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Update: New home, new couch, new(ish) job...

2004-06-20

It has been a hectic few weeks, but we are finally in our new place in _glamorous_ Hackney (more of a burrow than a borough? Telling statistics - UK's highest unemployment and third highest population density), with a new couch and a new-ish job in programme management. I've also got broadband, a telephone and hot water, so I am doing much better than my last place, and rapidly catching up with the modern world.

A couple of quick observations on the state of the world:

After holding a pointless grudge against The Smiths since the age of 15, I finally purchased an album recently, shattering the last great taboo. I bought a Led Zep album earlier this year, so there are no transgressions left for me (OK, the Eagles, Elton John, Little River Band...). Anyway, it is pretty good.
I am in the process of equipping my new place with gadgets, so I bought a wireless router / access point and an external 120gb drive from Amazon today. I plan to write a compact framework app for my jornada and turn it into the world's most expensive remote control.
I commented to a fellow antipodean that I was upset that England managed to beat Switzerland in the soccer. He reminded me that it is much more enjoyable when they fall at the last hurdle, so I am now pro-england, until the semis at least.
I read Al Alvarez's The Biggest Game In Town last week. I'm a bad recreational player with a keen sense of my own inability, but it is still a great read.
After being forced to move my fairly modest amount of junk last week, I've decided to sell three pairs of almost identical, unworn Vans sneakers on Ebay. I'll only have a couple of pairs left.

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