Well, it’s 31st December 2002.. another year draws to a close and once again it’s time to make some resolutions which will be broken in the first week of the new year. Next year I will…
Author: Simon
Video is dead. Long live mpeg2
Having recently got a Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 card, I finally tried recording something to the hard disk instead of just using it to watch TV on the computer. It’s brilliant!
blog updates…
…are just like buses. You hang around waiting for ages and 3 come along at once.
Yeah, ok – I know that I’m just writing a third entry for the sake of it 😉
Addiction (part 2)
In case anyone’s wondering about how I got on with giving up Diet Coke, I’m back on it.. however, I did go for 35 days without any and now only have one or two cans a day. I guess aiming for a specific timeframe such as 28 days really works.
Although intake of diet coke has decreased, tea consumption is up to around 10 cups a day at times and I’ve gone through a box of 80 PG Tips teabags and most of a box of 240 teabags in the last month!
Christmas
Well, only a few weeks to go but it seems like the shops have had Christmas goods available for months! Eventually we’ll be just moving into July and they’ll be advertising Christmas 🙁
Oh, and I’ve still not bought any Christmas presents.. nevermind eh?
Giant Mice?
We now have a 12cm hole in the kitchen wall. Ok, so it’s not giant mice.
Thanks Dad! It’s just right for the new extractor fan to vent through. The hob also fits into the worktop properly now as well.. not long now before the kitchen is finished.
Perl stuff
I’ve been messing around writing some perl modules for use with starting and maintaining a database index of multimedia objects – audio, video, pictures. The kind of thing that could be used as a base for one of those Photo Album websites.
Addiction
It’s been 3 whole days since I had any diet coke (since sunday night)… many cups of tea seems to have helped keep me awake when required although it’s a lot harder to wake up in the morning. I’ve been told it takes 28 days to make or break a habit.. 3 and counting..
Getting there…
Well, the kitchen is getting there slowly. Not much left to do before the electrician can come back and wire in the appliances. Then we can get the sink fitted in properly so that we have water in the kitchen once more.
My advice to anyone considering replacing their kitchen – get someone else to do it for you in a few days (or if you’re a plumber/builder/electrician, book a week off and get it done quickly). This business of destroying a kitchen over the space of a year really sucks.
“I smell you”
Kids toys seem to be rather odd these days.. my old Action Man used to have swivel eyes operated with a lever in the back of his head. Harry’s Action Man that he got for his birthday has one of those radar systems built in and says things like “I smell you”, “Hey you!”, and “Hold it X!”