The Paisley Beer Festival was last night and the incriminating photos are in.

You can find them here

As a guy who peeked and poked his way around a Commodore PET in the early eighties, this mod is very cool.

I still remember trying to explain reverse polish notation to my Comp Sci teacher who was a bit of a diddy.

His last words to me were "document your code more". I should have followed it.

Mark Ho's Artistic Metalwork is astounding. He learned his metalwork like I did, working around craftmen who moved and shaped metal.

His current creation looks incredible.

It is snowing in Paisley today.
















It is Sunday, so I am not sure if tomorrow will be a snow day - instead of a work day.

I have been waiting for the arrival of the Google Calendar for a very long time. These screenshots are the first ones leaked.

Today, I have a couple good Bike Make projects.

The first one is a 500 Lumen BIKE LIGHT for around 10 bucks and the second one is SpokePOV (a Persistence of Vision Mod for your Bike).

A new SNL Digital Short on YouTube.

Starring Natalie Portman, it is probably better than Lazy Sunday - Chronic,les of Narnia.

A new SNL Digital Short on YouTube.

Starring Natalie Portman, it is probably better than Lazy Sunday - Chronic,les of Narnia.

Make a Bicycle Parts Belt.

Better than huge cowboy belt buckle.

My pal MrBen is documenting his Lent this year.

I decided to do something Lent-ish this year, in the same vein of other Lent-esque things I have done in the past. It is more an attempt to remove my dependency on things in my life (ie. a watch, glasses, etc).

This time it is my iPod.

I have been using it quite intensively to listen to Techblogs and IT podcasts and it occasionally is colliding with other things I want to do.

I am hoping not having the iPod will push the studying for the certifications (one of the things that conflicted with listening to Podcasts).

I am not doing all 40 days - instead I plan on doing a Spurlock Lent period and only do the 30. So March 31st, I will get my iPod returned to me and I will have a lot of podcasts to catch up on.

This Pot growing setup is very impressive.

Who says I am difficult to buy for?

This seems to be the perfect birthday gift.

Paper compression techniques

How do you save a a ton of shipping weight transporting soldiers letters back home? Put the letters onto microfilm and then reprint them when they arrive back in North America.

Something a Flux Capacitor cannot solve.

It is Brokeback to the Future

Similar to the The Shining Trailer remake that came out recently.

Amazon.co.uk: IEE Wiring Regulations: BS7671, 2001 Incorporating Amendments No. 1 & 2, 2004: Books

I have always turned to this book for inspiration and reflection. It is good to see that others feel the same way about this book that defines the the current genre of British Standards.

I am just waiting for it to appear on Oprah's Book Club.

This google page is a quick way to get any site on a mobile device.

Nextbrick

A great resource for those who remember those wonderful little swedish blocks of joy. I would not spend my entire life collecting or building with them but it is interesting to gaze upon those who do.

Combine a Crazy Screaming Lady, a parking lot and a kid with a video camera and hilarity ensues.

BTW, I am looking for a new UK Broadband supplier. Zen are good but expensive for limited speed. Any suggestions are welcome.

The long awaited announcement of the intel based powerbook were announced this week(I have been hearing rumours of an intel apple for over a decade now).

I heard one disgruntled apple owner complain of a lack of PCMCIA slot. Apple has chosen the new ExpressCard standard. It will deter some people with expensive PCMCIA cards in moving up, but I doubt it will make much of an impact. Apple is famous to being on the front of the curve and more aggressive in adopting new standard physical formats from the 3.5 floppy in the Apple Plus to USB in the iMac. They have occasionally been proven wrong in their choices eg NuBus over ISA. But for the most part they have been on the right trail when everyone else comes over.

So ExpressCard looks like a winner format for physical hardware card expansion.