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Sunday, 19 September 2004

Traditional Sunday

We made it to Ashridge this afternoon - our Sundays tend to be nicely packaged, with church in the morning, playtime before lunch (today, we mostly building robots with Lego and Mega Bloks), and either a trip out, or a visit in with friends or relatives.

The weather held out, warm in parts, although mostly threatening to rain. Ella has an astonishing ability to walk amazing distances, and Christopher very much enjoyed 'exploring' in the wooded area that surrounds the park. While Beth chased after Ella, Christopher and I clambered around a nearly-uprooted tree. I was most impressed with his climbing abilities (especially given my discomfit with heights.

The traditional Sunday afternoon came to an end with Christopher and I watching the latest series of Scrapheap Challenge before the children went to bed.

I'm typing this as I watch the rather maudlin Greg Dyke-authored documentary about his side of the resignation story. The Radio Times bills it as getting "his own back now, with some vicious and personal swipes at New Labour." I do wonder if the BBC will ever be the same again.

Time, now, to get on with building Beth's new computer. I've installed Windows XP on it, but there are a few tweaks that can be made. Hence today's links of the day:

• http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP : A site with plenty of tips for tweaking and customizing the operating system.
• http://www.modularmedia.co.uk/downloads/XPdawTweaks.htm : Specifics for tuning up Windows XP for digital audio (I'll be rebuilding my studio PC next!)
• http://www.musicxp.net/ : Another digital audio workstation dedicated site for Windows XP