View from the Potting Shed

Readers may be interested to learn that the Autumn/Winter 2007 edition of the patented Argos monitor riser is now available from your local branch of Argos.
The latest version is in a tasteful blue.
Monitor bug
In other news: I’m now down to only two monitors now. I look like such a noob!
My own second monitor has […]

I’ve been using my ‘repaired’ O2 Xda Orbit for a little under 24 hours now.
I’ve had to do a soft reset twice now. Both times after using Pocket e-Sword Bible software.
Bah!
I think I would have been happier sticking with a Nokia. Or a paper cup and a length of string.
Double bah! Oh well, […]

This is one of my favourite series of videos on YouTube: Mark Erickson’s Infinite Solutions.
The videos are packed full of great tips, from how to recharge batteries using other batteries, how to de-fogg goggles to how to find small dinosaur remains. Good useful, everyday stuff.
Also check out his website: Mark’s Infinite Solutions and the videos […]

When I got home from work today Jane had had the front door lock changed! To be honest I’m surprised that she’s not done it sooner!
Actually, all was good: there have been some days that I’ve had to leave via the back door as I couldn’t physically unlock the front.
Just in case you were wondering, […]

It was my intention this evening to write a review of my O2 Xda Orbit, the mobile/cell phone / PDA / GPS / radio device that I got about a month ago.
But instead I’m spending my evening performing a hard reset and reinstalling everything, for the second time this month. And I’m not even going […]

One bonus of having two monitors at work is that if you suddenly get a Windows XP Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) — my first in maybe five years — then at least you can see your pretty Windows desktop image and the BSOD!
You can also see from that photo that I got myself a […]

Jesus said “You cannot be the slave of two masters!” (Matthew 6:24). BT said exactly the same this morning when they discovered that someone had tried to wire a second master socket to our original master socket.
At 08:30 a BT OpenReach engineer turned up at the door — not the cheeriest engineer that I’ve ever […]