January 19, 2009 – 8:30 pm
I’ve had a few people mentioning that I’ve not been posting more photos of Jamie here, so a very quick pointer to my Flickr page, where I occasionally post new pictures.
October 1, 2008 – 9:58 pm
On Monday morning, September 29th 2008, at 2:37am (BST), my wife Catherine gave birth to James Cooper, our son, weighing 7lb 13oz. James is our first child, and so far parenthood is proving to be rather… surreal. You don’t really notice that anything has changed, until at some point you realise that almost everything has. Catherine and James came home from hospital today, and as I type this I’ve just finished bottle-feeding him, and he fell asleep against my shoulder as I quietly whistled “Sweet Baby James“. It’s difficult to explain how it feels being a Dad, but with moments like this, I think I’m going to like it.
There’s so much more I want to write, but at the moment I’m not sure what it is. So for the time being, here are some photos…
Tonight is the last night we’ll spend in our current house, Mrs.Bod and I. Tomorrow we move to a new house, on the other side of town. A brand new house, un-lived in by anyone (apart from a handful of woodlice). I’d say that I’m excited at the prospect – but frankly I’m just tired. I’ve spent the last couple days packing everything we own into boxes, and I’ve been doing the same for the previous two weekends – this post is being written just prior to packing away my PC and being without internets for a couple weeks. It’s tiring. It’s stressful. I’m quite looking forward to not having to move ever again. We’ll just have to wait and see how that pans out.
I’m a big fan of AVG Free, the cost-less anti-virus software from Grisoft. I’m a keen advocate of it, and have installed it on several computers of friends and relatives (tho’ trying to ensure they keep it up-to-date is a trickier matter). Around this time most users will be seeing dialog boxes appear stating that they should be installing the new version – AVG8. I would agree, as it’s certainly fine software… I have some niggles regarding its installation of unwanted (in my case) web browser addons, but that’s something that’s easily fixed. Not so simple, at least from reading various forums, is killing AVG8 – so I found a way… Read More »
We’ve been quite busy of late (please, no crude comments about recent announcements). Aside from the whole “family-starting” thing, Mrs.Bod and myself are in the process of selling our current house (where numerous demoparties have been held) and buying a new place. Of course we want to optimize our available space when we move, so a brand new high-definition television seemed to be the best option of “things to buy”. Me being an oddly non-geek geek, I have a habit of reading through manuals before even getting new techie kit out of the box, and it’s for scary gems like this, found in the manual to our new Samsung LCD TV, that it’s all worthwhile. I’m a tad confused by all of the “Image Enhancement” options on new TV’s, Sony with their Bravia and Wega systems, Philips with Pixel Plus, and Samsung have DNIe. We chose a Samsung TV:
DNIeTM (Digital Natural Image engine). This feature brings you more detailed image with 3D noise reduction, detail enhancement, contrast enhancement and white enhancement. New image compensation Algorithm gives brighter, clearer, more detailed image to you. DNIeTM technology will fit every signal into your eyes.
I’m ever-so slightly concerned.
