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Feb 13

Paddington Station

I took a trip in to Paddington today to collect my mother-in-law and her friend Tina. They had just arrived from the United States that very morning, although not by train. The vast majority of their journey was conducted under the auspices of North West and took place within a shapely aircraft produced by those wonderful people at Boeing. Specifically a Boeing 767 which, confusingly for many, is considerably smaller than a Boeing 747, a true jumbo jet if ever there was one.

My own travel was almost as easy as being flown. At least it was after I discovered that my mobile phone, a Sony Ericsson C903, includes an efficient route finding programme called, easily enough, Navigator. It was that discovery that brings me to my topic for today. Satellite Navigation systems or Sat Nav’s.

Feb 11

Portraits

You may remember that earlier in the year I mentioned CreativePhotogenic. What I said before was all true; now I have more to say.

Feb 10

Spice Island

Every now and again you find a local restaurant which is genuinely reputable. The sort of establishment to which you look forward to returning. Don’t mistake me, I’ve not yet joined the ranks of the grand-a-night diners! However, I do enjoy good tasty food, professional service, consistency and value. I suppose I ought to have put consistency first on that list as to my mind knowing what you are going to get is very important. Perhaps my sense of adventure is deficient but I like knowing that my lamb dansak will taste very similar to the last one.

Feb 02

Almost Walking

My daughter is coming up to eleven months old and with the aid of a walker is proudly toddling about the place. It’s wonderful. I’m not sold on the idea that she herself realises how momentous a step this is. To see her standing upright, knuckles white and smile broad, taking uncertain steps with increasing confidence is a great pleasure. Like so many events I am witness to at present it stirs up thoughts about child development, education and the ever-so-slightly-uncertain future that youngsters face.

Feb 01

Fun with helium balloons

In the nineties, there were all sorts of warnings associated with breathing Helium gas. It’s pretty common stuff so despite the risk of blue lips or passing out everyone has had a go at the squeaky voice gas. Everyone that is apart from Joe Pasquale, who from birth never needed any. In short anyone who is anyone at all has given in and had a go at some point. For most of us it’s before we even make it to being teenagers. For some, well, it lasts a lot longer.

Jan 20

Time Off

I took the day off today. I’m changing jobs soon and so have four days of leave above those which I can carry over to my new role. Having to take the day off was rough. I sat at home, practically the whole day weeping because I wasn’t able to be at work.

Jan 15

Wondrous Wordpress

Some friends of ours have recently joined the Wordress crew. I’m not sure that they’ll thank me for it but you can see what they like over here.

Installing Wordpress for them, yes they’re noobs, helped me realise just how powerful and user friendly the software is. With minimal effort you can produce a clean and professional looking website to showcase your thoughts. Ultimately content is king, but well presented and easy to read content is always better than content which isn’t. With this in mind I thought I could post my first ever list as an essential part of a blog entry.

Jan 11

Have you ever watched 24?

It’s an experience I can tell you that.

Season one was something else. Within our circle of friends it was remarkable. We got together and watched the episodes in small groups of three or four. I can’t remember if we split the cost of the boxed set or if one of us had already purchased it. Without the regular advertisements episodes are about 43 to 45 minutes long and they are awesome. Pure awesomeness.

Jan 10