in around 30 mins. #
  • I should probably point out it's only a half-size pool at 25m rather than the Olympic 50m, so it was only 11 real lengths! Better than nowt. #
  • Swimming again today, I managed 26 lengths in 30 mins, I'm feeling it now though. #
  • Passport expired March 2008. I finally picked up a passport renewal form, just need to muster up the energy to fill the bloody thing in. #
  • Standing in Evans waiting for Julia to try on clothes, anxious about karaoke tonight! #
  • Karaoke is going well, I am of course, shit faced #
  • We've sung our hearts out, now off to Vagabond's. #
  • Awfully quiet here at the moment. That's our fault for arriving at opening time, more or less. #
  • We admit defeat and are on our way hone back to Dan and Tarah's. I'm really going to suffer tomorrow #
  • http://twitpic.com/1sa1td tired posse #
  • Not feeling too bad this morning, helped muchly by Tarah's brilliant cooked breakfast, Nom Nom. #
  • http://twitpic.com/1sgn0l chilling on bean bags, this is what Sundays are made for. #

Moon Photos

I’ve been trying to take photos of the Moon on and off for ages, with predictably terrible results. Finally with my new camera, I have a chance of getting it right, so I’ve been out snapping whenever I see a particularly good Moon and I’ve been pestering James endlessly for tips on getting it right.

Last night was a particularly bright moon and clear sky so I was out again at midnight, no doubt looking a bit creepy. Below are a couple of the pictures. They’re not as stunning as every other picture of the Moon, but they’re the best I’ve managed to take thus far. Tips for improvements certainly welcome.

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This week in bullet points

  • Julia is out tonight seeing Flight of the Conchords, so it's boy time for me, this will consist of steak for dinner and reading my book. #
  • Accidentally stayed up until 2:30am reading. Feel rough today so I skipped the cycling, already feeling guilty about it. #
  • I think I need a new chair! http://twitpic.com/1pbqgq #
  • The weather seems to have turned you the worse just as I move to the 'garden office'. Bah. #
  • Just went outside to photograph the moon only to find that clouds have suddenly obscured the bugger. Had my tripod and everything. Bah #
  • Ahh finally at home and on the sofa, chineefoo is winging it's way to me. Roll on weekend #
  • Surely 'World Goth Day' should be in the depths of darkest Winter rather than a sunny Summer day? Fire the planning committee. #
  • English Summer time … yeah! http://twitpic.com/1pztco #
  • Finally a BBQ that wasn't cancelled! http://twitpic.com/1qcybz #
  • loved Fringe – s2 | e23 – Over There (2) on Boxee http://bit.ly/d7T4uf #
  • Just finished watching 'Solomon Kane', I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm sure you lot will too. #

This week in bullet points

  • Julia is out tonight seeing Flight of the Conchords, so it's boy time for me, this will consist of steak for dinner and reading my book. #
  • Accidentally stayed up until 2:30am reading. Feel rough today so I skipped the cycling, already feeling guilty about it. #
  • I think I need a new chair! http://twitpic.com/1pbqgq #
  • The weather seems to have turned you the worse just as I move to the 'garden office'. Bah. #
  • Just went outside to photograph the moon only to find that clouds have suddenly obscured the bugger. Had my tripod and everything. Bah #
  • Ahh finally at home and on the sofa, chineefoo is winging it's way to me. Roll on weekend #
  • Surely 'World Goth Day' should be in the depths of darkest Winter rather than a sunny Summer day? Fire the planning committee. #
  • English Summer time … yeah! http://twitpic.com/1pztco #
  • Finally a BBQ that wasn't cancelled! http://twitpic.com/1qcybz #
  • loved Fringe – s2 | e23 – Over There (2) on Boxee http://bit.ly/d7T4uf #
  • Just finished watching 'Solomon Kane', I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm sure you lot will too. #

This week in bullet points

  • I'm totally going to play "Zombie, Run!" On my phone on the way home tonight! #
  • God damnit, eaten by zombies already. 2mph seems slow until you realize that the walk through buildings to cut you off! #
  • Tomorrow I'm going to attempt to cycle to work, this maybe a foolhardy and short lived endeavour but I really need to get back in shape. #
  • Poor start to the morning as I'm only just leaving now. Ahh well. #
  • I managed to make it into the office but I was very close to giving up. In hindsight it was a bit much for me. #
  • Oh and didn't manage a great speed either, journey took 1 hour 20 mins for just user 10th miles. Need to get my odometer on this bike. #
  • I feel a little bit sad for Gordon Brown listening to his resignation speech. #
  • Oh oh, Eastenders is cancelled. Julia is having a strop. #
  • Working from home today, which is just as well because my legs could use the rest. So much work on though, today is going to be really busy. #
  • Looks like my working from home day isn't working out so well, I haven't been able to connect to the VPN all morning. Bah! #
  • Just as I was about to head out of the door, the VPN suddenly works. Maybe it was an objection to coding in my pyjamas! #
  • We're watching the junior apprentice, this is better than the normal one. These kids are hilarious. #
  • Another hectic day at the office, made worse by the fact that my proposal to ditch 3 months of work was accepted. Ahh well #
  • Today will mostly consist of rearranging furniture followed by another attempt at having a BBQ. #
  • Here's one for you gardeners out there: wtf is doing this to our pansies and how do I fix it? http://twitpic.com/1nzmyx #
  • We are at the cinema tonight to watch Robin Hood, no matter how bad Russell Crow is, he cant be worse than Kevin Costner! #
  • Good Christ that was bad, I'm more disappointed because it had such potential. #
  • Need to finish rearranging the study today, the furniture is I'm the right place but I need to wire up all the computers, rock 'n roll me! #
  • Ahh my work here is done, time to sit back and relax in my new improved study. Now with a more comfortable futon for guests. #
  • I love listening to the rain. #

Moving around furniture

HomeThis weekend I’ve mostly been moving furniture around in the study. I don’t know why I feel the need to shift everything about every now and then, maybe the ongoing need to get the most of out space? Maybe I just need the change. Either way, with some help from Julia, I’ve been shifting everything about, partly to accommodate a new Futon that hasn’t been pancaked into a single layer a single atom wide by years of use (I’m looking at you Dan!). Personally I could still sleep on the old one without much discomfort but at the same time when you can count the slats through the mattress, it’s time to go!

So with my bonus, I bought a newer and slightly more expensive futon from Argos which should be a lot better for people staying over. Unfortunately it’s bigger than the old one which has made space a bit tighter.

Unable to resist the temptation to geek-up even the most mundane of tasks, I used Autodesk Homestyler to plan and move things around. It’s entirely flash based and is free, but to be frank is a bit limited as you can’t precisely size their 3d models so where my desk is 205cm I’ve had to settle for 200cm and such. Which means that the bookshelves are not quite as cramped on the plans as they are in real life, but I’ve used it before and for the minor task of moving stuff around, it’s perfectly adequate. Especially handy for avoiding that last minute problem of stuff not fitting right, but I wouldn’t use it for micro-millimetre precision.

Here’s the finished product both in 2D and 3D.
Study_2DStudy_3D

Politics, the Election and the erosion of personal freedom

I’ve always held the view that if you don’t bother to vote, you can’t really comment. In that I’ve never voted before now, I’ve tried to keep up that ideal, I doubt I’ve been 100% successful but I’m only human ;)

But as I said, this time I’ve been much more interested in politics, even though I’ve felt that my vote wouldn’t actually count. So not only have I kept up with the election and the various party policies, but I even went to the polling station for the first time with Julia, who was also voting for the first time.

I think it’s a measure of how disappointed we were with the current government and all of the mistakes the government has made that we actually felt that we needed to register our disgruntlement. I can’t comment on why Julia wanted to vote by from my point in my opinion in the last 10 years our personal freedoms have been eroded to the point of non-existence by the laws over which the Labour government has presided.

Personal Freedoms (Rant)
People taking photographs are now regularly stopped on the streets of London by zealous officials demanding that they delete their snaps, be they professional photographers or just tourists who are clearly on holiday. Even now there’s a general undercurrent of worry when I’m using my camera.

If the police want to search through my files and find that I’ve encrypted just about every piece of data I own, they have the right under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to compel me to reveal my encryption keys with the threat of Gaol if I refuse. I would of course refuse on principle. Even worse, even if I did capitulate and want to provide keys, there’s a couple of encrypted archives whose passwords I’ve forgotten but I keep around in case I suddenly remember the keys! I couldn’t reveal those if I wanted to. The only saving grace here is that the authorities have only sent one person to prison for this thus far.

Thanks to decency laws, some of the pornography which I downloaded in my youth is almost certainly illegal! I say almost certainly, there’s still a lack of guidance to police forces on what actually constitutes an ‘extreme image’ but rest assured that if you’ve even briefly browsed the darker side of the web you could have something nasty in your web cache. Personally, I’m reluctant to purge the gigs of pr0n I worked hard to download, even though I’ve only even looked at the tiniest percentage of it, just on the off chance that some parts of it may be ‘extreme’. I’m sure you could arrest most of the men in the country on this one!

And for Christ’s sake don’t get me started on the Digital Economy Act which was most recently rushed through the parliamentary wash-up.

You may think that none of this really applies unless the police kick my door in and confiscate all of my computers, but that’s not as unlikely as you may think.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine had all of his computer equipment confiscated and was arrested by the police based entirely on a false accusation by a former employer that he had stolen some hardware off of them when they fired him.

Totally untrue and in recent months it was thrown out by a court. But that didn’t stop the police from holding onto all of his computer equipment for two years and no doubt searching through everything they could find. Luckily he’d just rebuilt and formatted his main machine but that didn’t stop them trying to pin other charges on him based on what they’d found on his kit! Innocent until proven guilty indeed!

All it took was a petty minded company man and a burned bridge to kick things off, how many of us have stormed out of a job in the past with a two fingered salute? Probably more than one of two of us.

So welcome to the UK where now live, where the spectre of terrorism has criminalized most of us without any of us being the wiser. The only reason we haven’t all been carted away is because the police haven’t focused on us, yet.

The Election
So I voted, for all of the reasons above and more. Even though, I already knew that my vote would make very little difference. Thanks to all the great online tools I knew well in advance that Epsom was going to be Conservative in spite of my MP’s homophobic comments just before the election.

Here’s a list of those tools I’ve used recently :

When trying to work out who to vote for, I was actually torn between Conservative and Liberal Democrats. Conservative policies closely matched my own opinions but frankly I find it very difficult to trust them and I worry about the undercurrent of racism and homophobia that seems to rear it’s head every now and then.

Whereas I find the LibDems seemingly more trustworthy and some of their policies to be sensible, I was quite put off by large parts of of their policies, such as on Trident and the immigration amnesty to name a few.

What we’ve actually seen, play out with the Conservative/Liberal coalition to me seems the best of both worlds. The bulk of the Tory manifesto and some of the better ideas from the Liberals bound up with the integrity of the LibDems and the appeal of Nick Clegg.

Realistically I know they’re not going to repeal all of the laws mentioned above but I fervently hope they’ll start moderating them when they can, given the importance of all of the other problems we’re faced with.

Obviously we’ll see what actually happens, but I can’t help but be both pleased and optimistic. This is the first time I’ve ever given a shit and I hope it’s not all wasted effort.

This week in bullet points

  • Uncle Ben's express rice, 2 mins in the microwave and done. I've got to say, this is the best plain rice I've ever eaten. #
  • For the first time in my life, I'm moved to vote. I don't think my vote will count and they're all as bad as each other, but I'm doing it! #
  • Just tried the voice input on the Nexus One, was very impressive making only a few mistakes without any training. Quite tempted. #
  • Julia is home from work, we're going to head over to the polling station now and vote! #
  • I'm going to bed, Epsom returns at 2:30am apparently, I guess I'll see what happened tomorrow. I'm preparing myself for disappointment! #
  • Epsom remains Tory with a 16k majority followed by the LibDems with a 70% turn out. So much for Chris Grayling's homophobic comments. #
  • I upgraded my mobile phone to the HTC Desire today. Desperate for the phone to finish charging so that I can play with my new toy! #
  • Just started setting up my new HTC desire, touch screen keyboard is already killing me, expect many amusing spelling mistakes this week. #
  • Another grey day #
  • Ohh nice, we just got a surprise package from Tara. Thanks hon xxx http://twitpic.com/1m190u #
  • Of course, one massive advantage to the weather; this is the last chance I'll get to cook stew before Winter. So I had rabbit stew tonight! #
  • I've been playing Supreme Commander 2 on the Xbox this weekend, it plays much better on a console than the first but is really dumbed down. #
  • Oh oh, I just looked up Julia on the map using Google latitude and she's halfway to Scotland! I hope she didn't get on the wrong train! #
  • Julia just called she's in london, damn you Google maps. #

This week in bullet points

  • Uncle Ben's express rice, 2 mins in the microwave and done. I've got to say, this is the best plain rice I've ever eaten. #
  • For the first time in my life, I'm moved to vote. I don't think my vote will count and they're all as bad as each other, but I'm doing it! #
  • Just tried the voice input on the Nexus One, was very impressive making only a few mistakes without any training. Quite tempted. #
  • Julia is home from work, we're going to head over to the polling station now and vote! #
  • I'm going to bed, Epsom returns at 2:30am apparently, I guess I'll see what happened tomorrow. I'm preparing myself for disappointment! #
  • Epsom remains Tory with a 16k majority followed by the LibDems with a 70% turn out. So much for Chris Grayling's homophobic comments. #
  • I upgraded my mobile phone to the HTC Desire today. Desperate for the phone to finish charging so that I can play with my new toy! #
  • Just started setting up my new HTC desire, touch screen keyboard is already killing me, expect many amusing spelling mistakes this week. #
  • Another grey day #
  • Ohh nice, we just got a surprise package from Tara. Thanks hon xxx http://twitpic.com/1m190u #
  • Of course, one massive advantage to the weather; this is the last chance I'll get to cook stew before Winter. So I had rabbit stew tonight! #
  • I've been playing Supreme Commander 2 on the Xbox this weekend, it plays much better on a console than the first but is really dumbed down. #
  • Oh oh, I just looked up Julia on the map using Google latitude and she's halfway to Scotland! I hope she didn't get on the wrong train! #
  • Julia just called she's in london, damn you Google maps. #

This week in bullet points

  • I'll be glad for the weekend, this week has been insanely busy, I've barely been on twitter. Still rather busy hang bored. #
  • I'd forgotten that today is payday, bonus day, payrise day and one off bonus day too. My account has gone from desert to rainforest! w00t! #
  • loved Fringe – s2 | e19 – The Man from the Other Side on Boxee http://bit.ly/d7T4uf #
  • Just tried the new Starbucks in a can. Wasn't too bad but very creamy for my taste, I'll have to try the light one. http://bit.ly/bmdvBI #
  • Went into Epsom at lunch to slake my consumer lust, very disappointed at my haul. Time to engage in some online shopping instead! #
  • Blimey, what happened to the weather? We've gone from 20 degrees and sunshine down to 10 degrees and grey skies. Looks like rain any minute #
  • http://twitpic.com/1jfnma – Making chicken fajitas tonight from scratch, including the flatbread and spices. Taste test awaits! #
  • Dinner was a success, feeling stuffed and sleepy now, I knew I should have stuck with two but I had to have a third. Greed is my downfall. #
  • Ahh there's the rain. #
  • End of an Era … I just cancelled all of my Eve accounts. It was time to face the fact that I no longer play Eve :( #
  • Relaxing at home alone today, I've watered the garden and cleaned up a little, currently reading 'Pillars of Creation' by Terry Goodkind. #
  • loved Trinity – s1 | e2 – Trinity on Boxee http://bit.ly/1wfCzD #