It’s been a long time since Corina got a mention

But I’m sure I just spoke to her twin on the phone…

I was calling a supplier to get some springs made up the same as we had 2.5 years ago. Apparently I got through to the ‘new girl’, so there I was, trying hard not to giggle while all I could hear over the phone was:

“Right, click that…oh no! that’s not supposed to happen…” accompanied by the sound of a printer whirring to life. After giving my details (twice), I left it for her to send me a quote – there’s only so long you can hold in laughter

Ah Tuesday…don’t you just love bank holiday weekends?

It was the weekend of (what remains of) St Neots Carnival.

Now, back when I was a kid (and the world was still black and white blah, blah, blah), this used to be held on Priory park – very handy, seeing as I lived just over the road from the park – and was a long weekend full of funfairs, fast food, and bustling crowds.

Of course, as kids, we used to make a bit of money afterwards by combing the ground for dropped change.

This all changed when the local council, in their wisdom, decided to change the venue to the Riverside park (lovely place, full of trees, water, ducks, swans – you get the picture), which is actually a flood plain.

As the years went on, so the carnival became less and less of what is once was – there’s no procession, very few stalls or shows – it’s basically just a funfair now.

I personally believe it’s downfall came when they changed the venue – yes, I know the riverside park is more central, but there was an awesome amount of parking at priory park (and let’s face it, a mile is hardly a long way to walk).

I didn’t fancy getting my feet wet by wandering around the riverside, so I stayed away…only went out twice over the weekend – quick early pint Saturday to watch the match (also won £70 on the fruit machine – woo!), and yesterday I got bored so came into work for an hour (sad huh?).

And so, on with the (shortened) week – have a good ‘un

Champion’s League (uh huh – it’s more football)

Well, not such an easy draw as some groups:

But a group containing the champions (Inter Milan), Werder Bremen, and FC Twente means we’ve our work cut out here – time to show we mean business (and the year(s) end in 00/01 so ya never know…)

I’m dreaming of getting a ticket to see Inter at the Lane…first fixture is 14/15 September – I’m frantically checking the UEFA site waiting for the fixtures to be announced and it still shows:

I’ve not been this excited since, well, the last time I was this excited…

EDIT: Spurs at the San Siro too…just a game? are you KIDDING?

A quick ‘n’ dirty geek post (‘cos I know deep down y’all love ‘em)

Today has been mostly scripting so I’m like this:

The scripting has involved databases – we use FileMaker Pro. I like FileMaker, it’s easy to use and seemed to do exactly what I wanted of it. Lately however, I’ve been frustrated by my inability to achieve what I think the program is up to (yes, this has depressed me greatly – I hate being beat).

Today though, I tried out FileMaker Pro 11 and OMG – this is me NOW:

The scripting in it is so, so much better than the version we had before (*cough* 5.5) – it does what I want!!!

Spurs v Young Boys tonight – COYS!

EDIT: A 4-0 win on the night (6-3 on aggregate) sees us into the draw tomorrow woop, woop!

I suppose I’d better post something…

And so, we’ll start with the football

After the first 2 games, Spurs have won 1, and drawn 1 – next Premiership game is home against Wigan (played 2, lost 2, conceded 10 goals). We beat them 9-1 at the Lane last year, so hopefully, more of the same

Spurs have the 2nd leg of the Champion’s League play off tomorrow – we lost the 1st leg 3-2 to Young Boys, so a 1 goal win or better, or a 1-1 draw will see us into the competition proper…COYS!

I’ve not really got a lot of stuff to write about to be honest – I’ve not been going out as my new project is taking up a lot of time (yes, it’s a computer thing and involves lots of coding, so I’m happy )

I could really do with a holiday, but I’m gonna wait until about the end of October to take a week off – hopefully there’ll be a couple of cheap sunshine breaks about. Until then, I’ll work, work, work to get some cash together

Of course, I still have my patio to do…I really should spend a weekend to get it finished…meh