I bought some more DVD-R discs the other day and they were rated at 8x - keeping in mind what I wrote about DVDR drives, DVD media and what the drive firmware lets you do I got some Memorex DVD-Rs - their data code is CMC MAG. AE1 and they are (according to the DVD-R [...]

Every year on the second Sunday of April, Okazaki has a parade called Ieyasu Gyoretsu. It’s quite an event, as pretty much all of Okazaki turns out to see it.
Here are some pics, of course you can see more in the gallery.
Images have been resized here - the gallery has slightly larger pictures.

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You think trying to find a working floppy disk would be easy - but nooooo. I’ve been through about 5 blank ones so far and all of them have “issues” bad sectors on them. You think with them sitting in a container for 6 years without being used wouldn’t harm them in any way.
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It’s been raining for the last few days which has made me happy, as the garden and grass is getting a good drink. I’m also happy for another reason - as a month ago we had a fairly violent storm and the #$%^& roof leaked again. Just @#$% great! I wrote about the roof leaking [...]

Maia has taken to books, she likes nothing more than either sitting on the floor, settee or someone’s lap and having a book read to her. Looking at her face when she’s being read to you can just tell she’s really concentrating, I never knew how much she was paying attention until the other day.
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Happy Birthday Maia.
A lot has happened this last year - born, smiling, turning over and around, getting up and crawling, trying to stand, taking your first step and falling, starting to walk, standing up and walking, getting your first tooth (followed by 4 more), speaking your first words. What a busy and interesting first year!
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