Archive for General jibber jabber
Kitchen Disaster
First of all, I've realised that I'm absolutely awful at keeping any kind of regular update going on here. I've never really been a diary person. I set off with the best intentions and lets months slip by without as much as a whisper. Flying-wise I'm further than I was last time but every time I have a lesson it widens the realisation of what I...
Exciting day!
Half day today as a flying lesson was booked in the afternoon so spent a few hours at work going through processes etc then off to get some fuel as the fuel warning light appeared on the motorway on the way in. As I was driving towards the local asda (closest to work), approaching a roundabout I hear sirens & saw a police car coming the...
almost the weekend part 2
Following my last "almost the weekend" drivel, it hasn't seemed such a long week this time. I think I've lost entire days here and there with being so busy at work. It's tiring though, today I did a 200 mile round-trip between meetings. Started with Redditch to Mansfield, then rushed off to Stoke on Trent (grabbing a sandwich from the previous...
Saint Swithin
'St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.' Roughly translated, if it rains on the 15th July, it will rain for another 40 days. It's now two weeks later and I don't think it's stopped which is a shame for the poor car which is still collecting...
Tesco musicians
It's true, Tesco (the well known supermarket) employ professional musicians in their electrical goods department. The day started well, I packed up the "technika" television to take back to Tesco to get a refund or replacement. It has a nasty hissing sound to it, it's very subtle but quite audible especially at lower volumes. Knowing about it...
Almost the weekend..
..and looking forward to it too, I'm sure it's been Wednesday two or three times this week when I've woken up. Poor Deb woke up this morning and asked if it was Saturday (what a bloody shame!). First thing on the agenda for Saturday is to pick up some new lamp-seals from the Volvo place. They were delivered the day after I ordered them a couple...
back to basics
I had a slightly stranger than usual day today. Since returning the company car (the company policy is there are no company cars any more) six months ago, we've had an old but reliable volvo v40. All throughout having access to the company car, I've always felt the sense of not owning the car and some degree of guilt that I can call somebody at...
Reinstalling Windows
For some reason, windows has never been a "clean" operating system. Over time, things degrade with every software install/reinstall and bits are left on the registry generally slowing the whole thing down. Recently, I've had a couple of security alerts from AVG and windows defender about various trojans and rootkits. Normally being very careful...
Techno Weekend
Well, it's been an interesting weekend. First of all the website going pear-shaped with more backdoors than a persian brothel, then noticing viruses (virii?) on two computers (possibly related to the website linking hidden frames to very dubious sites). A few hours with AVG and the mighty run --> sfc /scannow (checks your system files if...
Spankdonkey.com – the new era
So, Spankdonkey.com is finally at an end. Or so it would seem, perhaps a new beginning. One scriptkiddy finds a known exploit in SMF forums and alters too many files to mention amounting to vandalism. I do have backups of the site but I'm not going to restore it, we've had a good run. Starting in December 2002, Giy & Myself started a...