I know very little about Macs, apart from their one-button mouse quirk, and am sure that amongst the multitude of computer geeks I know there is someone who has more clue than me on this.

We have an MacBook (appears to be this model) which I am in the process of copying needed data off in PC friendly formats. The problem is that after I have done ( Read more... )

The boy's teacher was handing out leaflets yesterday about the local Beaver (junior Scouts) group. While this isn't applicable for his class yet as the lowest age you can join is 6, he seemed excited by the idea so I thought I'd check if things had moved on since I was a young Brownie ( Read more... )

A large number of my friends appears to play World of Warcraft. The problem is that despite there being a large #drum influence on Earthen Ring (alliance) there are people elsewhere, and I have run out of slots to play alts there and am looking elsewhere for experiencing the new stuff. So I figured a list would be kinda nice to figure out where ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to dakegra and korenwolf who are obviously superior beings.

I shall now drink myself into a tea-infused birthday stupour.

Doo, dooo, de-do-doo

There's a knock at the door. We have a parcel that needs signing for. I wasn't expecting anything, neither was anyone else. Then I notice the handwriting on the address ( Read more... )

I know I was never one for updating this thing, but it has got rather empty of late. This is because most of the things I'd put would be one-liners and tended to get saved up for a larger post - instead I'm now putting them on twitter ( Read more... )

If money was no object, and you'd covered home improvements/buying a new house etc, what 5 shops would you go to for those little things you'd want to treat yourself with?

For me? Going for the local options here.

Hotel Chocolat - Luxury chocolate that is heavenly.
Sew Creative - The local independent craft retailer. Lots of lovely wool/threads ( Read more... )

Ill, boy ill, ill, hospital consultation, many tablets, mathematically-inept pharmacists, joints go ouch, spreadsheet hell, RED HAIR, girl ill, broken washer-dryer, elderly family member problems, tantrums, baking, gardening, mothers day presents, chocolate, family visit, knitting, painful television programmes, knitting, cleaning, playgroup, BSOD ( Read more... )

Same drill, posting up stuff I and others have spotted. Will add any that appear in comments or via other media as they appear.

News
The Guardian - All stories in 140 chars via Twitter
The Economist - Theme Park
CBBC News - New reality show
Daily Mail - Home Secretary goes shopping
The Sun - Ukraine national anthem

Teh internets
Gmail - Auto- ( Read more... )