Need to Know?

Posted on Wed 14 December 2005 in misc • Tagged with politics

Well it seems we shall be given a "Narrative of Events" written by a civil servant to draw a line under the July 7th London Bombings. While I do believe an awful lot of money is wasted on needless public inquiries I don't think this will be one of them …


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More DIY to catch up on

Posted on Mon 12 December 2005 in geek

I was running a quick update on my desktop machine this morning when I noticed the collision light on my hub going crazy. The wired network in my house is a little ad-hoc which is something I've been meaning to sort out for a while. When I looked back to …


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Tech Failure

Posted on Sat 10 December 2005 in geek

Aidan just asked me where Mark's house is for tonight and I couldn't extract the address out of my mail client (out of sync as I can only sync at work). I would have referred to my life but I had left that downstairs. It was only after I went …


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30 second catch up

Posted on Fri 09 December 2005 in general

Its not that anything hasn't been happened, its more that I've been very busy and less inclined to write up the day when I get home.

Work has been racing towards getting to a feature complete status for Friday. Feature complete meaning getting the chunk of work I'm working on …


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Leave a light on

Posted on Tue 06 December 2005 in general

You'd think if you were leaving the house switching off lights (even the energy saving ones) would be a good idea.

Grrrr.

UPDATE:Prompted by discussion I decided to look up how much energy it costs to start a energy efficient bulb. I liked this link as it has a …


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