by Tom | Apr 27, 2009 | Personal
Five minutes for a printed to order paperback. Neat. But I’m trying to buy second hand where possible: why create yet more books if we don’t need them?
by Tom | Apr 27, 2009 | Science
I love starting a submission to a subcommittee discussing CO2 emissions with two quotes from the bible (summary: we don’t get to chose to destroy the world, that’s god’s purview, so CO2 emissions can’t be an issue for us). I wonder how many...
by Tom | Apr 24, 2009 | Reading
I think the Russians might have this one right as well: $1.50 for standard, $2 for High Def films. I’m trying a download of Frost/Nixon as a tester (update: about two hours for the download on normal BT 8Mb broadband). I haven’t bought a DVD for me for far...
by Tom | Apr 24, 2009 | Reading
I very much liked the iBus technology (not that I knew what was, then) whose voice prompts helped me get off at the right stop on an unknown route. Previously I’d been using Google Maps’ cell-tower location feature to guide me in. I liked the spin the...
by Tom | Apr 23, 2009 | Reading
A whole pile of cracking pictures and knowledge, as always. It was a close call, but this picture won it for me.
