Tonight is the first time I've used my laptop, Brian, for a serious internet session. Our old desktop PC, Paul Colin, has a bad mouse problem. The mouse refuses to go over to the extreme left of the screen. Quite why this is, I don't know. I mean, if it was wearing out, why should it go left up to a certain point and then refuse to go any further? It normally manages three quarters of the way without any trouble. Weird. So I'm using Brian. With his lovely screen. (800x600 looks so small now..!)

There are all these things about Windows XP, too. Like when you have a million browsers open, and it turns them into a neat little list.

I discovered something else about this PC that's, well, brilliant! (I'm sorry if this is deathly boring, but I really can't be bothered to think about what I'm typing.) You know I bought a MiniDisc player? Well, it came with one of those neat digital fibre optic cables. We discovered that it would plug into my brother John's Playstation 2 so that we could record CD to MinDisc digitally. Which was nice, but somehow I don't think he'll let me take his PS2 away with me! Now, John had bought a digital link cable by accident, and his had a little adaptor so that you could make the PS2 socket end into a normal looking headphone type socket. Thereby ending up with a cable with identical connections both ends. And I thought about the fact my computer's headphone socket emits a red glow, and bingo! My computer can record digitally!

Those cables are great. You plug them in and the red glow travels all the way through to the other end. Woooow.

So, what else have I done since yesterday? Well, we went to a toy fair this morning. Dad bought a whole load of fantastic pop pop boats! 15 antique ones for £5 each. £5!!! And some of them are boxed. And they're really unusual. He'd put pictures on his website but he's scared someone will come round and steal them all. :-)

Oh, and I spent all afternoon taking pictures of Dad's collection (58 boats) and sorting out a database.

(I'm getting worryingly enthusiastic about those things...!)

posted by Fiery Fred @ 9:43 PM