Replaying an old classic game

For my birthday my son bought me the download of one of my all time favourite games Monkey Island 2, Le Chuck's Revenge. This is the recently reworked version with much better graphics, hints and the original developer's commentary.


A real treat to go back over the old island locations such as the cemetery, the voodoo lady in the swamp and the pirates at the dry cleaners! I did need help with some of the puzzles since it was a good few years since I had played the original version.

Really good fun and a welcome change from playing another rework of an old classic game Starcraft 2.

A wonderfully sexy keyboard

I treated myself to a Microsoft Sidewinder X4 gaming keyboard as a belated birthday present. I knew it was going to be different as soon as I started opening the packaging. What emerged was a slim, but weighty keyboard which just sticks to my desktop.

The keys are glossy with white lettering until when you plug it in and then a warm orange glow comes through each key. As a two fingered typist this makes it very easy to see the keys as you type. Also the keys are low profile with a smooth, full travel.

Other functions such as the media keys and the macro keys are useful and work well. It also has a calculator key which I believe is almost essential to any keyboard.

So don't wait, just treat yourself.

My daughter's wedding

The lack of recent posts to this blog is for a real good reason. Just over a week ago my daughter Madelaine got married in a wonderful ceremony.

The venue was Oakley Hall, near Basingstoke and it was just perfect and so was the weather. We could walk from the majestic rooms into the surrounding gardens and chat with our friends and relatives on the large patio. My daughter of course looked stunning in a beautiful dress and I was so proud to give her away to her new husband. The meal and service was good and we had a great band to party us into the night. We stayed in the very comfortable rooms at the hall and then just continued the following day at breakfast. Perfect.