Every year or so, a Windows Mobile Phone needs to be hard reset and all the applications reinstalled....

Since wm users tend to "fiddle" you end up with all sorts of patches and experimental software, some of which never uninstalls properly etc. In the end the best way to clean up is to blank it all and start again.

You end up with lots more memory and speed (all the more to fiddle with) but lose about half a day, updating your prime applications and backing up everything before you start.

As I write this, my audio books are restoreing to the phone....

Anyone else play online at Full Tilt Poker?

Bryn's healed up nicely. Looks like it was just a pulled muscle!\

A phonecall from my ISP alerted me to the fact that my network was maliciously port scanning and spamming....

Turns out active viruses were present and AVG was not picking up ANY of it!!

Out the window it goes!

Bitdefender has been deepscanning and cleaning all night and it finally looks like I've got a handle on it.

www.cinemal.net   and www.cinemaldvds.com are both live again, the domain autorenew didn't work for some reason.


And I wasn't dropping subtle hints about the new PSP...... I preordered one the day they were announced!

Note the complete absence of the aeroplane that was supposed to take me home two hours ago...

The town's full of people in suits?

Police? or Accountants?

Shopping for old '78s

We always seem to be out eating...

Power cuts all over Perth this week.

That means the CPAP pump cuts out, waking me up. Power comes back on, I go back to sleep, power goes out, I wake back up again...


On the plus side, I found three old 78's in a local second hand store today.... Two Jazz and One Opera.

Just need the needles to arrive now.

For lazy cocktail afternoons on the patio.....


Interesting bit of trivia.... did you know there are still gramophone needle manufacturers out there? You can buy a hundred for five bucks on ebay!

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We will, of course, get a shot of Bryn looking into the horn when it arrives...

In Margaret River having a much needed break.

Updates when we return to the world...

- Work's allowed me some time in Perth to catch upon things

- New printer/network/skype server in the office that actually keeps running all the time instead of shutting down every time it gets hot

- Inlaws visiting from the UK with resultant outings to wineries etc

- Despite the previous occurrance, weightloss regime stands at 15.5 kilos and falling

- Bitscast is up to episode 6 and still running

- Back patio is once again fit to inhabit (photos to follow)

Oooohhh - and Dylan Moran next week!