https://www.bennee.com/~alex/2011-03-07T12:53:00+00:00the wanderings of a supposed digital native2011-03-07T12:53:00+00:002011-03-07T12:53:00+00:00alextag:www.bennee.com,2011-03-07:/~alex/blog/2011/03/07/holy-exponential-parking-charges-batman/

<p>There wasn't much to be achieved at the weekend although I did pick my parents up from their last minute skiing holiday. It did lead to some colourful language when I got tagged by the airports parking scam.</p> <p>I carefully timed the drive down to arrive as my parented landed …</p>

<p>There wasn't much to be achieved at the weekend although I did pick my parents up from their last minute skiing holiday. It did lead to some colourful language when I got tagged by the airports parking scam.</p> <p>I carefully timed the drive down to arrive as my parented landed. In fact they were slightly early so I move from holding point at the local garage to the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.stanstedairport.com/portal/page/Stansted%5EGeneral%5ETo+and+from+Stansted%5EStansted+parking+options%5EStansted+Short+Stay+Parking/c25992b57c77d110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____/448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/">short stay pick-up parking</a>. However the airport managed to temporally misplace one of their bags delaying their exit just long enough to push the parked time over to 46 minutes and an eye watering £30 parking charge. A cynic might conclude the two things are related. It would be an interesting exercise to work out how much of the car parks profits are due to slow baggage processing.</p> <p>The rest of the weekend was fairly relaxed although I did win brownie points for cleaning the kitchen floor while Fliss was out LARPing. Technically of course it was a left over job from the big pre-spring clean two weeks ago.</p> <p>I watched the first episode of [STRIKEOUT:Holiday with Brian Cox]<a class="reference external" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zdhtg">Wonders of the Universe</a>. I have to say this episode left me a little underwhelmed but possibly because of the glacial introduction of <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy">entropy</a> and the <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe">heat death of the universe</a>. I'm hoping the next episode is better because I did enjoy the Wonders of the Solar System. We might have to watch the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h">Sky at Night</a> for a little less dumbed down science.</p>