Monthly Archives: February 2007

An email from Tony Blair

There’s been a massive furore here in the UK recently over the Government’s proposal to introduce a road pricing scheme based on satellite tracking technology. Nearly 1.8 million people signed an on-line petition (see here: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/) objecting to the governments proposals, … Continue reading

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Outlook frustrations!

I must be getting old. I am finding more and more things to do with IT that annoy me. I use Outlook for my day to day email and scheduling and it syncs up great with my IPAQ, but since … Continue reading

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The simplest things….

Grrr! All I wanted to do was install Adobe Acrobat but because I am running Vista it’s not that simple is it?   Those of you running Vista have probably turned the user account control feature off by now. This … Continue reading

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The Gossip

There’s a track that accompanies the trailer for UK TV programme "Skins" – it has been going through my head incessantly for the past few weeks and they had the band (called "The Gossip") that performs this track on "The Friday … Continue reading

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Need a holiday

Well I made it back from Norway and the weekend is here – yippee! Saturday we are going to London for a day out. We are staying at the Cumberland near Marble Arch, and it’s had some great reviews so fingers crossed it will … Continue reading

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Do not install Call of Duty 2!

Hmmm, a blog eh? Well we’ll see if I can put anything useful in here over time.   The first piece of advice I can give you is if you have a high-spec notebook, DO NOT INSTALL Call of Duty 2! … Continue reading

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