Category:Holiday

I woke first and got up. It’s only 5.30 am here, but the time difference had completely screwed by body-clock. I had a quick shower and then went downstairs for a coffee and started to working on my backlog of reading. It was already light, the birds were singing and George (our host) pointed out …
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 Screen courtesy of mb21 Readers of a ‘certain age’ will remember a uniquely British technology that led the World, appearing on TVs in the early 70s – in fact, the service was first launched on 23 September 1974. It was called teletext and back then, it was a must-have for techy-nerds like me! In later …
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David popped round on our invitation. He’d kindly cut the grass for us over the weekend whilst we were away and we wanted to say ‘thanks’. Ann created a superb chicken and mushroom pie  – yum!! and we finished off with a lemon tart and cream! After a full lunch, I’m now more-than stuffed. Thank …
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Up until about half-an-hour ago, we weren’t sure! But, after the past 24 hours wondering whether the BA strike from the 22nd December would completely screw our holiday, it looks like there might be a glimmer of hope! According to the PR Department at BA, none of this threatened strike action is relevant to Gatwick, …
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Here’s a clever thing. I can see my mobile phone screen on my PC and use the mouse to control it! EDIT June 2020: Pretty clever for 2009! but unfortunately, the website that supplied the software isn’t around any longer). Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Good news! We spoke to Lee tonight, and it looks like Bertie is feeling a bit better. His son, Carlos flew over from Spain and has spent the week with him – this seems to have made a big difference. Bertie even found time to ring Lee from the hospital. Steve PalmerI got into blogging …
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OK, this utility didn’t come with the phone, but I downloaded it from the Microsoft Apps Marketplace for a mere two dollars. It’s called Trackah and it uses the GPS chip in the phone to track your journey – car, bus, walking etc. The result is a file that when clicked on either on the …
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It’s that time of year, where the work slows down and I get an opportunity to meet up with friends and colleagues who I haven’t seen so much of during the year! The plan was to meet Dave B at market Harborough, but he had such a horrendous journey south on the M1 we decided …
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Not satisfied with now being able to watch programmes on the BBC iPlayer on my mobile phone, I’ve discovered a bit of free software that allows me to program my Sky+ Box from my mobile phone! You can download the free software from HERE Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Alexander Graham Bell could have never imagined that his invention of the telephone would evolve into such a useful gadget. In fact, it’s not so long ago – around 1990 if memory serves – that mobile phones were only good for  err… making mobile phone calls! My latest, the HTC HD2, now allows me to …
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According to the O2 News website, the phone is being launched ‘this week’, but there is still no sign of it to buy on the normal O2 website. Glad I got mine last week from O2 then, before the official launch!!!   Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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After quite a few false-dawns resulting in a massive 240,000+ posts on the O2 Forum (that only started on 24 September), the new HTC HD2 phone has finally arrived on O2! I’d actually resigned myself to the fact that it wasn’t going to be available until Monday, 23rd – next week -at the earliest, and …
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Poor Bertie is still being kept in. Apparently Social Services haven’t got round to assessing him yet. We’re going over there this weekend, so hopefully, things will be a little clearer then! Lee is doing a marvellous job of keeping it all together whilst he’s away – must be difficult! ☹️ Steve PalmerI got into …
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Nicki joined us tonight and is staying over. We’re all going shopping in Cambridge tomorrow. We’d laid on a fish & chip supper and Jo and Janet were able to join us too. It was great that we were all able to get together given that all five of us were in completely different places …
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Bertie has been admitted back to hospital. He’s having problems breathing, and his heart-beat is a bit irregular. His dementia seems to be getting worse too. All being well, he’ll be out Saturday. Given everything that’s going on, Lee’s coping brilliantly with it all. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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Our good friend Rick, who we’ve known for years, is certainly having a bad time right now and ‘Life’ has surely dealt him a bum-hand! First of all, he, with his wife, invested in a second property in London and then soon after, she left him, with two kids. Then, as a result of that, …
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Another in the series of ‘Boys and their Toys’!!! My new Canon Pixma 640 All-in-One Printer arrived today. It uses technology where the ink droplets are extremely small – currently, the smallest around – 1 picolitre, (whatever they are!) This results in ultra pin-sharp images and text, that even at very small point sizes, will …
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Saturday We met up at Bicester Shopping Village and after a coffee and a slice of cake, Ralph and I headed back in his van whilst the girls did the hard work and carried on shopping! The van was needed because R and K are getting rid of a lot of garden furniture and because …
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This is useful. It allows you to enter your post-code and then the resulting web-page shows a comparison of other internet providers’ speeds in the area. Currently, because the data is sent in by people like you and me, there’s not much there, but I can see that when entering our post-code, internet speeds are …
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Depending on where you look on the ‘net, the launch date in the UK for the most technologically advanced cellphone to-date, is either next week (the 12 or 13th)…or possibly the week after. In the meantime, those clever people at XDA Developers have managed to acquire the Quick Start Guide and the Full Operating Manual.Nerd …
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Although Bertie’s out of hospital, he’s still not well. It’s a difficult time for Lee at the moment. 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 communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for …
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