One Man's Notes

Flooded Back Passage

Dec 3, 2007 ⌘

Ah, the trials of living in a Victorian-era building on a Victorian-era street that took some serious abuse during World War II. Thanks to the Luftwaffe, the drains in my part of Lewisham are less than robust. And, every now and then they block up, back up and flood my back passage.

What fun!

Voce 'e Notte

Dec 1, 2007 ⌘

Voce 'e Notte

A lovely piece of music played with style by alan.

Re: Blogging

Nov 27, 2007 ⌘

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So, life.

I must getting better at posting to my blogs. I must get better at posting to my blogs.

It's a function of being a "professional" blog advisor, I suppose. I spend too long talking about blogs, and too little time doing it these days. That's sorta counter-productive, though. Becoming all mouth and no blog trousers, as it were, isn't going to do me, or the people I'm working with, any good at all.

So, I must reform. I must end my ways. I must put finger to keyboard and blog with strength and confidence, as once I blogged in the past.

It's a new week. It's a new start. Here we go.

Oh, and here are some pics of my collegues:

Chris & Karl

Andrew Orange

Office life is so dynamic, isn't it?

Margate Promenade

Nov 22, 2007 ⌘

Great-great-grandm-grandad-steele

This is my great great grandparents on holiday in Margate. Well, that or my great great great grandparents. My grandma's notes are hard to decipher sometimes.

Mum & Dad's Wedding Day

Nov 22, 2007 ⌘

Mum & Dad's Wedding

I've been playing with the scanner again…

Vox Hunt: Thanksgiving Traditions

Nov 20, 2007 ⌘

Show us one of your Thanksgiving traditions.

Well, getting annoyed at American-centric Vox Hunt/QotDs is rapidly becoming one of them...

Waiting in the dayroom

Nov 9, 2007 ⌘

Another visit to hospital with Mum

Waiting in the dayroom

Real Life Forum Discussion

Oct 27, 2007 ⌘

We should probably show this to all our community managers as part of their training:

http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556&fullscreen=1

Pwned!

Liking Leopard

Oct 27, 2007 ⌘

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So, my copy of the new version of Mac OSX called Leopard (or, rather more prosaically, Mac OSX 10.5) arrived yesterday afternoon, at some point before I dragged myself out of my sickbed and into the office. I hesitated for all of about 30 seconds before installing it. (This seems to be the major difference between Mac and PC users right now - PC users are holding off from installing Vista for as long as possible, Mac users get Leopard on their machines the first moment they can).

It too about an hour, once I'd rebooted, I discovered thet the line "add a new Mac to you Mac" isn't just advertsiing puff - it genuinely does feel like a new machine. The visual aesthetic of the new OS is markedly different from previous interations, giving the interface a new, pleasingly solid feel. CoverFlow for documents is just terrific, and Quicklook (whereby you can hit the space bar while selecting a document, and open a detailed preview without having to open the actual application) is shaping up to be one of those "how did I live without it?" features.

And, most importantly, World of Warcraft runs just fine.

All good, so far.

Vox Hunt: The Good Doctor

Oct 22, 2007 ⌘

Show us your favorite doctor.

The Fifth and Tenth Doctor

Duh.

Sojourn in Sunderland

Oct 20, 2007 ⌘

Sojourn in Sunderland

We're up in Sunderland for the weekend, to attend a christening of the son of an old friend of Lorna's. Tonight we're enjoying the hotel and stressing over the rugby…