Category: Tech

• June 23, 2013

  Unboxing the Nook Simple Touch, sheep shearing, and more

  

  I should have posted the first part earlier in the week, as I got the Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch e-reader on Tuesday and have been using it profusely since. I am well into Under the Dome, by Stephen King, which is a pretty awesome book. He is probably going to be my author […]
• April 27, 2013

  If this is late don’t blame me, blame TalkTalk

  I’ve been a tad busy since I started my surgical placement a couple of weeks ago – 8 am starts, right through to 5 pm some days gets to be pretty exhausting, and hence I haven’t had much time to do any writing. Then I got sick, which wasn’t too fun either. I spent most […]
• April 7, 2013

  Musings about technology, and other news

  Those of us who are of the technological persuasion find endless amusement provided by people who are less than gifted in the area. Things I hear regularly in my post as household IT consultant include, “The Xbox isn’t playing Blu-Rays”, despite buying a PS3 specifically for that reason. “How did I get my phone screen […]
• February 8, 2013

  City Hospital

  Belfast City Hospital and the stairs…oh the stairs This entry has been dragging on and on, and I haven’t had the time to work on it. Last week began with a fencing competition. And there I hoped it would end. I believe it was the second worst I have ever done at a competition; second […]
• January 26, 2013

  Pathology and Projects

  Before I even start writing, I’ve had a special request from a friend that I am to pass out to you all. Go and hug your mothers! They are very important people, and you should give them the appreciation they deserve. You never know what will happen in this world, so make the most of […]
• December 17, 2012

  My week off

  Or perhaps it should be called “My week on” because I ended up doing so much stuff. Yes, it was my wonderful self-directed learning week, rather cruelly and dastardly placed the week before my last week of class, forcing me to fully abandon work for Christmas preparations only to have to pick things up a […]
• October 26, 2012

  Baking…it’s not brain surgery

  I’ve been baking (did the title give it away?) over the past weekend, and it has been great. So far I’ve made peanut butter cookies and beetroot chocolate cake. I also got to do some cooking, and made duck with almonds from an old Chinese recipe cookbook, which turned out pretty good. There was no […]
• September 30, 2012

  The Einsteinian Method

  I keep stumbling across partially written entries, or ideas for posts, only to realise them at a later date when I’ve got some free time. Today is no different, and here is something I jotted down a month or so back. Weeding in Granda’s driveway allowed me to clear my mind completely, and begin to […]
• August 27, 2012

  The 2nd PC Building Issue

  Welcome to the 2nd PC Building Issue! It’s finally here! The second PC building issue, and what an issue it is. Instead of rehousing an old computer, like my media centre project, it’s a new computer built from scratch. And the first project for Newforge Computers! As usual, I started out at bit-tech/Custom PC. Since […]
• August 22, 2012

  A Second Preamble

  This computer building request came out of nowhere really, and I hadn’t expected to be building any new computers this summer. I had worked on most of Trevor’s computers in the past, and let me tell you, they certainly provided me with some work. The problems would have the oddest presentations, and often become more […]