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The curse of Bedwas
I have nothing against Bedwas, a small town near Caerphilly. Its fairly easy to get to by train and bus- during working hours at least- and not too far from home. For some of my members, having been told they are relocating from offices in central Cardiff to Bedwas next summer, the reactions have included:
- Only eight months notice?
- Send someone ( Read more... )
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Wentloog awaits!
Curses!
Its seems that my Christmas order from http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk is to be delivered by Home Delivery Network Ltd- which delivers to every postcode in the UK, except for mine. And any other customers they have. So I imagine I will be visiting Wentloog Industrial Estate . soon
No wonder Book People are affordable.
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Video editing has begun!
I’ve now captured the video of last week’s concert into the my now turbo charged Power Mac and that’s about it. No actual trimming of clips has actually taken place, chapter marking or title sequences created but its now possible. Which is a start. Hope to get a move-on over the weekend. -
Venturing forth in Wentloog...
Tuesday saw me taking an extend lunch break to hop on the bus to Rumney and then walk to the Wentloog Industrial Estate, a place off the maps in Cardiff. I’ve just checked Google Earth which seems t have more detail than a normal map. The reason being for the sketchiness is that once you go over the railway bridge you move from suburban Cardiff to ( Read more... ) -
My battle against courier firms pt 45
Talking of 1TB external hard disc drives, the damn thing still hasn’t arrived yet, thanks to a courier fim called Home Delivery Network Ltd. While they claim to put the customer as no. 1, their website has no contact phone numbers, no e-mail addresses and no online forms. It does have a parcel tracking system which shows 3 attempts at delivery, ( Read more... ) -
My heroic victory over the forces of technology
Tonight, I finally installed that 2GB of RAM for my Power Mac that I bought in January 2006 ( Read more... ) -
Mike Keneally and Dave Gregory in concert
Thursday 23rd October- a damp day. Well, damp as in strong winds and lots of rain by the dark early evening. Which was when I started walking from the bay to Llandaff to meet with Rhydian. Carrying a camcorder, tripod and digital camera in heavy driving rain in the dark was less than fun. Especially by the end of the 70 minutes trek I had started ( Read more... ) -
Almost autumn
Well summer wasn't all that it could have been here in Cardiff. The weather was damp and grey and I had sciatica which meant that after a few hours, sitting down with any comfort became very difficult. Also, at first walking for longer than 20 minutes was a shattering affair with a limp getting worse and worse. One by-product of all this is I ( Read more... ) -
Odd things weeks...
The week before last, I remember talking to Rob and saying we better enjoy the memory of the week as we didn't get too many of weeks with successes like that: I had got some ex-gratia compensation for two members; ensured that another member in trouble got off with a slap on the wrist; negotiated a pay rise for 150 members and a few other things ( Read more... ) -
Ever so slightly under the weather (heavy rain out)
I didn't make it into work today. I awoke briefly at 5.30am- itself rarely a good thing- and thought to myself (in a bit of a daze it has to be said" "Hmm, running a temperature here". The result has been I've spent most of the day in bed, probably not doing the aching back the world of good. Having a phone call on my mobile from a concerned member ( Read more... )