Disappointment – The FA Cup Final 2007

I’m not going to drivel on in a boring way about football. It’s just not a bloggy type thing. But really, could the FA Cup Final have been any worse? Obviously, if I was a Chelsea fan I wouldn’t give two hoots (although I do remember how bad 1999 was...

The Last of the True Disbelievers

As I type some music is arriving in my house. It is the rather splendid 1985 mini-album by The Brilliant Corners, Growing Up Absurd. Not available on CD, I got it from EBay on vinyl and, being far too lazy to do it myself, Stuart* borrowed my USB turntable and he has...

Vista – Finally some good news

Finally some good news about Vista. After the disappointment of not being able to USB Stream by HandyCam in the Vista laptop. I picked myself up, got a Firewire/iLink cable and had a go with that.I have to say, it couldn’t have been much more impressive....

27th April 2007

My Mum would have been 60 today. If she hadn’t died almost 10 years ago now. Its hard to know exactly what to feel. The whole Mersault thing tries to kick in and tell me its just another day, just another 27th April. But it isn’t. It’s...

Proofing versus Reading

There is no denying it, I’m not finding proof reading very easy. Obviously, I can’t for a minute suggest that reading my own book is dull, but proof reading is very dull. Trouble is, its a weird mix of reading and parsing. You have to pay very close...