We're back!

Greetings!! Sorry for the 2 week break without any updates - this was down to Michelle, Kieran and I going away for a week to stay with my folks back in Essex. I couldnt say that we were going away because the other reason for us going was to attend my friend Peter's 30th Surprise birthday party (and apparently he reads this blog occasionally - wow, I actually have someone who reads this drivel!)

Actually we got back on Wednesday the 15th but we had my Mum and Dad come back with us and stay a few days. They've only just gone home, leaving me and Kieran at home while Michelle returns to work, so I'm just sat here at the computer listening to the excellent movie soundtrack to George (The King of Zombie Flicks) Romero's "Day Of The Dead" with Kieran playing with his cars next to me.

As I've been getting more and more into photography lately, I did take some fab photographs while we were away - one in particular of Hadleigh Castle which I have recently posted on http://www.renderosity.com/. Pop along and rate it if you have a few moments to spare (although you'll need to be a member), or take a look at it below.


I'll hopefully be posting some more pictures that I've taken over the next coming days/weeks. These will appear here, on my website at http://www.stu-wilson.com/, and over at http://www.renderosity.com/.

Anyway, going off subject...... I can't believe that I've had 4 weeks off work already. The summer holiday has gone so fast. I've still got 2 weeks to go before I go back to work normally again, but I do have to pop into the school tomorrow for a few hours as we are having a new server that is being delivered and that needs installing.

Right, I'd best be going. Catch you all soon :)

Kieran doing the housework.

I'm training Kieran up so that I don't need to do any more housework while Michelle is at work during the school holidays!!!!

Check out the small video below to see what I mean!

Click here if clicking on the image doesn't work.

Oh, and I'm joking by the way about getting kieran to do the housework - I know how gullible some people are out there!

PSP

Well, after nearly two years of "should I", or "shouldn't I", I've finally decided to go out and get myself a PSP (Portable Playstation), and boy am I happy with it!!

Of course I wouldnt have got one if it wasn't for the possibility of being able to play homebrew software and ISO's downloaded from the internet. Normally this is not possible with a PSP with its default firmware, but fortunatly the PSP I purchased came with the 3.40oe-a firmware which makes this possible. What it does mean is that I can play all my old PSone games on the PSP without the need of an emulator (at full speed and without the need of a PlayStation 3 to transfer them over), and I can also play games directly from the memory stick rather than UMD disks.

In other words, it can do all kinds of stuff that Sony would prefer you not to be able to do!

Kieran demonstrating Resident Evil on my PSP

I had been toying with getting either a Nintendo DS or PSP for sometime now (to quench my neverending need for mobile gaming), but to be truthful, I have not yet seen anything that really stands out on the DS, and most of the games I've seen look no better than a lot of 2D games on the GBA (Hell, I've seen better games on my old Commodore Amiga!!!)

Oh well, now I can play Resident Evil 1,2 & 3 (my favourite game series) and Silent Hill on the go (as well as tons of great PSP titles!!!!) Whoppeeee

It must be love... love, love....

In case you didn't know, it was our wedding anniversary yesterday (4 years!), and we were fortunate enough to have a few of our friends come and visit us (Peter, Gemma, their little girl Amy and Peter's Mum and Dad), so we all went out for a lovely meal at the Round of Gras in Badsey (nr Evesham)

Anyway, it gave Kieran a chance to play with little Amy, and I wanted to share with you a picture that I took..... Could it be love????

Watching the world go by..........

Well, the water levels have practically returned to normal, leaving a trail of devastation along Waterside here in Evesham. I've taken a few photographs of the aftermath and hope to have them on here soon.

Anyway, yesterday I thought it would be a great idea to set up the webcam in our bedroom, looking out of the window and doing one of those 'time-lapse' movies showing the world go by ultra fast.

Well, here it is, along with a little tune I've written today.

Just CLICK HERE to view it.

Flood Update

Water is stil rising here in Evesham. All that can be heard is the sound of RAF helicopters flying overhead rescueing stranded people. Ive been out and taken a few more photographs.

(Rescue in Port Street, Evesham)

(Coopers Lane - Road leading down from the Evesham Hotel (another one of Michelle's many work places) to Waterside in Evesham)

Michelle and I were just saying not long ago that it's a good thing it wasnt like this exactly 4 years ago - That was when we got married, on Saturday 26th July 2003. The Northwick hotel (where we had our reception) has been closed and is flooded, and the water level has already reached the church where we got hitched!