SteelSkin.net – The Ramblings of Chris Nutt

Ok so I have been pretty lax in updating lately, sauwee!

Car Front

I purchased my Sister’s old Mazda 323. It is a nice car, though finding an unschuffed panel is pretty hard I wanted to do it up a bit, but none of the mechanically minded friends seem to think it is worth doing. Shame as tidied up they are nice looking cars. It is good to drive, better still when I swap the tyres around. The fronts are a bad mix of non-brands and treads, the backs are nice Pirelli P6000s. Joined the 323F forums they seem like a nice lot. Also mailed off my old Puma mats to a deserving member of the Puma Project forums.

Me

My boss of 10 years left recently, it’s a real shame. I’ll miss David, but I am sure I will get on just fine with my new one. I tend not to talk work here as I keep my client’s and company’s info in confidence.

Computing

Windows 7 still rocks and I think it is the best Windows yet or at least since the XP SP2 release. Vista bashing still gets on my nerves, but as crappy security software falls by the wayside I hope 7 get the chance Vista didn’t.

Someone hit the nail on the head with the iPhone, I never quite understood why I didn’t want a StarTrek:NG level device and it all comes down to its absolute ‘I know better than you’ text prediction. This why I can type pretty much easier on my old keypad SE K800i T9 than it’s virtual keyboard. It’s all about prediction, thats why I stuck with SE over Nokia and Windows Mobile. In SE it assumes you are correct and helpfully suggests a few options. In iPhone it auto corrects you with one option which you can turn it off to get what you typed. Everything else is ok or learnable.

Games

Looking forward to a few games, really enjoyed Mass Effect on my mate’s 360. Frankly I can see myself buying one as a Mass Effect player. he he

Tunes

La Roux, nice music, but her voice is a bit weak. I Come To Shanghai, good music, but often depressing, cheer up dudes. Trance Around The World with Above and Beyond, free trance music, ta chaps.

Procrastination

A+! I have failed to: Buy a bike, work on the house, ask anyone on a date, buy a laptop.

Weddings

Congrats to: Dave & Rosie, Jo & Chris, Neil & Gwen and David & Lorna. Woot!

John Gilmour

An awesome friend and now officially an awesome designer, congrats on the Degree Dude!

Calm down dear it’s a commercial!

Well yes and no, I will be singing the praises of esure, but they have not paid for this. My site hasn’t been taken over by spammer.

It is just that esure have been fantastic! really their customer services and support throught buying my last car, the claim on the accident and all the supportive information has been great.

I can always get through via phone with little hassle, they are just amazing good and friendly.

So next time you insure consider them and also consider protecting your no claims (oops!).

Well the Puma is gone, it was written off because of some hidden work that didn’t come up on the check I did on the car. Now I need another car. My first choice is another Puma as I did like the old one and hadn’t gotten it out of my system. Plan B might be a Seat Ibiza, Hyundai Coupe or Mazfa 323F. At this stage I may just buy what I can to get on the road again.

Driving into work on a slippery Tuesday and the car in front of the car in front slams on the brakes to get into a side road. Unfortunately Audi A6s brake faster than Pumas even with ABS. I didn’t damage his car, bar a scratch. My bumper has been pushed in and the bar behind bent until it touches the radiator heatsink. For the record this is the first time I have ever phoned an insurer for anything other than a quote. I have been driving 6 years.

In better news I now have a working Fridge Freezer. It seems like the time for things to go wrong

I am glad though that no one was hurt. James and Susan are just recovering from a bike crash and it makes me value what didn’t happen all the more.

I have joined Project Puma, they are welcoming and very helpful. So if like me you own a Puma get a long there now!