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Archive for March, 2007
New Site Released!
Mar 26th
The New Pastilles Networks site has finally been released!
I urge all faithful readers to visit. You can find good deals for your personal, business, or clan website today! 
We also opened our web services section offering forum installs, forum moderations, and content management installs (such as Joomla!)
Clan Hosting is also open and available.
Webhosting and other web solutions are at your fingertips.
Driving mums car…
Mar 25th
Went into the car park this Sunday and time flew by!
3 point turned and parallel parked my mums car several times. Stalled the car a few times too. The clutch is more stiffer then other cars so I get let off anyway 
Driving Lessons going well…
Mar 23rd
My driving lesson on Friday went well again.
This week I did parallel parking (for the first time) and continued practising the turn in the road. I am not too bad at the turn in the road. Manoeuvres aren’t too bad although personally I like driving and not focusing on the manoeuvres. But I know they are essential.
My driving is a lot better and I am pleased with it.
Look forward to my other lessons!
Driving Books arrived!
Mar 20th
My driving books arrived. When I get the time to read them all I will 
Check the screenies!
More Driving
Mar 17th
I didn’t have a driving lesson as planned on Friday as my instructor had to attend a funeral.
However I had a lesson on Saturday from 2:30pm till 4:30pm disappointingly it conflicted with my F1 viewing pleasure. However I enjoyed the driving. My instructor says I am above average just a few areas need refining such as my cornering.
My theory isn’t too far off now. It’s booked for the 2nd of April. Drove my mums car in the car park again this week. It was great. Learning manoeuvres such as bay parking and turn in the road.
Can’t write into detail about this right now. Was uneventful though this week
Pastilles Networks (Again)
Mar 14th
The new site is gaining steam. It’s mainly content items that need adding now. Only one design issue has been highlighted and will be fixed soon. All is looking good for this to be released soon. As of now there is no “certain” release date. However the new site will be released before Easter
It’s not just the site that’s changing. Behind the scenes management/support structure will be changing too (can’t go into too much detail on this ).
Things are looking a lot brighter.
Prices have been changed and packages beefed up on the new site. However the price inflation will only effect new clients. All clients will benefit from the increased resource limits. Stay tuned. All clients will receive a email when the new site is ready for release!
The original remedy for your hosting needs…
Yours,
PN-Matt
WordPress World Spam Day!
Mar 12th
Well, It seems as though world spam day has started already. Both mixedmatt.com and pastillesnetwoorks.com blogs were overridden with spam. It’s great when you come home from college only to find 50 (Yes, 50!) emails all from the same spam robot that has targeted the blog.
I am starting to think about writing about the hardships of being a blogwriter, admin, lasy-bum, webhost owner
Don’t believe it? Look below!
Discuss here
Parking and the turn in the road
Mar 11th
Today, I went to the Makro car park again to practice my turn in the road and bay parking manoeuvres. This was the first time I did bay parking!
I pulled this off with my mum’s supervision (in her car)
I drove around for a while hitting 25mph around the car park then I positioned myself at the far end of the car park ready to do the turn in the road. There were plenty of cones around because learners go there all the time to practice this so there were cones everywhere. I moved some to try and simulate the road scenario
My mums clutch is quite stiff so the fact I managed to pull this manoeuvre off first time stalling once is remarkable. I did this again and managed to execute it successfully coming close to the kerbs though!
Bay parking was to prove more difficult then this but I managed to pull this off by placing a marker cone behind the bay I was reversing into. My mum gave me instruction on this. I manage to park in it perfectly. No wheels over the lines.
I enjoyed it this week but prefer just driving then having to get all these stupid manoeuvres correct. More to come on my driving soon 
Another driving lesson
Mar 9th
(Sorry I have been busy and not updating this as much as I should have )
Lesson number 7..
I have booked my theory test for the 2nd of April. Today my driving improved as it has been doing throughout other lessons. Today we started doing the turn in the road (also known as the three point turn). I managed to pull this off twice.
I did a full 2 hours of driving in and around Enfield town. No real dramas this week! I have been told by my instructor that I need check my mirrors frequently (not forget) and not drive so fast.
I drove my mum’s car last week which was fun but her car has a very stiff clutch. It’s a Citroen Xsara 1.6. A lot different then the corsa in which I have been learning.
I hope to keep up the good driving and improve more so next week !