Memories

It seems the New Scientist have lost it. That, or they’ve found an RSS feed they don’t like and are giving it rubbish: – ‘Blueberries’ are answer to key Mars puzzle – RFID chips watch Grandma brush teeth – Space dust to unlock Mexican pyramid secrets Has it always been this mad? Was I always […]

Some more gadgetage

Just catching up with everyones journals and there seems to be all kinds of things going on…doubtless its all rumours that you’ve collaborated on, but, what the heck, I’ll bite. Tell me more about: – the queen mum – terrorists at victoria

Holidays in the sun looks like a fun festival. Highlights include: – AntiNowhere League – Citizen Fish – Anal Beard – King Kurt – Subhumans (woah! they’re still alive!) – Stiff Little Fingers On a slightly related note,

Thanks nadnad, I’d forgotten to put ‘start a record label’ or ‘set up a rock music tour’, or indeed, ‘follow New Model Army round Europe on 15 pence a day’ on the list….

Two more months until the end of my contract here. What do I do next? I’m looking for a project of some kind – I’ve got a few possibilities open to me at the moment, but was interested to hear what everyone else thought. Some of these thoughts have more structure than others – for […]

A long shot…anyone out there got a 3gpp compliant videophone? (which I think means h323/h263 conferencing over either a 32k or 64k transport, but I’m a bit hazy about that kind of thing) I wanna try something out.

“Hey, thats my blender”

(not sure if non-Orkut users can see this or not) I love blenders

I had to know whether paternoster elevators were a figment of my imagination: Escalators and lifts Elevator museum timeline …are there are still in use? (shame the elevator museum is purely online, that would be worth a trip…hmmm, I wonder if the Northampton Lighthouse is still up for sale?)

Somehow this – The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos – seems to have slipped under the radar while the Ergonomics of Dragging Sheep over various surfaces has received rather more coverage. Did any of you Oxford people catch the IgNobels as they passed through?