Dropsafe

There must surely be a point where coincidence meets fate; I woke this morning at 0615h, went for my morning bike-ride, came back and sat down with the intent to skim e-mail before hitting the shower. I was pounced-upon virtually (iChat/AIM) by a Swiss colleague (“GG”) who’d apparently read my mind about an work-related issue…

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There are three pubs in my village, and I occasion (rather than frequent) two of them; the third is a place I have visited perhaps five times in five years, and I have never found any reason to linger. The second overlooks the cricket green. During summer days you can buy a pint, walk over…

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Well everyone’s got an opinion, and so have I, and to save everyone, someone, no-one, anyone asking, I’ll share it here… I’ve only heard the first episode so far – I could have heard the second tonight, but life gets in the way – and I like it; I am not adoring, but it shows…

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If they/similar ever become home-burnable, which I would expect quite soon after manufacture, what would you use to back one of these up? [news.bbc.co.uk] Future DVDs could hold 100 times more information than current discs. Imperial College London researchers in the UK are developing a new way of storing data that could lead to discs…

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Through the generosity of a Swedish colleague – Thanks Peter! – I now have several months’ supply of one of the mist horrible, disgusting-tasting but thoroughtly moreish candies on the planet: Läkerol Salmiak. I first encountered the Scandic obsession with Ammonia flavouring from a Danish hacker/friend back in the mid-80s, who with great relish would…

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Well, like I said, last Wed/Thu/Fri were spent with me, PJ and RCC in Scotland, quite literally up to our arms in grids; I spent most of the time buried in a C compiler (which made for a pleasant change from the past few years’ worth of project management and security architecture) – and there…

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The news this morning in the UK was abuzz with stories of police action related to people trying to buy red mercury for a terrorist weapon; this rang no bells with me, so I did a bit of Googling: [chemistry.about.com] The science newsgroups have been a-buzz with tales of a 2-kiloton yield Russian red mercury…

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…from three days in Scotland at the factory, playing with new toys. Infiniband makes for a fun network fabric – it’s amusing to see ping roundtrips in the single-digit microsecond range… more later.

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you have no idea how long i’ve been meaning to look up this stuff: [infoshare1.princeton.edu]

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Hmmm… BMW R1200GS Desert Yellow – £9275 Grey Side Panels Black Seat ABS Wire-spoke Wheels – £235 Heated Hand Grips – £175 Alarm & Immobiliser – £118 Hand Guards – £35 (est) Large Crashbars – £210 (est) Extra-High Seat – TBD …so I am looking a little above the £10.2K mark. I suppose I could…

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Do You Think To Much? [thejaywalker.com] — clipped from my colleague Andy Holt.

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I’ve not been blogging much of late; this has mostly – nah this has entirely – been due to pressure of work. It should improve over the next few days. Last week I was pulling double shifts, by day prepping-for and having meetings with my boss’s boss and extended team; by night fighting with Skype…

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