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Linksys WVC54G wireless camera, btinternet SMTP and gmail

Dug out my wireless camera, to see if it could be used as a web cam - it's good quality, with sound, but more for security monitoring than sitting in front of the screen and talking. Don't think it can, but it's good to have it up and running again a...

Apothecary cabinet strangeness in Surrey

You will of course remember this cabinet that I bigged up recently, it was listed for �100 and I put in a few bids for it, as I liked it and it's full price would be over two grand and it matches what we've got. It sold in the end for �545 to someone...

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure

Hope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ...

Great book, slight repost

I've got this book and it's great, a full history of all the drinking establishments in Folkestone and surrounding villages. And here's a rare copy on ebay, starting bid 99p.Splendid weather today, think the storms have moved North, it's bright and c...

Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.

Splendid weekend, a bit different this time, starting off with a half day on Friday. I headed to Winchester to meet up with some friends, and really needed the extra time to make the most of the night. Clare stayed home watching Children in Need afte...

Touch Wood

According to popbitch this week, this book is written by an ex pop star. My money's on one of Kajagoogoo:What would inspire a man to give up his job? Lie to his friends? Avoid his parents? Con his girlfriend? And shell out tens of thousands of his ow...

The sister-in-law's waters have just broken

This is a medical term that is related in some way to having a baby apparently. This means we're likely to have a new niece this afternoon, we'll call in to see her on our way to Canterbury for lunch tomorrow, I think she's in Ashford. This new niece...

Boom shake the room!

Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and...

Motley Crue play Hammersmith

If it wasn't a Monday night, I might go to this, 11th June at Hammersmith Odeon, it's Motley Crue. In fact a Tuesday night wouldn't be good either, nor any day from Sunday back round to Friday again are out. If they move this gig to a Saturday, and i...
Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

RE: It's the end of the world.

And now I've given you an idea of what to get Clare for Christmas. Start saving...

It's the end of the world.

No, not that end of the world, something a bit more lighthearted. Possibly. In an age where any security camera footage of a crime seems to be inconclusive, or not good enough quality to be of any use, or just not pointing the right way at the right ...

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job

No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ...

It's the end of the world as we know it

Popped out to the shop yesterday in a little light drizzle, and an even lighter jacket, and by the time I'd finished my grocery round, the sky was black like midnight and the rain was booting it down. This is just the start. I know it's early, but to...

History in my day

Another bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I�...

One night in Paris*

So we hit Paris at the weekend, and we'd only been there a matter of minutes before Paris hit me. Friday, very early morning Eurostar, but nice, as it was from Ashford, which is just up the road from us. So no need to head into London, or even to get...

Wintersmith

I see not only that there's a new Terry Pratchett book out, but that Amazon have changed their URLs, so they now have the author and title at the beginning of them... this is GOOD for them, for getting a page listed higher in some search engines etc,...

Working from home

I think this is the fifth attempt to get some decent reception and extra channels at home, with a day spent out of work for someone each time. It's only the second attempt from the current aerial and satelleite services supplier, and I have every con...

Flipping Big Television

After much deliberation, arguing, stress, and a pizza express to diffuse the tension, we got ourselves a TV. Not exactly the one we went in for, we were talked up very slightly, after comparing them side by side. We did see others that we liked more ...

So, one week as a married man

Damn, do you think they make these but not in leather? I think I need one.It's got built in massagers and a fridge and a phone, as well as being a regular comfy recliner... You can get it at www.drinkstuff.com, I should see if they have an affilliate...

MARVELLOUS weekend then

It's all about the pictures this weekend, which I don't have to hand, so I must transfer, upload, and edit them into this post later... Friday my cousin had a baby, welcome to the world Keira Patel, and then Friday night Clare had a hair trial for th...

Damn I had a really good headline in mind for this

SO, went to Ireland at the weekend, and it was very nice! Here will follow my little review of where we went and what we did, and things I recommend and things I don't.Friday morning we had a wedding meeting at Lympne Castle, TOO EARLY, and too many ...

Long MP3's

Before I go, just charging up the IPOD, and I clicked something to make it list it's tracks in order of size... so, the five longest tracks on my IPOD are:Rappers DelightFools GoldBela Lugosi's DeadThe Asphalt WorldPurple RainAnd yours?...

Independent testing of David Blaine

Haven't got a lot of time for David Blaine, but I'd like to find out it's some sort of fiddle, so I bought The Independent on Sunday for their "is David Blaine cheating?" headline... hte article (by Andrew Johnson) concludes he's probably not, becaus...

Don't fear the beeper

Plan for the day, change submitEvents() to editBill() - what does this mean? You have no idea do you? How queer.Also further Blue Oyster Card fears, if the little scanning device that reads your card is on the right hand side of the ticket barrier, a...

Divis will be BIGGER! And also SMALLER!

Can we have a defined postion on the divi's this week. There is still a lot of confusion. We going to get a brucie bonus if we hang onto whatever we had last week?RIGHT, here's the rules I made up as I understand them... to make up for divis not bein...

SFA Day OK! (part one)

Super Furry Animals today announce the launch of their latest album/DVD, Phantom Power, due for release 21 July 2003 on Epic Records.Well, they might announce it today, but everyone I know has it already, what's that all about then? I've not been abl...

The Hellacopters and The Datsuns

Got some quotes from the bands playing the Astoria on the 10th of December... it's not sold out, more tickets must have been released...Sweden�s The Hellacopters frontman Nicke Anderssen exclaims "It�s going to be great, it�ll be kick ass high-energy...

Got the new Super Furries album!

DAMN my punctuation, that should be a question mark... Anyone got the new SFA album? It's not released until the 16th of July, but if someone from the label would send in a copy, that would be just lovely.It's called "Rings Around The World", and wil...

Get ready to get ready to ROCK!

It's that time again, if you frequent the North London Borough of Camden you can't have failed to spot the CAMDEMONIUM posters... are you ready for it?The inner city "festival" formerly known as the Camden Crawl is ready to hit the streets on Thursda...