My main AMD computer went belly up a few days ago. Anyone who has outstanding email to me - sorry I’ll get back to you eventually. This machine has been cursed from the start, I should have known when it took a couple of motherboards and a couple of power supplies before I even got […]

A strange sequence of events transpired that resulted in us getting HDTV cable service from Cox for $5/month. Although we have had an HD-enabled TV for a couple of years, we didn’t want to pay the $15-20 per month for HD service. Just before we went on vacation our existing cable-box/DVR broke. When the Cox […]

A couple of weeks ago we headed north to Canada for a week on Vancouver Island and Victoria. Surprisingly we arrived in their hottest week for decades. Instead of their usual rain, it was a sunny and scorching 32C. We had a great time and you can see a selection of our photos here.