Only a few more days until April. 4 months gone since the start of 2009. Yikes! Where did the time gone to?? Too fast, I think.
Work for the past few weeks has been progressing okay, keeping myself busy to prepare for the Summer upgrade. New SAN server with zillions of GB, made me drool. 
My MCE build is still going on well, and last night, I’ve finally ordered a new MCE case that is smaller in size, which can fit into my TV case while keeping all hardware without spending more money on low profile card so that’s good news. The only biggest issue I can see so far is that the default decoder is not good as it keeps coming up as “blocky” on TV shows. I’m going to give the NVIDIA decoder a go based on good feedback. I am also going to give Cyberlink PowerDVD a go too, assuming I can find one cheap.
Once I have this up & running, I need to make a start with selling other hardware bits to get some of my money back to cover the costs of this. I got far too many piling up! Just need to find/buy some anti-static bags, more likely on the cheap on eBay.
This Sunday, the start of the clock change. We lose 1 hour of sleep. Bah. But we also get more daytime. Yay! And the start of spring (as of last week) is going to make me work more outside. The front garden is seriously in the need of an “upgrade” - rip out the old grass, weed, potatoes, etc, clean it up and smooth out the soil then put some grass seed on to get fresh grass. I need to hire a machine that can turn over the soil, but the cost of hiring one is almost equal to buying a machine for me to keep! But then I’d have nowhere to store it if I were to buy it, so hiring one might be a good idea.
I still need to sort out the fence in the front garden too, but it’s too costly. So I’ll have to make do with nails, some TLC and maybe a lick of paint and I should do fine for another year or so. And the bush need a trim. I might do the bush now as it’s sunny outside.
Is anyone finding the credit crunch affecting you? I am not sure but I think I am a little bit. My savings is not being saved up enough compared with last year. I still have not serviced my car yet (due last Jan) so I need to save up for that. Gas & electricity bill on the rise, so need to switch to someone else. We’re with British Gas for both at the moment. What company do you use for these utility?
Right, it’s closely approaching 9am. I need breakfast and then trim some bushes.
