On the back of previously mentioned car issues it’s existence was topped off with an unplanned impact with the side of the road yesterday. We had been enjoying a meal with S&J who are providing the venue for the wedding. The drive back was through some rather wet A roads (not helped by the non-functional [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2009
Inauspicious
Maelstrom was fun to a degree but I was plagued by a number of OOC occurrences which slightly marred our enjoyment of the event. We arrived on site pretty much without incident and as per usual we opened the car windows as we handed over our tickets. After finding somewhere to park (having car next [...]
Packed and ready to go
I’m all packed and ready to head off to the (hopefully) sunny climes of Maelstrom for a little light role-playing fun. The weather forecast doesn’t look too horrendous and at least Saturday looks as though it will be fine. As usual I have a nagging feeling I’ve forgotten something but I’m sure it#s nothing major. [...]
It’s not a crime if the Police don’t get involved
We went to our (hopefully) last mortgage meeting yesterday to finalise the application so we can buy a house. The meeting went fairly well although because of my “special” employment status the application now has to go off to the banks underwriting department to ensure they don’t lend out irresponsibly to people who can’t afford [...]
The things geeks think about….
I’ve been thinking about the whole Twitter* thing recently having been trying it out for two months or so. I haven’t much to add to my previous analysis other than spam will continue to be a problem in this new landscape and risks bogging it down. From the start of the experiment I was keen [...]
Fayres
We had a lovely weekend with Sheila visiting for the weekend. We spent our time attending a number of the local fayres which all provided a mix of community stands, beer and various burnt meat offerings. My feet are a little sore today after a few miles of walking in my finally splitting footware but [...]
Spreadsheets and P60s
This afternoon we will spend an hour or so with a bank going through P60′s and my self-employment spreadsheet to see if we qualify for a mortgage. I’m suffering a little angst as this is the first time I’ve gone for money without a permanent job and I’m acutely aware that banks are wary of [...]
Microsoft vs Google, who will win?
There was a slightly hyperbolic BBC article describing Google’s Chrome OS announcement. Apart from the obvious significance of the two largest tech behemoths going head to head the BBC did wonder if it would spell the end of the push for Linux on the netbook platform. Of course they didn’t actually read the blog post [...]
Sea of sharks
I spent the day with a potential client today looking over an interesting safety product. If I get any paying work out of it my client list would total 3 which isn’t too bad considering how long I have been trading as Half Llama Technology. The catch of course is getting paid for the work. [...]
Big Numbers
Yesterday we went for a cycle ride around Fen Ditton to get a feel for the place. Given that we already seem to be developing some roots in Milton it was good to know it’s only a short cycle ride away. The principle target of the evaluation involved visiting a few of the local pubs. [...]
