Tag Archives: Good Stuff

>What’s good for the goose…

Posted on 5 October, 2009 by jb

> I blogged this v-formation business a couple of years ago, but the ever excellent kottke.org  has an explanation for it. I bet the professor from down river has one, too. Probably an algorithm. Crikey, she’s a bright bird

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>Fractally speaking

Posted on 3 October, 2009 by jb

> http://www.cesmes.fi/

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>Leaf peeping

Posted on 22 September, 2009 by jb

> Now all you need is a forecasting module to let the innkeepers optimise their pricing structure…

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>The Trace of Time clock

Posted on 7 July, 2009 by jb

> Engadget has a shout-out about the ideal clock (wipes itself clean…YES!!) to get rid of those bloody “To Do” lists that spouses so enjoy. “Haven’t you cleaned out the roof guttering yet? It’s on your To-Do list you know” … Continue reading →

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>I am fuel. You are friends.

Posted on 6 July, 2009 by jb

> “I’ve just walked in from stretching out on the lawn alongside my house, where I finished rapidly devouring of all 400 pages of Nick Hornby’s massively enjoyable new book Juliet, Naked. My skin is warm from the beginnings of … Continue reading →

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This is, of course, shit…..

Posted on 23 June, 2009 by jb

  So are we allowed to be sad NOW, Wim?   Every time I’ve seen you since you knew that your brain tumour was terminal, you’d say   “Stop looking sad. You’ll have plenty of time to be sad later! … Continue reading →

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>Decisions, decisions…..

Posted on 5 April, 2009 by jb

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>Take one C120 cassette tape….

Posted on 2 April, 2009 by jb

> Remember those C120 cassette tapes? The tape was so thin that they’d unravel inside your cassette radio even BEFORE you’d pushed the play button. Rip it all out and sling it out of the window to join the millions … Continue reading →

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>Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder

Posted on 24 February, 2009 by jb

> Now and again, you’ll stumble across a website that’s eminently worth visiting. Fermentarium.com is one such site. “This blog is everything about beer, wine, cider, mead and other spirits” it says. That alone earns it a bookmark. With a … Continue reading →

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>At the tone…..

Posted on 13 February, 2009 by jb

> the time will be 1,234,567,890   If you’ve got a UNIX watch, that is. UNIX time started at 1 January 1970 and ticks merrily along at a digit per second. So at some stage, you’ll run out of 32 … Continue reading →

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