all change

Right, this is going to be a little fragmented as I'm feeling delicate again this morning. (Also, its no longer morning, its night and I still haven't finished this damn post.) It is of course self inflicted, and I should know better, but there you have it. Yesterday was the last day of work, so some celebrations were in order. It wasn't the complete mashed that I was on Wednesday, but it wasn't too far off either.
So... I am now officially unemployed.  My SecurID was handed in door pass taken, and UKDavidW is no more. I may have accounts in places that were setup with UKDavidW, but I can always get them again.  So from now on I'll be DaveWhiteNet at... well just about everything :-) It has been a long time coming, and I still don't know how to feel about it. I mean, its awesome and all, and we're finally getting to move to somewhere that we both really want to live, and we've been talking about getting out for so long... but. So, until I get UKDavidW back I will be CorkieUK on AIM and the usual on everything else.  I can't seem to find any of the cooler screennames I used to have... where is UKDavid, or UKDaveW or even DaveWhite? Maybe they have been recycled in the last few years, which is at least how long since I signed on with them.
Luckily, its all just logistics now. The movers come at the end of next week, and we move on the Saturday. We're staying in a hotel in Heathrow on the Friday, and I think the flights are late enough for a leisurely breakfast before we vacate the country forever. Dave and Anna have left the building. Wow.
So, I have a new laptop. This is the first time I have ever (in twenty years of building PCs) bought a new PC in its entirety. Of course, it was necessary as it is a laptop, but it was a strange and lovely experience nevertheless. It is a Sony Vaio which is nice because if nothing else Sony make beautiful machines.  However, in addition to being physically nice to look at, it is also a beast on the speed front.  It is actually faster than my work laptop and scores higher than it in all the Windows Performance tests. Specs and picture below, and more tomorrow.  While prepping this picture I just started to doze off, so I'll finish this tomorrow.