Turning up trousers by hand is a very tedious process, involving too many pins and therefore pricking of thumbs and fingers. I don’t recommend it. Still, it’s done now…

Michael version 2 coming up tomorrow! :-) No, nothing drastic really—I went shopping yesterday, and with the help of my fashion advisor Clare Bannister, bought some new smart shoes and pinstriped trousers (which might make me look taller… here’s hoping). Had some trouble with Kubuntu on the eMac, and eventually discovered that I had to [...]

What a tiring week! Can’t remember why now, except for having to get up at 5.40am on Thursday to get to Bracknell for 9am (evil!) and generally not getting to bed early enough any night this week. And I’m now trying to run the Kubuntu LiveCD on my eMac. It’s not working though, so I’ll [...]

My arms ache today. The computer is still yummy though. One thoroughly gimmicky (yet surprisingly entertaining) feature is called Photo Booth, where you can use the built-in iSight camera to take snapshots of yourself, with various fun effects applied. I’m particularly proud of this one:

Hooray, I have my new iMac! Thought I was going to have to get it delivered but I went to Peter Jones and they had it in their service building. I nearly died (well, destroyed all muscles in my arms and hands) carrying it back to Sloane Square station, but I got it home eventually. [...]