Thanks to The Church Mouse, I've come across 7 link challenge - and it seemed fun.

1. My first post: Post #99
   Rather a poor show - Also decided to keep a mini-diary. At that stage it was almost like Twitter, with very short "newsy" type items. However, do to a strange quirk, it's post #99 in the database. Post #1 (almost 3 years later) is a much better summary of my style (or lack thereof).
2. A post I enjoyed writing the most: Probably Music, music, music
   My review of an evening with John Barrowman. Fab evening, and really enjoyed writing it up.
3. A post which had a great discussion: How to win the lottery
   Technically not a discussion, and certainly not on the website itself - but we talked about it loads at work. After that, the one above caused quite a few comments irl.
4. A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written: too hard.
   Hononary mentions to Bea Stollitz for her WPF awesomeness, and Alex Shevchuk for his From MSI to WiX series.
5. My most helpful post: Buffalo WYR-G54 firmware
   On the grounds that I've had two people (who I don't know) who've used it!
   Other candidates are VOIP - how to set up Asterisk, and GPS Streets - putting street maps on a Magellan Xplorist.
6. A post with a title that I am proud of: Bezalel, Stain Block, and coffee
7. A post that you wish more people had read: The Joy of Twitter.
   Then I wouldn't have to explain why I'm on Twitter!

Had a trip to casualty on Friday evening.

Nothing serious - I was having a session at the Harrogate Climbing Centre (which, incidentally, I can't rate highly enough) on Thursday, when I fell off the bouldering wall awkwardly and landed on my ankle.

Hobbled home (well, cycled actually) - pretty painful but that's how it goes.

Anyway by Friday it had swollen to twice it's usual size, was a horrendous purple, and was very tender to the tough. The good Mrs H. said I needed to take it casualty for an X-ray to make sure nothing was broken.

At this point I have to say Casualty were excellent. I was in and out in well under an hour, including an X-ray and several pokes. I even got a special You have sprained your ankle sheet, which instructions about how to manage it, and some pysio type exercises to get it mobile again. Nice.

The point of this post (yes, there is one), is the first conversation I had - with the triage nurse...

What seems to be the problem.
I've hurt my ankle, and am worried it might be broken.
How did you do it?
Well I was at the climbing wall...
Ah. You were climbing a wall (*writes notes*)
No no - I was at the climbing wall - the one near Hornbeam
Yes - you were climbing a wall

At this point I gave up, and thought that my pride could probably cope with the difference between injury sustained being a plonker and injury sustained through pushing the very limit of the human body in the ultimate of sporting achievements. Maybe there isn't a difference anyway? :)

Well, had my new phone for nearly a month now (if you squint a bit).

I'm definitely getting old, because there great swathes of it I haven't really touched yet. I usually explore every nook and cranny of a phone the day I get it, but somehow I've had other things to do.

This is also unusual in that it's only a "partial" upgrade - but which I mean I fully intend to jump to a full smartphone when my contract is up, and finally retire my Palm. This in turn has reduced by excitement for setting it up just so...

So I'm not going to do a review (plenty of those on the web). In summary I like it. There are aspects of the INQ I miss, but I wouldn't go back.

In detail then, what I like:

• It's fast. Almost no "hanging around" waiting for it to do stuff.
• The built in GPS is fab, especially the integration with Google Maps.
• Built in WiFi - great stuff.
• Good 3G reception.
• Built in FM radio has been on my wish list for ages.
• MP3 player is lovely - just the way it should be (but no surprise there, as it's a Walkman phone)
• 3.5mm jack for my nice Shure headphones
• Battery life isn't bad. Certainly it's a few days between charges.

Things I don't like...

• It's really awkward getting to apps. It takes about 6 clicks to launch Snaptu, and no way I can see of short-cutting.
• The GPS only shows WGS84. I might have to write a UK National Grid app.
• The built in Facebook client is a bit pants.
• The camera seems very awkward. Haven't assessed picture quality yet, but I needed to read the manual to work our what was going on with the camera bit.
• The vibration is poor. I often don't notice text messages arriving if it's in my pocket on silent. This is almost a deal breaker, actually...