Posted on Fri 22 August 2008 in general
I hate selling houses. It really does bring out the most anal nit-picking aspects in people who I'm sure are really nice in person. My house is empty, I'm ready to complete and I keep getting the same question about a burglar alarm I haven't used for over 2 years …
Posted on Thu 21 August 2008 in geek
I've been getting a number of DVDs through my current rental deal that seem to skip and pause on my DVD player at the start. At first I thought it was scratches but it turns out there are more sinister reasons behind it. It's basically the DVD equivalent to Copy …
Posted on Mon 18 August 2008 in general
Travelling first class in Germany is pretty good. We had a compartment to ourselves with some rather comfortably seats, a table and power socket. This meant we could enjoy a few DVDs without having to resort to shared headphones. The waiter service was pretty cool too. The difference in price …
Posted on Fri 15 August 2008 in general
The travel down was interesting. The Eurostar is fast, after a quick security screening and quick exchange of seats we were on. It gets up to 186mph and it didn't seem like long at all until we reached a mostly closed Brussels station. We had an hour to kill before …
Posted on Mon 11 August 2008 in general
It's official, we are in fact on holiday. In fact I've been "on holiday" since Thursday evening when I got home from work. The first task of the weekend was hiring a transit* van and picking up table from Fliss' Mum's to replace the rather crappy white plastic one that …