Under the DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME category on MythBusters… They were testing if CD’s would break in high speed drives. So they connected a CD to an angle grinder… Basically it destroyed itself… What do you expect? CD’s …
I watched Mr Headmistress this evening… There was little else on either cable or free to air, and that looked the best. Not sure why I started to watch it, but I think it was the fact that it looked …
Coding is done… and it works. I was surprised a bit how easy it was. More testing is needed but it looks great. I have to prepare a better test plan for it followed by upgrading it to my server. …
I have put a bid on eBay for a ZipIt device. I tried to buy it through amazon.com, but none of the retailers would allow it to be sold outside the USA. Therefore I just searched eBay and found one …
Enough of that. I need a break. I have just been working on a PCB for the last hour, and it is one of those activities that needs really high levels of concentration. And since I am not all that …
Our freinds at Google have released the Google Pack. This is a packaged download of a number of common programs for your PC, such as Norton’s AntiVirus, Google Toolbar, Picasa and more. Looks really interesting, and might speed up installing …
I have a few things to do today… Work wise. Catching up on some projects, and writing some emails. The good thing is that one of my clients paid me a rather substantial deposit on some work so I guess …
I do not normally post this late at night, but I have just got home and I thought I would post here as I wind down from what has been a long day. Where to start? First this morning we …
This russian site has a list of what have been voted the top 10 experiments of all time. I did some of these at highschool and at univesity like the double slit diffraction of light one. Some I would like …
It never ceases to amaze me what some of the SPAM that I get suggests. I had one this morning just come from ‘Ukrainian Folk Instruments Sales’ wanting someone to handle transfers of money for a 5% commission. They class …
According to DefenceLink, a radar device has been released that can see through cement walls. The Radarscope is designed to detect if there is a person hiding behind a wall, and runs on AA batteries. Microsoft’s Channel 9 has a …
I have just got home… Richard and I worked on the plane this afternoon, and got some work done on accessability… That is, one of the problems when working on the plane is that it is hard to get in …
A couple of links… There is a cute story on Wired about how hacker reprogrammed his cochlear implant so that he could hear music in it’s former glory. The quote that I love from the article is “My hearing is …
Friday afternoon… Time for some time off… There were once again issues with the work that I did this morning. Why will things not work when I need to test the? I hate it when that happens. ARGH. Seems that …
The good thing about waking up in the middle of the night is that I tend then to sleep longer. I am not sure why this is, maybe there is just enough momentum in being that extra bit tired to …