Song of the Day: Through Your Eyes – Nina Kinert
First heard on the current TV ad for the Saab 93. Grabbed from iTMS.
Taken from the album Let There Be Love.
October 2007
Back on the hoof
Finally started walking for exercise again today. Did 5.46 miles along some recently completed pathways for walkers and cyclists that are being laid along the old Belfast to Comber railway lines in Dundonald/Stormont area. As usual the distance was tracked with the Nike+ and iPod nano combination. Summary as shown on the Nike+ site below.
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Macworld 2008…
I’ve used my Marriott points and BA AirMiles, as discussed here, to book 10 days in San Francisco in January for Macworld Conference and Expo 2008. Planning on going to a day long Office 2008 launch event on Monday 14th, Steve Jobs keynote and expo hall on Tuesday 15th and then the Mac IT conference for the rest of the week. I’ll be in San Francisco from Friday 11th so will have a weekend before the conference for exploring and getting used to the time difference. I’m going to hire a bike and ride over the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito for lunch one day. I’ll have 1.5 days after the conference in San Francisco as well, 9 nights in total. Happily I have enough Marriott rewards points banked over the last 2 years to get the hotel for free (apart from local taxes). I’m also flying British Airways Club World both ways using BA Executive Club points to upgrade. Sweet 🙂
Making Money – Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett’s latest book featuring the Moist von Lipwig character who was introduced in the excellent Going Postal . I didn’t think that Making Money was as good as the other recent books in the Discworld series. For one thing it felt a bit short and rushed at the end. Was still a good read though. Looks like Moist will get another starring role in a book about taxes. Allegedly, Terry Pratchett said at a book signing in the USA that it would be called Raising Taxes.
BTW: I read this on my Sony Reader.
Car choices redux…
I wrote previously about choices for a new car when my current leasing contract ends. I had a Honda Civic Hybrid on loan today for a test drive. I love it. It has a 1.4 litre petrol engine but it feels much more like 1.8 litre. It uses electric motors to assist the engine when required, and the batteries get charged when you brake or go downhill. The hybrid feels as responsive as my current 1.8 litre Renault Laguna, plus it’s really nice to drive. Weird getting used to the engine turning off when you stop moving! Going to call the leasing company and find out how much the 1.4 IMA EX version with built in Sat Nav costs.
