I think.

Had muchos problems getting the broadband to work but think it's OK now. Fingers crossed!!

Will be back later with a proper update.

Just thought I'd let you know I'm still around.

Saturday, moved the rest of my stuff to the flat. Reassembled the PC desk and 'mastermind' chair. My Dad discovered a cake shop and insisted on a cream cake before he left. Only fair as he'd helped my get the heavy stuff up 3 flights of stairs.

Went up to Warrington for the weekend. Fairly painless journey. Actually had to stop outside some stations as we got there EARLY for a change. Spent the weekend coughing and sniffing as my mum's very kind leaving present was the cold that had kept her off work half the week. The missus has now got it and has just phoned to say she hates me and my mum!!

On the way back got on a packed train at Stafford and found out I had a reservation for a non-existent seat in a non-existent coach. Managed to sit from Wolverhampton onwards so not too bad. Almost lost my luggage to a bunch of over-excited American Mormom kids, who found out they were on the wrong train at Birmingham New Street and started removing every bit of luggage from the train whether it was theirs or not. Luckily I spotted them pick up my bag and went and grabbed it back. Otherwise it would have been sat on the platform with my digital camera inside!!

Got back Monday lunchtime. Went and bought a cheap microwave from Argos. Reason it was so cheap is half the buttons don't work but can't be arsed to take it back yet as it's a bugger to carry. So it's just sat in the corner of the kitchen until I get access to a car.

Most of the furniture turned up on Tuesday. Argos blokes managed to get the sofas upstairs. Bit of a squeeze but they just fitted through all the doors which was fortunate. Gave the other delivery lad a hand with the flat pack stuff. Put together the coffe table, a shelving unit and a bedside cabinet so far. Leaving the other stuff until I've got an extra pair of hands.

NTL engineer came yesterday. Put in the phone and TV ok. The broadband was just traumatic. My PC kept freezing at a certain point so rang the helpline. Got a bit further but then the USB light on the modem kept going off. Managed to delete a severely important file from Windows in an attempt to get round it which only served to kill Windows completely. The support bloke implied that I should delete it but couldn't officially suggest that in case it all went tits up. Which it did

Phoned my brother who works in IT. Got him to email me a copy of the file. Meant I had to find an internet cafe. Luckily the tourist information centre has 4 PCs you can use but my brother only had NT at work so couldn't send the file until this morning.

Went back and got the file off hotmail. Had to pay for a floppy disk as you can't use your own there to avoid viruses. Rang the helpdesk again. This time they suggested using a different computer. Yeah, good thinking Batman!!! Other alternative was to use the ethernet connection instead of the USB so went to buy a network card. Managed to find one for £20 in a shop round the corner. Installed that OK.

Started making progress. Until it came to registering. Kept saying the PIN they had given me was invalid. Rang customer services. They generated a new PIN. That was invalid too. Told me to ring the helpline again. They generated another new PIN. This one worked so managed to register but then the Install program told me I was connected but not properly. Rang the helpdesk. Told them the error message. They told me I had some new virus. I said I'd not been online except to register ON THEIR SITE!! He basically said shit happens and until I got it sorted they couldn't do much for me. Went and bought Norton. Installed it and found out that I was actually connected to t'internet so got all the latest virus software from the Norton site.

Scanned my hard drive and no sign of any virus. Too late to ring the helpdesk again today so that will be a job for tomorrow as still need to sort out email and stuff.

In between all this I managed to buy a couple of belts and had my eyes checked again as I wanted to change the address for my lensmail but need to start all over again cos I'll be using a different store for my check-ups. Got to go again tomorrow for a 'proper' sight test. Been buying bits and bobs for the flat as I've realised what I need to survive for the time being.

Got an electrician coming tomorrow to replace a switch that's stuck and twiddle with the heating as there's bugger all hot water in the mornings unless I turn on the booster and that costs a fortune and takes time - when I could be sleeping instead!!

Mammoth entry over. Will write a bit more about the joys of Aldershot tomorrow.

My broadband and email are both finally working.

Took another call to the helpdesk this morning to sort it out though. Managed to avoid using the Installer  program to finish the installation and got the bits I needed over the phone or off the CD directly.

But then I coudn't connect cos of a dodgy router (Aargh, techno speak!) but seems to be working properly now. Was worried when the bloke said to ring back if it was still fcuked in 24-48 hours. Fortunately it came back on a few hours later.

Just swapping all my email addresses over from hotmail to ntlworld. Great fun, honest.

Off to Specsavers again in a bit. Forgot to mention that the optician I saw yesterday was an Aston graduate like myself. Small world.

Off to see Spurs play tomorrow. Means a trek across London but worth it.

An electrician was supposed to have turned up before 3 to look at a dodgy switch that's jammed on but no sign of anyone and they've got about a minute to get here....

Oh, they've not made it.

Three games played since Hod got his P45 and still no goals conceded.

In contrast to last weeks performance where Manchester City couldn't score in a London hotel despite us presenting them with countless chances, yesterday's clean sheet was down to a decent defensive performance as the confidence is starting to return to our much-maligned defence.

Only one change in the starting line-up as Ricketts was restored in place of Bunjevcevic. Again we lined up with a 4-4-2

There was little action worth mentioning in the 1st half hour except for a couple of long range efforts from Poyet and Taricco, and Watson heading over for the Blues.

The game burst into life on 35 minutes as Keane broke into the box and fired a shot across Martyn in the Everton goal, who just got a hand to his low effort and pushed it away from the on-rushing Kanoute but the ball was fed out to Carr who put in a deep cross which Robbie volleyed wide from a tight angle.

Headers from Watson and Yobo both went wide before the deadlock was broken.

Kanoute knocked down Keller's long clearance. Gus was there to flick it back into his path and Fredi let rip with a dipping volley from a good 30 yards. As the commentator said on the Premiership, "Kanoute (pause) What A Goal!!!"

We almost doubled our advantage before the interval as Gus's far post header from Taricco's cross was kept out by a good save from Martyn.

The Spurs team were quickest out of the dressing rooms for the start of the 2nd half and carried that over once the whistle blew. Just 38 seconds had elapsed when Poyet applied the deftest of headers to Anderton's whipped cross to steer the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

They weren't finished yet as Anderton fed the ball into Keane. He got a bit lucky as the ball came back off Unsworth heel but then made no mistake in slotting it past Martyn for our 3rd goal in six minutes.

From then on we made sure Everton had no way of getting back into the game, even when they bought on the wünderkind Rooney, whose most telling contribution to the game was a barrage of verval abuse at the ref which earned him a booking after lunging at Ricketts after the ball had gone.

Chances came and went for both sides but none looked like making a difference to the comprehensive scoreline.

As David Pleat said after the game all the players had performed well. Anderton and Poyet managed to be a lot more involved with 2 assists, and a goal and and an assist respectively. I still feel they will struggle to last the full 90 minutes against better opposition.

Gardner put in a couple of great tackles towards the end which may have resulted in free kicks and a 2nd booking a few games ago. Generally we looked better in all areas. Konchesky did well both on the left of midfield and then at left back once Taricco had gone off for Dalmat.

Keane and Kanoute are forming a very good partnership and had they both been fit from the start of the season things may have turned out differently for Glenn.

A couple of weeks until the next game, away to Leicester, as we break for the internationals next weekend. Maybe there'll be a new manager in charge by the 19th but if not then David Pleat is doing a capable job in the short term.

MOTM: Fredi Kanoute. Set us on the way with a stunning goal, his 6th in as many starts for the club.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
14	Tottenham	8	2	2	4	8	12	8

Spent Friday evening putting together my enterainment unit. Probably the most difficult bit of furniture I've had to do so far but it looks good. Just waiting for the new TV, a present from my brother, to arrive.

Spent this afternoon slashing up all the empty boxes so they will go in black sacks. Playing with knives is fun, no matter what your parents or teachers used to say.

Saw in GAME on Friday that Sony are now doing a silver PS2 for £150 with 2 controllers and a free game so going to get one next week.

Apparently the electrician did turn up on Friday but I didn't hear the buzzer so the lady who owns my flat will let him in one day this week. Means I have to keep it tidy!!

Had my eyes tested on Friday. No real change so don't have to fork out for new glasses. Which is good cos I hardly ever wear them now I've got my contacts.

Went and saw Spurs win yesterday. Report is in the Spurs stuff section as usual. Still got to do a report for last week's match against Man City. Great result and a good day, especially watching my mate Marcus get ridiculously drunk. He had about 8 pints and a shot during the course of the day which is not at all bad for a 16 year old!! He kept us entertained all the way to London Bridge where we left him to find his train home.

Slept on the sofabed last night which was more comfy than the air mattress. Tonight I'm going to put the sofabed mattress on the bed. Hopefully that will be comfy cos I've got to get a good night's sleep ready for work tomorrow.

In less than 12 hours I start my new job. Hopefully they won't expect me to have a clue how to do the job from Day 1.

Just watched Derren Brown doing Russian Roulette on Channel 4. Nutter!!! But he called it right so fair play to him.

Went pretty well.

Ended up having to walk to work as there was no minibus waiting at the station so thought I'd better not risk waiting for one to turn up. Made it with 5 minutes to spare but made sure to get a timetable before I left this evening.

Spent most of the morning drinking coffee with my new manager before being introduced to the other people in the office. Managed to forget most of their names almost instantly. Wasted some time looking at stuff on the intranet until lunchtime.

Had beef stir fry with a hot and sour sauce which was v. nice. Plus my manager paid for it cos I don't have my pass yet which you have to use to pay for food so there is such a thing as a free lunch.

Couldn't do much in the afternoon as my email account hasn't been set up properly yet so just had to look at some invoices and try to understand what the stuff was for. Had to try and get to grips with VLookup and Pivot tables. Think it will all fall into place eventually.

Got an induction thingy for most of the day tomorrow so it will be Wednesday before I have to start doing real work.

Going to have a nice quiet evening and maybe an early night cos I was struggling to stay awake this afternoon.

This new job's a doddle!!

Only joking. Will have to do work tomorrow I think.

Today's induction saw a continual stream of buzzwords from various important bods but there was actually some useful stuff thrown in.

Managed to get another free lunch. Bit of a confession to make here. Picked up the meal, and went and got the cutlery but completely forgot to pay for it!! Realised once I'd sat down and was halfway through but didn't want to go up to the counter to explain in case my new colleagues thought I was stupid. Will spend lots of money in the canteen in future to make up for it, honest.

Wrote an entry last night but Internet Explorer kindly shut down before I clicked on 'Submit' so will have to try and remember what I'd put in and add it to this entry.

Downloaded FeedDemon to see if it was better than FeedReader. So far, so good. It even picks up the previously elusive entries from RAGMonkey, who in reality is far from elusive.

Twiddled with the stuff at the top of my blog. Stopped counting down the days to events as most of the things had now happened so just put the date of the next Spurs fixture on the scrolling thingy instead. An added bonus to that is that I don't have to update it so often. Not being lazy, just efficient.

Put another image at the top of my blog to show that my RSS was valid. Ooh, the excitement.

Will write some stuff about Aldershot soon, and put some pictures of my new flat up.