Blackberry is Go

Well, its Bank Holiday weekend in the UK, and we have a few things planned, but one surprise that I got was our Blackberrys arrived and are finally working, and I have only one thing to say about them - Underwhelmed.

Its not that amazing. I mean it gets your corporate emails and all that, but thats all. No sync with contacts or calender - and it only gets NEW emails, not allows me to get old ones. To be honest Id be hard pushed to find a use for this device for myself, and may well carry on with my XDA Exec unit. But that could be kicked into touch by a job change...

More Laptop woes, but Silver linings

Its official, my laptop battery can't hold a charge for more than 20 minutes. Ebay here I come.
While, like most laptoppers I use the damn thing connect to the power supply, its nice to actually be able to move between rooms without the damn thing going into hibernate mode. Its a laptop not a tortoise!
The amount of money Ive spent on it lately, new hard drive, 1gb memory, replacement CDROM and now battery. Still cant complain, only got one non-performing pixel, shows every colour except red, then it goes black.
I am going to get a new one soon, once the monies are sorted, and its going to be another Dell.

Anyway, my remortage has been approved (debt consolidation, new kitchen and sofa, and my wife's teeth fixed) and the job interviews are looking favourable. In my field of work, there is a set salary range, so its down to naming your price and benefits package. The one that came in today was in Chelmsford (google maps reveal 45 minute drive away) not too bad, but if it works out, Ill need a company or second car.

Little things amuse me

I have some serious trouble accessing this site at work. Why? FIIK - Fucked If I Know?

So as a mini rebellion I tried looking elsewhere for a place to host a blog that did work, but gave up.
But I did find this little gem www.blogger.com.
I had a quick peek at the templates and found this little sample

Blackberry & Webmail

Finally managed to get remote webmail working at work, and remotely as well. This means we can now use teh company's long needed Blackberry functions. This should keep several of of office bound workers happy, its just a little sad its only working after all this time, and what with me getting ready to change jobs and all.

I hope to leave, as I have done at several previous jobs, left a legacy and still remained behind as a consultant or some-such.
My main reasons for leaving are the fact the company isnt moving closer to where I live until November 2007, plus I spend too many hours (3) a day commuting.

Drought

People of the London region are aware we are in drought conditions. No baths, no water hoses and massive recommendations that we all have showers. This is despite bottled water drinking has become the de-facto way of drinking water now, reducing water demand.

Plus Thames Water (the private company water responsible) have been running full page adverts claiming how much water they are saving on a daily basis.

So I take GREAT offence when I heard a radio advert today telling me to not only have a shower (and save money on a bath) but to make it a 2 minute shower and not a 5 minute one.

As Catherine Tate would say "What a fucking cheek!"