Thursday, April 19, 2007

Stepping blinking into the light

Okay, own up - Who stole the last six weeks?! It really doesn't feel like the beginning of March since I last wrote an entry here - Where is the year going?

As you can probably guess from the intro, the last month or so has been a blur, focused almost entirely around my work. My 'real job' has been a busy yet heady mixture of meetings, disasters, recovering from disasters and more meetings, while Elite Bastards has seen me take in the joys of the Birmingham NEC for Channel Expo 2007 (with a little 'real job' stuff mixed in for good measure), while piling through the huge backlog of review samples that had been building up. Thankfully, I've managed to cut a swathe through that particular pile... Just in time to receive a bunch of new hardware for review. As I'm sure you all know by now though, I wouldn't have it any other way...

The big highlight of recent weeks on the review from has our involvement with the GeForce 8600 GTS launch - It's always a real buzz to be caught up in these things despite all the hard work and brain power involved, and the adrenaline never fails to start pumping in those final few minutes before you hit the big red 'go live' button, send off the mailshots, and then sit back and wait for the thoughts and reponses to your writing. I was pretty pleased with our finished piece on G84, and it seemed to be received well from all the comments I saw, so a job well done I'd say.

Away from EB, not a lot to report really - The girlfriend is no more (as in broken up, not as in dead, don't worry), and the weather is fantastic right now. Oh, and I need a holiday - I haven't had any time off work in eight months now. :oO