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Today was a "post whatever takes your fancy" for the 30 days/30 posts meme. I've been watching the last few episodes of Mad Men. It's really very good. The retro look and feel is captured superbly. The acting is top and the stories are mostly really good. Has anyone else been watching?

There is a new updated version of The Prisoner. It's already aired on one of the American stations and will be on ITV in the UK next year. I have seen most of the original series but i'm not really overly familiar with it. I don't know if it is that well known over here. I only saw it after the fact, a few years ago. When i told gramie_dee about the new series and the fact that an American actor is playing the lead, he was appalled! Ian McKellen is playing Two and apparently is through the whole series so it seems that some things are going to be different as Two was usually a changeable character. I didn't remember that.

This afternoon was ..... interesting. ... My computer shut off and when it came back on, it said there was a driver error or something. Didn't say which driver. Could just be an anomoly. They do do weird things on occasion. About an hour later, all my power in the living room, dining room and kitchen light went out. eek!!! I checked, it wasn't a total power cut, other parts of the apartment had power so i thought, ok, a fuse has blown. I changed it, went to turn the puter back on and then went into the bathroom and when i came back out, all the power in those rooms was out again. WTF? I worried.... is it the computer? I didn't have any fuses left so i called the building maintenance man, who didn't get back to me for nearly 3 hours and i didn't want to turn on the computer in the meantime in case that's what was blowing fuses. Too much plugged in? No more than usual. While i waited, i opened the computer and dusted it all out. It had been awhile. Dusted off the vents in the back as well. They were in pretty clogged shape. Hmmm.... I wonder.... But you wouldn't think that would cause all the other electrical stuff on the circuit to go out, would you? Anyway. Got a new fuse when he came over. I didn't put it in the fuse box as he tested the ones in there and said they were all ok.

All right, big test, turn on the computer. And it works! And everything stayed on! I don't know what was going on. I could understand if the dust was affecting the computer itself and perhaps that was what caused the initial power off of the thing before. However, also, the kitchen light never came back on at all so the fluorescent bulbs must have blown. Maybe the switch was still on when i changed the fuse and the blown bulbs affected the circuit? The light was on the off position this time. I wonder if it was the light fixture so i think i'll get Laurie's fella to put the original one back on for me. Seeing as everything else is working ok at the moment.

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[girfan.livejournal.com]

I really like Mad Men and am looking forward to the next series.

It brings back memories of my childhood (though my father wasn't an ad man).

[tvor.livejournal.com]

It's a bit early for me as far as that goes, i remember more of the late 60s and early 70s but they really did it well. Graham liked Life on Mars because he said Manchester was exactly like that in the 70s and of course that's where he has always lived.

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god no...not a Prisoner remake...

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I don't have the prior experience and long time familiarity so it might be ok for me. I've d/l it but not got to watch it yet. I shall post when i've done so.