Another Ramble On!

The weekend came and went with Trish a little disappointed that her footy team suffered a defeat and will now have to contest each and every weekend (and win each game) if it is to take out the 2015 premiership.  I was a little envious as my team, which isn't in the finals, had defeated three of the 8 teams competing over the weekend.

The weather remains warm enough (around the mid 20's) to wear shorts and T-Shirts but still needing to don warmer clothing around 5 pm.  Yesterday was a lovely sunny day and the pool actually got to 21° later on in the day.

I continue to work out the Android TV Box which I have recently installed and discover something new about it each day.  In some ways it is better than the WDTV Media Player, but in other ways it isn't.  But the Android Box plays HEVC format video files where the WDTV doesn't.  HEVC files have excellent quality but are a much smaller file size.  When using free download sites this is an important feature as the files download more quickly and are less susceptible to failed or extremely slow download speeds.

I do love the way the Android box goes online and gets all the info about a movie or a TV Series episode and how it is all presented on the screen.  With the WDTV I need to do much of this 'manually' which can be a bit of a pain at times.

I bike ride most days but as we are entering the magpie hatching season bike riding can be a hazardous pastime.  Last year I reckon I was swooped once throughout a couple of months by nesting magpies.  Yesterday alone I was swooped around 5 times, on one occasion there were two birds having a go at me at once.

The cable ties have been installed on the helmet (see the photo above) but when a nesting magpie has its anger up, cable ties don't matter to it!  But I can easily modify the bike route so as to avoid them and their nests.  A swooping magpie usually doesn't hurt you but they certainly have the potential to do so.  They can scare you when they attack from behind and at the last moment you hear the piercing screeching, the noise of flapping wings and finally the tap on your helmet from the bird's beak.  It isn't much fun!

Computer Club was reasonably quiet and easy going on Saturday with much time spent trying to sort out which phone a club member wanted to buy.  I helped another neighbour with her printer yesterday.  All it needed in the long run was to have the ink nozzles cleaned!

Trish has ordered a laptop for one of the Art Centre Groups she attends.  There is an Acer i5 on special right now for $499.  The specs indicate it is more than adequate for most people and at $499 is a great deal.  By the time you add postage and handling it comes in delivered to your front door at a little over $520.

I am still at home in case the delivery which is due today comes.  Trish is out walking and when she gets home, I will set out on my bike ride, hopefully avoiding all the swooping magpies!

We have finished watching Hand of God and enjoyed it a great deal.