The Blog...

I don't usually do techy posts here but I thought I would give a link here as it was a definitely great find and to say thanks to the developer.

My weekends usually and strangely start with a bit of ironing, probably through guilt, and catching up on BBC's iPlayer on stuff I have missed the previous week. However, since the BBC did an update second half of 2012, BBC iPlayer would not work on my old PowerPC based iMac as iPlayer needed a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Sounds lame, yeah?

So after a while of being hacked off, and trying to use iPhone and iPad it just was a pain.

Thankfully this guy came to the resuce and built a version that would install on PowerPC Based Macs and bring BBC iPlayer back in the game!

Click for the guy's video on YouTube.

Click to download the file.

I haven't spent the Xmas period back home up North probably for about 8 to 10 years.

Normally I stick around for work but decided to venture up this time. Thankfully there wasn't the snow and ice of a few years ago, just wind and rain, which is just as miserable at times.

Saw my little nephews and family. Saw some karate buddies. Went to a black tie do. Saw friends. Saw too much food and drink and not enough sleep.

Saw a couple of places that I had never been to when living up there. Visited the Angel of the North and Penshaw Monument.

Now with New Year's Eve night out looming, I am just knackered. At least tomorrow is supposed to be nice and sunny so will blow the cobwebs off down on 'our' beach.

Got my cheap Dinner Suit from M&S ready for the Holly Ball in Newcastle on Boxing Day. Ordered online and got it cheaper than the shop. Tried the trousers on for size and was a bit too optimistic. Went to a M&S store and got them changed there and then, for a larger size before you ask. Bargain.

Also got some trousers with active waist technology! Elasticated that means. Gotta get a grip of this in the new year. Seriously.

There was a fire and safety training session at work today. Started off as oh another waste of time when we all have work to do and so on, but once you get to see how quickly fire can take hold and how deadly it can be, we all took notice.

3 to 4 minutes is not a long time. Looking back at the fire at Bradford City's football ground was horrific.

So, get those smoke detectors sorted out, close all downstairs doors at night, check your cabling jungle and power extensions and rest easy. Shutting the bedroom door is always a bit contentious but opening the window more is better. Better that than the smoke coming in!