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Sleeping In A Winter Woonderland

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:38:01 GMT

As i work from home most of the time, but occasionally work at my client's ofice in Baker Street in central London, if I find I'm going to be 'up town' for more than a single day at a time, I tend to stay in a hotel to cut down on travelling time.

So on Tuesday night, I spent the coldest night of the year so far in the coldest hotel this side of the Arctic Circle!

The heating had broken down in only a couple of rooms and the occupant of the other room phoned reception first, so they got the only available portable heater - all I got was an extra blanket! I know it was snowing outside, but it felt like it may as well have been doing so inside.

At about 3 am, I had to get out of bed and sit in the bathroom for 15 minutes hugging the heated towel rail in an attempt to thaw out! B->

Next morning i complained and got more than half my money refunded. Luckily it's only two minutes to the office, but it took a couple of cappucino's before I could do any useful work.

Who In Their Right Mind...

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:29:21 GMT

...would buy a Cockatiel when you already have four cats?

ME! That's right! (I must be mental!)

On Sunday we bought a Cockatiel (called Harry), who seems to be settling in nicely.

The cats still aren't sure what to make of him, but it probably involves a couple of slices of bread! B->

Photos for the curious.

Noodle News

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:41:24 GMT

I caught the following story on the BBC News website yesterday: The inventor of instant noodles, Momofuku Ando, has died in Japan, aged 96, of a heart attack.

I know it's not nice to laugh at the dead, but that's a great name!

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What Was I Thinking?

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:02:32 GMT

I've just been outbid on eBay for a Reebok Treadmill.

That's not the scary thing - the sheer size of this thing - where would I have put it? B->

Day One Of The Rest Of My Life

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:40:16 GMT

Without wanting to sound like a self-help book, I decided when i got up this morning to go for a walk.

Now, this might not sound to unusual, but it was big news to my family! B->

I'm overweight (my own fault), lead a sedentary life and don't exercise - basically I'm my own worst enemy. I drive pretty much everywhere, so for me to go for a walk was highly irregular.

As I've said before, I don't do New Years Resolutions, but I've decided that I need to lose some weight and do more exercise, so I walked to my friends house, which is about half a mile away. After spending some time talking with them, I walked back.

I know a mile isn't much, but it's a start. I plan on walking at least this far on each day that I'm not in the office - I already walk quite a bit to and from the station when I commute, which is normally twice a week.

I currently weigh 250 lbs (17St 12Lbs/114K, depending on where you are), but hope to lose quite a bit of this over the coming months, with exercise and healthy eating - wish me luck!

New Years Revolution

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:30:29 GMT

I've been planning to start blogging for quite some time now - I got as far as setting up WordPress and BlogCFC on two separate occasions, but didn't have the time to maintain it, so they both fell by the wayside.

I don't normally do new years resolutions, but this year I've made an exception.

So, this year I resolve to keep the blog going, to become a better developer, to do more exercise and to lose some weight.

Only time will tell!

Happy new year to everyone.