been a while .... ahem

Well i am sure nobody is readying this now !!

Just thought it was worth a post. A lot has happened in the tech world since i started this blog -
I am now on facebook and twitter - probably a bit more than i should be.
I listen to music via last.fm
Google reader has completely changed how i browse the web
I run linux (ubuntu) on my home pc and when i need windows i power up a Virtual pc that runs inside linux
I remote desktop in to my work machine so i can work from home
I have push email and 500mb of free data month on my phone so the Internet and my "connected" life is never very far away...

is that a good thing?

well it means i feel a lot more "connected" to other people - the illusion that other people are out there reading what you are up to and "following" you - makes you (well ok me) feel a little less lonely. Thats sounds a bit sad (as in sniff snff) its not really meant to be - i think i am actually quite solitary by nature (but is that a reaction or just as I always have been ....) I love my family to bits and really couldn't imagine life without my precious girls (and bump!!)

Real life is wonderful and hard

Virtual life is ... what ? web2.0 ... ? glossy ? 2D ?

Which one is better?

Would i prefer one or the other?

Hell NO!

each compliments the other - each provides a balance and base to the other.

Sure if I lost all the things in my "real" life I would be devastated and completely and hopelessly lost. The loss of my virtual life I would not feel the same - but it would still hit me hard. It's amazing how important a bunch of 1's and 0's are to me.

frustratingly I cant sum this up in words - its times like this when i wish i took art instead of drama (I was an A grade student in art believe it or not !!) I just have a picture in my head - twines of 1's and 0's weaving in and out of luscious green complex vines - each supporting the other, each depending on the others strengths to fill their weakness.

Its a lovely picture.

Well in my head it is - unfortunately my head dosent have a "post to facebook" button .....



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Spy shots from a wedding

I go undercover with a rubish cameraphone @ ruth and andys wedding

rather anoyingly - after downloading my pics from my propper camera - this was one of my best pics !!

Amy asleap after a very busy weekend

One wedding, 600 miles, 12 hours in the car and my very cute baby girl decides enough is enough and clambers on to the sofa and promptly falls asleep !

Amy watching tv ... But all is not as it appears ....

Another pic of amy watching tv (in the night garden) the difference is its now 6am and we have been up for 2.5 hours ... Sick twice .... Just had some toast and water - trying to see if I can keep her in her chair for a bit to let the food go down ..

Quite distracted by the tv at the moment ....

Tesco does subliminal advertising ...

Well its a bit obvious ....

Geek Out !!!

WARNING:

The following post contains lots of stuff that excited geeks - please feel free not to read it !!!

OK -Further to my previous post about installing Windows XP on a virtual machine in Ubuntu (lunux) Just finished watching the last episode of Top Gear season 10 that i downloaded and watched using the cool new BBC i-Player in a Virtual machine running under Ubuntu !!

Well i think it was cool ...

Why not just watch it in windows? - well it was a 600mb file that took around 30 mins to download - this way i could continue to work/play with ubuntu !!

Happy Christmas !!

Ok so its a bit late

But since when have i done things on time !!

Its been a fun Christmas so far. Amy has really been enjoying it! Some of my highlights so far:

• Amy saying "more toys" every time she wanted to open a new present
• In church on Christmas day we sat next to Paul Feesey and Amy handed him her "macapaca " doll and said "MA" then she handed him her "Upsy Daisy" doll and said "Jesus"....
• I cooked Christmas dinner for the 1st time and it was good !! wasn't expecting it to be !!
• My computer is working again !! Got the bits to make it work for Christmas

New computer:

Well its not really - but i am currently playing with Linux - Ubuntu. Its very exciting - not as easy as i was expecting but i am enjoying fiddling with it to make it do what i want !! As I type this I am currently experimenting with "Virtual Machines" ..... Basically I am simulating a computer on my computer - eh why i hear you say (if you havnt already tuned out by now !!) Well I am currently installing Windows XP on one of these virtual machines - so i can run it in a window in linux - all very cool !! Well I think it is

New House:

Well its still really not getting very far - I have been a bit rubbish in getting stuff done - its been a mad time in work (it is always..) and by the time i am home its just seams like too much effort to get stuff done. We are hoping to get some more stuff done over whats left of Christmas

Anyway - time to go - XP is installed - lets see what this baby can do !!

TV veg time

Me and amy veging out in front of tv!

Me and Amy

Me and Amy - teeth hurting at the mo so she was up late!

Oh these pictures are from my phone - emailed from my phone!

Emily + Josh and Amy!