http://www.steverands.com Contain your excitement Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:34:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest iPod Touch firmware was released after MacWorld, along with an update to iTunes, so I upgraded both the other day. iTunes first: a hefty 64Mb if memory serves, which required a reboot of the laptop after installation. Then I plugged in the Touch, and iTunes notified me of ... http://www.steverands.com/2008/01/18/ipod-touch-firmware-113-declared-a-waste-of-time/ This year**, I received an iPod Touch as my main Christmas gift (16GB version, natch). Given that the thing is so damn expensive it was a three-way split between Paula, my folks and me, and hence not a surprise because I paid for some of it! First impressions are very favourable. ... http://www.steverands.com/2008/01/12/apple-ipod-touch-its-a-love-hate-thing/ The official Liverpool FC site has today posted a video about the new Anfield stadium design. Be aware that the majority of this video is just talking heads stuff: the stadium fly-by simulation only kicks-in around the five-and-a-half-minute mark. To be honest, I'm still not sure what to make of it. ... http://www.steverands.com/2007/08/17/what-to-make-of-the-new-anfield/ I've been lusting after a Sonos system for around a year-and-a-half now, ever since reading a review of the kit in PC Pro magazine. For the uninitiated, Sonos (or the Sonos Digital Music System, to give it its full title) is a set of components that let you stream digital audio ... http://www.steverands.com/2007/08/15/the-sonos-experience/ Nothing prepares you for becoming a mother or father for the first time. Sure, we read the books, went to the antenatal classes, and of course we knew friends and family with young babies. You can study and learn and ask questions all you want, but it won't prepare you ... http://www.steverands.com/2007/08/09/thoughts-on-being-a-parent/ Our daughter Evie was finally born at the end of May, a week later than expected. Paula had quite a difficult labour, the details of which I won't go into here. Suffice to say, an emergency Caesarean was required, together with a short stay in hospital to recover. However I'm ... http://www.steverands.com/2007/08/09/its-a-girl/ I knew I forgot something. So yeah, I'm back. Just when you thought it was safe, etc, etc. A lot's happened since my last post in -- when was it? (shuffles papers) -- October. Boy have I been slacking. Anyway, here's the juice: Home. We did manage to move back in just before ... http://www.steverands.com/2007/02/19/oh-yeah-the-blog/ I've been a bit lax on the blogging front lately*, so an update is long overdue. Things have been so hectic, I hardly know where to start. The pit. Funny how progress on the house seems to ebb and flow: seemingly little progress for weeks on end, then suddenly a few ... http://www.steverands.com/2006/10/31/october-status-report/ Myself, Paula, Chris and Mum went to see the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy at the Chester Gateway Theatre on Friday night. Canadian actor Charles Ross basically condenses the original trilogy (New Hope, Empire, Jedi) into one hour, playing all of the characters (Jabba the Hutt and Admiral Ackbar were my favourites!), humming the ... http://www.steverands.com/2006/10/08/one-man-star-wars-trilogy/ We've finally (nearly) finished a couple of rooms at the house: Downstairs* cloakroom. Hard to believe that we bought the furniture for this room over two years ago. The loo and basin are both installed now; we just have the tiling of the floor and walls left to do. We had ... http://www.steverands.com/2006/09/01/two-down-eight-to-go/