Friday, May 31, 2002
There are flags everywhere. If it isn't a Union Jack it's a cross of St. George. The foyer looks like the Tory party conference.
'Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel' I don't know who said it, but I do like the sound of it.
I'm not Republican enough to begrudge Queenie the celebration of her fifty years. It's the football frenzy that bugs me. I wish we got this sort of coverage every time Brits were competing at an international level. I could take the sudden appearance of four day eventing in the schedules if it meant I got to see mountain biking (downhill, XC BSX and trials), snowboarding and the like.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 2:26 PM link
Thursday, May 30, 2002
I took yesterday off. I was supposed to go on a tax course to learn all about self assessment, but I figured it would be really boring, so I stayed at home. Then it rained all day and I was stuck inside.
Still more interesting than learning about self assessment though.
posted by Ian Pattinson at 3:43 PM link
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Monday, May 27, 2002
I just had a really shit weekend. It started out promisingly enough with a new (well, to me, it was actually from an office clearance) PC. More powerful than my old one, though with no modem and video off the motherboard. I plugged it in and tested it, then plugged my old one in to get on the internet and do some updates. At which point it shorted out. There was smoke and everything. This is obviously something that's been waiting to happen, it just chose this ironic moment. This was bad enough, but the new PC won't accept any of the hardware from the old one, I think it's all been fried by the short. So, until someone can pull the data from my motorless hard drive, I've lost months worth of work, and until I can sort out a modem on the new one, I'll have to do updates from the office. So POtD is going on hiatus for a little while, Thursday's was the last one to be uploaded to the site, but I will collect a picture for every day it's down and put them all back up when I can.
Now, where's my insurance company's phone number?
posted by Ian Pattinson at 12:29 PM link
