Finally conceded and placed an order for a new PC from www.pcspecialist.co.uk and I have gone well over the top with the spec:
Core i7 940 (4 x 2.93 Ghz)
6 GB Corsair DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM
300 GB VelociRaptor 16 MB cache (10,000 RPM)
1 TB HDD
1GB Nvidia Geforce 9800 GT
64 bit Vista Home Pro
all in a Black Trigon Case.
Total Spend £1,500 (inc VAT)
Delivery is about 7 to 10 days ;-)
This morning at 08:30, I met Neil Sankey at Halesowen Golf for the first 18 holes of the year. The weather was fantastic, bright and sunny but not too hot, and the golf was actually not too bad, at least until we started to tire, and from then on it was not very good at all!
The GPS tracker showed that we actually walked 7.8 miles, and the course length is only about 4 miles!!
Link to The SportsTracker Data for the round
Panorama taken on the 5th Fairway, with Neil just leaving the 12th Green
Panorama taken on the 14th Tee
All pictures taken with the Nokia E71 phone
This guy makes art from a sheet of A4 paper by “materialization of a flat piece of paper into a 3D form”
You really should check this site out: A4 PAPER CUT
Cycled to work and back today – and now, I am totally foobar’d.
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=836614
had the sports tracker running on the E71 for the journey back home, and the above link should take you to the data.
You know I like my 4 day weeks whenever possible, well thanks to the combined delights of a Rota day and Easter Bank Holiday, coupled with 1 days leave, I get two 3 day weeks on the trot! Wooooot!
Turns out the horse I picked in the office sweepstake for the Grand National - “Mon Mote” actually went and won…
Looks like I will be picking up my £20 winnings in the Morning.
Went to “Rutland Water” today, with Alex and Amanda. Alex and I hired two mountain bikes for the afternoon, and rode approx 11 miles back and forth around the perimeter of the reservoir, by which point I was completely knackered, my “Numb Bum” just edging out the “Screaming Quads” in the discomfort stakes. It was good fun tho’. Alex on the other hand was disappointed that we had to stop!
Amanda simply walked the route, and did a pretty commendable 6 miles, but was completely knackered when she finally got back.
The only real downside of the location, is that it is a 2 hour drive there and another 2 hours back! That makes it a pretty long day!
Just finished “Devil May Care” the James Bond book written by Sebastian Faulkes. – Excellent!!
Just started “Sword of the Shanara”, a book I have previously read, but it was some time ago, and I am really enjoying getting it read to me. This may take some time to complete, it is in excess of 23 hours, and it’s only the 1st book in the trilogy!
Today I took the plunge and have bought myself a ne push bike.
Nothing spectacular, it’s from Hawk Cycles in Cradley Heath, and it’s a “Hybrid” style road bike: 27” wheels, road tyres, alloy frame, deep rim wheels, Padded Gel saddle, 21 gears and mountain bike type handlebars. Original list price was £299, reduced in the sale to £190.
I have fitted the bike rack on the car, and will collect it tomorrow. If the weather is nice, I will cycle back home on it, but as the forecast is for cold and rain, I may just clamp it on the back of the car, and drive home.
The downside is that I have had to spend a couple of very dust, sweaty hours this afternoon, clearing the rubbish in the garage to make room for a second push bike, whilst still being able to get the motor bike in and out.
