I’ve no time now to go into the specifics, but right now, I’m in Studio One of AIR listening to a live set from KT Tunstall and Billy Bragg.

All I can say is that this is one of the best musical experiences of my life, ever. It’s right up there with Sigur Rós. More later.

My birthday, having passed on Monday, I decided to treat myself to a new toy. After years out in the cold with film SLR cameras, I’ve finally moved on and bought myself a new SLR, a Digital SLR. Specifically, a Nikon D80 - the object of my desire for the last eighteen months. So, while I get to grips with the camera, I’ll also be managing my pictures for once and moving from iPhoto (where I have been for a scant few weeks, after a move from Finder windows and large icons) to Aperture 2 in order to better take advantage of RAW images and cataloguing. Thankfully, Aperture now also works far far better with iLife than the previous incarnation, syncing to AppleTV and my iPhone for displaying my new fancy pictures on both big and small screens without hassle.

Look out in the future for a few pictures to start making their way back into posts here, and trips to to actually have pictures with them.

This evening, the long anticipated Mac OS X 10.5.2 update dropped from Cupertino’s Software Update Servers. Available in two flavours, for Server and Client, the Combo updates apply to both PPC and Intel systems. As always, remember to perform a full backup, and try to run the Combo update, rather than Delta.

The Client update is available here with release notes here. Likewise, the Server update is here with the (spartan) release notes here.

Additionally, after 10.5.2 installs, you’ll have the option to grab the Leopard Graphics Update - just try not to get lost reading the release notes. It’s a real bother that Apple doesn’t see fit to include more detailed information on their updates. It’s really something that should be addressed. Maybe in a future update…

Busy doesn’t quite cover my last week. I’ve been doing nothing but waking up, going to work, and then passing out when I get home. Hopefully the next week ahead should give me some time to recover to some small degree. I’ve been a busy bee. Today (coincidentally my birthday) is the first day I’ve had to rest up properly in about two weeks.

Wednesday saw us being evacuated from work for three hours, after some poor unfortunate soul get himself electrocuted after drilling through a power line and a gas main.

And then on Saturday, Camden Market went and caught fire. Most of the market has made it out without too much damage, but around forty odd stalls and a fair few homes have been reduced to shells. I’ve not been to Camden in the best part of a year or more now, but I expect it’s going to feel rather different next time I step off the Northern Line.

The initial import of data from the previous database has now taken place. Over the next few weeks, the rest of the backlog I have (mostly paper notes, and items never entered) will be written up and edited into the correct year, month, and place.

Watch this space. You never know what’s going to make an appearance.