Dan Brown 2006 ?

Posted: Thu 27 October, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Reviews(ish), Thoughts, Work-related | Leave a comment »

Recently, one of my work colleagues recommended a book called “The Traveller” to me, and in light of the recommendation, I bought a copy.

It’s only in hardback at the moment, but according to Amazon it’ll be out in paperback in earlyish 2006.

Jesus Christ it’s rubbish. OK, it’s brainless and easy to read, but my God, it’s bad. Not quite as bad as Dan “Effing” Brown and his sodding “Da Vinci Code” but still pretty damn bad. I’ve a suspicion though that it’s got the potential to be next year’s Da Vinci Code – easy to read, no brain necessary, and utter, utter rubbish.

To me the saddest thing, though, is that it’s actually made me think less of the person who recommended it to me. I’d thought he’d got some sense of style, but in light of this book……

Adblock

Posted: Thu 27 October, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Geeky | 3 Comments »

On my FireFox browser I use the AdBlock extension – in fact it’s one of the first things I download on any new installation. Over the last few days, though, it’s been doing deeply odd things, so I can’t block certain adverts, or it won’t let me view Flash files.

Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just my installation that’s gone tits-up?

DIY

Posted: Thu 27 October, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Domestic | Leave a comment »

As for the kitchen, and the work we did yesterday? Best not to ask, really…
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Surrender

Posted: Thu 27 October, 2005 | Author: | Filed under: Geeky | 1 Comment »

OK, I admit it, I’m giving up. After another day where the SATA drive on the new PC refused to format properly for reasons unknown, I’ve now ordered an “old tech” IDE drive for the PC instead. It won’t need special drivers, so the floppy disc drive can sod off back to the old PC too.

So, the drive should arrive tomorrow or Saturday, and then I can get on with setting it up, installing everything, and just getting it all sorted. I haven’t decided yet what I’ll do with the SATA drive. Time will tell.