Made it through the dense jungle that is a Family Christmas day, olduns did not get too drunk, along with myself. Avoided the brussel sprouts and latested through a game of Trivial Pursuit. Was able to escape when the codeword of 'Corri' reared its head, out of the jungle to freedom and the open net.
Off to Archery this morining :-) after a long absenance caused by the fact that I have to work for a living. But very cold out there 0 - 2 degrees Centigrade (30 - 35 degrees Fahrenheit).
Another oldun jungle to survive this afternoon, but its on a more familiar jungle where I have been before and hidden supplies for the adventure ahead if I need a restbite.
New Year is on its way, I have not worked on school work for a week, so getting a good rest, but will need to spend 3-4 days working before the 5th Jan so that I am on schedule and not in for a punishing first couple of weeks. Between now and then I hope to add sound to a Java project I have been working on for the last 8 months on and off, so a break to the 'fold' of real high powered computing is a nice change.
Have a good Boxing Day all.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Saturday, December 25, 2004
I cannot believe it.
It is one in the morning on Chistmas Day, and I am still awake. I have always been a bit of a night owl. I prefer the calm and quiet of the night as the world around you sleeps.
Oh well, to bed before prezzy time and a day with the olduns.
Oh well, to bed before prezzy time and a day with the olduns.
Friday, December 24, 2004
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas all.
I am still recovering from the term and a cold, so will post news of the end of term hayhem soon.
I am still recovering from the term and a cold, so will post news of the end of term hayhem soon.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Tough, but the end has come
Tough week, but it is now over and the Christmas Hols are upon me.
I am very very tired, so this will be a short post until I can wake up. Last night my face felt numb through exhaustion.
Happy Christmas one and all.
I am very very tired, so this will be a short post until I can wake up. Last night my face felt numb through exhaustion.
Happy Christmas one and all.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Saturday, November 13, 2004
Post 67
Ah, Saturday Night (Nite), Pizza, Red Wine, Bridgit Jones Diary. Alchol makes marking less painful - I will review in the morning to make sure I have not made any mistakes.
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
Back to the future...
Back to comfortable blogging (in comfy chair with 802.11g(encripted)), thanks to Mr Credit Card, I now have a brand new Laptop that I hope will last. It's an IBM ThinkPad R51, so I really really hope so. Graphics card is the Dogs Whatnots, even better than my desktop PC. Has taken a few days to get it back to where my old laptop was in terms of software etc. and configuring it to have three partitions (Progs, Swap and Data - so that the Windows temp area does not get fragmented and slow down the machine). I am also paranoid enough to backup all of my work to 3 CD-RW's (each a copy) and my desktop PC, and work in progress that ends up on the weekly backup on a USB pen - so no 'work' lost.
Great Escapes
Went to see this on Thursday, absolutley brilliant, pics of the IWM to below... Great Escapes
Leaflet
V1
German Encipher/Decipher machine
Gernam Enigma (Army Version), see Bletchley Park and NZGirl rather than U571, a good film, but historically inaccurate - slight chip on shoulder, Americans should not take offence.
Spitfire
Engine and bottom part of a V2, the prototype for the Apollo Moon Landings - See Wernher Von Braun
WW1 Biplane
Early German Radar
Leaflet
V1
German Encipher/Decipher machine
Gernam Enigma (Army Version), see Bletchley Park and NZGirl rather than U571, a good film, but historically inaccurate - slight chip on shoulder, Americans should not take offence.
Spitfire
Engine and bottom part of a V2, the prototype for the Apollo Moon Landings - See Wernher Von Braun
WW1 Biplane
Early German Radar
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004
After all that...
Still not working correctly. Managed to get the whole thing back together and running, but after a few hours, the eventual heat build up started to cook the graphics card - must be a design flaw. I always wondered why the model was only on the market for a few months.
Rebuild pics to follow.
Rebuild pics to follow.
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Strip down and rebuild
Have completly taken apart my laptop and put it back together and it still works! Doing a disk check now after I thumped it on Wednesday - hope all works, but still have one screw left {-(
I think the problem was a loose connection between the graphics card daughter board and the motherboard even though it was screwed in place, only time will tell.
I think the problem was a loose connection between the graphics card daughter board and the motherboard even though it was screwed in place, only time will tell.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
Barstards
Kenneth Bigley murdered...
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3727658.stm
May his soul rest in peace.
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3727658.stm
May his soul rest in peace.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Not so good.
Did not shoot as well as I could have today. A lot on my mind with work and the things I needed to have done by yesterday, feeling a bit 'cold'ish too, could be the gloss paint that affects me, as was painting a new room in the club house on Saturday.
Need cheering up, so going to watch a bit of telly for a while before back to lesson planning and preparation.
Need cheering up, so going to watch a bit of telly for a while before back to lesson planning and preparation.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Last Sunny Sunday
Archery today, did so so, 347 on a Long Metric (3 doz at 90m and 3 doz at 70m), only a second class and 21 points of a first class. The trouble is my mind is more on my teaching and everything else has to take a back seat.
But at least today was a lovely sunny day, I hope we have a few more before winter sets in.
But at least today was a lovely sunny day, I hope we have a few more before winter sets in.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
William Somner Archery Tournament
Took part in this today. My very first competition, but only did a 'Hereford' instead of a 'York', so as a gent could not win anything :-(. I scored 780, which is ok, but 100 shy of a first class which is what I wanted to maintain. Still, it was good practice and I met some really nice fellow archers.
I was really nervious, and it took about 18 arrows to get into the swing of things, probably where I lost most of the points.
It only rained once, heavy but short.
I do wish I had done the longer distance, but that is what I had been put down for. I was hitting the target on Friday night at 100 yards, but it was hard going. Perhaps I would have done more harm than good to have attempted this at competition, despite my bruised ego. I have prepared long for this day, getting the right coloured trousers and working like no tommorrow to make sure that all my lesson planning for school was done by yesterday.
I now have the whole winter to practice before the British weather improves again sometime next April / May. I really want that 'Bowman'.
I was really nervious, and it took about 18 arrows to get into the swing of things, probably where I lost most of the points.
It only rained once, heavy but short.
I do wish I had done the longer distance, but that is what I had been put down for. I was hitting the target on Friday night at 100 yards, but it was hard going. Perhaps I would have done more harm than good to have attempted this at competition, despite my bruised ego. I have prepared long for this day, getting the right coloured trousers and working like no tommorrow to make sure that all my lesson planning for school was done by yesterday.
I now have the whole winter to practice before the British weather improves again sometime next April / May. I really want that 'Bowman'.
Friday, September 10, 2004
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Archery Today
Did ok, back to around my normal form, which is good :-) after changing arrows, rest, tiller and knocking point. Was able to get 485 on a Long Metric One (3 doz 70 metres, 3 doz 60 metres). Have worked very hard for this, including most of Saturday doing school work.
Watched 'A Knights Tale' on Channel 4, cracking film.
Watched 'A Knights Tale' on Channel 4, cracking film.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Monday, August 30, 2004
T Minus 2.1...
Before Thunderbirds are go...
Bank Holiday, so spent the morning shooting some arrows. Achieved a sight mark for a 100 yards :-), so money well spent on the carbons. Now I can compete fully at the competition in the next two weeks.
Spent the afternoon watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on Channel 5, georgous scenery and more poignent after visting Grafton, Utah a few years ago, I will dig out the pics and put them here as soon as I can. I just love the line 'Don't hit your Mother on the head with a shovel, it leaves an impression on her mind.'.
Also updated the Archery Clubs website, just getting used to the features of Cascading Style Sheets.
Bank Holiday, so spent the morning shooting some arrows. Achieved a sight mark for a 100 yards :-), so money well spent on the carbons. Now I can compete fully at the competition in the next two weeks.
Spent the afternoon watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on Channel 5, georgous scenery and more poignent after visting Grafton, Utah a few years ago, I will dig out the pics and put them here as soon as I can. I just love the line 'Don't hit your Mother on the head with a shovel, it leaves an impression on her mind.'.
Also updated the Archery Clubs website, just getting used to the features of Cascading Style Sheets.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Archery
Went to the club to shoot today with my new Carbons (http://www.eastonarchery.com/products/target/acc/default.asp) :-), shot 355 on a 80/60 yard 6 dozen round (forgot name!). They flew really well, so I hope that I will be able to get 'Bowman' and hit 100 yards on a regular basis.
Archery is so relaxing, it takes all the stress away from my teaching life, and gets me away from the computer.
Archery is so relaxing, it takes all the stress away from my teaching life, and gets me away from the computer.
Some prose
In the small hours of Sunday morn, silence decends upon this green and pleasant land, as water from its rain filled streams meander their way though town, village and field all is well.
Britian is such a strange place, half country, half city, divided by latitude, united by football, protests are lead by half naked women on horseback, revolutions thwarted by drizzel and the need for Tea, where the leader of the house of commons sits on a wool sack, where ideas are formed in sheds, where you can travel to a different country without a passport, where three countries take the micky out of each other and yet will fight together and where the language sometimes contradicts its own defining rules.
Britian is such a strange place, half country, half city, divided by latitude, united by football, protests are lead by half naked women on horseback, revolutions thwarted by drizzel and the need for Tea, where the leader of the house of commons sits on a wool sack, where ideas are formed in sheds, where you can travel to a different country without a passport, where three countries take the micky out of each other and yet will fight together and where the language sometimes contradicts its own defining rules.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Saturday
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday is Tizwas day. Oh how I miss the Phantom Flan Flinger...
See tv.cream.org under the second page of T's towards the bottom
See tv.cream.org under the second page of T's towards the bottom
Friday, August 27, 2004
Thursday, August 26, 2004
How this works
Finally getting to grips with how blogging works, need to tinker a bit and learn some of the new terminology.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
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