Given the pervasiveness of the Internet, it's not surprising that there are people out there trying different things. Recently we brought you the intuitive NetValve speed throttling appliance. Now courtesy…
Binary rounding and challenges with Excel
I have known about the challenges of binary rounding since I started working with computers many years ago. I however have not seen any instance of it until the last…
Further infinite musings on monkeys (1 of ?)
When Émile Borel first wrote about his singes dactylographes as a thought experiment about thermodynamics for his article in 1913 titled "Mécanique Statistique et Irréversibilité", little did he know he'd…
On losing a diamond, and gaining a lion
I've not blogged about the events in Wootton Bassett over the past few years. I'm talking about the fallen members of our armed forces and their repatriations from RAF Lyneham.…
a constant c?
It all started with a discussion around the tea-table a few days ago, about the fact that a lightyear is a measurement of distance and not of time, because a…
Feel the power..
or rather not, since the we've now had the house re-wired over the past couple of weeks. So all the old wiring in the original house has been removed, and…
Back in the cupboard
Karen has prepared the cupboard with a lick of paint, and now it is time to put some stuff back under the stairs.. but firstly we need to get some…