Reading
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I
was the lucky recipient of a review copy of
Naomi
Novik's first
Temeraire universe novel,
His Majesty's Dragon. It's rollicking good fun,
and I can't wait to read the next two books, Throne of Jade
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Apologies to the gentleman
who sent me the review copy, as it's now many months since I received
the book (and read it in one night, with thorough enjoyment).
Unfortunately, Office XP Home doesn't include FrontPage these days - and
that version of Office is what my Abu Dhabi PC shipped with.
Microsoft just keeps getting more and more precious with its stuff!
His Majesty's Dragon
is an excellent read, and heartily recommended to both Patrick O'Brian
fans and SF/Fantasy readers ... and anyone else who likes a damn good
story.
News
11 October 2006
It's been a rough fortnight.
Two new photo galleries - Sacha Connor and Tim Lawrence-Connor - are now
up; see the links above and left. Sacha's gallery is too many
years overdue, and Tim's was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
We'll miss our Beautiful Boy.
Facts
Your hostess this evening
is Helen Connor, currently living in Abu Dhabi, previously in Canberra, where
the time is now
- please add an hour
for Daylight Saving from October to March.
I am the proud owner
of three
Geoff Hunt prints:
However,
there are plenty I don't yet have, and hope one day to acquire:
Well,
frankly, I'd like every book cover, all the Nelson-associateds, and the
pretty ones from what's left. But no one has walls enough to
display them, and I certainly can't afford to buy the ones I want.
Sigh.
Where I Waste My Time
Where do I go, what do I do
with all this time on my hands? Waste it all on the net, of course
... what else?
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Television
Without Pity
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"Spare the snark, spoil the networks" |
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Tomato Nation |
The Vine's got it all
over Dear Abby |
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TV.com |
For all the broadcast and scheduling info a girl could need |
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LibraryThing |
Hours and hours of
productive fun |
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Sea-Room |
How to choose?
Books, Geoff Hunt prints, CDs and videos - I've bought the lot
from here. John Berg's Sea-Room is THE Patrick O'Brian
(and other nautical-related) source. |
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Airliners.net |
The huge world of
aviation. Work-related, but also lots of fun. |
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Places I Don't Go
Living where I do, the internet becomes a slightly ... limited ...
experience. Here is a small list of sites I would visit, if
I could. Thanks,
Etislut, for watching so carefully over my internet experience.
If you step this
way, you can see what I see if I forget myself and attempt to view a
popular video, buy a Tattslotto ticket, update my VOIP package or see
celebrity fashion faux pas.
For those persons interested in my travels overseas
(and in particular the 2000 trip which included meeting a great many
lissuns) please walk this way to
Helen's
Big Trip.
This web site has been
lovingly hand-crafted (over many long weary evenings) on a 1999-vintage
PC running Windows & Office XP on a mere 128MB of RAM. MS
FrontPage provided the code-wrangling that makes it look so pretty.
From 29 July 2006 the
PC on which the site is maintained is a 2005 Shuttle xPC with monster
hard disks and one full GB of RAM. Running Windows XP Pro, Office
Home, and an assortment of other neat stuff (Skype, Mail Washer,
Shareaza ...)
And now, a treat for
the people who actually slogged through the whole page and got all the
way to the bottom:
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