Adam Turtle, Freelance Web Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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July 29 th
John Mayer and my birthday
Last week was my birthday, making me 22 years young. While, yes, in many people’s eyes I am still young, 21 is a nice idealistic number that most people refer to when describing the best years of your life. So by this logic, I have now surpassed youth and it’s all downhill from here.
My Birthday
I spent my birthday doing very little actually. Valerie bought me loads of stuff, which was really nice. I got lots of home stuff like Ribena, Hob Nobs and Aussie shampoo. I also got a bottle of champagne, which I discovered doesn’t taste the best. But nice gesture anyway…
July 17 th
Google Dance 2008
Woohoo!
Just checked the line-up for SES 2008 and it seems that it begins August 18 – 21 in San Jose. Ok, yes it’s a geek conference but last year I got skiploads of great tip and advice from the best eggheads in Silicon Valley.
By far the best part of the whole deal is that the annual Google Dance will be on August 19 from 7pm-11pm, which is just 4 days before I finish my job, so I will be able to go for a second time!..
July 15 th
Whitewater Rafting on the American River
Man it’s getting so difficult to keep this thing updated. I’ve missed a lot of stuff, a baseball game and barbeque, Exploratorium and loads of other stuff.
My parents were supposed to be out for a visit this weekend, but unfortunately my granny died after a short illness, so they had to cancel their trip and take care of that.
This weekend I had both Saturday and Sunday off which meant I could spend some time hanging out with Valerie and some other friends. It was a really good weekend for a change.
Saturday
Saturday I spent mostly in Muir Woods…
July 1 st
Free movie & Pride Parade
On Saturday night I went with Valerie to the movies. We couldn’t really agree on which movie to see, as she wanted to see Sex in the City, and I really wasn’t up for that at all. I went to see Wanted instead, which by the way was awesome. We decided we’d meet up afterwards to go see Get Smart, as the AMC really isn’t too good at making sure you only see one movie.
So, Wanted features similar effects to the Matrix, but it just looks awesome. The story is a little far fetched and spoils it a little, but visually it’s fantastic. Definitely worth going to see…
June 23 rd
Yosemite
Our Yosemite trip last weekend was awesome, we went hiking and went up to Glacier Point, which has one of the most amazing views in the world. I said I would blog about it, but I can’t really be bothered now to be honest. If it’s not fresh in my mind, then there’s no point. Here’s a cute picture though.
And one from Glacier Point:
Sometimes I wish I had an SLR to get better photos.
Anyway, what have I been up to since then. Well, this past weekend I was off work on Friday and Saturday. It was unusually warm both days, Friday it was so bad that I had to leave my room…
June 19 th
Yosemite Trip
I went to Yosemite with Cathryn, Ducky and Valerie last weekend. I actually wrote an entire post about it, but for the third time Wordpress has not saved my post after pressing save, so I lost the entire thing. I’ll write about it later.
Anyway, photos are up on Flickr for now, so check them out.
June 11 th
Stupid Subway $5 Footlong Special
A few months ago, Subway introduced a special $5 price for all their footlong subs (except of course those premium subs that are really just a gimmick anyway). I am here to tell you that upon experience of this offer, it simply is not worth the hassle my friends.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to some decent subways and the experience has been fine. My local Subway, at the Caltrain station, has been my regular lunch stop at work approximately 3 times per week since this offer began.
I blame this mostly on the staff…
