Monthly Archives: October 2006

>This chappy reminds me of those amateur UFO films – shaky focussing on an unfamiliar blobby object and then wild panning to try to stay with it as it blasts away across the night sky at the speeed of light. … Continue reading →

>Crap year for tomatoes. Heat wave in June and July (so everything hibernated) Cold and wet in August (so nothing grew) Really nice since then So we’re a fair way behind the growing curve, they’ve stopped ripening and they don’t … Continue reading →

>Here’s a nifty little thingy, courtesy of David Pogue at the New York Times (who’s definitely worth reading for the serious stuff, too). I have no clue what it’s good for, but it looks quite cool. (Someone will say “It’s … Continue reading →

>Just look what I dug up. I’ve had the paper carbon-dated by the fine folk at the Gutenberg Museum and it’s definitely last millenium – probably even dating back to the late 1960’s. Unburned hydrocarbon particles place it somewhere in … Continue reading →

> “Aren’t we lucky people!”That’s what John Whatley would say. He says that quite frequently, in fact. We’re lucky, too. Here in Somewhere In, we’re pretty close to Mainz which – apart fromThe Best CathedralThe Best RiverThe Best Roman RuinsThe … Continue reading →

>iSquint is just the coolest (Mac) app – converts pretty much any video clip (like YouTubes) to iPod/iTune format, faster than QuickTime Pro and – (so goes the blurb) “is infinitely freer”. I like free.Freer I like even better. But … Continue reading →

>Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognised by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more … Continue reading →

>As someone who’s supposedly “big in the Forecasting and Revenue Management area” (mostly populated by dwarfs… er.. the vertically challenged, actually, so at 6’4″, I do tend to stand out), I obviously know a lot about statistics and charts and … Continue reading →