Silly star wars thing, forbidden planet

Right. I'm going home.

I'm 29!

And all the Miis above clubbed together and bought of a rather nice present. And Elissa did amazing things with restaurants and karaoke bars. And I feel very lucky to have the friends i have, especially the friend i'm marrying next year.

Under the stairs at Under The Stairs

Lots of bass. I can feel my hair grooving to the beat.

My laptop is...

... a word processor, a music studio, a games console, a graphic design thingy, a website suite, and now, it's a DVD player (with, potentially, access to the internet, and its wealth of downloadable video). I have made it talk to my television.

Over Christmas, I bought a Scart - Composite/S-Video adaptor and an S-Video cable. I plugged the cable into the laptop and the adaptor, set the adaptor to the correct direction, and plugged it into my parents' giant television. I got a crisp, clear, black and white picture. Whatever I did, I couldn't get colour.

So I mucked about a bit and had no luck. And then yesterday I found the answer. I stuck two bits of tinfoil in the S-Video socket in the adaptor (connecting the top two holes together, and the bottom two holes together) and stuck the cable in there as well, and plugged that into the back of my (ageing, somewhat smaller) TV. It gave me, after some hue, saturation and brightness adjustments, a beautiful, clear, crisp colour picture. I am very happy. I now have a large second monitor.

I am now watching Freecycle for a bigger TV.

Giant snowman on Carnaby St.

Pretty good. But should definitely be taken down soon-twelfth night and all that.

I am so rubbish!

So I got engaged, Christmas happened, New Year happened, and lots of other little things. But I break the silence now to talk about Tesco and Sainsburys.

The Basics Pollack at Sainsburys costs about £1.50 for a bit that feeds 3, and it's Marine Stewardship Council certified. That's this thing that endorses about 10 fisheries around the world (last time I looked, could be more) to ensure they're being fished sustainably. And it seemed to be fresh, and of good quality (can't be factory farmed if it's MSC, I am pretty sure, so it's proper wild seafish). The cod was about three times that price, and had no logos to proclaim it to be Guardian-friendly.

The value Tortilla chips at Tesco contain Maize, Veg.Oil and salt. They're 17p for 100g. Pringles have all sorts of crap on them and they're about £1.50 for 170g. Kettle chips are back to basics, just potato, salt and oil. They're about £1.80 for 200g.

Having just announced a birthday party at a pub that charges 99p a pint for a really nice beer (and more for rubbish beer), I am personally very pleased that the cheap options seem to be better than the expensive ones in Modern Britain. I am now looking for a Tesco Value House.