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Last night I was awakened at about half past midnight by either Mrs Elbeno or some thunder, I'm not sure which. At any rate, there followed over the course of a few minutes about 6 or so flashes of lightning and accompanying thunder. The storm was less than two miles away at this point. Then… Continue reading A strange storm

20 DVDs' worth, all correctly restored. Yay.

Can you hear this? I'm tempted to wait a couple of years until I can't, then play it out of my speakers at full volume while working. 🙂

In just under 7 and a half hours' time, the northern hemisphere will be at its maximum tilt towards the sun. So rejoice and be merry. (Even if it is, for you, actually a “Winter” solstice 🙂

30th July will be the last episode, reports the BBC. Well I can't pretend that I've seen it recently or even that when I last saw it, the top 20 was really anything special, but a little part of me is sad.

Got myself a pair of Shure E2c earphones, after wondering for a while about noise-cancelling headphones. I'd heard good things on the grapevine and from a coworker about the Shure ones. They seem to be working out well. They were a little strange at first, but they come with small, medium and large inserts in… Continue reading earphones

There is quite a lot of new stuff in the Elbeno household this week. On Saturday we braved the outside world for lunch once more, and perused the shelves at Borders for a while afterwards. I picked up a couple of books that I thought looked interesting. On Sunday, our new TV arrived, so the… Continue reading New stuff

Apologies for the lack of blogitude lately. Let's see… this has been a fairly normal week in the life of an Elbeno. Actually, much better financially than most weeks. Went to a book sale. It was very sunny so I caught the sun on the back of my neck, even though we were only there… Continue reading Quick update

– I am now a legal permanent resident of the USA. – I got a new digital camera last weekend: the Canon powershot A700. Seems to be performing well so far. Expect E3 pictures soon.

This year's UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest is actually pretty good, as these things go. Nice and poppy. And in general of course I approve of videos featuring girls in school uniforms. I actually enjoy Eurovision once a year – pity it's not available here.