300GB NAS Hard Drive – 8th July 2006 (Ebay purchase, £120)
Backups are important, my files are worth a lot of money to me so we decided to invest in a piece of hardware to help with backing up our data. Rather than just getting an external hard disk we wanted a networked hard disk (NAS) so Kix and me could share it independent of which […]
Look to Windward (Ian M Banks)
Sci-fi, 6/10 – June 2006 The Culture usually sounds like such a wonderful utopian place, but this book makes some good arguments that make the Culture out to be far more tarnished and corrupt than I have previously seen, one of them from a Hub mind itself. I found myself not being sure who I […]
My Wedding (10th/June/2006)
Getting married was the best day of my life. I was a bit apprehensive that I wouldn’t be able to handle being the centre of attention and making a speech and stuff but all the nerves and anxiety helped make the day special and unforgettable. It was so touching that so many people went out […]
Pure Chronos DAB Radio – July 2006 (Wedding Present)
The best radio alarm clock we’ve ever owned. We like the large central snooze button and a sleep timer (adjustable by 5 minute increments up to 60 minutes). The radio stations don’t need tuning in because they are digital and it hides no less than four alarms, which can be individually set to any combination […]