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OK, let's start from the top - once a message leaves your system and arrives on mine, I can do whatever I want with it. You can't force a contract on me without my agreement. So you don't get to tell me to delete, destroy, disclose or otherwise do whatever I want with it or not.

Of course the message is the opinion of the sender - the funniest disclaimer in a .sig I saw was:

Of course I don't speak for NASA

but the thing is, it came from your company, so wouldn't your energy be better spent suggesting people use Gmail for posting their opinions?

Then, I'm supposed to believe you that the message has been checked for virii because you've put a piece of dumb text in it to say you've done that? It's not like I'm capable of typing a bit of text at the end of a message I send with a virus in it, is it?

Sheesh, some people...

I spent some time playing World of Warcraft, and had just got my druid up to level 22 when Andy showed up. We ran through Blackfathom Deeps, and when I finished handing in all the quests afterwards, made level 23 :o)

At home, I managed to play World of Warcraft for an hour or so, and got my hunter up to level 44.

I put the carputer back together, so that's all ready to go in the van.

When I got home, I spent a little time working on the laptop carputer, I've reversed the screen so it sits on the front, rather than the back, of the laptop. Basically, the idea is that this makes the rest of the thing (like the DVD drive, media slots and the power switch) easier to use. I've had to lengthen some of the wires that run around the screen, so we'll see how well my soldering holds up.

It all works though, which is a bonus :o) Now I just need to trim some plastic, then figure out a way of mounting it in the van that doesn't suck.

Still, at least the poison dwarf can't win :o)

In the afternoon, we went for Vic's hang gliding lesson, where she got to fly the Falcon 3, but the too large 195 model. It flies further than the Condor, meaning that there were fewer flights :o)

When I got home, I tore apart an old laptop Dad had given me, to use as a GPS device, and a laptop, in the van. I've only pulled the screen apart, so it can be stuck against the back of the body of the thing to cut down on the space it takes up. I'm going to use a wireless keyboard he gave me, too. Vic's said it's starting to look quite good, meaning it doesn't look like an awful bodge like my projects usually turn out - i.e. all duct tape and safety wire.

We also spent a while hacking stuff in the front garden. I gave up thinning trees when the green bin was approaching full, but Vic kept on.

I spent a little time in World of Warcraft and got my hunter up to level 43. I'll probably alternate the characters for a while, to keep the rested bonus going :o)

Don't be telling me you didn't remember it's Talk Like A Pirate Day, ye lily livered land lubber, or I be keel hauling ye all.

As Vic was working late, I hit World of Warcraft and got my druid up to level 18. Triffic.

We watched the excellent MotoGP race from Estoril. Duff clutch = 1.5 seconds back? Sounds like an excuse to me, as I know I suck without a clutch when I'm racing.

We finished fitting the door to the new cupboard in the van, so I should be able to actually use all of the space I have in the back now.

In the afternoon, we just went shopping, where Dad got a Wii. What an irritating user interface. Still, he seems to like it, and that's all that matters, really. In the evening we took Jim out for his birthday, then ate cake.

Dad and I started work on cutting a hole to fit a bigger door on a cupboard in the van. Imagine a 2' x 4' cupboard, with a door on the 2' side. Yup, that's what we've got. I managed to source the panel from the front of a refrigerator door, so we started cutting the hole and working on the trim.

In the afternoon, we went for Vic's hang gliding lesson, where she jumped off the top of the training hill for the first, second and third time. Luckily Dad got a bunch of stills pictures, so I could shoot crappy little videos. We got home pretty late, and pretty tired.

I managed to sneak some time playing World of Warcraft. I managed to get my warrior up to level 70 just before Andy got his warrior up to 70 :o)

We met Jim and Kathy for sushi in the evening, then went home and caught up on Stephen Colbert's antics.

We went over to Scott and Becky's for a barbie in the evening, so Mum and Dad could fuss their dog Daisy. I think they miss having Chloe follow them all over the house.

I pulled a troublesome laptop apart, to find it's using an Intel SL6CL. This means it's socketed, so maybe replacing that'll fix the thing once and for all. Definitely the paste that's supposed to hold the CPU to the heatsink wasn't doing a very good job.

I couldn't figure out if a faster processor would fit (it's only a 400MHz front side bus, for a start) so I just ordered the one that's just come out. $25, shipped, on FleaBay.

After that, I washed the van, and managed to wash off some paint. I'll need to talk to the paint shop about that, as it doesn't bode well, does it?