The title says it all... will be spending the next few days playing and will update the blog later

off to find my board shorts...

Back in April I removed a dilapidated shed from my back garden and decided to replace it with two smaller bike stores.  Two suitable bike stores were purchased but six months  later one of them remains in pieces and I am continuing a battle with B&Q to obtain the missing fittings kit for one of them.  This isn't a moan about quality of the product or price - with sheds I find you get what you pay for - but I have been stunned that in these days of technology B&Q's customer service doesn't seem to have anything more advanced than a scrap of paper and a pen on which to note my various enquiries.

There is clearly a fuss about Google Wave.  People appear desperate for an invite to the 100,000 user trial as they assume it will be the next big thing.  For me it's a nice idea that will unfortunately not surmount my greatest issue for on-line collaboration - the corporate security policy.

I spend a lot of time on the train.  Not as much as some but more than I care for.  Anyway, when all the email is processed and I feel I can work no more I have been known to catch up on a little TV courtesy of the BBC's iPlayer.  As long as I've remembered to download something of interest in the last 7 days I can pass the time with a little light comedy or something more educational.  Or at least I could until the BBC felt the need to improve things and therefore upgraded the iPlayer Desktop.

If you're familiar with the criticism of some 'Z list' celebrities that they would turn up at the opening of a paper bag then you may think it applicable to my business networking strategy of old.  If there was a networking event going on then I'd be there, even if there was no free lunch.

If you haven't seen the press on this then here's my non-tech summary of next big thing... Google Wave... 

As the Continuity marketing machine gathers pace I've now added an auto tweeting feature to the site ...

Just about to attempt to install Windows 7 so I need to make a backup.

After recent articles in the press, I have become increasingly concerned about the security of data on my USB memory stick. To overcome this, I have started using TrueCrypt encryption software......

I 'upgraded' my HTC Touch HD to Windows Mobile 6.5 last week... currently I have an outstanding tech support call with Orange and using a very old phone in order to maintain comms...