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Monthly Archives: June 2011

I give in!

15 Wednesday Jun 2011

Posted by azahar in home, sevilla, summer, tapas, twitter, weather, work

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heat, sevilla, summer, tapas, twitter, walking tours

It’s too darn hot…

And yes, I know it’s not nearly as hot as it’s going to get (and bear in mind that when it says it’s 36º it’s usually a good 5º hotter than that in the centre of town) but Nog and I just got back from his first “dress rehearsal” Sevilla Walk, with our twitter pals @annalibera and @jorgeguitian, and I finally put on the AIR CONDITIONING. Because I can.

And man, does it ever feel good. Even taking the inside temp down from 31 to 28 feels amazing, especially after a nice cool refreshing shower. But I mostly did this because when I got in I saw that Azar had thrown up on my bed (just “water” but all over the clean sheets I’d just changed last night) and then I found him hiding underneat the bed  looking decidedly floppy. So I decided he needed a little cool down time, during this hottest part of the day.

I had hoped to hold out until July, but oh well. I shudder to think what every hour of centrally cooling down all 90 square metres of this place will cost, but I reckon that an hour at lunch time and an hour in the evening before bed should help get us through the worst of it. And I have to say that it feels so luxurious to be able to come home and be comfortable! I expect to feel just as amazed next winter when I don’t have to wear four layers and shiver in front of a space heater. Now I just have to figure out how to pay for this luxury.

To wit… the first run of Nog’s Sevilla Walk went well. Still some editing and fine tuning to do, but over-all I think Anna and Jorge enjoyed themselves. Afterwards we had some great tapas at La Giganta. Cheap too! All that food and two drinks each for just 8 euros a person…

speedy gonzales

14 Tuesday Jun 2011

Posted by azahar in computers, gadgets, geekiness, internet

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computers, gadgets, geeks, internet, mouse

Calling all geeks – I need your help!

Why has my wireless mouse suddenly turned into Speedy Gonzales? It’s gone all hyper and double clicks when I just single click, or else takes me to pages I haven’t even clicked on. As for copy and paste – aack! Can’t get the thing to stay put long enough to select a link or piece of text and I end up with the hover thing disappearing before I can copy or – worse! – the whole text disappearing, even though I hadn’t clicked again to erase it. Other times I have to click on something five times for it to “take”.

Anyhow, it’s driving me crazy and costing me lots of lost time online.  Just writing this simple post is taking forever because Speedy keeps highlighting things when I just place the cursor somewhere to start typing, and then immediately deletes whatever got highlighted. Arrrgh. Or is it even a mouse problem?

Ayudame?

what should you cross the world to see?

13 Monday Jun 2011

Posted by azahar in quizzes

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quizzes

You Should Go See the Colosseum

You are original in both your thoughts and actions. You think the status quo is boring.

You are gentle and mild-mannered. You are open to what the world has to offer.

You attain mastery of whatever interests you. You are extremely sharp and a quick learner.

You are inventive, creative, and completely ingenious. You are extremely gifted.

What Should You Cross the World to See?
Also, I hear it’s full of cats!

first casa az bbq

12 Sunday Jun 2011

Posted by azahar in food & drink, home, wine

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bbq, food, home, wine

Had the first (but definitely not the last) rooftop BBQ at casa az last night. In fact we started a bit too early (8pm) and it was still pretty hot up there so I had to bring out an electric fan to cool off a little. But I’m getting ahead of myself…
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triangle

11 Saturday Jun 2011

Posted by azahar in photohunt

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photohunt, triangle

Today’s Photohunt theme is “triangle”.

Well, since I posted photos of manchego cheese  the other two times triangle came up as a theme, I didn’t want to let anyone down this time. 😉

And here are some other tasty triangles…

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