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Vespa ET2 one month in...

So, I've now been the proud owner of Bessie, my Blue Vespa ET2 for a month now and I have to say I'm a convert. Bessie ( hey, blame the previous owner) is just perfect for those little missions to the parents or to pick up some last minute shopping etc. Obviously, travelling amoungst London traffic will always have a certain medium to high death-risk factor attached to it, but I've so far managed to escape collision with a White van or perhaps even worse, a double decker Bus.

Anyone looking for a Scoooter could do a lot worse than the ET2, it's a stylish little beast and takes off at the lights fairly quickly. One thing you should be aware of though is that this model is fully automatic or , as they say,'twist and go' Beware, this does exactly what it says on the tin. So, twisting when you are in front of a stationery object should be avoided at all costs!

Is .mac a (total) wate of money?

Last week, in a slightly  ill-advised bout of  online spending, I went and got me a dot mac account. I think I was still buzzing off my newly purchased Powerbook (no, not the intel one stupid!). Anyways, I've now got said account but I'm really not sure that I'll use it in any great capacity. At least not to justify the 60-odd quid that  it cost. So, what can I now do that I couldn't do before?. Well...I can use Apple's Iweb software that comes bundled with Tiger (not half  as good as dreamweaver on first impression), I now get a swanky .mac email address (yawn)  I get some virtual I disk space (doesn't like shunting mp3's around does it?) and finally I get some very swift publish-to-web functionality straight from Garageband ( actually, this is cool but when was the last time I did a podcast). I'm gonna sleep on it but if something doesn't convince me to hang on to.mac by noon tommorow that cash is going right back in the account.

Is this thing on?

Okay, now I'm officially unemployed, what better time is there to ressurrect the blog. This time I promise not to bore myself silly in the process. Can't vouch for you lot though!