Monthly Archives: November 2008

Admiration

I admit to having a renewed admiration for Stephen Fry. I first encountered his work with a guest appearance in the Young Ones, many years ago; then in various guises as A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Blackadder (Specked Jim … Continue reading

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Semantic Web

It’s something that I haven’t really been following that much – the Semantic Web, or Web 2.0. This weekend I’ve been doing some research into what its purpose might be.

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Large Flowers

Exciting to hear that Day of the Triffids is going to be re-made. I was nine when the original series was on, though it wasn’t as good as the book.

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Apple Base Station, Torrents and Port Forwarding

Technical, for reference only. Please skip if not interested. A little bit of tinkering required, as my Apple Base Station is connected to my Netgear router, and I needed to enable port-forwarding, to get my torrents running correctly. Here’s the … Continue reading

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Fun Few Days

Had a fun few days in Oxford, then London for the weekend. I shall not bother to detail my disappointment with both English and Welsh rugby results. Spent Sunday cutting up red cabbage and shallots, as my best friend is … Continue reading

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Shortened URLs

I’ve used Tinyurl for ages, to shorten long URLs. Found another service, that has a shorter domain name and some useful additional tools as well – bit.ly.

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Price of Oil

I don’t get it. BP and Shell make large profits, the price of oil has gone down to below $50 – yet the price of petrol has not had a proportional drop in price (over 50% drop). £1.20 to £0.92 … Continue reading

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Phone Air-bag

For my next invention – an airbag for an iPhone. The iPhone has accelerometers in it – so it could detect if it was falling to the ground, and therefore deploy a mini airbag, to prevent any damage. A bit … Continue reading

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In a Dream

This joke came to me in a dream last night: Q: What did the husband say to the Mexican hit-man? A: How much tequila?

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Into the Wild

If you haven’t seen Into the Wild, then I recommend that you rectify that as soon as possible. I’d like to hear your thoughts and what effect it has on you.

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