House
Trench
04/10/08 20:57 Filed in: Personal
Through the top-soil into the yukky London clay.
I’m half-way through the second dig to get a depth of 40-50 cm. Well, more 40 than 50 I think. It will then be filled in to make a foundation for my shed. It’s not a wet as it looks.
I’m half-way through the second dig to get a depth of 40-50 cm. Well, more 40 than 50 I think. It will then be filled in to make a foundation for my shed. It’s not a wet as it looks.
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DAB clock radios getting better
30/06/07 23:09 Filed in: Personal
And so it was, that the only really stylish DAB radio
you could get for your bedside (assuming the PURE
retro wooden models weren't for you) was the snappily
named SONY XDR S1, which has a custom and bad
interface, no alarm and no record,
but instead, a high price.
Never mind, it's discontinued now, so there is no Sony option in this space.
I happened to look again today and I was pleasantly surprised to see that that better designs are now coming along. The Tivoli model came out last year and is rather expensive. I tested it out in John Lewis and was disappointed to find that the fabulous big dial only operated the FM radio. The DAB worked through the cheap feeling buttons.
But this VITA R1 is thirty quid cheaper and looks fabulous!
But, cheapest of all, and now on my wish list is the Revo Uno. At £70, with radio alarm, weekday and weekend settings, and audio-in for the iPod, I think I found my simple 'wake to BBC Radio 3' box.
Never mind, it's discontinued now, so there is no Sony option in this space.
I happened to look again today and I was pleasantly surprised to see that that better designs are now coming along. The Tivoli model came out last year and is rather expensive. I tested it out in John Lewis and was disappointed to find that the fabulous big dial only operated the FM radio. The DAB worked through the cheap feeling buttons.
But this VITA R1 is thirty quid cheaper and looks fabulous!
But, cheapest of all, and now on my wish list is the Revo Uno. At £70, with radio alarm, weekday and weekend settings, and audio-in for the iPod, I think I found my simple 'wake to BBC Radio 3' box.
Manchester + Snow
26/03/07 00:36 Filed in: Travel
Just finished a clean up in my living room. This was
to coincide with gettting my new Ikea desk. Only £30
and it works great in the little corner I have
put it. It's an egg shaped Vika Manne. I particularly
appreciate the white legs. All that's missing now is
THE REST OF THE DECOR to go with it. LOL! That will
come later this year, after the next thing which is
another round of gardening. This time it's boundaries
and levelling the ground. I'll have to ask how far
along we are, I'm worried it will never end!
In other news, I went up to Manchester early last week and to my surprise there was settled snow on the ground. See here from the train:
In other news, I went up to Manchester early last week and to my surprise there was settled snow on the ground. See here from the train:
I finished up there early
and went walking around the Arndale Centre, and lo! I
found the Apple Store. Rather more fabulous
than I had imagined, all along the inside are
illuminated walls with images of young people
living the iLife. So, a very much brighter store
than usual.
Nice. Sort of opposite the store was a very nice Waterstones where I bought Josie Dew's new book: Long Cloud Ride, about her jaunt around New Zealand, and then went into HMV to get Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. A film I've wanted to see for a while, and I watched it on the train back. Fantastic.
Gardening II
22/08/06 19:31 Filed in: Personal
Before:
After (clearance mostly done)
The pond has been broken and skipped. Pond? You can't see a pond? Exactly, that's why it had to go. Not for long though! The frogs (now counting between 12 and 14 (and mostly adolecents I think) have been re-located to a trug. Most seemed to ignore it and just hopped off, but I could see a few under the water-lilly.
After (clearance mostly done)
The pond has been broken and skipped. Pond? You can't see a pond? Exactly, that's why it had to go. Not for long though! The frogs (now counting between 12 and 14 (and mostly adolecents I think) have been re-located to a trug. Most seemed to ignore it and just hopped off, but I could see a few under the water-lilly.
Gardening
20/08/06 22:23 Filed in: Personal
Cripes, have been clearing the garden for 3 days and
it looks like its been bombed. Amazing, I can walk
the FULL LENGHT of the garden. All the fish are dead
though. But I have 8-9 Frogs and a Toad. And 100
million spiders (urgh!) and dozens of....Crickets!
Because I don't have an alley, I had to drag the
plants through the house so I have spiders and
Crickets inside now :-/ The Dyson is on standby.
Oh and I got the bike back - FINALLY. But the cost was astronomical - £214!
Oh and I got the bike back - FINALLY. But the cost was astronomical - £214!
Where did the weekend go?
21/05/06 23:31 Filed in: Personal
Did some hoovering (or should that be Dysoning), and tried and
failed to fit the mudguards to my bike on
Saturday. No instructions came with them, and
only some of the screws made sense. What
flummoxed me was/is how to secure the rear
mudguard to the rear triangle. The little bag of
screws included these rubber blocks, which look
like they should be used back there to absorb
some of the road shock, but nothing came with
which to attach them. This is a bit worrying, as
I had to thus attach the guard direct to the
frame. Hopefully it won't break to bits before I
can take it to my bike shop.
That happened on Sunday evening. Sun-day was spent largely sleeping, after getting up early to accompany Russ and his twin brother to Gatwick. Saturday night was Eurovision. Well done Finland, although I quite liked the German entry this year.
Enough boringness though. Film Four is coming to Freeview in July! Yay! No more DVD rentals needed. This isn't news, of course, but the first stage has started today. More 4+1 (a filler channel if there ever was one) is now off the air. Apparently a Big Brother Channel is going to take it's place in the meantime. Speaking of Digital TV, I was in Comet today. I am amazed, there are hardly any CRT TVs left. It was row after row of LCDs and Plasma displays. At the front was something that I guess was a HD demo. It didn't blow me away. Maybe it wasn't really HD. Also noticed the new Miele washing machines. Hmm, plastic doors, well it looks sleeker, but I'm not sure.
That happened on Sunday evening. Sun-day was spent largely sleeping, after getting up early to accompany Russ and his twin brother to Gatwick. Saturday night was Eurovision. Well done Finland, although I quite liked the German entry this year.
Enough boringness though. Film Four is coming to Freeview in July! Yay! No more DVD rentals needed. This isn't news, of course, but the first stage has started today. More 4+1 (a filler channel if there ever was one) is now off the air. Apparently a Big Brother Channel is going to take it's place in the meantime. Speaking of Digital TV, I was in Comet today. I am amazed, there are hardly any CRT TVs left. It was row after row of LCDs and Plasma displays. At the front was something that I guess was a HD demo. It didn't blow me away. Maybe it wasn't really HD. Also noticed the new Miele washing machines. Hmm, plastic doors, well it looks sleeker, but I'm not sure.
Paint for PVC Double glazing?
18/04/06 20:54 Filed in: Personal
OH! Well, that's good to
know. When I finally get around to changing the
front of my house I'll be able to paint the
windows a dark colour and so match the stone
colour I'll paint the walls and not look naff.
Lots of ideas from Sarah Beenie tonight, fixing
up a victorian terrace that looks rather like my
road. Neat.
Garden first though, no, Bathroom first!
Garden first though, no, Bathroom first!