Archive for August, 2007

More Sony Reader content…

August 26th, 2007

Yeah. Fictionwise have added the Sony Reader as an option for the multiformat content they carry. So that means like Analog and Asimov’s Science Fiction are now available for the device. Excellent news.

New Web Gallery

August 12th, 2007

I’ve just started using the new .Mac Web Gallery functionality. I’ll be using this for my extended picture hosting from now on. Also linked from the side bar in the right.

Batten down the hatches again…

August 12th, 2007

Should be another interesting week for weather watchers. I like weather (just in case no-ones noticed!) Another storm coming in from the Atlantic. Should be be a bit windy from Tuesday to Thursday. See the Atlantic pressure charts below for Tuesday to Thursday for the reasons why. Click pictures for larger views

Climate change is NOT the biggest threat to the planet

August 12th, 2007

Just heard some twerp from the people who are setting up the camp near Heathrow Airport on BBC News 24. She said that climate change was the be biggest issue around and that it was a survivability on the planet issue. What tosh. even in the worst case scenarios humanity will be able to adapt [...]

Flying above the clouds

August 11th, 2007

I was on a flight this week from East Midlands airport, near Nottingham in England, to Belfast. It was about 19:00 and it was sunny with broken cloud cover when the flight took off. Once we got above the clouds the view out the window was stunning. Really beautiful. The cloud cover was almost complete [...]