In Tablets of Silicon

Starting the day with the BBC. A genuine taste of England piped to the bedside..

Turn the pages on a Sherlock Holmes adventure, whiling away the minutes on the bus.

Scribbling notes, composing mails and writing blogs..

Showing off the latest pictures of the boat. Flick through the music and choose what to play...


I've bought this new computer thing.. A Nokia N810 (don't tell the boss). Not a phone, but a tablet PC - a genuinely pocket sized computer which unlike my BIG PC doesn't take ten minutes to boot (which makes it eminently useable).

I like the flexibility, and the real-audio internet radio (for the Beeb), the offline blog editor, and even the ebook reader. Smaller than a paperback but room for a complete library :-) And with Pidgin loaded all those chat messages come to one place on the coffee table. 'Pling' - is that you?

Of course I could use it for MP3s but I have the phone for that but it is the new remote for my music server ;-)

As for the practicalities? WiFi is a whizz.. and coupling up on the move works well via bluetooth to the phone.
The keyboard - is OK. Thumbing is not as quick as the real thing.. But the screen is much more practical for surfing on the move than my mobile even if it does get a bit hard work on pages with a lot of content - like Facebook!
Still, as a window on the web it has a lot going for it... Time to open the curtains?

Thrift

Out on the balcony spring has come. The albeit short garden walk has come alive with colour - most obviously with the pansies, now getting established and more prolific- but also now with daffidils and grape hyancinth. Aquiligia is up, and the quince is ready to burst into bloom, the lavender has survived the albeit mild winter, the houseleeks have found new vigour, and yes, the thrift is bursting into bloom.
YES!

Done & dusted

I'm moving... It's official!
On Thursday the bidding closed, and in that slighly scary Swedish way we gathered straight away to sign on the dotted line.
From the beginning of May I have my new place on Söder - and from the middle of June I close the door on life in Kallhäll. I will miss it.. sunshine on the balcony and nature unfolding outside the door. But it's time for a change - and less time idling from place to place on the train. Ironic really as that's where am right now...

What am I bid?

The weekend was a busy one. When I wasn't tidying and cleaning for
sunday's viewing I was working on the boat - which went well albeit
slower than expected...
But the flat did get cleaned, and the viewings went ahead in spite of
the rain...
So now comes the interesting bit. Who wants to buy?
One bidder is enough to sell... but it will be nice if there's at
least some competition!
Well gentlemen, what am I bid

Pristine

Cleaned, washed, polished, tidied... Fresh planted pansies on the balcony, tulips on the kitchen table. ...(while what was my kitchen table stands in pieces in my storeroom). The windowsills are strangely bare without the straggly plants and the forest of cuttings.
Spring cleaning with avengeance...
The estate agent is coming to take pictures (..& get my name on a contracţ). The apartment is looking its best and the day is sunny, and the balcony is warm & inviting...
Paul.. Enjoy it while you can!