Archives for: October 2007

When wondering round town today I came across a massive iMac banner in the Drakes Circus Shopping Mall. There’s nothing like a one story high iMac to get your attention. This is advertising a new Apple Reseller in Plymouth, more good news after hearing that an actual Apple Store will be opening up in Exeter soon. The iMac in the banner didn’t come out very well in the picture so I cropped it out.

Apple Reseller (Plymouth, UK)

Inside sources have also suggested that someone called Sean King will be the new manager of the Exeter store! The Plymouth reseller store will be run by Stormfront Technology Ltd. who are currently based in Exeter. I’m guessing they’re setting up shop in Plymouth due to the Official Apple store moving in on their turf. They should be opening in November in time for Christmas and currently have several job vacancies!

Today from 12:30pm for an hour, Terry Pratchett was in WH Smiths at Plymouth, signing books as part of a promotional campaign for his new release; Making Money. I had popped in Waterstones beforehand to grab a copy of his new book, and also a copy of Good Omens; one of my favorite Pratchett books. I already own a copy but it is a bit dog-eared after years of solid use, so I figured I needed a nice new copy anyway. Its a good book with sophisticated dark humor, and the same style of wacky characters as all of Terry’s other books.

Terry Pratchett signing a copy of his new book; Making Money.

We were all slightly disappointed as Terry was missing his trademark black hat. This surprisingly made him extremely hard to recognize, as you can probably see from the photo above. He was very friendly although he didn’t say anything to me personally. I think I may have somehow offended him with asking him to sign Good Omens, as it is co-written by Neil Gaiman and not one of his usually more popular Discworld series.

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