I am now the proud owner of a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SL Fontopia Headphones for use with my Archos FM Recorder Walkman. They fit great, feel really comfortable when in, sound good, and really block out outside noise well - £34 from www.avland.co.uk

My 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' Audio book CD's arrived today. I have just ripped the first 6 CD's to the PC. I have located which of the 65(ish) tracks on each disc are the start of chapters, and am just about to use 'MP3 Splitter & Joiner' from EZ SoftMagic to merge tracks together to give me one file per Chapter. I will then load these onto the walkman.

The Hall is now looking good, the plates have been mounted along the stair wall, and a new *LARGE* mirror has been placed on the radiator wall. I was plesently surprised with the Mirror £45 from B&Q. Total cost for hall so far (not including the Mark Spain painting that started it all off) is £250. I have also finally found a colour that I like for the ceiling, but that too can wait a while.