Archive for June, 2008


Join Ben Fogle and James Cracknell in the South Pole Race

Wednesday, 25th June 2008

Ben Fogle and James Cracknell are looking for a third person to join them in the South Pole Race in December.

Join Ben and James and be part of Team QinetiQ in the opportunity of a lifetime, with the chance to take part in the South Pole Race across one of the planet’s last great wildernesses.

www.cometothepole.com
www.benfogle.com


Mac Startup Problems - Gets as far as displaying the Spotlight icon

Wednesday, 4th June 2008

I had a problem the other day where my Mac only got as far as displaying the Spotlight icon before it just froze displaying the spinning colour wheel of doom.

My guess was that it was a font issue as I had recently (and stupidly) dragged some fonts from a local server into a Library in Font Book and my guess was that my Mac was trying to find those fonts but couldn’t as it they were on the server.

After searching around (fortunately I had another Mac handy) I found that if you only get as far as the Spotlight icon at startup it is probably because of a corrupt font cache or possible a corrupt Spotlight playlist.

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Girl Geek Chic - Nikki Moore

Tuesday, 3rd June 2008

Shopping is My Life
BBC Three 20:00pm

Top stylist Faye Sawyer and personal development coach Nick Jankel try to help shopping addicts curb their excesses. 36-year-old IT consultant Nikki Moore is addicted to high-end fashion, gadgets and pampering, but despite her glamorous lifestyle she wants more out of life. Faye and Nick confront her with a year’s worth of her shopping excesses on the conveyor belt of shame. Can they transform aspiring writer Nikki into a less indulgent shopper and help her discover the life she really wants?

www.girlgeekchic.com

PS: Susie and I designed and helped Nikki to set up her blog site