Daily Archives: Saturday 10th March, 2007

Roy Orbison in cling-film

The telephone conversation began with an apology and ended with news of a new novel, about wrapping Roy Orbison in cling-film. It was my cousin Alan and he’d called during the Powerpoint Edinburgh band rehearsal yesterday. He was meant to … Continue reading

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Teach Yourself Mahjong (3rd edition) out now

This week I received a package from Hodder Education in the post. It contained my complimentary copies of Teach Yourself Mahjong (Third Edition) by David Pritchard. And me. (ISBN-13: 978-0-340-92726-7, ISBN-10: 0-340-92726-7.) While I’ve probably blogged this before it’s probably … Continue reading

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Lenovo ThinkPad battery recall

The days of laptop battery recalls are not over, it would appear. Lenovo are recalling a bunch of ThinkPad batteries just now. Thankfully (for me) the battery for my Lenovo 3000 C100 is okay and not being recalled. You can … Continue reading

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