One of Charlotte’s colleagues is refitting his kitchen alone. I have decided that he is a madman. The last few weeks have seriously pissed me off; between eating takeaway every day, having to walk to the shops every meal and generally having three rooms that are unusable, I can safely say that a kitchen refit is not something I would ever attempt myself.

Still, it’s all done now and we’re both super pleased with it. Our fitter did an amazing job and his bill was incredibly reasonable given all the work he did. If you’re looking for a kitchen fitter in Southampton/Hampshire, grab me on a social network and I’ll give you his number. If, for whatever reason, you’re interested in any of the manufacturers/models/shops we got things from; again, social networks.

Repurposed my old MacBook Pro as a web-server/load-lightening-slave over the weekend, and so far it’s paying dividends. Really nice to offload our dev server duties to something that I don’t take with me when I go out or restart to play games in Windows 7.

Any recommendations for essential Linux software (even obvious stuff – I might’ve missed it!) are gratefully received at my twitter.

My good friend, Perkins has made himself a lovely little workbench (patronisation unintended) which inspired me to tidy my workshop so it could be used for something other than furniture/coal storage. She scrubs up nicely, she does. Now I just need to have some hobbies that warrant a dusty workshop.

Now I see why people have two weeks off work. You need the second week to recover from the first.

Gardening is a thankless task. I get sweeping/hoovering inside, but outside? As soon as you’re done, some pigeon comes and drops something or a tree decides it’s sick of holding all those leaves up. Fucking trees.

Now, I know what you’re thinking; that’s his desk. Yes, it is his desk. It’s also a portable studio, capable of recording some sick licks (yeah, I said it) providing you’re able. Sadly, I’m not really, but I like to pretend.

Kit list as follows:
iPhone 4
Ampkit LINK by Peavey and Agile Partners
Ampkit+
MacBook Pro
Garageband
Stereo amplifier and speakers or a set of headphones (for monitorin’).
Also, iPad and TabToolkit when Charlotte isn’t using the iPad to watch Family Guy or Futurama or something.

Once I’ve put something down that doesn’t make me sound like some fingerless muppet, I’ll upload it, but so far this is so much fun. Get it.

I’ll write a better, fuller review when I’ve had chance to play properly and record some stuff.