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Just got a text from Mum to tell me my new toy laptop has arrived!

Four hours until I can leave work... I am stupidly excited about this new computer. I'm not normally like this, honest :-)

I was worried the snow would cause problems with the delivery as we were warned about major snowfall overnight. They managed to make it sound serious this time, as the forecast was specifically for Wales. Well, it actually was snowing last night when I turned in, but this morning it was all gone. So much for the met office...once again.

Outside today I see sun and hardly a cloud in the sky. It's still cold, but I dare to think this may be the beginning of spring.

Posting from my shiny new PC

My new laptop is here, set up and working! Oh, I am not liking Vista at all. But it's only been an hour or so...I'll figure out how to get rid of the annoying features and hopefully the rest will grow on me.

Her name is Sydney (as in Bristow, as in Alias). I will post pics soon because she's kick-ass and sexy in spite of the evil overlord that is Vista.

I have a built-in webcam! No idea if that'll ever be used but it might be fun for recording drunken con reports :-) I uninstalled all the crap that came pre-installed (they had the nerve to install an e-bay icon!) and have downloaded my usual anti-virus, firewall and Open Office to replace MS. Now I need to get my art software on board and iTunes.

I still need a web editor to replace FrontPage.

And as cool as it is playing with my new toy, I must get some writing done tonight, too.