Each day it gets a little hotter and, though they’re promising a cool-down by the weekend, the start of that seems to move away as we get to it. For once I’m doing fine. This house keeps a good steady temperature and, thanks to the wall and loft insulation we installed back at the beginning of the year, the heat seems to stay out in summer just as much as it stays in during the winter. That was a sound and very worth-while investment.
Graham’s been stuck at home taking delivery of and pressing into service his new consumer durables and, between times, painting the kitchen. It’s looking good.
I’m not sure which is the more significant of the two new gadgets he’s acquired. A new mini-pad computer, running standard Windows 98, doesn’t seem to offer anything but more of the same. His first iPod, however, promises great advantages for a bloke who loves music almost more than anything else. Apparently this little piece of black plastic will hold digital copies of all his CDs and leave oodles of space over for pop videos and the like. And then he can go on, via the Apple online store, to buy worthy tracks for ever more.
“You’ve taken your first dimensional slice into the appleverse,” I said.
“That’s good. Make a note of that.”
“I already did.”
