Adam Turtle, Freelance Web Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Since1986
Blog
January 1 st
Looking back and looking ahead
So as another year ends and a new one begins, I reckon it’s time for the obligatory end of year review that graces almost every bloggers webpage.
I’m not usually the type to make new year resolutions, since I’ve never been particularly ambitious and since after about 2 weeks I’ve all but forgotten and given up on keeping said resolutions. However, that said, 2009 is my last year as a student which means decisions to be made and the start of my career. And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time…
December 22 nd
4 Days in Paris
I haven’t had much to write here for the last while, and with good reason as I really don’t want to bore everyone with complaints on how boring university is going. I’m sure most of you have been in that situation, or currently are there at the moment so it’s hardly news.
With that in mind, Valerie went back to Paris for the festive season last Wednesday and at the last minute we decided that it’d be good for me to take a trip there myself.
Pictures of it all can be found on my Flickr.
Day One
The first day was a quiet one…
November 17 th
Catastrophic hard drive failure!
Saturday
I was typing something up late on Saturday night when my computer froze. Usually, it’s just an application causing the stall but this time I had to turn the whole laptop off, and upon restarting it I came across this image:
I also heard the noise of the hard drive having difficulty, a clicking followed by a zap sound. Very unsettling.
I put the Mac OS X Leopard installation disc back in and took a look at Disk Utility, only to confirm what I thought – the hard drive was unreadable. All my stuff, now gone. Annoying to say the least, expensive too…
November 3 rd
Translink to cut Sunday services
I’m not one to complain (ok, not true), but Translink is one company I have a strong opinion against. I resisted the urge to call this post “Translink Pt II”, as two-parters seem to be the trend now, instead opting for creating an entire category called Translink, for ease of use in venting my rage in days to come. Here’s my latest pickle:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/nir-plan-to-cut-sunday-trains-14017813.html
In a nutshell, it’s been proposed that Translink cut it’s Sunday train services due to “high fuel prices”…
October 27 th
Dublin
Last Tuesday was a cool day. Earlier this year in good old SF, Valerie worked with a guy named Michael at the St Francis hotel. I got to meet him at a company barbecue at a Giants game, and he was indeed an interesting guy.
Anyway, he was over in Ireland for about a week on holidays with his friend, Jamie (both of them are originally from Boston, but Michael now lives in SF and Jamie in LA). On the final part of their holiday, Valerie and I drove down from Belfast to Dublin to spend the day with them and catch up a little bit…
October 6 th
Translink Train Service
I realise that this is my first post for close to three weeks, and my first post since arriving back in the motherland, so welcome home to me. I’ve started back at university, moved back up to Belfast and have settled into student life once again. In some ways it’s nice to be left the work environment, on the other hand it’s not so nice to have no income and be in final year with a ton of work to do. Anyway, that’s by the by.
Let me get to the issue in hand here. I’m in favour of public transport and I embrace it where possible…
September 12 th
Leaving the US
This is likely to be my very last post from American soil for a very long time. Tomorrow I fly out of New Jersey to Belfast, arriving on Sunday morning. To say I’m sad is a huge understatement. Of course, it’ll be nice to be back as, although it’s been a while, the US is definitely not my home. But at the same time I’ve had an absolute blast over this past year and a bit so it’s just a little unnerving to go back to what I know is going to be a tough year at university and lots of hard work…
