Computers are designed to drive us mad right?

Lettice has to finish her thesis. And this computer is getting very close to death. Largely not physical problems (though the hard drive might have some dodgy sectors) just the slow software death of a Windows machine. So I can just wipe and reinstall Windows right? Hmm, except that Office is um, not something I actually own and was in fact, um, borrowed from the Home Office when I was on contract there. So I could install Open Office right? Yes, but Lettice has never used that and this week would be a very bad week to switch packages. And switching between Office and Open Office partway through writing a document isn’t always as simple as it should be.

So buy Office? Buy a new computer (where’s that cheque from the tax man?)? Cross our fingers and hope?

At least the shiny new 320Gb external hard drive means we won’t lose much data of the worst does happen.

From The Bill web site:

I am visiting London for a week on holiday in January and I was wondering if tours of The Bill’s set are available at all?

Unfortunately, our set is in constant use by shooting crews and we are unable to offer tours. Sorry to disappoint you but hope you enjoy your visit to London. You never know, you might just come across one of our crews on location around the East End!

Um, you might, but as The Bill is mostly filmed in South London (Wimbledon and Croydon in particular it seems) the chances are somewhat slim.