In Thailand
I’m in Thailand for a two week holiday! Hurrah! Its been very good so far. Very relaxing and quite lively.
Unfortunately today has been rained off, but I don’t mind so much it forces me to detox from all the gin. Hmmmmm gin.
Beta testing karma
I’ve not checked in for a long time but let me briefly let you know what I’ve been up to.
I’m testing the new Ubuntu release of Karmic Koala. It is in beta now and should be released at the end of October. Unfortunately I’m away on holiday in Thailand when it comes out so I wanted to have a little play around before I went. And I’ve already raised three bug reports on Launchpad already. Minor difficulties but overall it is an improvement.
Why 64?
A combination of a 64 bit build of Ubuntu, 9.04, 64 bit flash and an absurd naming of Firefox 3.5 have driven me to install a 32 build of Firefox onto my 64 bit machine. It means I can run flash 32 natively and without glitches and that my internet bank now recognises Firefox 3.5 instead of Shiretoko which it blocks access to.
Great British beer Festival
Today I have taken a whole day off work to drink with the west country folk in their hovel of ale and cider and country folk music. Big beers, even bigger girls and about a thousand drunkards. Love it.
Staying late for business
Staying in hotels ain’t all its cracked up to be.
Kensington Roof Gardens
Friday saw us visit the Kensington Roof Gardens for a friends birthday. Fantastic place as usual. I think we made the right call by getting completely wasted before we went in because drinks were fantastically expensive.
I don’t remember how we all got home such was the brilliance of the night. I’m a bit out of it today though, as you can probably tell.
Life Beyond Measure
I’ve just finished reading my first book in a year! For the last year I have been encaptivated and excited in a child like trance by comics and graphic novel that I’ve come to love and yearn to dive deeper into a world of geekdom.
Chasers' War On Everything
Comedy from Australia. Comes highly recommended. By me!
The Hangover
Four days, four films. Finally a good one.
Bruno
Today I went to see the new Sacha Baron Cohen film, Bruno. Being a massive fan of Ali G and Borat, I had high hopes for this one. Sadly it was disappointing on all levels.
