5/3/2008 by david.

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5/3/2008 by david.

So as you may have read in my previous posting “A very British Earthquake” I have a bad sensor on my water heater, this is ment to detect leaks, but mine has an additional function of sensing Earthqukes. Now my water heater is right over my washing machine and this has ment for the last 6 -7 weeks when ever my washing machine goes into it’s spin cycle the alarm goes off. To further add to my woes this shuts off all the water in my apartment. However this is now fixed and I will be able to do my washing with out the ear piercing screech of an alarm.

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27/2/2008 by david.

Today I experienced my very first earthquake! I live around 30 miles NW of London in the foothills of the Chiltens a very green and pleasant arear. Nothing ever happens, no extreme weather or anything.

So there I was lying in bed trying to get to sleep listening to an audio book (The 5th Elephant), just drifting off and then there is a slight rumble and it feels like I train is going past my apartment, this goes on for around 10 seconds. Not thinking anything about it for another 5 seconds, them the leak sensor on my water heater goes off (loose cable I will cover that some time soon). So anyway I get up to go and reset it, knowing that I will not be able to get back I make my self a cupa and turn on News 24 there is something uninteresting that they are reporting on and I just sit there drinking my tea and emailing a fiend in the state. I hear the word earthquake and England so thats it pretty boring but my first quake. From what I hear it was around 5.1 on the rikta scale, a scale that only the media use!

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21/1/2008 by david.

Ok, well it is here again. The most depressing day of the year. Like the sound of an elephant dedicating the bill plop through the letter box, the weather is dull and miserable, and there is less light than the glove box of an Austin Allegro. To top all of this off my normal 30 minute commute took me almost 2 hours thanks to some idiot on the M40 panging his or her car.

Almost 4 hours into the work day, and not even the thought of being almost half way through cheers me up, so I think I will take the rest of the day off, go home and curl up in bed with a good book, something summery and pray for spring to arrive.

Of course what will probably happen is that when I get home I will turn on my computer and do some more work, I am kinda sad that way, but then it has to be done.

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8/1/2008 by david.

Well another new year has begun, and this year I made 2 new years resolutions, first I will try and add more to my blog, who know I may even keep this one. The second is that I will not make silly new years resolutions that I will never keep.

Whats happening in the world of me at the moment then, well my work is keeping me very busy, still writing loads of support documentation that no one ever reads. I will be trying to update the main blueadmiral.com website when I have some time, and I will try and get out and about with my camera. Since the php update on 1&1 some time ago my old coppermine gallery is no longer fully functional, so I have decided to use Flickr, you can see my photos at this link : http://www.flickr.com/photos/10221816@N05/

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13/6/2007 by david.

Perhaps my last post was a bit premature, but from now on I will make an effort to keep this a little more up-to-date. Over the past few weeks I have been really busy with my work at Pipex Hosting. After years at 1&1 I had forgotten what it was like to be happy at work, doing interesting work and learning new skills. The past few months have seen me revamping the online support systems for Pipex’s domain registration arm “123-reg.co.uk”, you can see my work at http://www.123-support.co.uk.

Well as I say I am going to try and keep this blog more up-to-date, but hey no promises

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10/11/2006 by david.

Have you ever noticed that time goes faster when your enjoying your self! Also time seems to go faster when your really busy and have deadlines to meet. Well I have been in a rush to get some work done and the time has just flown by.

I work for a large German Hosting company and we have some major new product features coming up for launch and it is my job to get the Online Documentation ready for the customers so that they do not have to contact support, just look at the FAQs.

Yes I am one of those people who create FAQs and online documentation, you know the stuff that people never tend to read
This being so I have not had much time to update the new blog, I have around 2 months worth of photos to go through and upload the best. With luck I may get some time over the weekend to get some more updates, maybe even add a few more posts to the blog.

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6/11/2006 by david.

So it is Monday again! So the long Drive from Bridport to Slough beckons. Normally leaving at 04:30 in the morning is not a problem and will get me in to work before 8, not today though. The weather conspired to make my journey a dangerous and difficult drive, I am used to driving in most conditions and normally even the most inclement weather is not a problem, however today it was fog, not your normal light misty stuff, but a real pea souper. At some stages it was all I could do to drive along at 30mph seeing just 10 - 15 yards ahead. More later.

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4/11/2006 by david.

Did the drive from Slough to Dorset last night, glorious weather, had the sun in my eyes most of the way. Got to Salisbury, where normally there is a fair amount of traffic, however this time, there was no delay. This would normally have been welcome, but this time there was a fantastic sunset behind the spire of the Cathedral, there just was not enough time to get old camera up and take a shot.

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1/11/2006 by david.

At the moment I am living a strange half life that involves me living in Slough (Voted the least tranquil place to live) during the week and then Dorset (Tranquility it’s self) for the weekend. The reason for this I am sure I will bore you with at great length some time in the near future.

I went outside for a smoke with Mick (some one I work with) this morning and the Sunlight was so bright it was amazing, however we were both wearing dark coats, so we started to heat up fast. Then I had the bright idea to take my coat off. BIG Mistake, within seconds I was freezing as the icy wind decided to blow.

So the moral here is it may look warm, but that wind chill get to you.

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