I sat down today to reformat and make functional my old machine so the littlest one can use it. However, the jinx is still chugging along in the background so either the OS hasn’t installed itself properly or there is something amiss with the software because nothing is ‘going right’. Not sure yet whether to … More Talking of tech.

So off I go to pick up the lappie as instructed. When I get there I discover they’d not fixed it because they didn’t have a replacement drive… which is pretty much what I thought they’d say when I took it there but they’d disagreed. So I drive to Ryde, and talk to the Danka … More I.T. tighty cost almighty.

Went off eventually this morning to pick up the laptop and drop a monitor off to a friend. Explained what was going on the the oldies and after chivvying the young ones to get a move on, started for the car. Suddenly… the old man turns to the old lady and says “Come on then… … More So just as we go out…

Thought I’d try out a new theme. If I ever get around to designing a theme with an Australian flavour, I think I’d like to build it around this one. It seems to do most of what I’d like it to do, albeit with a colour/graphic scheme that’s a little over the top. 🙂 Anyway … More Slight change to the theme

After some searching around… online and in my memory… I realised the FTP client that I needed was Filezilla. This FTP client has several things going for it. To begin with it works, always the most important thing. Secondly it’s free, and you can’t go wrong with that either! And of course being open source … More Filezilla to the rescue!

Just been working on the eldest’s domain and installing the blog software there… hence playing with the interface 🙂 It’s not much to look at yet and she isn’t even aware it’s there… but it’s a start as they say. Trouble is on this machine I don’t have any FTP software and I’m not sure … More Yet more blogging?

Just had a look at the new version of WordPress… and I really ought to get on with updating it. Trouble is I’m a complete novice… sorry make that coward 🙂 when it comes to updating installed software… the jinx means I almost always make a hash of it in some unforseen way. Still, the … More New WordPress version.

Everyone made a huge effort yesterday and the majority of the upstairs is now again looking as if people live here. Rooms are clean and clear, carpets sucked clean of debris, and assorted rubbish either discarded… or hidden. Our room is of course now the repository of the remaining clutter… but won’t be attacked until … More The 'doings' – long post

I was doing well yesterday. I managed to go almost the entire day without eating anything other than ‘the soup’… did the same today, except tonight I made a pretty good chicken stir fry with barbecue sauce so had a huge bowl of that instead of soup… ah well. Back to it tomorrow 🙂 At … More And for today's trick… ?

Remember the jinx? Remember I was saying how great the JVC system was we bought for the gilrs bedroom? It stopped working. Not bad… it lasted all of 12 hours. Grrr…. I sent in a letter asking for ‘support’ but who knows what to expect. They might tell me to send it back, but if … More Famous last words.