22
Sep
A Weekend of Work
Well its been a very busy week. I went home on the weekend, back to Newark, for a couple of reasons. The first being that I was helping my sister move in to her university accommodation at Sheffield Hallam. She is a fresher and has a very nice room which is bigger than mine was at Staffs and has a double bed, OK its not a double but its bigger than a single. However all was not amazing as her shower area looked like it had not been cleaned in a while. Other than that it seemed a very nice place to live for a year.
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13
Jun
This Week
Just a quick post. I have pre-ordered the new iPhone which will arrive next Friday. The contract is a little steep at 24 months but I think it was worth it. I rang Orange to continue to use my mobile number that I got with my first mobile nearly 6-7 years ago now! I was sort of annoyed that Orange was prepared to give me a phone comparable to the iPhone for free on a £15 a month contract.. just to keep me on, why can’t they offer that to new customers?
On other note I saw Russell Howard live again this week. He was very funny and I believe it was his extended tour dates as he had some new material. I have to admit not as funny as last time but worth going to see!
Also it is nice to hear the British engine manufacturer Cosworth is supplying the 3 new teams to F1 for 2010 including a new British team.
9
Jun
New Look
I was going to wait till the imminent release of WP 2.8 but I found myself wondering the realms of the internet and wound up activating the new look for this weblog. What do we think?
Talking of things being released; The new iPhone named “iPhone 3G S”, the S meaning speed has been announcement as it deemed to be released in to the wild very soon on the 19th June! I think I may find myself outside an O2 store very soon.
Update: Appears Wp 2.8 is being released tomorrow!
1
Jun
First of the Month
Which means it is 27 days till I move to Birmingham. I getting quite excited about the prospect as I get a taste tomorrow with a trip to the data-centre with the current placement student.
May has been an interesting month, I have turned 20, which I still find a little fascinating. It seems a long time yet the last 4/5 years have gone so fast.. Does time speed up as you get older? I’ve moved back home after two years (I don’t think two weeks last summer counted) and well I can’t think of anything to add to the list but anyway…
In my last post I forgot to mention I got a little camera for my birthday.. I’m not a mad snapper but I thought it be nice to have one.. so when I grab some nice photos a new section will come to life on the blog, its hiding away as its got nothing to show for now.
I finally got round to installing Windows 7 on my laptop which I am currently using to write this post. I’m liking the new features and tweaks that keep surprising me, the latest is the sub menus on the start menu. Pined items when hovered over produce a sub menu with options for you, for example its shows the recent history of the devices you have connected to with Remote Desktop which skips a step when accessing the machines as shown below…
Which reminds me! I’ve been quite impressed with Windows Home Server lately which is installed on Stewie. After reading up on the way Home Server backups machines and the restore process when I first purchased the operating system. I was quite confident that if and when my computer fell over it would be ok as I could just restore it from a backup, I never tested this out though.. I suppose it was at a time that it it isn’t broke, don’t fix it as I was in the middle of uni and formatting a pc for the fun of it wasn’t my top 10 things to do.
However the time did come for me to use it. The process was so simple. The restore CD is a Live CD, which for those of you that don’t know, is a bootable operating system that doesn’t require or use a hard-drive . It didn’t require any drivers importing at all and after a few clicks the machine was restoring its self.. Magic!!
So magic I have to say… Matt, a house mate, an avid Mac fan.. has got him self one. A Tranquil SQA-5H I believe… and I do believe soon the Home Server will be able to take backup images of Apple Mac’s using the Time Machine application.. not sure though…
On this point I have to finish and make my way back to Stafford..
22
May
A Busy Week
Its been a busy week for me after moving out of Stafford after finishing my second year of uni. I have been busy working for my parents, sorting out computers, moving printers all sorts it seems as well as having fun with Windows SBS 2003 but more on that later… I managed to escape and had a trip to Alton Towers last Tuesday. I had a great time and I managed not to spend an arm and a leg on crazy ride photos with rather funny poses however it did rain. On the up side the queues were short and we managed to get a good day of thrills. We did go on the new pirate ride, Battle Galleons, in which you fire water canons at other pirate ships and incidentally the queue of people waiting to get on.. although they can fire back. I have to admit I didn’t think it would be as enjoyable as it was, but as all good things must end I managed to hurt my neck. I think it was on the Spinball Whizzzer ride and the past few days I’ve been quite a bit of pain with a stiff neck however it only happened at the end of the day.
The biggest thing I suppose is that is was my birthday this week, it appears I have turned 20. I had a good day and a nice meal at Damons in Lincoln, very good food and if it is your birthday your meal is on the house so its all good, they also give you a cake so recommended to all!
With this stiff neck I also started to get a burning sensation in my pocket but I quickly sorted that out with a purchase of an Xbox 360. I did have one at the start of uni but I never really used it and I ended up selling it. This time around I have got myself an Elite console with my collection of games starting at Left 4 Dead. I’ve noticed the dashboard has changed dramatically which is a big improvement..
I haven’t yet hooked it up to the Windows Home Server to stream content to it as it is currently being used elsewhere but hopefully by the end of weekend I’ve have my hands back on it.
Next week I’m hopefully going to get round to checking out Windows 7 what with uni and exams I’ve not had a chance to have a look a the RC I was about to install it on my laptop which has a new screen (I won’t say how I broke it) but I don’t have any blank DVD’s. When I get some I’ll also be checking out Gentoo which is used at my placement.. which I can’t wait to start.. I’ve signed contracts for my accommodation in Birmingham and move in on the 27th! so I’m playing the waiting game…
On that note I’m going to end this rather unusually long post…
28
Apr
A Cup of Tea…
Doesn’t solve everything as I am absorbed with the flu (just flu and not swine flu) right in the middle of my exam period. I haven’t been totally with it this week as I turned up for my cisco skills test with the wrong crib sheet as I was under the impression I had a different exam.. Although I feel I did pretty well in it and I will find out the results soon. Having said that my first exam went better, someone found it a little too boring though as one of the invigilators fell asleep.. (and yes I am not joking, snoring and everything!!)..
Anyway apart of the flu and my exams I have acquired another computer! A small compact pc that I’m going to use to test the various operating systems I should really know about,. Mainly Linux distros like Ubuntu and Gentoo which is a popular OS at my placement I am told…
I have also set my moving out day which is the 14th of may a couple of days after my last exam and on that note I am off to do some more cisco reading..