November 18th
I am currently reading Hyperspace by Michio Kaku, and absolutely loving it! So fascinating, and so well explained. Who would have imagined that the physical laws of the universe become simpler and fit together better in higher dimensions?! Just getting on to superstring theory, and actually understanding it!!
I have just found a wonderful video that [...]
November 16th
There is a beautiful old viaduct in Winchester - apparently the longest brick structure in Hampshire. I have felt a certain affinity with this viaduct since my early childhood; i used to pass it at least once a month, and i even remember dreaming about it in my youth.
It has suddenly been brought to my [...]
November 9th
I finished the book "Chaos" by James Gleick today. It took me a while to get through it - such a heavy-going book, but i'm very glad i made it to the end. For about half the book i was thinking, "Well that's very nice … but … so what?!" but i think i got [...]
October 29th
I always find it very hard to adapt to the hour change - forwards or backwards, it doesn't matter - i always feel tired for about a week as i get used to it.
So this time i'm trying something different: just pretend it never happened! Whilst everyone else enjoyed an hour extra in bed, i [...]
October 23rd
Is there a scientific law which states that clocks are more likely to stop when you're away on holiday than when you're at home to notice them stop?
The last two times we have come home from a trip away, one of our clocks has been found to have run out of battery and stopped. They [...]
October 4th
There is something about sleep - i'm never quite satisfied with it. I'm always looking for ways to improve my quality of sleep, because i don't think i've yet found my optimum sleep pattern. So alternative sleep patterns interest me greatly, although many of them seem impractical with my job, travelling, wanting to spend time [...]
September 6th
I just made a comment in response to Nickie's question about passpack.com. I feel it's worth sharing it here, too.
OH YES, i have Geek Answer Syndrome! The topic of identity and authentication interests me a lot.
Here are three options that i use:
1. Use the same semi-random password, but adapt it for different sites.
Think of a [...]
September 3rd
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It's a tool for the sidebar that collects flags when people visit from around the world. Hopefully it won't slow down the page loading like that Flickr sidebar gadget did. You can get one here. Thanks again to Cheryl, on whose blog i found it. Cheryl has all the best [...]
September 3rd
In an email i just read from Cheryl:
i should have known that you're a virgo! … ONLY a virgo could come up with mychores! you know that, right?
I feel like somebody just caught me doing something shameful! I always like to deny that there can be any possible truth to astrology - it just [...]