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Posted Jun 13, 1999
Don't talk to me about fleding petunias.
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Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very, frightening ....
Posted Jun 2, 1999
Thank heavens for uninterruptible power supplies! There's a storm over Covent Garden right now, and a huge thunderclap just made Phoebe's UPS kick in and go beeeeeeeeeeep.
OK, admittedly, the h2g2 site was only running on battery power for under a second, but I'm still grateful 
Phew.
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Right said Fred ...
Posted May 31, 1999
Finally wired the new lighting in the study!
It's the only room in the house with no crawlspace, so it took two of us - Michael (who'd only stopped by for a cup of tea) to feed the cable up through the ceiling, and me in the loft space above the bathroom shouting directions while reaching across to the study with a pair of cutters taped to a pole to makeshift cherry-picker.
Incredibly, I snagged the target on the first attempt, and it actually took longer to climb in and out through the hatchway than it did to pull the cable through!
That's the very last piece of old rubber-insulated wiring replaced, and once I've blanked off the original wall-mounted lamp, I can put bookshelves all along that wall. Fab.
Still have to make an aesthetic decision about the living room lights though ...
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Clippety Clop!!
Posted May 31, 1999
Hurray! I went out for a hack today - first time in months - and I managed to avoid any "fair-weather rider" jibes by arranging a torrential downpour
Wow, it was great to be back in the saddle again - I'd forgetten how smooth Tiger's canter is, and that coupled with the chance to chinwag with Karen again made my week. I had to lay flat out on the study floor for about an hour afterwards before I could get the energy up to cycle to Lara's birthday party. Just as well, as I needed all my strength when I arrived, as the main birthday prezzy from Ian & Julia was a climbing frame and slide for Lara and Elizabeth to share. Despite the soggy garden, Elizabeth insisted ("again! again!") on making full use of the new installation, so I played chaperone while the rest of the adult attendees stayed sensibly inside.
No sooner had the last of the guests gone home, than Jim and Bernadette arrived - so it was almost midnight before I left. Oh well, another day without housework - I'll have to take advantage of the bank holiday Monday I suppose.
Finally fed up with IE4's frame redraw bug, I've just installed the patch, so this entry is also the first test ...
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ISDN rocks!
Posted May 29, 1999
Irony of ironies, I haven't really had chance to play with my shiny new pipe. No sooner had I borrowed Ian's TA and hooked it all up, what happens? Ursula goes into a complete sulk and won't even take my call.
As everyone else is far too engrossed in high-level Half-Life sessions to answer the 'phone, I decide to hop on my bicycle to catch the penultimate train of the day into London to see what the problem is. Having fixed it, I end up staying in town for two nights, so this is the first chance I've had to twang the wires.
With the TA properly configured, incoming calls are working, and I can also connect at either 64k or (if I want to forgo simultaneous voice calls) 128kb.
The biggest improvement though is the almost instantaneous connection time. It's so nice not to have my machine yowling at me for half an minute like an urban fox having his way with R2D2.
Thanks Ian!
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