All these things that I have done

Things achieved this weekend

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:31:02 GMT

Radiator in my study fixed
New Roomba battery ordered
1.5tb drive for Fry ordered
New futon cushion for our sofa ordered
Bin for compostables bought (to replace series of random skanky plastic containers) and lined with biodegradable rubbish bag
Removed out of date anti-virus and replaced it with free in-date one from Alex's work (great workplace perk!)
Xmas pressies for Dad purchased
Xmas pressies for brother purchased
Xmas pressies for sister-in-law purchased
Part of Xmas pressies for Mum purchased
OU course for next year picked out (along with about 6 others I don't have time for!) but heroically not signed up for yet to allow people to buy me OU vouchers for Xmas if they want.
Amazon wish list updated to facilitate purchase of Xmas pressies for me by other people.
Lampshade for our bedroom purchased and installed
New, brighter bulb for living room lamp purchased and installed

Seriously, that first one makes me so happy! With a bit of help from the internet and Alex, all it needed was unscrewing the thermostat, some WD40 on the pin and a little bit of firm pressure to release it and now I am warm in the cat cave again! Lots of these look like really small things but are actually little jobs that I have just not been getting around to for ages and ages and ages so it's really pleasing to have actually got them done.

The OU website is so addictive! I spent about an hour planning out qualifications I could take. I want to take enough second year courses to fill the requirements for 2 degrees! Still, one step at a time, so I'm going for a first year philosophy course which looks really interesting and doesn't involve an exam to get myself back into it. I also spent a certain amout of time being very amused how many of the shows I remember from my childhood can now be bought as complete sets from Amazon. I guess the nostalgia market is alive and well. Have added the Mysterious Cities of Gold DVD to my wish list :)

28/11/2009

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:56:32 GMT

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:27:41 GMT

View Poll: History

Inspired by last night when I asked Alex to pick out a medieval This Sceptred Isle for me. He read out the dates on the box and I said sleepily "So, Elizabeth I and James I probably" and he was very impressed that I actually knew that from the dates. I asked him which century Henry VIII reigned in and he found it hard. So am I weird for knowing this stuff, or is he unusual for not knowing it. I can't really remember where I got taught it, I just kind of picked it up. I can also name all the Kings and Queens since William I in order, given a little thinking time, which I know is weird.

24/11/2009

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:47:31 GMT

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:59:30 GMT

I absolutely love these things! The PTA used to sell them to raise money at my school and we would all sit around on a Sunday evening going "7 C of the R" and "1760 Y in a M". So far I have got 27 on my own and another 4 with a little discussion with Mum. Am possibly too addicted to go home before finishing the last two.

edit: Finished them with a consult from Alex & Mum. Always more fun with someone to talk it over :) What are those puzzles called anyway?

07/11/2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:50:12 GMT

07/11/2009

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03/10/2009

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:15:20 GMT

03/10/2009

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:15:07 GMT

02/10/2009

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:14:52 GMT

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:39:54 GMT

Oh my god! Only 6 months after the first release date they gave, Rockband II for the Wii has finally shipped!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:37:04 GMT

I know quite a lot of you on my FP have used loads of different photo hosting solutions - if anyone has a few moments to pop into DreamWidth and give them your suggestions for when they build their photo hosting system we might eventually get something that actually does everything I want (I don't think I have ever found a system which wasn't missing two or three features).

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:57:00 GMT

Week one of school went really well - class seem lovely and very sparky. We'll have to see how it develops, of course. Not sure if I'm being mean enough to them, but we'll see. If you want the detail, you can read stf_feed or start_to_finish.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:55:55 GMT

Is magic the defining element of fantasy? Discuss.

28/08/2009

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:04:22 GMT

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:23:30 GMT

Yes. This.

Voice Post

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:11:06 GMT

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:02:02 GMT

Anyone know where I can get cable ties from?

17/08/2009

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:53:08 GMT

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:40:41 GMT

What antivirus product should I use? We're running windows systems, mix of Vista and XP.

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:38:28 GMT

Cassie relaxing in my wardrobe

14/08/2009

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:41:08 GMT

Summer afternoon punting

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:02:01 GMT

13/08/2009

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:16:58 GMT

13/08/2009

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:14:21 GMT