Monthly Archives: April 2009

My windows PC has slowed down

Not a month goes by without a friend or relative asking for advice on what to do about speeding up their Windows PC. Got another one today and decided to blog my response when Facebook would not let me reply in full properly for reasons that still escape me. At least I can now refers others.

29 April 2009 – 20:20 | By kyber | Posted in Technology | Tagged , | View Comments

No wonder I am on sick leave

I have a chest infection with asthma complications and have been told by my Doctor to stay off work and not to do any at home. It is surprising that I have lasted as long as I have given the kind of life I lead living in hotels, working long hours, eating badly and not exercising. It is also surprising that my family have not yet given up on me.

28 April 2009 – 16:05 | By kyber | Posted in Health, Photography | Tagged , , , , | View Comments

Double grade 5 whammy

What a musical genius my youngest daughter (15) is. She recently took grade 5 exams in both piano and classical guitar. This was whilst rehearsing for her latest theatre production with the Musical Theatre Academy and preparing for GCSE exams. As the curriculum for Grade 5 was about to change significantly. it was important for …

24 April 2009 – 19:51 | By kyber | Posted in Family Life | Tagged , , , , , , | View Comments

Driving Test

Well done to my eldest daughter (17) for passing her driving test first time. The examiner said that it was one of the best drives he had had for years. She passed with only three minors, one of which was a tactical choice (reversing around a corner: go wide, get a minor; but go narrow …

23 April 2009 – 20:01 | By kyber | Posted in Health, blog | View Comments

Endless bleeding

I called my wife as usual from my hotel in the evening after work to hear that my eldest daughter was having a strange experience. She had a very small cut on here arm – no idea what had caused it – that they could not get to stop bleeding. Given that they are both …

17 April 2009 – 19:41 | By kyber | Posted in Family Life, Health | Tagged | View Comments

a few weeks later

It has been a while since I blogged. One reason has been because of my getting into Twitter, mostly using my iPhone as I am now.Work has been extremely hectic over the last few weeks as well. My weekends have been taken up with work, which is never a good thing. I am certainly looking …

7 April 2009 – 21:04 | By kyber | Posted in Photography | Tagged , | View Comments