I got an email from Thailand earlier today. Rather a strange one… The email is :-
I am interested in tracking loss object e.g. stolen gun with kms range. The technique can be GPS tracking or anti tracker as your advertised system with reasonable price. Pls. suggest products that suitable for my application
Well, there are some minor problems. Firstly if you want a few km range you need battery power. And battery power means size. And a GPS receiver needs size too. And GPS means you need to see the sky. And if you were steeling a gun wouldnt you just remove the GPS tracking unit from it. Basically the response back was that there was nothing that would meet his need.

I have been watching some of the BBC called Rough Science. This is a sort of a bizzare combination of Survivor and McGuyvor or some other science show or junkyard wars. Basically they place about six scientists on a desert island, or in somewhere else in nature and force them to work together to solve tasks. And these involve taking things out of the lab and building them with old technology. Like developing sunscreen cream, dyeing fabrics, measuring the weather or even building an electric light for use under water.

I am assuming that the event is catered, but there is generally no or limited electricity or other technology… Generally only what was left when whatever user of the buildings they are using left behind. I really would love to participate in this type of a TV show… I love solving problems, and I think I would work well on this type of event. Unlikely that I will ever get the chance, but you never know…

Just checking the weather on the SMH for christmas day reveals that it has been cancelled. Well, not quite cancelled, but there is weather for wed, thurs and fri. And then the predictions for monday to wednesday. Someone has just forgotten christmas day.