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More a case of what did you do this week? Executive summary: playing Uncle to Joanne's visiting 18 year old niece. The long weekend looked promising, a few chores on Saturday (replacing some full 1TB drives with new 2TB drives, haircut , car service) Take it easy Sunday, Host a BBQ for some Brits on Monday. Joanne checks her email Saturday evening to discover one that says "Plane lands 4:30pm Sunday - look forward to seeing you then!" Hang on a minute, Didn't her father say she was coming in late June, for the 4th July weekend? Yep, checked the email - that indeed was what he said. Updated him on his daughters revised plans, only to get the response "oh well" . Sunday morning was a blur tidying up the spare room / office / dumping ground converting it into a guest bedroom in a few hours, rather than the planned few weeks post can jam. Trip down to SFO via Costco to pick up said niece. My how she's grown This is a brief stop on her round the world "Gap Year". She managed to part finance it by replenishing supermarket shelves on the night shift for four months. Thats motivation for you. She wants to be a(n animal) Vet, so since leaving the UK in February she has volunteered at Australia Zoo - Home of the Crocodile Hunter - “Conservation through Exciting Education” (Australia Zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), Learnt to surf on the Gold Coast, then spent two months at Esther Honey Foundation in Cook Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. She is now with us, until the end of the week when she continues to LA for two month with Gibbon Center Home So Monday I played tourist with her, visiting The Marine Mammal Center : Home while Joanne prepped for the BBQ. I was then on grill duty (Chicken, Salmon, Eggplant, Potato Wedges) which went down well. Back to work on Tuesday , while she took the Ferry into SF. Complained that SF was cold and that it was the first time in the last four months she'd warn long jeans (rather than skimpy shorts ) Today was supposed to be my Pre Can Jam Prep Day, but it was her turn for some serious retail therapy, having been "stuck" on a tropical island for two months. Went to the Apple store to show her the iPad, whereupon she contacted her Brother on Facebook to say "This is being sent from an IPad, hells yeah!" More retail therapy continued as I went home to pack to the flight to Chicago. Kids today, Know what they want, travel round the world, keep in touch via Facebook, have their own travel blog, want an iPhone for their 19th Birthday. Can you blame them? It's been fun, but has made me feel somewhat old. Youth is wasted on the young! Never mind, Its Can Jam this weekend, I wonder if that will make me feel old, or young again? Tell you all about it there!

^ This Saturday night, Norton, 47, will commentate on Eurovision for BBC One for a second time, having replaced Terry Wogan last year. This was a challenge, as Wogan had had the job for 28 years, but Norton did well: like Wogan, he has a knack for the sardonic yet affectionate quip. He wasn’t nervous till he sat in the commentary booth: “I thought, ‘Oh God – this could be a disaster.’ But it seemed to go without incident and people were quite favourable. So hopefully they won’t be appalled this year either.” Graham Norton: ‘Susan Boyle should be our Eurovision entrant’ - Telegraph

Both Eurovision 2010 Semi finals. Probably not enough Pumping Shiny Cheese for Duggeh's taste, maybe. Seemed to go big on power ballads, with a key change and big finish, sung by statuesque pretty young things, but who's complaining? not me. The final on Saturday should be an enjoyable affair, now we are down to the final 25 "European" nations (that include Israel and many former Soviet Republics) If this makes no sense to you, I suggest you try Eurovision Song Contest 2010: the contestants in pictures - Telegraph (esp with AutoPagerize for Chrome ) and check out the HD videos - fun stuff

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You don't like being cold, from that power draw, or there is no insulation.

Take Monday Off

^ "TAKE MY ADVICE!" I say "There's only ONE way to fix a dim display, and that's by power surging the drivers" BOFH

He wasn't. http://www.head-case.org/forums/bat-cave/8340-canjam-meet-up-plans-5.html#post351071 Check out the daily specials Hot Doug's e.g. Foie Gras and Sauternes Duck Sausage with Truffle Aioli, Foie Gras Mousse and Fleur de Sel $9.00 Smoked Applewurst Pork Sausage with Sweet Curry Mustard and Goat Cheese $7.50 Pear-Infused Elk Sausage with Foie Gras Dijonnaise and Mustard-Seed Gouda Cheese $7.00

More interesting speculation for the upcoming WWDC Apple: fix the web. Kill the ads. Everyone will follow, even the whiny bloggers. How Apple could slay Google at WWDC 2010 — RoughlyDrafted Magazine

Very interesting, care to let us know the specs of your selected configuration? (I played, ooh that looks nice on the Dell site and got it up to $4k of play money)

^^^Head Case,

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^ Indeed Not Forgetting Superdawg (fear the spooky eyes)

Lobster Ravioli, from Costco

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You forgot

Opinions vary ( see the epic thread Costco selling Hyatt Check Certificates (Not Applicable to Pre-paid Rates) - FlyerTalk Forums for more opinions ) . If it works, good. If not, i kept the receipt, so can take them back to Costco for a full refund. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Edit: looks like I was both lucky, and a mere amateur http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13977023-post1058.html . Someone understands the concept of arbitrage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage)

Bunch of 2 x $50 Hyatt Check Certificatestm for $79.99 from Costco in SF to help with CJ. Every little helps. Any prospective savings were offset by excessive unplanned purchases at said Costco.* *We'll just get a few things we need. ooh, these are a real bargain ... we could do with some of these ... . At checkout ... how did that just happen?

Concur. Martial Music. Screwdrivers. Police Whistles. All makes Sense now

So, is it more or The Horror!, The Horror!

Because they don't care about you. They (and their shareholders) only care about ARPU? Average revenue per user - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And more money left over for Hookers and Blow audio! And washing them more than once a year (whether they need it or not) eliminates that embarrassing "What's that smell?" question

The one wearing the assless chaps, back to front?

Or avoid consuming excess calories post purchase?