I was carpet bombed last night by a lone mosquito. Ale got the same treatment too, so picture the scene at 3:30 in the morning - trying to hunt down the bleeder whilst peppered with pink patches of Piracalamina, a wonderful product I must say.
When we finally found him, he got the squish treatment (naturally) and we managed to drift off to sleep around 4am.
Even though we are on the 4th floor, these irritant fligs seem to somehow make their way inside the apartment and lay in wait for what I assume is JB's sangre dulce. It really does wind me up why these creatures exist, and how much damage they do - and of course I'm talking about their activities elsewhere in the world.
I am investigating the possibility of making up an amateur trap involving the cunning use of yeast and a coke bottle. I WILL catch the blighters!
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
My venture back into the world of Windows
I've always been interested in the latest OS from Microsoft as it promised to offer a lot more than Vista ever did, namely in terms of speed. I eventually managed to download the 32-bit beta version and get it installed under VirtualBox OSE in Ubuntu as a virtual machine.
First impressions are speed, speed and yet more speed.
This is good news for anyone that was mildly surprised that Vista wouldn't run well on their laptop/PC simply because of all the huge bloat-boat that Vista is. It does still look pretty much the same on the inside though. I'm off to test the 64-bit version to see how that fares.
Currently Windows 7 as a beta gets the thumbs up from Johnnyboy simply because they seem to have addressed the speed problem that afflicted Vista when run on fairly modest hardware. Of course, that could ALL change when the product goes live...
First impressions are speed, speed and yet more speed.
This is good news for anyone that was mildly surprised that Vista wouldn't run well on their laptop/PC simply because of all the huge bloat-boat that Vista is. It does still look pretty much the same on the inside though. I'm off to test the 64-bit version to see how that fares.
Currently Windows 7 as a beta gets the thumbs up from Johnnyboy simply because they seem to have addressed the speed problem that afflicted Vista when run on fairly modest hardware. Of course, that could ALL change when the product goes live...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Happy New Year everybody, welcome 2009
Hope you all have had an enjoyable evening, and the headache's not too bad hehe
We're taking the opportunity of a break in Playa Verde, approximately midway between Montevideo and Punta del Este.
This looks to be a WiFi free zone so don't expect to see me online for at least a week or so.
Pics when I get back.
We're taking the opportunity of a break in Playa Verde, approximately midway between Montevideo and Punta del Este.
This looks to be a WiFi free zone so don't expect to see me online for at least a week or so.
Pics when I get back.
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