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Have you ever had one of those weeks that just drags and drags, this has been one of them for me. Hopefuly normal service will resume at some point!
A couple of new toys that caught my eye this week…
It appears we are merely days away from the launch of the new free to air satellite service from the BBC and ITV. I’m looking forward to this as our freeview coverage isn’t that great and I’d like to get my hands on some HD tv for free!
No paying Sky umpteen million pounds a year for 500 channels that I wont watch, just some nice crystal clear BBC, ITV and CH4. Channel 5, get in to gear and get yourself on this platform!
Not the cheapest router by a long way! But the new Draytek Vigor 2820Vn does seem to tick all the right boxes, especially with the included voip capabilities including FXO meaning calls can be made and recieved over the traditional PSTN as well as VoIP. I’ll be picking one of these up soon!…
Also I was flicking through Apple Trailers and noticed a few films with potential… 21, Bangkok Dangerous and Tropic Thunder are all on my to watch list.
Weekend was spent back down in Plymouth for a friends birthday… an excellent night in which we went to the Plymouth Gin distillery cocktail bar.. (I didn’t even know they had one!). This building (according to wikipedia) has been there since the late 1400’s and it certainly showed with an amazing vaulted ceiling.
Unfortunatly my pallet doesn’t agree with gin but others in the party said the cocktails were some of the best they’ve had in ages. The cocktail bar appears to be a members only place (however we blagged our way in) so it might be worth going down there on a weekday and signing up!
To round off the weekend when I got back from Plymouth this was sat on my desk:
My new Hofbrau beer boot. My classic 0.25l was was smashed by a housemate but this 0.5l is very very sturdy and I hope should last me for a while!
Beer of the weekend was Staopramen, a very nice Czech pilsner, highly recommended!.
