(But I would say that wouldn’t I?) After the mega-hype of the past few weeks, unless you’ve been on another planet (except Gallifrey), you can’t fail to have experienced the ‘buzz’ via every possible means, shouting about tonight’s episode. And yes, I got caught up in it all (and enjoyed every moment of it!) The …
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Doctor Who – NOT ‘The Day of the Doctor’
Come on, who’s getting bored with all this ‘The Day of the Doctor’ stuff? Well, not me for one! But for temporary relief for those who are, how about The NIGHT of the Doctor – a mini-episode that’s just popped up on the web courtesy of the BBC! Billed as a prequel, it probably is …
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Time Travelling – for real!
In spite of my near-obsession with Doctor Who, I was transported back in time today without the need for the TARDIS! How? By looking at some up-to-date photographs of the house where I grew up with Mum, Dad and my Brother. The two-bedroom semi is up for sale for 190k and Neil had found them …
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Doctor Who – Second Official BBC TV Trailer
Click HERE #SaveTheDay 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 the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a few words …
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Doctor Who – Transmission Time
At last, the time has been confirmed for transmission! – 7.50pm. 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 the art of writing seemed to be …
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Tech Alert: The Kindle HDX
We love Kindles – any shape, any size, anywhere! Now Amazon here in the UK has followed the US and launched a new super-duper version (just in time for Christmas!) called the ‘HDX’. Scrummy spec and a good looker too. Have a read HERE. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not …
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Job Done!
I wasn’t anticipating that after the difficulty of removing the cabinet front from the old fridge door a couple of days ago, that attaching it to the new fridge was going to be any easier! However, after some words of guidance from my brother, it all went very smoothly! The fitting kit was a doddle …
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Who Moved My Cheese? (Part 2)
As planned, the replacement fridge arrived today – and after yesterday’s fiasco (in Who Moved My Cheese? – Part 1) attempting to remove the cabinet door (that I needed to keep) from the fridge door (that I didn’t!), I was hoping that installing would be a far more straightforward job than removing! Probably the hardest …
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Who Moved My Cheese? (Part 1)
..but more to the point, who moved my fridge? As all good people-developers know, ‘Who Moved my Cheese? is the title of a very successful book & video by Spencer Johnson. It illustrates how to cope with change. Dealing with change seemed wholly relevant as I ventured into the murky world of ‘DIY’ – specifically, …
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Small is Beautiful!
Out with the white in with the black! You know me – if it’s ‘tech’, “I love it!”. Finally after what the Sky installer estimated was at least a 10-year-old piece of kit, our white ‘Sky160-box’ in the bedroom finally gave up (after slowly ‘losing’ most channels one-by-one over the past few weeks). In spite …
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Queen’s Greatest Hit?
Today, we’re heading for the capital to take a look round Buckingham Palace! It’s our second visit, but a first for Roger, Jane and Oliver. Roger has organised everything – food, taxis and rail tickets. So we just needed to take the short drive to Harlow Town railway station to get us to Liverpool Street. …
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The Alan Parsons Project – The Final Remaster?
Alan Parsons fans rejoice! The final remaster – I, Robot, is being released on September 16th. 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 the art …
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Bon-Bon is Missing!
This is really weird! Bon-Bon is the sort of cat who likes to take it easy. Very easy! They say that dog’s have owners whilst cats have ‘staff’ – Our two cats just have ‘chilling-out’ as an Olympic sport!!! She’s not interested in climbing fences or chasing birds – she just watches other do that! …
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Amazon Rip-off (in a good way!)
Many years ago, I discovered that it was possible to convert my CD music files so they would play on my PC. It was a slow process, but over the period of years that followed, I managed to convert ALL my existing CD collection – over 150 albums, and I now convert all my recent …
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From this to that
..and so, the old ‘office’ finally becomes a bedroom! Before Now 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 the art of writing seemed to be …
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Bedroom Redecoration – The Final Phase
We can now see ‘the light at the end of the tunnel’. The wallpaper is up (thanks to Honor), and the room is beginning to look more inhabitable! So, all that’s left to do now is: – Reinstall the new radiator – Site the new furniture – Position the bed – Replace all the brass …
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Big Blue for Kettering!
Nothing really exciting ever happens in Kettering – it’s a nice place to live but nothing really ever gets the local tongues wagging! Until June 2013 that is! The Council has decided that the current refuse collection arrangements of a Black bin, Grey bin, Blue box and Red box, don’t quite cut it any longer. …
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Which Smartphone? – The Result
Finally, I made the decision! After months of research and consulting others, my replacement mobile phone is now on order, and it’ll replace my HTC Sensation that’s served me well for the past 24 months. In the end, NOT being an Apple fanboy helped the decision-making, as it narrowed down the choice to just TWO …
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i Love Technology! (Part 12039)
Technophobes look away now! Today, the BBC released a major update to the legendary iPlayer app for Android. Now it’ll work on high-end 10 inch Tablets too! It’s been a long time coming, but definitely worth the wait! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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Web Design changes FOREVER!
I discovered Google Web Fonts over the weekend, and although they’ve been around for a while now, it’s taken me this long to get my head around their significance to web design. In short, you’re no longer limited to using what’s known as safe fonts when designing sites. Courtesy of Mr Google, in addition to …
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Bev’s 40th
Together with Lee, we travelled up to Lincoln FC’s VIP suite in err, Lincoln to celebrate Bev’s 40th. On a positive note, it was a great event – yummy buffet, good range of music and a spacious venue. There must have been over 50 people there, and everyone had a good time. On the …
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Last Chance!
OK, in a few hours, you won’t be able to access my business website anymore as it’ll be digitally ‘airbrushed’ from the business world forever. Go on, you know you want to – take a look at www.StevePalmerAssociates.com one last time! Thank you!!! Too late – it’s gone!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Battle of the Titans
Ok, those that know me well, know that I like my ‘tech’; even more so, I like my mobile-phones. So, here we are almost at the end of my current two-year contract with O2, looking at what’s out there to replace my now rather dated HTC Sensation. I’ve never been an iPhone fan – they’re …
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Taxidermy
Is ‘Taxidermy’ 1. A ‘skinny’ mode of transport? 2. The craft of preserving dead things? 3. Getting ‘stuffed’ with a tax bill by the Taxman? I’m opting for ‘3’: My last obligation to the Business is sorted – I’ve paid the final Corporation Tax bill this morning! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Holey, Holey, Holey – See the Light!
Today, the ceiling was sorted in the ‘new’ bedroom. I’d like to say it was all my own work – I’d like to, but the hard work was sorted out by Chris and Shayne! If you look carefully at the picture above, you’ll see the rather fashionable artex look (well, fashionable in the 90s anyway!). …
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Job Done!
OK, that’s it! The Home-office, like the dodo, is now extinct. Only the fittest survive, and the old black-ash furniture won’t fit with our new plans. Hats off to Bob, our local carpenter, who custom built all the office furniture (desks, bookcases, printer stations and concealed storage) over 20 years ago. If the furniture was …
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The Office Transformation – Clearing the C***
David and I made short work of the office transformation today. Within an hour, most of the office storage furniture – a bookcase, two filing cabinets, two printer stands and one of the desks had been removed and deposited in the resident super-skip. Now all was needed was somewhere to put all the stuff that …
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Has Bean – The End of an Era
For almost 20+ years, my good mate Nick, who is also our family bean-counter – sorry, our Accountant – has made the annual pilgrimage here to finalise the business figures for the business-year-just-gone. So, today was a bit of a milestone as this was his very final visit – ever! as I had retired on …
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Scarify and Convert!
Probably the only disadvantage of the now, lighter evenings, is that it’s a lot easier to see how much work there is to do in the garden! With the sun (almost) shining, and no sign of snow, we spent significant time in the garden today, picking-off the jobs. The big one was to scarify the …
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The Last Temptation
Well, that’s my major will-power testing exercise completed for another year and I’m chuffed that I managed to avoid all my self-imposed 23 ‘banned substances’ for the whole period of Lent (13th February – 30th March) without too much trouble at all… and that included the strongest temptation – CHOCOLATE!!! I’m now thinking ahead to …
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