Archive for June 13th, 2006

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Jun '06

Drivers

   Posted by: lyle    in Own Business, Thoughts, Work-related

OK, in this day of CD-drives, USB sticks, and the general decline in use of floppy discs, (Out of twelve PCs at work, two have a floppy drive) why do some manufacturers still only supply drivers on floppy disc?

The network card I had to put in to my work PC this week was a case in point – surely there can’t be that much of a price difference between a floppy disc and a mini-CD for the drivers?

13
Jun '06

Upcoming Changes

   Posted by: lyle    in Domestic, Getting Organised, Own Business, Work-related

While we were away, we did a lot of thinking, and some planning, and really just figured out some stuff. All good, and all very positive. It’s going to take some work, for the most part, but at least we feel like we’re getting somewhere again.

So – the big change is going to be that we’re definitely moving to Norfolk. Or at least East Anglia. But Norfolk’s the ideal. It won’t happen just yet – there’s things to do first, like sorting out some work, and also doing the final pieces to the house, so we can sell it easily when the time comes.

But at least the decision has been made, and hopefully it can all now start coming together properly.

I’m sure I’ll write a lot more about this, and some of the plans and ideas over the next couple of weeks, but for now, well, we’re just getting started on it all.

13
Jun '06

Surreal

   Posted by: lyle    in Weirdness

Depressingly, Herself insisted on listening to a certain football game over the weekend. Well, some of it, anyway.

At halftime, they went to some shonky stand near London Bridge, where allegedly lots of people were watching the match.

The shonky stand was sponsored by the “Official Beer of England”.

That beer was – um – Carlsberg?