tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157590152009-07-04T00:01:15.565+01:00This is Ric's general blogRichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-27488478407515380102009-07-03T21:48:00.001+01:002009-07-04T00:01:15.736+01:00

Matt (the assistant manager of the Windmill Tavern) is going to kick himself for reminding me of the attached photo :-DI think it looks rather fetching ;-)

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-85570285656394439282009-07-02T18:07:00.003+01:002009-07-02T18:18:56.357+01:00

So I got myself a second hand Touch Pro and it's been AMAZING. It does everything you want and more with ease. Plus the keyboard made SMS and email a pleasure.I recently had the opportunity to swap it for a Touch Pro2. I knew it would be nicer but it's INCREDIBLE!The phone is quicker, smoother and generally easier to use. The bigger screen is amazing and the battery life is far superior. Hell,

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-46202483609659272352009-06-28T00:29:00.001+01:002009-06-28T00:35:27.496+01:00

So we all had a good feed at The Fusion Room for Caroline's birthday. I think some people are starting to feel the affects though ;-)

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-76642016898423386402009-06-06T21:08:00.003+01:002009-06-06T21:42:00.800+01:00

2 pint cartons for taking your beer home! Genius!The instructions are maybe a little much though... You don't deserve to drink if you think holding the carton upside down is a good idea!!!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-12465491135966309622009-05-30T15:29:00.003+01:002009-05-30T15:30:45.129+01:00

It's like Gav knew that we were going to be going to the 80s bar and he dressed appropriately!

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-24503043902283597192009-05-27T23:41:00.001+01:002009-05-28T03:06:15.707+01:00

Shaun (the EduGeek giant) struggled to drink his red wine out of a normal large wine glass

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-59802516104131984602009-05-07T19:27:00.002+01:002009-05-07T19:30:13.080+01:00

Whilst I'm waiting in the pub for Chris I thought I'd blog about Tuesday's quiz...This week the team comprised four and the questions were a lot easier than last week - last week was particularly difficult!Although we almost came joint first (a re-count was called) we ended up second by one point :-( All was not lost though as this achievment won us a round of drinks :-)All in all not bad then,

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-80630623049774834572009-05-01T19:59:00.001+01:002009-05-01T20:03:49.719+01:00

We eventually got seated and had some food. The food was rather nice... Tom expected a little more medat on his chicken though ;)

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-30704528454428310962009-05-01T18:17:00.002+01:002009-05-01T18:24:07.267+01:00

We decided to go out for a meal since it is Dad's birthday and Will suggested 'The Bobbin Mill' at Buckshaw.After getting lost we're all here now but we aren' allowed to sit down and eat because there's no tables (see picture!)Anyway... Only another 30 mins to wait.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-6949439047850847582009-04-24T21:27:00.001+01:002009-04-24T22:46:58.130+01:00

Caroline and Gary gave me a lovely birthday present that was crying out to be blogged! :-D

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-23127623066516158782009-04-22T19:33:00.004+01:002009-04-22T19:36:38.164+01:00

I decided last night (whilst we performed miserably in the pub quiz) that I would post a few of my photographs to the web for all to admire.The easiest way to do this was to use Picasa (which I already use to organise my pictures) which allows easy upload to Picasa Web Albums. After a few clicks, the job was done.I've even added a couple of albums on the right hand side for you to enjoy if you

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-77161495719650251552009-04-12T18:44:00.001+01:002009-05-30T15:27:39.801+01:00

Lol!

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Well the quiz team returned from their holidays last week and we resumed our greatness on Tuesday!The picture round was easier than usual for us - all Disney characters ;-)Anyways... we won! Not bad eh? 61 points! So a free round of drinks was ours.Now we just need to win the higher and lower game... it's up to about £150 now :-)

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-25726607946392805622009-03-17T18:06:00.002Z2009-03-17T18:12:05.026Z

Tom, my brother, has finally found himself a job.. It's taken ages!!!He's going to be an environment officer working for the Environment Agency in Penrith on a decent salary too.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-91047968437107681672009-03-13T17:21:00.004Z2009-03-13T17:30:03.659Z

I've seen a few examples of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography lately and it looked pretty wicked... so I thought I'd have a bash.I found a tutorial on Instructables that explained the process using the GIMP. This was the result using photos of some snowdrops in the dark.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-6116579626096943452009-03-04T00:21:00.002Z2009-03-04T00:33:56.095Z

As some might be aware, my local recently closed - we're still not 100% sure why. For this reason, I've had to find another and I had a choice of two - The Windill Tavern near Clifton and The Hand and Dagger near Treales. I chose the Windmill because it's easier to get to while the weather is a bit rubbish.The Windmill is about a mile from my house and it takes me roughly 15 minutes to walk there

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-75561502061583545052009-02-23T20:03:00.003Z2009-02-23T21:18:07.947Z

Lately I have been increasingly using my phone for mobile Internet goodness.... it was just getting to be a pain using my LG Secret.I spotted a bargain-priced HTC Touch Pro on flea-bay and decided to have a punt... £250 later I had a nearly new Touch Pro with car kit and a PAYT SIM (which I have no use for).The first thing I did was use the new Google Mobile Sync Beta to get all my contact

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-69185710199113018292009-02-20T20:35:00.000Z2009-02-23T21:06:18.926Z

A pic of my 'tidy' office (before the new shelving)... Sent from my mobile.

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-92667488348341252009-01-04T20:08:00.004Z2009-01-05T00:12:12.734Z

Lots of fun was had with the Wii on New Year's Day... the Raki (ridiculuous Turkish vewrsion of Ouzo) definitely gave an incentive to do well (with the losers having the opportunity to down a shot!).We had the Salwick Club Bouncer...Some hoola-hoop fun...And don't forget the ski jumping...

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I've neve played Guitar Hero before, but tmy brother ended up with a copy of Guitar Hero World Tour for Christmas and I decided to have a go.How addictive is that game? OMG... 3 hours I must have played for!!!Some of the music is pretty amazing which helps matters but I have beaten the fingers on my left hand into submission and my left-middle finger had a bruise on the end! :'(

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-40321058046204575962008-12-22T19:30:00.003Z2008-12-22T19:39:40.149Z

I managed to find a download of Fiji (aka the Microsoft Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 - or whatever it is called this week!). Why did I go looking for this?Without this pack, Vista Media Center doesn't 'do' interactive ('Red Button') content on digital channels and this is a feature I happened to want at the time so that I could watch the snooker. Associated with this is teletext support.I'm

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-78317705920268114742008-12-04T08:43:00.002Z2008-12-04T08:50:00.633Z

Ever since the release day of XenServer 5, I have been trying to upgrade my two hosts. This should have been a painless task taking less than an hour.My first problem was that the documented uprade method was wrong... rather than putting a host into maintenance mode, all the VMs had to be moved to a pool member from the pool master and then the pool master had to be upgraded first.The problem I

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-76982571701720145682008-11-17T19:48:00.003Z2008-11-17T19:53:01.222Z

So Jinnette, the old deputy steward of Salwick Club was on Fonejacker the other night. Rather funny, even if they did chop it down by about 25 minutes!For some reason Chennel 4 won't let me embed the vid so you will have to follow the link instead... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xLID8JQaEzU

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-83644228652355531292008-11-13T19:45:00.003Z2008-11-13T20:16:50.574Z

On Tuesday I embarked on a trip for EduGeek with the aim of drumming up a little sponsorship for BETT 2009.The trip began by travelling down to Brockenhurst in the New Forest to visit Navaho (the makers of the excellent Mediacat digital signage solution).The hotel that Navaho booked me into was called The Watersplash... it should have been called Fawlty Towers... it was AMAZING. I was greeted by

Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917753699952099793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15759015.post-15335109550443386462008-10-30T14:34:00.001Z2008-10-30T14:34:05.242Z

Another great game of snooker last night. It was our '6-man knockout' game against Greenlands A team. I wouldn't be exaggerating to say 30 people turned up from their club!Anyway, top of the third division - unbeaten with only a handful of lost frames - it was going to be tough. Tough wasn't the word though!I'm not the best snooker player on the team and I did make a slight mistake which then

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