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Frustration!

Monday, February 12th, 2007 I have my new computer nearly all set up the way I like it, installation of all my favourite programmes is just about complete, but one thing that seems to not be working is the creation of a back up disc. There is almost always no installation disc provided these days with new computers, but usually there is a disc provided in case of crashes that involve re-installation. Not in this case. What there is is a programme that runs every time I restart my computer and reminds me that I need to create one of my own. Then it asks you to run the programme and get it done. Great! Except every time I get as far as burning it to a DVD it rejects all my discs as being full, which is not the case. They ones I am using are blank and just fresh out of their wrappers. Anyone know of a good work-around? :-( *Update: the programme let me write to CD, so I ended up using 3 of them instead*

A Shiny New Computer

Friday, February 9th, 2007 With the arrival of Windows Vista on the scene it seemed like a good time to me to try and get myself a shiny new computer. Not a Vista one though. As always with the advent of an updated product, the old system that up until the day before was considered to be state of the art is now considered to be just so much junk, so now XP computers are being sold off at some huge discounts. I managed to pick mine up for £160, so I now have 80 gigs of space with a Pentium Processor running at 2.93GHz, a gig of RAM and a much better graphics card. Let's hope I don't break this one!

LastFM just got even better!

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 Do you use lastFM? I am not much of a fan of the social networking sites like Livejournal and MySpace (though I have accounts, of course ;-) ), but lastFM is one that I really do enjoy. At least it seems to serve some purpose. But now it's got even better! According to Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) - Warner Music Group has signed a deal to allow its entire catalogue to be played over the fast-growing social networking music service Last.fm, the innovative site that links music fans to new and old hits. Thanks to 901am for the heads-up
And even more good music could be heading our way as apparently lastFM are also in talks with the other three major labels. Though this is excellent news for us users I hope it doesn't lead to the other smaller independent labels it has deals with being overwhelmed. Are you a lastFM user? Or do you prefer one of the other music sites such as Pandora?

Tim Minear’s “Drive”

Sunday, February 4th, 2007 Another of the reasons for my lack of blogginess is my fan obsession with all things Whedon, at the moment I am following the news about Tim Minear and his new TV show "Drive". For those of you who don't know, Mr Minear worked with Joss on "Angel" and "Firefly". So I have been spending some time over at the site drivefans.com, helping design banners, wallpapers and icons and just finding out what is going on at the moment. Drive premieres on the Fox channel April 15th, so keep a hole in your schedule for it. I have also added to my blogging workload by starting up my own Joss news site on wordpress.com that you can find at: http://whedonsworld.wordpress.com/ Drop by and visit sometime. :-)

Gorram Computer

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I have been a bad blogger of late. One of the main reasons for this is that the "new" second hand computer that I got for myself has gone kaput. Meaning that basically I broke it. And I don't know quite how. This has led to me having to resurrect/rebuild my "older" second hand computer and install a few of those programs that I had come to rely on in my newer machine. So basically my being missing wasn't voluntary. The main trouble I have with this old machine is the slowness of it, even opening up the Windows LiveWriter program can take up to two minutes, and it's even worse with something like Photoshop Elements. Sometimes the "click" hasn't registered and so I try and open it again, sometimes I think this is the problem only to click again and end up with two instances of the same program trying to open which eventually leads to a crash. Gorram it. Which just goes to show just how essential a reliable computer is, so I guess at some point soon I will have to dig deep and splash the cash for a brand new machine with a bit of power behind it. And at a not too terrifying price. Anyone got any suggestions?

Blogging Challenge

Thursday, February 1st, 2007 I realized today just how much I have been neglecting my own blog. I seem to be spending most of my time using Google Reader or wading through my e-mails, most of which are Google Alerts. Now I am not saying that these aren't great tools, because they really are. I never get through a day without finding a couple of interesting items that I would like to blog about. I Fleck the articles and make a quick note of my first impressions, but then I seem to stall. So for this coming month of February I will try and blog everyday. Yes, 28 articles of my very own. Hopefully this will help me to improve my blogging habits, do a bit of analysis to try and work out where I am wasting my time and maybe even improve my typing and writing skills. It's always good to challenge yourself.

A week in my life

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Thank you mum!

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 I used my "Christmas" money from my mum to get a couple of bits I wanted online, and I received them yesterday! My new Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 is now installed, though it will take me awhile to get used to all the extra features and new layout after using Elements 2.0 for such a long time. I also got my Bedlam Bards "On the Drift" CD. For those that don't know them, the Bedlam Bards are an American Folk group who describe their music thusly:
When people ask what kind of music we play, we often say Celtic, but in fact we play "Renfolk Music," that unique blend of Celtic, English, Scandinavian, and American folk music mixed in with period tunes from the Renaissance and Middle Ages that rubs shoulders with the occasional incognito rock song at most Renaissance festivals. And we have a lot of fun playing it.
The album "On the Drift" is a tribute album to the film "Serenity" and the TV series "Firefly" so may not have an immediate appeal to those not in the know but they are still a group well worth discovering if you like your music to have some passion. Their love of the Serenifly 'verse is apparent in their every note and lyric. For hardcore Browncoats this album is a must!

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