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.

It’s worse than that… he’s dead Jim!!Or if you prefer Monty Python… it’s not resting it’s dead! What is? The HDD on my old desktop is what. Seems it’s developed ‘bad sectors’… or to put it in less technical language… it’s buggered. I tild the tech to put a new drive in set to ‘Master’ … More It's worse than that…

I forgot to mention that the JVC system we bought cost $350 delivered… less than a third of it’s original selling price. Wouldn’t say Grays Auctions are always the best place to buy stuff… but this was a bargain.

Got into town yesterday evening, threaded my way through the insanity of rush hour traffic… lord It’s been a long time since I’ve done that (however did I happily drive through London? :)), collected the wife and the stuff she’d bought then headed home. In retrospect, having looked at the quality of what we *did* … More Back to the auction

It’s autumn here not spring but nonetheless I’ve been doing some serious cleaning and clearing over the past few weeks. I started in the disaster area we called ‘the computer room’ but was actually a repository for any junk we had no home for including any technology not currently in use and boxes of kids … More Spring is sprung.

Well done Vale of Glamorgan… seems you’re number four on the list of ‘best places to bring up children’. The order published on the BBC site was: 1. East Dunbartonshire 2. East Renfrewshire 3. Forest of Dean, Glos 4. Vale of Glamorgan 5. Hambleton, North Yorkshire 6. Fareham, Hampshire 7. West Lothian 8. South Gloucestershire … More One of the best!