www.madebygeeks.com is live! The beta of our new website went live at the weekend with Mark biting the bullet and putting the first video up. Now that the site is live, this blog will move over to there. Therefore this will be my last post on www.lifeofanitgeek.blogspot.com. The blog will continue as www.madebygeeks.com/blogs/adam and as you can see, some of the older posts are there too.
See you on the other side!
It looks fun but it’s got to be the most dangerous way of travelling ever!… I imagine it’ll catch on in the UK but the potholes and speed bumps will make it much harder!
Once again the English BBQ is here once more(as opposed to the South African BBQ season which never really stops). It’s that time 
again when the people moan that it’s too hot and then stand next to a fire to burn meat for hours on end. This year will hopefully see more BBQ’s as they’re always fun and these days there are more experienced chefs knocking about (I’m not claiming to be one but I’ll have a go!). Unfortunately the days of the big party have gone for our household as we’re in a much smaller house with no garden and there’s just enough room for 4 people yet alone 20! I’m pretty sure that it won’t stop the pool from
showing it’s face though, but it’ll probably just mean that people will either have to go through the pool to get outside, or they’ll put it in the front garden! At least then we’ll probably fit in with the locals…
Finally i've washed my car and as promised, here are some pics. A short and simple post today. More tomorrow.
This months blag is my car. Between £2500 and £3000 worth of repairs to the Audi (flywheel, clutch and gearbox housing) and I didn't pay a penny! Hahaha! Beat that Jon!
It's so much nicer to drive now. It's smooth and easy to change gear. It's exactly like it should have been when I bought it! At least i'm mobile now!
I've just contacted the garage and they say my car should be ready in about 2 hours! Lets hope they're not lying! I can't wait to get it back. 
I can only hope they've actually fixed it too, rather than just replacing the clutch and welding up the gearbox housing. To be honest I don't really care anymore. I just want my car back! The train is so annoying and long! It takes 45 minutes to get to work by train when it's only 20 minutes by car! The only good thing about going by train is I get a little exercise!
Finally a decent recent picture of the lads! I've been looking for a picture like this for ages!
Not much to talk about today really... The house is slowly getting tidier and hopefully by the end of the week it'll finally feel like home.
My car is still out of action. It's still at the garage I bought it from and hopefully they'll get back to me today!
The www.madebygeeks.com website is coming along nicely. I've seen some test versions and they look great. I've also seen some more photos from the lads stag holiday and can't wait to the others!
Work is quiet but will probably get much busier in the next few weeks. The directors have recognised that I'm going to need some help and will speak to me shortly. Fingers crossed it'll be good news and hopefully the word "raise" mentioned...
Soon i'll have my internet connection back which means i'll be back on the WoW! There's rumours of the old group getting back together as Horde characters. Hopefully we'll see something soon.
Back to the work side of things and the packhouse that shutdown and reopened again will soon start packing. Of course this means that the secret meetings have begun. Standard practice here is for a selection of managers to disappear into a meeting leaving the other managers and important people to wonder both what they're discussing and why they're not invited.
Naturally this starts rumours and once the gossip people have got hold of it at the fictional water cooler, it get distorted and 12 different stories start to circulate. Good old office life...
We're finally in the new house! For those that were or weren't aware, we've moved house. Jacques, Amy and I are now living in far away from Darren and Marks World so there'll probably be less pub trips, but at least we're living in a cheaper house and I'm closer to work which means less of the ever increasing in price diesel. With any luck I can shift this debt and start saving!
The move in general went well but required more trips than we expected. Now the cleaning operation has begun to clean up the old house so that the agency can inspect it.
When the new house is a little tidier i'll post some pics.
That is a picture of the gearbox on the Audi. See that black line? Yeah... That shouldn't be there! It almost looks like a seam but it's actually a 5mm gap that's been cut by a broken clutch. I know what you're gonna ask. "How did it do that?" The answer is I don't know and neither do the mechanics until it's taken apart! Hopefully it'll be fixed under warranty but if not it'll cost between £2500 and £3000 to fix. Ouch.
Well you seen the pictures, now it's time to read what happened. Well we started with a fry-up in the local greasy spoon, then cruised up to the busy M25 which wasn't all that busy. We stopped off at Fleet services for a stretch of the legs and again at another service station a little closer to check the map. We finally arrived there around 2:30pm which meant a 1 and a half hour wait until check-in. Luckily this went quickly and we were soon in our Chalet (or Villa as Jon calls it!). The evening was spent in the arcade where I won £40 and the clubhouse.
The next day we went for a trip to the site of our previous lads holiday at Brean. We headed up the cliff on a 2.5 mile walk to Bread Down Fort for a host of pics and video. It was also where Jon decided he wanted to touch a cow... The evening was again the same with time spent in the arcade and clubhouse. We were also very to lucky to get a glam rock band for the cabaret who were just dreadful!
Sunday was more of a rest day. We'd all burnt in the sun from our walk at Brean so we just took a cruise to a cider farm which was small... really small. We also went for a walk around Minehead where Jon bought his very first ball! When we got back we played a little basketball (I won) and football (I didn't) which drained us of all
energy completely and then again went to the clubhouse for drinks. Finally on the way home we stopped off at the Haynes International Motor Museum for a gander at some amazing cars! Happy Days!
Well the holiday has come and gone. If you're a friend of Marks on Facebook, you may have noticed that the MadeByGeeks website is up and running and currently is showing our Twitter feeds from the holiday. As promised here are some pictures! There'll probably be more on the www.madebygeeks.com website later. For those of us with Internet Explorer, hover over and image for a description.
I thought i'd post up a few previews of the kind of scenery we're gonna have on holiday. These are of course taken by others.
It's finally here. This time tomorrow morning we'll be getting ready to leave on our 4 hour trip to the west country. Unfortunately the Audi will not be our ride for the weekend as it's still in pieces and probably will be for a while. Luckily Jon has offered to drive us in whatever car he ends up with... Thanks Jon! Tomorrow morning will start with the 4 of us meeting at mine and then heading off for some breakfast at the local greasy spoon. Then it's off to Somerset via the busy M25, hopefully missing rush hour!
To be honest, I really can't wait! It's been a while since we last had a lads holiday and even longer since it was the original lads group of myself, Mark, Matt and Jon. It's almost like a little reunion holiday!
What I must stress is that this is not strictly a lads holiday. It's a lads stag weekend for Matt who's getting married in December. Therefore general focus will be on the stag himself ensuring that he is treated in the typical stag sense but slightly quieter ensuring a good time is had by all. Consider it a warm up for the proper and official stag do later in the year!
Last night was a night of classic gaming. I borrowed my brothers NES and after 20 minutes of frustrated fiddling, I got it to work! The 
light gun didn't seem to work but that's irrelevant as the original Super Mario Brothers was the game of the night. Everyone that has played this game can remember it and often in detail, especially when it comes to cheats and hidden goodies. Naturally this gaming session wouldn't be complete without Amy screaming her head off closely followed by Jacques attacking her whilst at the same time doing nothing... Good times.
Only 3 more days to go (including this one!) before us lads are jetting off to Somerset for a stag holiday. The Audi is currently at the garage having it's gearbox looked at and will hopefully be ready for the 4 hour cruise down to the west country. I've been looking at the weather forecast and it's constantly changing as usual. It's currently set for sun on Friday and Saturday, cloud on Sunday and rain on Monday. Lets hope that changes and it's sunny on all four days!
Apologies for not blogging recently. Windows Live Writer has been messing me around but I think i've found a way around it.
