I bought a power meter recently. It’s an excellent device. You plug it into the mains power supply, then plug an electrical device into the meter and it shows you the power consumption of that device.
Using this meter, I’ve discovered that a single wash at 40°C in my washing machine uses 0.59KwH of electricity. My […]
Am I the only man in the UK who thinks Valentine’s Day has become a disreputable orgy of capitalist excess that’s about as romantic as being hit in the face with a wet herring?
Oh. Just me then.
Being in touch with the spirit of the times, as I am, I created an online petition at 10 Downing Street’s website (you may have heard about another, far less important, petition in the news of late). I am petitioning the Prime Minister to do something about the light pollution that fouls our night sky.
I […]
Today I received a call from the people at Computing magazine. This magazine is quite a good read and, rather splendidly, they send it to me for nowt because I work in IT. Unfortunately, to continue getting the freebie, I have to put up with a regular conversation with a call centre worker full of […]
There’s nothing on TV and it is pouring with rain outside, so I’ve put on a bit of music: “Time (The Revelator)” by Gillian Welch.
I love the opening song from this album, the title track. The recorded song has Gillian singing and strumming her acoustic guitar, and David Rawlings playing lead on his 1935 […]
So England go out of the World Cup on penalties. Again. Bugger.
Fire the manager, that’s what I say. Oh, he’s gone already.
This morning, as I lay dozing listening to the early morning radio, I slipped away into sleep and began to dream. In my dream I got up out of bed and began getting ready for the day ahead. On the radio, they were giving out the latest weather forecast - sunshine, across the country. […]
My parents gave me an ipod nano for my birthday. It is an adorable little device. Those people at Apple certainly know how to make some beautiful, user-friendly gubbins. I’ve loaded it with assorted tunes from my record collection and make great use the “shuffle” mode to play a constant random selection of glorious music. […]
I spent a very pleasant day yesterday trekking over Pen-y-ghent. For those who don’t know, Pen-y-ghent is one of the three highest peaks in the Yorkshire Dales. I say one of the three highest because the three together (Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough) form the famous “Three Peaks Walk” - a 26 mile trek that takes […]
I stray away from my computer for a few days to enjoy the sunshine and what do I see when I return? Ninety-eight instances of comment spam in the last two days alone!
For goodness sake, when will they realise that the spam comments will never ever be revealed to public gaze. They simply sit […]