I have to say that I haven’t walked as much as I have while I was in London. When you are walking around there is always something to look at or you can stop at a store to check out. There is always some scenery to check out, and the movie theaters always have something playing. I always enjoy the abundance of restaurants around London, there is always something to satisfy your taste buds. After walking around for so many hours my feet would go numb and at the end of the night I would go to sleep relatively early and I would pass out right away from walking around so much. There is always somewhere to walk and you can go in multiple different directions.
So I have this machine which I’m turning into the test subject. I got my hands on the Vista Enterprise Edition so it has all the bangs and whistles.
My plan:
- Clean install of Vista, so starting from scratch, I don’t want to go with an upgrade.
- I have all the drivers if they are needed
Time:
- Overall from start to finish it took about 1 hour and 45 minutes, I had 4 discs for the install.
Installation:
- The questions are very basic and very simple
After Finishing:
- I didn’t have time to play around with it but I ran into one issue.
- My audio card on the motherboard wasn’t recognized by Vista so I don’t have any sound, I’m going to have to look for some dirvers for the hardware, but its not even showing up so I’m sure how to go about it.
- It also didn’t recognize the Linksys Wireless adapter so I need to find the driver for that.
Recommendations:
- If you currently have XP on the machine you should run the Windows Vista Hardware verifier which tells you if there is going to be any issues with your PC, it told me about my sound card which is integrated into the motherboard but I thought it would sort itself out, so I should have noted it. It also mentioned the Linksys Wireless Adapter.
- Do a clean install so you don’t face any other issues which you may with a upgrade install of Vista
It recognized my Nvidia 7800 GT graphics card as well as the DVD burner, HDs, and all other peripherals. I have to admit it does look good, and I’m looking forward to tinkering around with it a bit and tweaking a few things.
I’m at Heathrow airport waiting in the lounger for my flight to start boarding! I finished up my last minute shopping in London. There is always some last minute shopping to be done even if you think you are done. I just picked up some more books, magazines, dvds, and cds. I think I got a good amount, and I packed up pretty quickly since it was very simple but I had to pick up another bag since the one I brought wouldn’t be enough.
I left the hotel at 5:30pm and got to the airport by 6:12pm and I checked in. My flight is at 10:30pm and I like hanging out in the lounge and walking around in Heathrow terminal since there is a lot of places to check out. I ate at the seafood bar as usual and I picked a usb stick from Dixons that I was looking for and since it was right there I decided to pick it up. I’m looking forward to sleeping on the plane since work wants me to come in right as I land, but I think I will shower up, change, and then go to work. There is usually stuff piling up even when you answer all the emails. Then there are things to take care of as soon as I am there!
I’m just enjoying the lounge right now, and waiting for the plane to start boarding before going to gate.
I’m meeting with people in the morning, afternoon, and night just to finish up all the work that there is. Its funny these meetings go from one time to another, and it just keeps stretching and we are even working on their weekend to finish things up in a timely manner. But I do get some free time in the afternoon and late at night to go to some movies or grab a bite to eat. Its different sessions some take a while and some are short, so it isn’t too bad. The one thing I do notice for sure is how expensive it is just to live in London, I asked some of them how do you live here and survive because the cabs are expensive and getting around isn’t cheap either. I have taken the underground a few times already and I got lost twice but I managed to find my way back, it isn’t difficult its just a matter of getting familiar with things!
I’m walking around a lot in London, and just going from place to place after work since the sun doesn’t set here until 8:20pm which is nice, it feels like you still have a lot of the day left to you. And when walking in all the sidestreets you notice these nice stores, and different ones depending which sidestreet. I have to say the one thing about London is that there are a lot of Book stores! I didn’t notice the street I was walking down had so many used bookstores and some interesting theme bookstores. These are speciality bookstores which you have to go through to find what you are looking for. I spent a lot of time just sifting through all the old books, and I was just reading through a few of them. This street did have a lot of different speciliality stores which felt like I was walking through some history, it has this nice feeling to it. There was also an old map store which I spent sometime looking at old maps of the middle east which is always interesting to see how the West in the early days percieved our area. There was also a store with old photographs of actors such as Sean Connery, Peter Sellers, and many more.
I got on the plane and the moment it was taking off I was already falling asleep. I didn’t feel like breakfast and I just made it to the airport, so within a few minutes I fell asleep, and I didn’t wake up until 4 hours later which was the sleep I needed. And I didn’t realize that the person sitting next to me the whole time was a friend a fellow biker. I covered myself with the blanket so he didn’t see me and I didn’t see him until later in the flight.
Just as I was washing up the captain said we are 20 minutes outside of London. When the plane was going in for the landing I think everybody woke up since the pilot didn’t think slowing down would matter that much when he landed. It jolted everyone in the plane and everyone got a little excited. I was just happy we were on time. And my bag was the fifth one out which is surprising, usually with my luck its the last one out. And I went straight to the taxi lines since I really enjoy riding the taxi.
I’m the type of person that really like sleeping on planes. So I was up packing my bag at 2:00am, I decided what I needed and what I wanted and put it all into my bag. I slept at 4:00am got up at 6:00am and my flight is at 8:15. So I’m just going to shower and head out, its Thursday so their isn’t much traffic. I made sure before I went to sleep to check my list to make sure I had everything with me. The funny part was at night I went through all the international change I had and it turned out I had about 28 Pounds and 20 Pence worth of change, and thats going to be very useful so I put it all in one compartment in my briefcase.
- Passport
- Ticket
- Charged Laptop
- Charged Camera
- Charged MP3 Player
- Hotel Booking
- Cash British Pounds
- 28.20 Pounds worth of coins
- 2 Phone Chargers
- Laptop Charger
- Magazines
- Book
- Credit Cards
- Paperwork
- Cloths
- Shoes
- Bathroom things
- A Cap
I know there are a list of things people want me to pick-up so thats going to get longer by the day. I can’t wait to sleep on the plane!
I going to London on Thursday and coming back in a few days. Got a lot of things to finish up and I know that I won’t be packing until the morning. I just have to check how hot or cold it is there, I would prefer if it was cold, I like the cold in London.
I have some work during the morning and then I’m free to go to a few restaurants and movies. I think during my free times I will try to see as many movies as possible. I also want to pick up a few things, but I will see how much time I have. I just hope work doesn’t take too much during the day. I’m thinking if I can go to a few motorcycle places there, I will try to pick up some parts as well.
I was out all night, I went to a mixed milchah which was interesting, but I kept saying hello to people that I haven’t seen in months to years. So I was catching up with some interesting people and I’m happy I went. I was so busy talking to people that I was on my feet the whole time and I didn’t bother to eat, so when I got home I was hungry. After rummaging through the fridge I found some turkey that I bought last week, and so I asked for a turkey sandwich!
The perfect turkey sandiwch:
- white bread lightly toasted
- turkey
- mustard
- lettuce
- cheese
It was crispy and soft which was the perfect blend and that the taste of mustard was great. It filled me enough so that I won’t feel hungry.
I was going through my phone and fixing numbers as well as getting rid of all numbers, but I noticed I do have a decent amount of numbers on my phone. And on
my phone I store multiple numbers under one name, in the W880i you have a max of 5 numbers under one name. Previously on my N73 I can store as many numbers as I want under one name, so I had to shift a few numbers around.
Phone Memory:
- Contacts: 451
- Numbers: 690