I had just about given LJ up for dead, but now more and more of my friends appear to be posting here again.

Whilst a post to Facebook reaches more people, the noise to signal ratio is a lot higher on FB. Perhaps it is time to go back to posting here...

With summer coming, that's 2 weekends in a row that I have been out skating for at least 30 minutes. After feeling like I nearly killed myself on the local SkyRide last year, I want to be ready for the central London this year.

1 gigabyte of notebook RAM equivalent to:-
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=260FC416A5CA7304

or a 4 port USB 1.1 unpowered hub.

It was a good evening. It was a bit weird at the start. The last time I had seen her live was so long ago that the Mean Fiddler was in Harlesden. When she first came on stage, initially it felt a little bit embarrassing like watching somebody's granny in a Judy Dench haircut trying to dance with the youngsters at a wedding ( Read more... )

Half and half syrup and water coloured with a mixture comprising 2 parts red food dye to 1 part blue food dye. The blue is the secret ingrediant. Do I have any white cloths to spill it on?

On the other hand my first attempt at Zombie make-up for tomorrow is rubbish - time to get out the copydex and toilet paper.

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Once again, it looks like I'm going to Whitby. Macula and Snow were trying to get me to go, so I told them that if i could find a Hotel at this short notice, then I'd do it. I found 2 hotels on DiscoveryYorkshireCoast.com and booked the cheaper one :-p

Some friends have asked them to go to Whitby with them this Autumn. I'm in 2 minds as to whether to go ( Read more... )

Further to the Drill (no takers so far), does anyone want a Canoscan N650U Scanner complete with original CDs and USB cable. It works fine with XP, but I have had to replace it because it because Canon won't write drivers for Windows 7 or even for 64Bit XP.

In addition, does anyone want an HP Designjet 980cxi. The double sided printing doesn't ( Read more... )

Once again, this long weekend saw an all too short visit from enname over from Australia. As usual she gave me a good excuse to take time off work and get in the car and go places ( Read more... )