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Back to normality (or sorts) now. Some points:

No matter how many boxes you have for the move, it is not enough. ergo, you have more sh1t then you think. Even inviting friends and family over for a "fecking off" party the week before didn't help reduce the amount of alcohol to pack.
Landing from Admin2008 and Boston, and packing / moving without sleep, was a bad idea
No matter how many times you warn people that you are unavailable for a week at least, they still wonder why you don't respond to them. I blame myself for being too available for too long. I'm back to work in another week.
For the first time ever, I got sky tv. Lots of channels... nothing on any of them
The broadband service from sky looks shite, so I went with Virgin cable
Both sky guy and virgin guy turned up on time, at the same time with everything they needed
Watching the virgin broadband installation guy trying to bluff me that the broadband wasn't working yet, but "would in a few minutes" after registration was entertaining, especially since he didn't realise that he never connected the cable modem to the router. Easily fixed. Why bother trying to lie to a customer? I fixed it after he left.
Replacing the drive in the macbook was simple
Many people from many places, wish you well when you are least expecting it, and it meant a lot
In total, I received seven emails from people asking why I moved to Belfast. There are better people to answer this then me, but in short, I have been coming up here for 12 years or so now, and never... ever.... felt anything but welcome. Great city. If you only have a press lead idea of Northern Ireland from a few years ago, I would urge you to visit and happily recommend this as a place to see. After you realise its a great place, you owe me a beer.
I was made watch Gladiators tonight. Pure piss on a stick
I feel quite at home here already
ILUG is approaching.. rapidly, and I will start working on stuff from that in a day or two. That being said, Eileen et al have it well in hand.
Bruce Elgort recorded a podcast with me today.. kindof... Would be funny if it ever was published (Matt White will get this joke).

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1 - LOL - good thing you call your penis "Bruce". Remember I have it on tape. Emoticon

Posted by Bruce At 01:57:41 On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |

2 - And you wonder why I don't want to be on podcasts... Emoticon

Posted by Duffbert At 02:28:27 On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |

3 - Belfast is a great place. I spent several months there thirteen years ago and really felt at home there. Every time I have come back to visit friends I really enjoyed my stay.

Posted by Jens Polster At 13:03:59 On 12/05/2008 | - Website - |

4 - Oh I thought you had moved to Belfast to get better weather! Emoticon