I had a very pleasant team day out the other day. We (the team) went to Thorpe Park, somewhere I’ve not been in quite a few years. The best bit was that there were very few people, it being a Monday and more importantly, very few kids who tend to ruin Theme Parks. In fact that would be quite a nice idea an ‘Adult’ theme park (not in that way) where grown ups can wander around, maybe with a beer in hand, without the worry of stepping on some kid or being assailed by the screeching of  child who has been sick/lost/tired/hungry or just generally ill behaved. Ban them I say and let the fun begin.

It’s Lyn’s birthday very soon so I’ve been shopping. It was very hard as she only told me one thing she wanted which was an Alive cub. It’s a very creepy robotic soft toy whose face moves when you touch it. I got her the polar bear as it seemed the least threatening. On going to their web site it appears you can also get a robotic Elvis head which is even more worrying. I keep getting an image of some middle aged woman snogging it at night whilst professing her love for ‘The King’.

Another present I got Lyn was a Wii. I’m not sure if she likes it. I know she loves her DS and she has said in the past that she wanted one but quite frankly that’s no guarantee. Having set it up for her there are some clever features like the ability to email people which I didn’t know you could do but on the whole it’s exactly what I expected, a novelty item. But it’s not mine and as long as she gets some enjoyment out of it that’s the main thing.

On a more practical note I also got PlayTV for the PS3. Practical because the PS3 has now completely taken over from the media centre. PlayTV is very good, I just hope they continue to develop it adding more features as time goes by. Given Sony’s track record on this I’m quite hopeful. Things I’d like to see is the ability to record 2 shows at the same time rather then record one whilst watching another and searching the guide by genre. and a better implementation for recording series.

Finally, I mentioned in the last post about some life changing opportunities coming up to do with work. Well to my utter surprise the least likely of the two has come to fruition and from March 2009 I will be transferring to Devon and will no longer be travelling to London every week. I’ll get to go home every day instead of every 3/4/7 days and will be staying there instead of having to pack and leave after just a couple of days. So happy times ahead and Lyn is very pleased, although I have warned her that she will probably be sick of me being home after about a month.