Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
There were three main reasons why I didn’t plump for an Intel based Mac when I bought my new computer a couple of weeks agao Everything was just a little too new for my liking and I wanted to wai for version 2 of the IntelMacs so that any problems wold have been ironed out....
I’m sure the my life as a freelance web-designer isn’t the best for my health. I’m getting RSI from long hours using a mouse and keyboard, I’m sure sitting in the same office chair all day isn’t good for my back and no doubt my eyesight isn’t getting any better staring at these computer monitors...
I’ve never been into genealogy, but I’ve been scouring the Apple downloads site for software updates for my new computer recently and while I was there came across a few nice looking Family Tree programs. Anna’s mum is into genealogy so I thought I would check them out. To start with none seemed to quite...
I still haven’t sorted out my broken laptop but will be sending it off for an independent fault report soon. I’m still under the impression that a £2000 laptop should last more than 20 months and that my statutory rights under the Sale of Good Act covers me for such eventualities over an above any...
Last week while my parents were here we decided to get a bird table! We had been meaning to do so for a while as Morgan likes to watch the birds out of the window, and we quite like it too. Most were too expensive, but thanks to ‘cheap charlies’ we found one in our...
Actually, it has been one of those weeks really. I’ve been suffering all week with yet another flu type bug so I haven’t managed to get much work done resulting not only in a bit of a back-log but also little income. On top of which I had to buy a new computer (Dual Core...
If it doesn’t make me sound too old, I’ve now been windsurfing for over 20 years, but believe it or not, in all that time I have never indulged in my passion outside of the UK. All that is about to change as I am in the process of organising a windsurfing holiday to Dahab...
Once again I’ve had to call on my mechanic brother, Brad to help me out. All my education and yet it still seems to be me calling on him for help and advice more often than him calling on me. I always new there would be little call for my training as a carbonate sedimentologist...
Really I guess that title should say, Mother, Wife and Mother-in-Law are always right! They’ve been nagging at me for a while to go to the doctors for a general check-up as my family history doesn’t make great reading: High blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart attacks and cancer all feature highly in the medical...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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