2006 is rapidly drawing to a close, and yet I find Microsoft and MarkSpace conspiring to make it difficult. First up, the Vista upgrade redemption from the good people at Microsoft. For those who acquired an OEM copy of WinXP during the later stages of the year there is a free upgrade to Vista on [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Our future overlords, magnified
For those who still fear our insect overlords, why not reinforce this with some pictures under a microscope. There are not just insects however – there is a nice, if small, collection, ranging from crystals to plants, fungi to circuits. Well worth a look.
Polly meets Ms. PacMan
The Science Museum has an exhibition on computer games at present, “Game On”. Given the subject matter timing was a problem – when could one go and avoid the inevitable horde of children? Any holiday or weekend is fraught with the problem of parents dumping their children upon poor museum staff, and given the point [...]
A Merry Dies Natalis Solis Invicti to All
Rather than be accused of ‘secularising’ Christmas, I’d like to suggest we take it take to the roots of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the festival of the birth of the unconquered sun, and celebrate the birth of (among others) Mithras. Not only does the good Mithras have a lot in common with a certain superstar, [...]
Killer Fog Travel Chaos
Yes, the Evening Standard strikes again. This evening’s headline – “Killer Fog Travel Chaos”. Londonist hit it on the head earlier in the week with their headline fridge magnet set. I’d pay for that (and maybe sell some papers too). In any case, I’m on holiday now until 2007. It’s a good feeling. Killer holiday [...]
The joys of a wide angle lens
This weekend Polly did the required near-Christmas trip up to Glasgow to see her relatives. I escaped, given the moderate chance that some weekend work would be required for a delivery on Monday. This didn’t eventuate, and as such I found myself at a loose end. My normal resource is such circumstances is to head [...]
Tubey Goodness
Just to prove that I can accomplish more work on the Tube than the tits at Metronet, I’ve finally update my Tube on Google Maps application. We now have the complete Misery/Northern Line, mostly smoothed (apart from the Charing Cross branch), the dusty dusty Drain aka Waterloo & City Line, the rather jagged (for the [...]
They just keep getting better…
The Tube this morning: WATERLOO & CITY LINE: Suspended due to excessive dust on platforms. Apparently a five month closure wasn’t quite enough to get things right.
