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Vox Hunt: Thanksgiving Traditions
Show us one of your Thanksgiving traditions.
Well, getting annoyed at American-centric Vox Hunt/QotDs is rapidly becoming one of them...
Real Life Forum Discussion
We should probably show this to all our community managers as part of their training:
Liking Leopard
It too about an hour, once I'd rebooted, I discovered thet the line "add a new Mac to you Mac" isn't just advertsiing puff - it genuinely does feel like a new machine. The visual aesthetic of the new OS is markedly different from previous interations, giving the interface a new, pleasingly solid feel. CoverFlow for documents is just terrific, and Quicklook (whereby you can hit the space bar while selecting a document, and open a detailed preview without having to open the actual application) is shaping up to be one of those "how did I live without it?" features.
And, most importantly, World of Warcraft runs just fine.
All good, so far.
Sojourn in Sunderland
We're up in Sunderland for the weekend, to attend a christening of the son of an old friend of Lorna's. Tonight we're enjoying the hotel and stressing over the rugby…
Portrait of the Blogger as a Young Hack
I've been scanning a random selection of negatives I picked up from Mum's a few weeks back. This is me as a student magazine editor back in 1993…
I was so very young. And unshaven.
Sucky McSuck
1am. Can’t sleep. Not happy.
The meeting with Mum’s oncologist did not go well. How badly it went, we won’t know until she’s had a CT scan.
Just brain dumping so I can sleep.
Too much whirling around the old noggin right now.
Coffee Moment: the Caffé Nero cup
Thanks to a quick visit to Sutton town centre today, I had the rare chance to enjoy my favourite of the chain coffee sellers in the UK - Caffé Nero.
I find their Americanos a vast improvement on any of the others.
Vox Hunt: My Latest Download
Audio: Show us a song or album you've recently downloaded.
Holidays are Good
I'm back from my hols. We stayed in a lovely place:
And walked to some lovely places:
And now I'm back in London, with my batteries recharged and ready to go.
