Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Happy Halloween!
Oliver in a dress
There is no point in having a dog if you can’t occassionally dress him or her up.
Ever since Oliver was a puppy, we’ve taken almost every opportunity to stick him in a t-shirt or dress him up as Santa. Seeing as he ‘enjoys’ it so much, we have taken to dressing him up for Halloween every year.
Last year he was Frankenstein’s monster, although no photos exist–probably because I was laughing too hard–and this year he was some kind of witch (or maybe a princess) in a very pretty purple dress and matching hat.
It took a minimal amount of modification with a pair of scissors, and he did keep getting his claws caught in it at first, but at £8 from Tesco you can’t go wrong.
I hate my LG Viewty
I’m nearing the end of the 18-month O2 contract I took out with my Viewty. With new technology reaching obsolescence after only a short life, why post about something that is so old?
Because when the Viewty first came out, people seemed to be falling over each other trying to be the first to review the phone. They hadn’t used it in anger. And boy, this phone makes me angry. When people ask me “is it a good phone?”, I struggle not to begin ranting. It is still widely available, so if I cause just one person to stop and reconsider the purchase of a Viewty, I will consider this post to be worthwhile.
The technical details, pictures, and many reviews of people singing the Viewty’s praises are everywhere. Just google it. I’m going to skip all of that rubbish, and tell you why you should have stuck with Sony Ericsson.
Comes in threes
They say that bad luck comes in threes.
I don’t know who They are, but why did They have to say it? Why not twos? Or “bad luck comes accompanied by no other instances of bad luck whatsoever”?
Anyway, following the tragic and catastrophic failure of my UPS, and the terminal affliction suffered by my wing mirror (oh yes, terrible times indeed), my computer has now decided things were still going too well for its liking, and a further helping of drama was required in order to provide some kind of counterpoint to the general wellness from which I was suffering.
Take this broken wing mirror
For quite a few weeks, the left-hand wing mirror on my car has been making a rather unsettling clicking/knocking noise every time it folds out.
And at lunchtime today it decided it was finally going to give up the ghost. It folds in, but doesn’t fold out. Repairing it shouldn’t be too difficult, or so I thought. It seems as if the linkage between the motor and the wing mirror joint has decided to become dislodged, or broken at worst.
So, armed with my trusty Torx screwdrivers, and a few other choice items from my toolbox, I went out to change its mind.
Citroen’s Snow Motion
I love TV adverts. They mostly treat viewers like idiots, and yet those idiots still buy the products they’re advertising.
Whoever invented advertising was a genius.
