A brief recap of a brief day.

I am sure that there is a lot to be said for spending time trying to set up a LAN at home, I just don't know that it is good. Certainly, while Elle's iMac can see my PC, the reverse is not true. It could see it for a while but it wouldn't access any of the folders. Unlike the Mac, which is busily sucking Battlestar Galactica episodes off my hard drive as I type. Happily, since I do all the downloading, it is likely that most file movement would be in that direction anyway, but even so...

Once again it proves that Microsquash aren't as clever as the Lord Bill would have us believe. I guess I'll have another go at making it all work together at some point, but right now I can't be bothered.

Other than the shopping earlier on, pootling with the attempted LAN is about all we have done that could be labeled in any way, shape, or form as productive. After two late nights out on Thursday and Friday after each and both of which we were completely knackered, today has been reserved for chilling. I have caught up on Battlestar Galactica (maintaining a lead over Miss Furtle) and have watched one of my Stargate backlog. I intend to do very little tomorrow, too, though I daresay that putting up the curtains in the computer room will consume some time and reveal an inventive use of English as my DIY skills are sorely tested. I have a new drill to play with as well, so the possibilities for domestic carnage are virtually limitless.

I shall apply my hammer to a hook in the bedroom, too; I have decided where to hang the picture of HMS Warspite. What price a bruised thumb, anyone?

A brief recap of a brief day.

I am sure that there is a lot to be said for spending time trying to set up a LAN at home, I just don't know that it is good. Certainly, while Elle's iMac can see my PC, the reverse is not true. It could see it for a while but it wouldn't access any of the folders. Unlike the Mac, which is busily sucking Battlestar Galactica episodes off my hard drive as I type. Happily, since I do all the downloading, it is likely that most file movement would be in that direction anyway, but even so...

Once again it proves that Microsquash aren't as clever as the Lord Bill would have us believe. I guess I'll have another go at making it all work together at some point, but right now I can't be bothered.

Other than the shopping earlier on, pootling with the attempted LAN is about all we have done that could be labeled in any way, shape, or form as productive. After two late nights out on Thursday and Friday after each and both of which we were completely knackered, today has been reserved for chilling. I have caught up on Battlestar Galactica (maintaining a lead over Miss Furtle) and have watched one of my Stargate backlog. I intend to do very little tomorrow, too, though I daresay that putting up the curtains in the computer room will consume some time and reveal an inventive use of English as my DIY skills are sorely tested. I have a new drill to play with as well, so the possibilities for domestic carnage are virtually limitless.

I shall apply my hammer to a hook in the bedroom, too; I have decided where to hang the picture of HMS Warspite. What price a bruised thumb, anyone?

Home Improvements (grunt, grunt)

Ah, the joys of DIY.

Assuming that I have wrists of steel (which I don't), then my screwdriver is clearly made of Kryptonite. I was quite right about the inventive use of English whilst trying to get these damned curtains sorted out.

I have drilled the holes in the woodwork, but because the brackets are so close to the ceiling, it is impossible to get a decent grip on the screwdriver unless you have impossibly, tapeworm-thin, fingers. Abandoning that screwdriver, we hunted around for the other screwdriver set: the angled, posidrive set. Well, that was better, but not by much. I got the screws a little further in before the Kryptonite worked its magic on my weedy wrist muscles. This led to the fall back position of so many home improvements: a trip down to B&Q to purchase an electric screwdriver. Of course, that comes with a minimal charge already in it, which is not enough to do more than push the screws in a little further before giving up the ghost.

It needs 7-8 hours' charging before I can reasonably try again, but the initial trials were impressive enough to convince me that we have the proper tool for the job (amazing how hit and miss it is identifying such). Later on tonight we may actually have curtains hanging in the computer room. Or I shall have drilled additional holes in the wall and screwed myself to the ceiling. I wouldn't rule it out at this stage.

On the plus side, I have successfully hung a picture without unwarranted blood or breakage.

Home Improvements (grunt, grunt)

Ah, the joys of DIY.

Assuming that I have wrists of steel (which I don't), then my screwdriver is clearly made of Kryptonite. I was quite right about the inventive use of English whilst trying to get these damned curtains sorted out.

I have drilled the holes in the woodwork, but because the brackets are so close to the ceiling, it is impossible to get a decent grip on the screwdriver unless you have impossibly, tapeworm-thin, fingers. Abandoning that screwdriver, we hunted around for the other screwdriver set: the angled, posidrive set. Well, that was better, but not by much. I got the screws a little further in before the Kryptonite worked its magic on my weedy wrist muscles. This led to the fall back position of so many home improvements: a trip down to B&Q to purchase an electric screwdriver. Of course, that comes with a minimal charge already in it, which is not enough to do more than push the screws in a little further before giving up the ghost.

It needs 7-8 hours' charging before I can reasonably try again, but the initial trials were impressive enough to convince me that we have the proper tool for the job (amazing how hit and miss it is identifying such). Later on tonight we may actually have curtains hanging in the computer room. Or I shall have drilled additional holes in the wall and screwed myself to the ceiling. I wouldn't rule it out at this stage.

On the plus side, I have successfully hung a picture without unwarranted blood or breakage.