Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life
The journal
Yesterday was my 57th birthday and what a jolly day I had! Em made Suzanne and I breakfast in bed followed by my pressies from Suzanne – books on: The Pennine Way (Kenneth Oldham 1970) The Peddar Way A Coast to Coast Walk (Wainwright 1973) Wainwright’s tour in the Lake District – Whitsuntide 1931 with […]
Geoff’s Kitchen Computer, originally uploaded by geofones. Here is my much admired kitchen computer, a rather old laptop with no battery or cdrom, permanently on and connected to the internet. Uses a Firefox browser and Trillian. Ideal for settling arguments, checking train times and cooking recipes.
Cambridge Skyline, originally uploaded by geofones. Here is my first attempt at getting flickr to post to my blogger weblog. Posted to my blog OK but didnt ftp up to my site!
Excellent article here about all the good news in Afghanistan. I particulary welcome the education of women and the removal of burqa’s. I personally find the burqa very offensive as a way of demeaning 50% of the population and by that I mean the men who are so weak that they can’t be trusted to […]
Two really great sites mentioned here. Pad2Pad enables you to download some pcb design software and get the boards made and stuffed. Whereas at Online Machine Shop you can download some CAD software and design your own metalwork and get it made. The cool twist to this softwareis that you can specify the type of […]
Exciting new material that stiffens on impact here Should transform Nick’s business although not a very snappy name d3o . Link provided by Business Weekly
an interesting site that gives Stansted high rankings for unauthorised sleepovers here
And here is proof that the blogging movement is gaining ground at the expense of TV. Wow over 3 million bloggers now on Technorati and to think I only read less than 200 of them regularly!
Weightlifters fly Easyjet Easyjet remove weight restrictions on carry on baggage obviously to strike a blow to Ryanairs new 10Kg carry on limit. With the bag size given 55 X 40 X 20cms give a weight of 48Kg at a density of 1