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Sat 04 Apr 2009
Jen took the time to finally power up her new Mac Mini. She spent much of the day transferring across all her files, and also backing them up.

Above: Jen powers up the Mac for the first time.
Below: old iMac in background (15" screen) now the new screen in front!


Steve spent time studying Cisco stuff. Good man.
In the evening Jen went out to a design event 'Cut & Paste'. It's a live design competition, with the audience watching massive screens as the competitors fly through their computer work. The categories were 2d, 3D, and animation. Pretty interesting stuff.


Mon 06 Apr 2009
Jen played with tiltshiftmaker.com
This is a cool website where you can use their online filter to give a miniature look and feel to the shot. Here are the more successful ones Jen did....





Wed 08 Apr 2009
Jen started a two day course: Advanced Photoshop. Very technical (thank goodness) and definitely worthwhile.

Thu 09 Apr 2009
Tonight Steve went to a concert with Nick, the band playing was ... (drumroll) Sisters of Mercy, one of his favourite bands. The tour is a 'best of' so there were plenty of good tunes. Steve enjoyed the concert enormously.

Fri 10 Apr 2009
Hooray for Easter long weekend! Even if it is miserably rainy.
Steve is on holidays now until Monday 20th, and looking forward to a nice relaxing break.
Jen gets to work in earnest on staple-gunning insulation to the loft roof/ceiling. By the end of Sunday, she's very tired, the job's 3/4 done, and has had enough for now.


Sat 11 Apr 2009
Spring is sproinging all over the place - and the tulips planted months ago are flowering nicely


Sun 12 Apr 2009
Tonight Soph cooked up a fancy dinner with the plan of introducing her new boyfriend (Paul) to us. He was nervous, but really had little to worry about. Other guests included Jenny and Nick, and Jenni. Maybe Soph likes being the only woman in the room with a unique name? ;-)



Mon 13 Apr 2009
Jen hangs out with the aforementioned dinner guests (sans Paul) at Lakeside shopping centre for some retail therapy. Steve does some more study at home.

Tue 14 Apr 2009
Tired of the yappy little dogs next door barking and barking and barking their silly little brains out!