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So my computer died. I thought motherboard/cpu. Bought £370 worth of new kit, and much like my unnecessary oven my computer was still toast.

Finally diagnosed a faulty OCZ ModXStream Pro PSU which is only 10 months old. What a load of rubbish. To make matters worse to return it I have to send it to the Netherlands. So I’ll be buying a new PSU as well then.

Don’t think I can return the motherboard processor as I have installed the processor onto the board. That was an expensive experiment.

I failed Dave’s computer rule number one – always check the PSU.

I will be following Dave’s computer rule number two – never buy OCZ again.

Hooray, I’ve blogged for the first time in 10 months to say I have finally opened a flickr account.

How very 2008.

Just-need-to-learn-how-to-use-it

…and gone pro

I should really put the time in and revive the blog as the 28th November was the last time I wrote. Instead I’m off to play Far Cry 2. Perhaps tomorrow then…

I followed a van home last night, the logo on the back of the van read:

‘National Blind Childrens Society’

underneath, above the bumper, a notice read:

‘Warning – This vehicle may stop suddenly’

I couldn’t help but combine the two and snigger to myself.

For the past 5 days or so Great Britain has been gripped with the story of the century. It isn’t the Credit crunch, American election or fuel prices, it is in fact the resignation of John Sergeant from the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing Show.

My new favourite comedy show the News Quiz had a good pop at it on Friday and put forward who they think should be in next years show to keep the ratings up. They suggested:

Professor Stephen Hawking
John Prescott
Sooty

I’d also add to the list:

Stevie Wonder
‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius
Heather Mills
Axl Rose

Let me know who else the researchers should be booking up…

I’m so proud of myself. I’ve just done a wordpress backup and upgrade all by myself.

Aren’t I grown up.

Ok so I haven’t blogged in a long long time, but I logged in and had near 1000 junk comments from people spamming my site.

frankly that really sucks. What is the point?

Anyway there are all deleted now.

Hopefully some sort of regular service may resume soon…

Congratulations to Cern for not destroying the world. Commiserations to all those who spent their life savings yesterday thinking they were about to be sucked into a blackhole.

There is something quite cool about the fact that the closest we have all come to ultimate destruction was not from some cold war apocalypse, a dirty bomb or an asteroid but a bunch of guys in lab coats. I almost wish the world had been sucked in on itself. It would definitely have been a laugh.

Has anyone checked yet whether Nostradamus wrote anything about particle accelerators? I’m sure here probably did, or at least the tabloids will have managed to work out that he did.

Apricots are clearly the worst tasting most offensive fruit going.

They are so evil they have managed to infiltrate the layer between sponge cake and icing the world over, ruining an almost perfect match.

Worse still my wife really likes them. To rub it in she buys them dried so she can have ‘healthy snacks’ knowing full well I hate them so won’t eat them – thus guaranteeing they are there when she want one.

Grrrr. Take them away.

Well its been a long time since I’ve blogged, so much so that I had 32 spam comments waiting for me.

My arm is now out of plaster and I only have a couple of days left in my velcro splint. Hopefully things will start getting back to normal soon.

I’m thinking of using this site for some tech reviews so watch this space…