Despite what you probably think, this entry is not pirate related. It has more to do with cameras. Two cameras in particular.

Ahhhh is for the Canon EOS 350D - what I am currently aspiring to. I have had the thought of a upgrade on my mind for a while now, and when DDS' brother Joe purchased a EOS 300D a while back, it set my mind a-wandering. The Arrrgh bit is the price. Despite my better attempts to find a reasonable priced camera at auction, my many attempts have so far been thwarted by the following selection nasty surprises:

• Price doesn't include lenses
• Price doesn't include vastly disproportionate import tax
• Price doesn't include memory card
• Price doesn't include VAT
• Camera isn't new/isn't complete
• Price is too pricey

I am looking to spend around the 500 Pound mark by the looks of things. Currently anything that I don't have to import is looking at around the 600 Pound mark, and I don't mind buying second hand, but the camera is so new people are buying the second hand ones at the same price. I was planning on buying the EOS 300D initially (which is a mere 390 quid upwards) but unfortunately the lure of a near instant on-time and apparently superior performance is making my hand quiver oh-so-frighteningly over my wallet.

At dinner today, father managed to calm my excitation and asked me if I really needed it now; of course the post Christmas sales would probably yield a bargain. This quashed my enthusiasm to a reasonable level until I once again got about three meters away from eBay and started scouring again. This isn't going to have a pleasant ending; either not for me, or not for my debit-card pummelled bank account.

I spent today looking rather sharp. Once again the suit trousers and shirt came out for a meeting in a studio in Stourbridge. This was a tutorials session - showing the Old Ed Club people how to use their new website which we launched yesterday. Feedback has been good so far, and apart from a few minor alterations things seem to be going to plan. One annoyance is cross compatibility (again) with the Mac/PC divide throwing up plenty of mindbending quandaries about how you should implement something properly.

Sister One is off to uni tomorrow, and I'm going with her. I don't know if Wales is quite ready yet...