Wall Mounted Tele

My newly wall mounted tele. Worked surprisingly well. :-)

Too many pies, not enough fingers

Finding time to do all the things I need and/or want to do is becoming a real challenge. Don't think for a second that this is a 'woe is me' blog post though as I am loving it. I run on plans and each and every evening is almost always full of things I should be doing. I normally manage most but this evening is a different matter. Legs is out with her friends tonight so I have a poker tournament about to start.

A small side note about poker. I busted my bankroll a week or so back and I am back to playing the free stuff. The nice thing is that the free stuff does, eventually, let you win some real money if you are good enough. There are tournaments out there that let you win what are known as 'tournament dollars' and these can be used to enter the real money tournaments. So this is what I am now concentrating on. That said, now the real money has gone the draw to play is less. Still enjoy a game when I have time though, of course.

This weekend I will be wall mounting my TV and routing cable through trunking. The boy is very VERY mobile and the sooner the house allows for it the better.

Looks like there is actually going to be a fair few people at Alfie's first birthday party having been organised as a family only quiet thing. I suppose that comes when your immediate family numbers more than 20....

Must find time to mow the lawns again....

IP Hider to access HULU... etc

Lifehacker link

[To many shows to list]... Here I come!

Zero hour

Did a full hour of near-as-dammit zero energy usage last night. All lights were off, No TV, video, DVD, PC, Sky, Microwave action and no phone calls. Felt good. Even after the hour my zero usage carried on although I cheated a little as I was on my laptop but that was battery usage and the point of this was to save money. Not the planet.

On top of that, the new insulation layer got installed in our loft yesterday meaning we now have a 270mm duvet over our heads to keep the heat in over the coming winter. It should mean we don't need the heating on as much but I guess only time will tell on that front. Certainly, the leccy bill last week was enough to provoke the zero hour on it's own. Everything else is a bonus.

Went camping with Alfie for the first time last weekend. Here is a photo. I think he enjoyed himself. Today, on the other hand, I HOPE he enjoys himself. Legs is back to work and so he is in nursery all day. Fingers crossed.

work work work

With live updating text streams from The Open golf, The Ashes cricket and the Tour, work has been a blur of F5 strikes today. With that in mind, I have actually got a shed load done. This is also a surprise as it is my first day back after nearly a week off. Goes to show that pre-checking my emails yesterday (all 450 of them) pays off...

Google Chrome OS

"One of Google's major goals is to take Microsoft out, to systematically destroy their hold on the market,"

BBC News Entry - News post

Google Blog - Google blog


mmmmm. Netbook with Chrome OS = on the web in seconds. Me likie! :)

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Twitter

I seem to be tweeting more than blogging these days, guess it is a sign of the times. The updates on facebook and twitter and so on are great for a quick check of how people are and blogs etc are great - in my opinion - for photos, videos, links and the occasional rant. I think that is one of the main reasons my twitter feed is on this blog too as otherwise it would only get some new content about once a week.

I notice another friend has joined Twitter in the last couple of days too so perhaps I am not alone in this thinking...

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I use your wireless

Well. Not you specifically, that would be silly of me to admit that on here... but I could...

hacking the wireless password

Interesting.... Especially if the chump next door is stumping up for mega bandwidth...

Tube Master + +

tubemaster++

That looks like a keeper.