Romantic Robot » Family Life http://romanticrobot.net but to you I'm just cold steel. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:43:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Speedy http://romanticrobot.net/2012/02/01/speedy/ http://romanticrobot.net/2012/02/01/speedy/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:58:07 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=5498 Continue reading →]]>
Moved from Broadband with BE to Infinity with BT yesterday. Keep running Speedtest to grin at the 6X increase I’m getting on this machine. The laptop gets 34mb – the homeplug will be dropping mine. But what I really like is that ping. It used to be 38-43ms but 22 is just excellent. And as I mentioned at work yesterday – irc is just blistering :)

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2012/02/01/speedy/feed/ 2 pop! http://romanticrobot.net/2012/01/21/pop-2/ http://romanticrobot.net/2012/01/21/pop-2/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:42:27 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=5383 Continue reading →]]> My eldest daughter is a few weeks into her Nursing degree and they have started various placements. Today she worked with a midwife and she was there by chance to see and help with a birth. Got to hold the newborn too as the mother was tended to. She came back with the biggest smile. An amazing experience for her that she will never forget.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2012/01/21/pop-2/feed/ 0 You looking at us? http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/15/you-looking-at-us/ http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/15/you-looking-at-us/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:06:36 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=4826

Photo by D.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/15/you-looking-at-us/feed/ 2 Another try http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/01/another-try/ http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/01/another-try/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:50:17 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=4779 Continue reading →]]> Here is the new addition (second post as I lost the first migrating hosts)

He is currently behaving just as a puppy should – peeing in the wrong places, yapping, getting under feet. For some reason this irritates J and D. I keep telling them that it’s Storm’s job as a puppy but they aren’t impressed. And I’m sure Winston already knows who Storm is but Storm is still clueless – again that will be part of his career at this point.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2011/08/01/another-try/feed/ 4 http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/28/4767/ http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/28/4767/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:28:16 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=4767 We have a new puppy. A Dogue de Bordeaux shaped one. His name is Storm. Pics tomorrow.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/28/4767/feed/ 0 http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/27/4749/ http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/27/4749/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:25:32 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=4749 Continue reading →]]> Get a small box the size of a pack of biscuits. Put a jumbone (which Winston loves) inside it. Pack with paper. Put that box inside a larger box the side of a couple of shoeboxes. Pack that with paper. Put that box inside a much larger box and pack that with paper too. Close it. Place the box in the middle of the lounge and tell Winston it’s his. And then watch as he has a great time ripping everything to shreds. Winston really likes it when I get boxed deliveries from Amazon.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2011/07/27/4749/feed/ 0 Pics back then http://romanticrobot.net/2009/11/07/pics-back-then/ http://romanticrobot.net/2009/11/07/pics-back-then/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:57:38 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=918 Continue reading →]]> When the girls were small we bought a video camera. Recently found several tapes so they went off for transfer to DVD. Got them back this morning.
First is 1995 and in the back garden of the house so the girls are a really cute 5 and 2. The rest of the 5 dvd’s cover only a few years including a christmas play at playschool, a christmas play at primary school, on holiday in Tenerife (the holiday where I saved youngest from drowning), a trip to Disneyland Paris, a school sports day, walking around Twycross Zoo and a birthday party held at a family pub. All really boring if you aren’t one of us (or a future boyfriend who will probably find them hilarious.). But it’s the cameras. There are cameras held by everyone, video cameras at the plays and on holiday. For the plays people are almost jostling for position to get the best shot of their kid. So I’m lucky I have this video and other pics of the girls. There must be so many parents who can’t do that today and so many kids who will grow up with no informal evidence they were ever an angel in a school play and similar. Shame.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2009/11/07/pics-back-then/feed/ 1 Winston and a twig http://romanticrobot.net/2009/06/14/winston-and-a-twig/ http://romanticrobot.net/2009/06/14/winston-and-a-twig/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:22:23 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=704 Continue reading →]]>  
Dog + twig
 
Wasn’t sure where to frame given the expanse of darkness either side. It’s also level too – the light is the cause of the imbalance. Far from perfect – too small for a start – but I like it.

Trying another:
Dog + twig

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2009/06/14/winston-and-a-twig/feed/ 0 Winston: profile http://romanticrobot.net/2009/02/05/winston-profile/ http://romanticrobot.net/2009/02/05/winston-profile/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:52:51 +0000 Mark http://romanticrobot.net/?p=567 Continue reading →]]> Close to the actual shot I want.
winston-profile
He can stand more squarely, head lifted up higher, neck straighter and he looks great in profile when he does. Full-on pose mode. And then he moves so this is not a bad compromise.

]]> http://romanticrobot.net/2009/02/05/winston-profile/feed/ 2 Less bounce http://romanticrobot.net/2008/12/23/less-bounce/ http://romanticrobot.net/2008/12/23/less-bounce/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:46:28 +0000 Mark http://69105.net/?p=463 Continue reading →]]> Winston weighs 75kg. So that’s a lot less than I thought and when he gets back from the vet he should weigh a couple of hundred grams less. Nutless he will be. All part of treating the dominance / alpha male behaviour. If only lopping them off was the simple answer… still, behaviour progress continues to be made and as far as he is concerned I am alpha male.

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