Plans actions and ideas. Inside and out at the midden. Gadgets and computers. Life with the Unicorn.

2004/08/07

I got me bins

To keep with the upbeat nature I am doing an update while eating my mid-morning fig.

New spectacles are wonderful. Titanium and plastic I can barely feel, and the world is back in focus.

Because it is a great day I am not going to let the incompetence of the rail company or the heterosexism of others intrude.

I bought a new pot and some of those dishes one puts under pots which must have a proper name but I don't know it.

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is easier to harass rich women that motorcycle gangs.

Dator

Successes

This week I installed ABBYY FineReader pro 5 and it works a treat. Now all I've to do is teach it I want my documents in OpenOffice or at least rich text format rather than Word.

After a lot of research I chose To-do List to instal which shoved itself onto all users without a by your leave. Then I found Calendar the plug-in tool for Mozilla Firefox. It does what I want, it does it for free and it doesn't get in the way, hurrah!

First thing on the to do list is delete the To-do List.

The figs continue to ripen; I've eaten one most days this week. Hardly self sufficiency yet but another step.
The apple tree (intended to be pot grown but transplanted three years ago to the bottom of the garden) appears to have thrown off the setbacks of the last two years. It is now over a metre high and has produced new shoots this year which should fruit next. No signs of the infestation it suffered last year.

New washing machine due soon. New spectacles to be collected today.

New job or at least new work.

My struggle to remain healthy is gradually killing me.

Dator