I'm on a forced vacation. I have to be away from the office for 10 consecutive working days to somehow prove I am not doing something fraudulent.

I have spent the last couple days doing things I just never normally get around to; like laundry! (I have washed everything this week.) and tidying, and stuff. I have also spent a bit of time sorting ( Read more... )

The weather this weekend has been a bizarre mix of pretty foul with moments of brilliant sunshine. This has put me in a strange place mentally. Other factors have contributed.

I saw Harry Brown. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this film is moving and disturbing in equal measure. It's not a film to see if you are feeling down ( Read more... )

I'm sure I've used that subject before... but I don't care ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I logged into last.fm ... but lookie what I found!

I know you are all gadget loving people out there... who uses last.fm?

I have only just created an account (Paranoid4ndroid).  It works from behind work's firewall which is were I listen to most of my music anyway.  It also supports loading those tracks played on my iPod during the day via YamipodQuick news update (because I'm mad busy ( Read more... )

I hate Business Day 4.  Have I said this before? - Most probably but I really hate Business Day 4 ( Read more... )

I discovered the other day that installing my phone's software on a work laptop (I know - shush - they should never have given me admin rights!) at home might enable me to sync it with my Lotus Notes calendar...  of course my notes id was unable to connect to the server from home ( Read more... )

I was working until 21:00 yesterday. I had no lunch break and didn't even get a look at my friends pageToday has been almost as bad (although I do have enough time to write this quick update ( Read more... )