Monthly Archives: September 2008
New toy
My iPod has arrived. I’ll post more when I’ve stopped playing with it, kind of busy right now… Continue reading
New Tech
Thanks to someone on the YakYak forum I’ve just bought a second hand 16GB iPod Touch 
It’ll arrive by tomorrow!
I’ve just done a mad run to the local Maplin to buy some new SCART leads and a switchbox for my TV, and a 3.5 inch floppy disk cleaner – there were two left in the shop.
And now my floppy drives work – even one that managed to wear a… Continue reading
Magic diskdrive killing rays
… must be flooding through my house. I have so many dead Amigas with broken diskdrives, it’s untrue. Every single Amiga I own (all four of them) has a dodgy diskdrive. And I’ve just been given another one to repair, and I’m failing!
Had to resort to buying an entire new A600 off a local friend in exchange for an XBox 360 game.
Bloody retro tech, it sucks sometimes. I’m going to… Continue reading
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A nice mundane Saturday
Today I did some very mundane and traditional weekend things. Me and Amy woke up sometime around 10ish, had bacon, eggs and kippers. Then, after washing up I did some gardening. Later there was a trip to Sainsbury’s followed by a visit to Bradford to see some friends.
Doing this stuff every weekend would bore me stupid, but it’s nice to do ‘normal’ things every so often. It mildly irritates me… Continue reading
Hello!
I know it’s not right to go on about how much money you have, but it’ll be a long time before I have a monthly wage as high as the one I’ve just had. I won’t add numbers, but let’s just say that I’ve been paid the equivalent of three months in one.
Why? It’s all down to our government’s bribe golden hello paid to new teachers when… Continue reading