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Friday 14th April, 2006 03:19 Comments: 2
I figured I had a lot of little things to mention, so I\'ll throw them in here.
I ordered a couple of quiet fans from Kustom PCs, as I wanted to add them as exhaust fans to the new fileserver, and I was pleasantly surprised to see they\'d thrown in a free tube of Cadbury's Mini Eggs. I\'ve ordered stuff from them in the past, and the guys behind it are really nice and friendly and knowledgeable. They\'re not the cheapest place, but they stock items that you can\'t easily find elsewhere.
I managed to get IE7 running on Windows 2003 by following some instructions on www.msblog.org, which is an unofficial site run by some developers. You can tell it's unofficial, as the site is running Apache on Linux. I was quite impressed by the PNG Transparency Demo that's linked from their site, it works on IE5.5+ (sadly, Mozilla/Opera users don\'t see anything interesting). It seems that IE5.5 did have transparent PNG support, it's just a bit crap, and requires some JS to make it work.
But after I gave up with IE7, I realised I\'d accidentally broken IE6 (I thought that the steps given would stop that from happening, but I must have made a mistake somewhere). IE7 adds an evil key to the registry that affects IE6 quite badly. So after a bit of searching on Google, I came across a page that suggested running a .reg file with the following content to remove the key and fix IE6. So here it is:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}]
So... I finally made it to Reading to look at flats, and (unsurprisingly) I\'m interested in the most expensive one. There are many good points for it, and the only real bad point is the cost (and perhaps a lack of parking for visitors, but it's very close to a retail park). It has a really nice en-suite, nice bathroom, two big bedrooms (although one has two single beds in rather than a double), a kitchen with everything (including microwave, dishwasher, plates, set of proper knives) and a decent size lounge (I was expecting it to be larger based on the photos I\'d seen of other similar properties). But the best bit is that it's only about 10 minutes away from the centre and the train station so we can stagger back drunk without any trouble. There's a secure allocated parking space, CCTV around the building, and the private gym is free for all residents (once you pay a deposit for a key)! We don\'t get a fantastic view, but we can walk into the courtyard bit in the middle and sit by the fountain or on a bench by the grass. I suspect I\'ll only stay there for 12 months, after that I\'d like to find somewhere to buy.
I wrote the longest email I\'ve written in months, maybe years, earlier tonight. It was a reply to a fairly lengthy one from Jessica. I\'m always looking forward to the next email from her.
Okay, it's pretty late now, I\'m off to bed. I\'m supposed to be test driving the Mondeo later on, assuming it's finally turned up. They\'re being very apologetic, but there's no real excuse for the delay.
I ordered a couple of quiet fans from Kustom PCs, as I wanted to add them as exhaust fans to the new fileserver, and I was pleasantly surprised to see they\'d thrown in a free tube of Cadbury's Mini Eggs. I\'ve ordered stuff from them in the past, and the guys behind it are really nice and friendly and knowledgeable. They\'re not the cheapest place, but they stock items that you can\'t easily find elsewhere.
I managed to get IE7 running on Windows 2003 by following some instructions on www.msblog.org, which is an unofficial site run by some developers. You can tell it's unofficial, as the site is running Apache on Linux. I was quite impressed by the PNG Transparency Demo that's linked from their site, it works on IE5.5+ (sadly, Mozilla/Opera users don\'t see anything interesting). It seems that IE5.5 did have transparent PNG support, it's just a bit crap, and requires some JS to make it work.
But after I gave up with IE7, I realised I\'d accidentally broken IE6 (I thought that the steps given would stop that from happening, but I must have made a mistake somewhere). IE7 adds an evil key to the registry that affects IE6 quite badly. So after a bit of searching on Google, I came across a page that suggested running a .reg file with the following content to remove the key and fix IE6. So here it is:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}]
So... I finally made it to Reading to look at flats, and (unsurprisingly) I\'m interested in the most expensive one. There are many good points for it, and the only real bad point is the cost (and perhaps a lack of parking for visitors, but it's very close to a retail park). It has a really nice en-suite, nice bathroom, two big bedrooms (although one has two single beds in rather than a double), a kitchen with everything (including microwave, dishwasher, plates, set of proper knives) and a decent size lounge (I was expecting it to be larger based on the photos I\'d seen of other similar properties). But the best bit is that it's only about 10 minutes away from the centre and the train station so we can stagger back drunk without any trouble. There's a secure allocated parking space, CCTV around the building, and the private gym is free for all residents (once you pay a deposit for a key)! We don\'t get a fantastic view, but we can walk into the courtyard bit in the middle and sit by the fountain or on a bench by the grass. I suspect I\'ll only stay there for 12 months, after that I\'d like to find somewhere to buy.
I wrote the longest email I\'ve written in months, maybe years, earlier tonight. It was a reply to a fairly lengthy one from Jessica. I\'m always looking forward to the next email from her.
Okay, it's pretty late now, I\'m off to bed. I\'m supposed to be test driving the Mondeo later on, assuming it's finally turned up. They\'re being very apologetic, but there's no real excuse for the delay.
Tania - Saturday 15th April, 2006 10:54 Did you manage to get in touch with the estate agents about the flat yet? :)
I'm still waiting for the letting agent to call me back. They need to confirm that the landlord is happy with the offer, then I'll sort out the deposit (using a debit card) and paperwork (hopefully they'll post it here). It's all slowly comng together. I think.