After a bit of faffing around, I can now listen my CD* collection by choosing them from the TV screen. All thanks to the Seagate GoFlex TV gizmo. *For younger readers, this was the format of choice for music in the late 20th century Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Author:Steve Palmer
I got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 - well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a few words to the online community. But I'm no Samuel Pepys! If you're looking for deep and meaningful comments on a variety of subjects, then you've arrived at the wrong site! I only pen for pleasure! On average, my posts appear about twice per month, covering family & friends, cinema visits, eating out, holiday experiences and techy stuff. Oh, and as this is my hobby, there are no sponsored links nor adverts here – it's all done with love!
I hope you find it enjoyable, interesting and occasionally, even helpful!
Non-PC
I popped over to Julie T’s this afternoon after receiving a call from her yesterday. Her PC just wouldn’t complete the boot process. After taking it all apart and swapping out various hardware components, it looks like it’s a dead (or dying) hard disk, so there’s a bit of work to do before I can …
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Punt and Dennis – Wellingborough
David, Val, Ann and I drove over to The Castle in Wellingborough tonight to catch the comedy duo on their They Should Get Out More tour. Onstage at 7.30, they kept us giggling until 10pm. The place was packed – I reckon around 500 were there. I’m not sure what was funnier – the headless …
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Little Black Number
The Seagate GoFlex TV Check this out! A little black box that allows you to play all your music, video and photos from your PC through your TV! Brilliant!!!! Heck, it even connects to YouTube! (as well as many other online services). Ralph and I spent some time setting this up today after an aborted …
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Wet, wet, wet (week 1)
Ralph’s done a great job in starting to transform our en-suite into a wet room. All the furniture is out, and all the tiles that need to be removed have been. The separating wall between the shower and the sink/loo is also no-more. The only thing that slowed him down was the save-the-planet-by-recycling-everything-mentality at the …
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Guide Her (with Rosi)
I popped round to Rosi’s to sort out a few niggles she had with her HTC HD2 phone and to guide her through some other phone related bits-and-pieces. As it turned out, it was a very productive session – her email is now working and I’ve introduced her to some useful apps too! Steve PalmerI …
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Never Knowingly Unresolved…
I popped over to Lee’s to setup her PC so she can more easily shop online at John Lewis and other stores. It was just a question of sorting out an online account and adding a few shortcut buttons to her browser. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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…and the transformation begins…
We cleared out the tip shower-room this afternoon in preparation for its transformation into a wet-room. It was amazing how many toiletries had piled up in there over the years – no wonder we think the room’s too small! Five types of shampoo, four types of conditioners…and don’t even mention my after-shaves! By 5pm, it …
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Lashing it down in Lincoln!
We drove up to Lincoln with Lee today to meet up with Denis, Bev, Roger, Jane and Oliver. – a sort of family get-together, mainly to give Oliver his birthday pressys and to sort out some residual finances as a result of Mae’s Will. We left around 9am and had a fast run north, even …
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R.I.P. John Barry
I learned today that John Barry, the famous composer of all the memorable James Bond themes, died on Sunday. We saw him performing in Birmingham many years ago and the whole event was just fantastic! He’ll be sadly missed as the man who made beautiful and memorable music! Click on the link below and listen …
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Car Update
So, the dealership has confirmed that the car should be here by the first (or second) week in April. I’m still slightly unsure about whether it will actually happen on that date, as so many Insignia owners are saying the wait is much, much longer. Anyway, we’ll see! Now that the retention document has arrived …
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Manic Saturday!
8.00am: It was over to Peterborough for a haircut. Then back home for a quick change of clothes before we head off to Lamport for the treat-of-the-week – our full tasting session for our proposed Wedding Breakfast. 10.45am: The sampling session was a really enjoyable event, and the chef and Emma had worked very hard …
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Portrait Professional
This is a really good bit of kit if you take a lot of portrait photographs Portrait Professional – Easy Photo Editing Software Related articles Portrait Professional 10: Retouching Made Easier (pixiq.com) Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Supper with Paul and Sue
Paul and Sue came round for supper. We haven’t got together since July last year when we met them at Foxton Locks. Being Friday, that means it’s fish, chips and mushy-peas! Ann was in creative mode, so we also enjoyed home-made rice-pudding too made with cream – yum! The holiday photos from Ireland and Italy …
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Missing – believed spirited away by the Fairies!
Some things in life are undisputable – dropped toast always lands butter side down, socks never match when they come out of the washing-machine and garden hoses ALWAYS tangle when you unroll them – even if you’ve rolled them up perfectly. Here’s another – I NEVER lose things! OK, they might end up being misplaced …
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Tech Phrase of the Week: ‘Cloud Print’
Trust me – I reckon ‘Cloud Print’ will become the next ‘big thing’ for personal computers! Cloudy Articles Gmail Lets You Print Documents From Your Mobile Using Cloud Printing (techie-buzz.com) Print Documents and Emails from Your Phone With Google Cloud Print (readwriteweb.com) Google Cloud Print arriving shortly to an inbox near you (tech.fortune.cnn.com) Google adds …
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Hot Male!
Where? Here? Maybe? After almost 20 years of Hotmail ( the original free email service), I finally closed down the account today. Although I’d only been using it as a backup email account for personal stuff in recent years, it all started to go horribly wrong about a week ago. I began receiving over …
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No more Mr Grumpy!
After being Mr Grumpy most of last week when my back began playing-up on Tuesday, I’m pleased to say it feels like it’s on the mend. Not totally – it’s still a delicate balancing act trying to put my socks on in the morning and press-ups are also off the to-do list for a while …
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TV: Being Human (Series 3, Episode 1)
Being Human returned to our screens last night after much hype – and for the first time, in HD too! I wasn’t sure what to expect. Series 1, in my view had been really, really good – in spite of the weird premise of a ghost, vampire and a werewolf living together in a …
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‘Maj’ – 1 Year On
Hard to believe, but Ann’s Fiesta – ‘Maj’ celebrates its first birthday today. It’s been a great little car – a still is. It’s nippy around town, easy to park and great to look at, with its ‘hot magenta’ paint-job (Maj – geddit?) and body-kit. It’s been worked hard though – almost 15000 miles on …
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Licensed to Drill
The first stage of returning the Mondeo to the Lease Company began today. The paperwork arrived from DVLA now that I’ve de-registered the personal plate. The car gets back the original registration mark from three years ago, so all I need to do, is whip off the existing plates, and put …
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PC Refresher
Popped round to Lee’s to investigate a problem she thought she had with her PC. As it turned out, it was nothing to worry about – just running a little sluggishly because of numerous updates going on in the background. It was a perfect opportunity to give her a short refresher on things like: iPlayer, …
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The Cat’s away..!
Ann’s off to Ragdale Hall for a few days with her good friend, Nicki. The house feels strangely empty – and very quiet! Err, best not repeat that!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and …
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Back to the…
Ibuprofen and diclofenac! Looks like my back is playing up again. No warning – one minute fine and mobile…next minute, a dull thumping ache across my lower back. It hasn’t been this bad since 2008… and that went on for ages!!! Grumpy b****** now! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Ian, Mags and Steve: Dinner in Stratford
I drove over to Stratford-upon-Avon to meet up with Ian and Margaret for our regular three-monthly get-together. We haven’t seen each since our visit to the Saxon Mill in November. I left here early afternoon, so I could get to Ian’s by 2.30 in order to finish resuscitating his laptop. That seemed to go well, …
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Lunch with Antony and Sue – and Lee
A while back, in a galaxy far, far away, Sainsbury’s restructured, and some of their long-servers sought other homes, whilst a few, through a variety of circumstances, stayed-put. Ann headed for pastures new, Antony, her closest work-colleague, chose ‘option b’. He and his wife, Sue came to lunch today. We haven’t seen them since we …
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Turning our wet room into err, a Wet-Room!
For a while now, having tried to swing a cat in the shower room – we found we couldn’t! – either we (or the cats) are getting larger or the room is shrinking, whatever is it, there just doesn’t seem to be enough room in there anymore. Add to that, the fact that it never …
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Yo! Sally
I met up with Sally B in Cambridge today. In a change to our normal haunt – Brown’s – I ventured into the unchartered territory of Yo! Sushi – me…?…raw fish..?, surely some mistake! Actually, it was a really good atmosphere – really buzzy – and the food? Well, it wasn’t all on my list …
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Hairy Mammoth (sort of)
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr Imagine a hairy mammoth…err, a fiftieth of the size…smaller feet…a different colour…without tusks…sleeps on a bed and is definitely not extinct – and you have Bon-Bon our white Chinchilla (I’m beginning to think the mammoth analogy wasn’t the best choice!). She’s a …
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New Car 2011–Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi 4×4
Ok, I officially signed-on-the-line today for my new car. It should here towards the end of March/early April. Apart from the challenge (for just 24 hours!) of the finance deal – in terms of will they or won’t offer it?, the only other difficulty was choosing the colour. I nearly went for silver…nearly!, but …
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