{"id":570,"date":"2008-01-26T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T17:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/2008\/01\/busy-week\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T10:24:13","slug":"busy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/2008\/01\/26\/busy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy week"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a busy week, which is why things have been quiet round here. Here’s what’s been going down.<\/p>\n

Allotment<\/h3>\n

Karen and I have spent a lot of time on the allotment<\/a>. Whereas it did look like this<\/a>, it now looks like this:<\/p>\n

\"allotment\"<\/p>\n

We’ve cleared a lot of brambles, dismantled the rotted cold frame, had a big bonfire, and put some carpet down to suppress weeds. We also found some rhubarb of the variety *Hey, Free Rhubarb!* and planted it in an appropriate location. It’s progress, definitely.<\/p>\n

My first MP3 player<\/h3>\n

On Wednesday I got my first ever MP3 player. As you can see, I’m right on the cutting edge here.<\/p>\n

It’s not even a state-of-the-art device. It’s a Creative Zen Stone, a little thing with 2 GB of storage and no LCD display. For \u00c2\u00a330, you can’t go far wrong. I also got a little FM transmitter so that I can play it through my car stereo, which is now over 5 years old.<\/p>\n

Electrocuting myself<\/h3>\n

While investigating a faulty kitchen light, I think that I may have accidentally electrocuted myself. I have a small blister on my thumb, and one on my forefinger, where I pinched a screw. As far as I can see, it’s not radiating heat, so electrocution seems the likely candidate. In hindsight, it should have been obvious that said screw would be live.<\/p>\n

Playing Tomb Raider<\/h3>\n

I rented Tomb Raider Anniversary<\/a> for a week. I played the original, many years ago, and it’s interesting to see what has been added and what has been taken away. I’ve bought a second hand copy so that I can complete it at my leisure.<\/p>\n

Teaching Bernard to spell his name<\/h3>\n

Not putting too much pressure on him at this early stage, obviously, but it does yield such gems as this one:<\/p>\n

Bernard: “R”
\nMe: “No, that’s not an ‘r’, it’s an ‘n’.”
\nBernard: “Buck, buck.”
\nMe: “Heh, not ‘hen’. ‘N’.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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