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Back To Work

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I’m back in the office this morning after several days spent at home suffering and/or recuperating from a pretty nasty virus. It was kind of everything assoc...

Recuperating

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It would appear that I am actually getting better today… thank god!

Watching Chess

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While off work this afternoon I have been huddled up in the study, wrapped in my housecoat with a succession of cups of tea, both watching and listening to c...

Off Work

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I’m at home today with a pretty horrible cold. It’s not a snotty nose cold; more an aches, pains, coughs and headache cold… not very nice.

The Hidden Cost Of Xp

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I went to my in-law’s house yesterday and won the fight against the collection of trojans and viruses that had infested their computer.

Plans For The Future

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I’m caught in two minds this evening. Having finished building the PluggedOut Penpals website, I am very tempted to do a full-on profile/networking/blogging/...

Blagging Signed Photos

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While looking around on the net for anywhere I can get records of Sissel from (she’s this amazing singer - you will have heard her voice without realising it...

Sysadmin In The Evening

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This evening I have been performing the necessary evil tasks that most people should probably do when they get a new computer…

Zooming Along

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We went shopping yesterday for a new computer (at last). For the past couple of years we have been “surviving” at home with a rag-tag combination of bits of ...

Slogging Away

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Some days it feels like you are slogging away and not really getting anywhere.