The Hairy Bikers

It was a nice start to the morning, waking up and habitually switching on the radio to be soothed into a state of consciousness by none other then 'the Baywatch theme tune' formally known as I'm Always Here by Jim Jamison. It was a bank holiday and Radio 1 had been taken over by the public who didn't disappoint and provided a wonderful eclectic mix of tunes throughout the day with the odd exception where some idiots phoned up requesting current singles. I always think it is a bit of a waste when given this sort of rare privilege; requesting a song that will almost certainly be played at least once the following day sort of ruins it really. In my opinion they should ban songs from the last six months but then I guess that would kind of defeat the idea of 'you decide what we play'.

My greatest accomplishment of the day was convincing my friend to join Twitter; which doesn't say much for my day really. I will admit that at first, I really didn't see the point of it all but the more I use it, the more I see how useful it actually is and the more people and service use it, the better and more useful it will be. One thing I have found is that the learning curve is quite steep but you get the hang of it quite quickly; perhaps there should be a tutorial covering some of the basics, @replies, hashtags and conventions for example as these are new concepts migrating from something like Facebook.

My evenings entertainment has been provided by the Hairy Bikers. I have been downloading the latest series from the iPlayer but have not got round to watching them until today. I find that this seems to happen quite a lot with iPlayer programmes, I tend to hoard them and decide that I can't be bothered to watch them until finally getting round to doing so and regretting not doing it sooner. This was the case today and I wish I had started watching this series sooner. Dave and Si are one of a kind as TV chefs and their unique approach to food is unlike anyone else I have seen. They always seem to be having so much fun with whatever they do and it is so nice to watch them just get on with it and not always get it quite right. Their approach to cooking is how I think it should be approached, a bit of this and a bit of that without trying to conform to any particular element except great food. In this series particularly it is nice to see the professionals not always get it right which can be very reassuring for the viewer if they decide to attempt some of the recipes. The chemistry between the duo is also brilliant and the way that they bounce things off each other is highly entertaining and often very amusing and they present it in a way that is not in the east bit intimidating.

I finally received the email this morning to tell me that my university email account was ready to be migrated to GMail. One of the main things that I had noticed when joining the university is that the email service was particularly poor and it was nice to know that I was not the only one who felt this way. The migration was announced earlier on in the year for completion before the start of the new term however, shortly after the arrival of the email I received another email informing me that the migration had been postponed. Ah well hopefully it will be sorted soon and I will be a bit more organised this year.

It did give me a chance to look through my timetable for the coming year and I was gutted to find that my optional module clashed with my chosen departmental modules. Back to the drawing board I think, which is a shame because it took me a long time to come up with the current list.

We have planned another bike ride for tomorrow, but looking at the weather forecast, I can see it being a wet one, the summer has been particularly cruel to us this year but who knows what will happen.