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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Updated my bros business website
I am still feeling off colour and worn out and my work laptop has failed again (arghh!!) so I took some time to see how my concentration was and updated by brother’s specialist book website to use the same content management system this site uses so that he can change the content of the site …
Bad night, gone home
The hotel room was still not being heated properly so I got them to change me to another room. The room was not of the same standard but seemed fine to me and was as warm as I wanted it to be which helped me out a lot. Despite being in a warm room though, …
Dog pics
Further to our visiting the Dog Trust yesterday and choosing another dog to join our home, The Dog Trust is due to visit our home later this week to check all is well, the dog likes the house, and that he gets on with our other pets (Tag, a dog acquired from the Dog Trust …
Freezing hotel room
I did not get to my hotel until around 9pm last night – stayed in the office longer than I should to allow more time to restore data to my laptop. Unfortunately, I found my room (Superior Room though it might have been) to be very cold. It was a ground floor room so the …
The long recovery of data…
Another evening in the office catching up on emails and allowing the great data recovery to progress steadily in the background. I am tired though not least because of the coughing I am still suffering from. There is an evening out tomorrow – not sure I will be up to it to be honest. Shame. …
"Dance Free" Poster
"Dance Free" Poster Originally uploaded by Wizwow A powerful image here that stays just short of SM. I like the way the light has been used here. Vert impressive. I am still learning how to use lighting to tel lthe message I want to focus on. ————————————
Got my laptop back
Hard disk has been replaced. It has just a standard build on it and non of the additional applications that I use. None of my data has been restored either – the hard disk was pretty much dead. (If needed, data could probably have been extracted with extreme prejudice) and I have started the long …
Not an allergic reaction to the new dog
but rather the winter cough illness (not the vomiting kind so far). So much for having a few days off. Spent virtually all of it in bed, coughing extremely violently, bringing up all the mucus, aching, and generally feeling very sorry for myself. Despite being generally much fitter recently than I was a year ago, …