Archive for December, 2007

The Cause of My Sleep Deprivation

Monday, December 31st, 2007

IMG_1542.JPG, originally uploaded by chrisgarrett.

Benji has soundly imposed his authority on the house. The pecking order now begins with the puppy and ends with me. The cats appearing somewhere in the middle, something they are currently contesting loudly and protesting with smelly responses around the house.
I got one or two hours sleep this last [...]

Test Your Geography Knowledge

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Geography is not my strong suit so I won’t embarass myself with my dismal showing but I actually did better than I expected :)
Stick pins and see how close you get to world places!

Happy Holidays (With Legal Disclaimer)

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Today is the last day of work for many people before the “holidays” so I thought I would take this opportunity to offer you best wishes for the, uh, season. Yes, I am choosing my words carefully. Please read the small print below before replying :)
Happy Holidays!
Legal DisclaimerThis statement of good wishes (”Greeting”) from me [...]

Remember when this was state of the art?

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Aaah, the good old days. 8-bits of raw computing power, and we knew how to use them! Of course we had the Commodore Vic20 (which was still being paid off after we were enjoying the world of 16-bit computing …)

Shock at $85k mobile phone bill

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

ouch! I hope I got it right when I signed up for my new data plan otherwise we will need to remortgage the house …
BBC NEWS
A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 (£41,000).
Bell Mobility said they would lower the bill to $3,243 in a “goodwill gesture” [...]

1 Year Maciversary

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I just wrote on Codswallop blog how I have had my Mac one year. It turns out I was a few days out, looking at the post here where I announced I had gornanddoneit.
Thanks to D’Arcy for the Maciversary word, heh.
I have to say, for the few faults and frustrations, I do love my [...]