31 January 2011
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It is a bit too late to flag it up for your participation but I wanted to note that Jane and I took place in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. We spent an hour on Saturday afternoon gazing … Continue reading
28 January 2011
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So Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield (and / or their scriptwriters) have kept up to date on modern technology…
27 January 2011
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I made another loaf of bread last night with two twists in the recipe. Firstly, I ground up some rice to make flour and combined that with the strong bread flour I normally use. The combination was about 85% white … Continue reading
26 January 2011
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I saw an interesting TED talk recently called Visualizing the Medical Data Explosion: We don’t have anything quite as astounding as the virtual autopsy table in the research department where I work but we are making use of some related … Continue reading
25 January 2011
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Today is the 25th of January, Burns Night and thus my yearly excuse to sit down to haggis, neeps and tatties for dinner, washed down with a wee dram of whisky. I don’t go the whole hog, with poetry and … Continue reading
24 January 2011
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I had to reach into my toolbox for cooking dinner yesterday and I don’t mean the gadget drawer in the kitchen. We had a leg of lamb but while carving some slices for dinner, we realised it was still a … Continue reading
23 January 2011
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At last I have finished my loft boarding project and without putting my foot through the ceiling again. I am jumping the gun a little, as I could do with an extra plank added at each end where the boards … Continue reading
22 January 2011
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I have finally got round to processing and publishing the photo I took of our two medlar fruit before eating them at the end of last year. I am hoping that next year we will get more fruit and perhaps … Continue reading
21 January 2011
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Sarah Zielinski, writing on the Smithsonian blog, argued that life without left turns would be much safer. Converting that to the UK road system would mean dropping right turns instead. It certainly avoids having to wait for gaps in two … Continue reading
20 January 2011
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I have been thinking a bit more about Picasa’s face recognition. Steve observed that his experiments with unnamed files from his camera suggest that it does not seem to rely on file names, so we are back to the explanation … Continue reading