Happy Birthday to me!

Well, that’s it. I’m offically 30.

My wife arranged for my friend Mat and I to spend the day sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking at Nichol End on Derwentwater. A very enjoyable day, and a hearty recommendation for the owner Nick who is a fantastic character. Mat has now been bitten by the watersports bug, and is busy planning his first sailing course!

My sister-in-law sent me a Territory hat from Akubra. An authentic Australian bush hat!

Amazon vouchers from my parents have funded a few additions to my ever-growing library.

Wisely chosen (with help from their mother) PC World vouchers from my kids, plus other birthday money have now been converted into a DVD RW drive – I’ve finally joined the DVD revolution, having limped along with a 40x CD ROM for years. I’m still experimenting with creating actual DVD movies, but I can finally backup my media (audio, video, and photo) collections.

Time to upgrade my computer (especially the storage) though!