Energy for all

Posted on Tue 02 December 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

I went to an interesting talk last night hosted by the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research. It was given by local professor Dr David MacKay promoting his new book "Sustainable Energy: without the hot air". Although you can buy a copy you can download the whole thing in …


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Hardware Choices

Posted on Mon 01 December 2008 in geek

It's getting to the point I'll have to make a decision soon on what I want out of a laptop. The current runners and riders are:

  • Dell Mini 9
  • Dell Mini 12
  • Acer Aspire One
  • Asus Eee 1000 PC

Unfortunately there is no current clear winner. Certainly I want SSD …


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Paperwork

Posted on Mon 01 December 2008 in general • Tagged with films, sci-fi

We went down to London on Saturday to join some birthday drinks while enjoying the Wales-Australia game (the pub not wanting to splash out 20k on the Sky Sports license for the England-All Blacks game). It was a good choice to as we were treated to a nice close game …


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Experience

Posted on Thu 27 November 2008 in geek

Well it looks like everything should be wrapped up by January 5th at which point I shall be officially jobless. I probably won't add to the stats though as despite having worked for most of my adult life I don't qualify for any benefits.

Obviously I've been polishing my CV …


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Plans of a festive nature

Posted on Wed 26 November 2008 in general

It was a classic good day to bury bad news moment. I hadn't even realised there was a mini-budget going on the day I was told I had to get a new job. Still the changes wouldn't of made me spend more or less over Christmas, and that's probably not …


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