Archives for November, 2005
mince pie
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
the deli on the corner doesn’t sell mince pies. what am I do to? tomorrow is the first of december!
biscuit tin
Friday, November 25th, 2005
whoever invented biscuit tins was a moron.
there is clearly no need for them, because since when did a worthy-of-eating biscuit ever exist long enough to go stale?
and who wants to keep biscuits which aren’t worthy of eating?
stop what you’re doing
Friday, November 25th, 2005
everybody stop! it’s snowing.
(that’s my garden)
salt
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
is salt really worthy of a domain name?
www.salt.gov.uk
froze
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
(and yet another post about the weather)
it’s the first sub-zero morning (while i’ve been awake anyway) in Edinburgh today, and I’m very excited. It’s -3°C!
update - it’s forecast to be -6°C by 6pm!
whether it will get cold
Saturday, November 12th, 2005
This is what I like to see:
The symbol in the middle that is, another new one for me. It apparently means ‘very cold’ (you would never have guessed) (-2°C). that’s the forecast for this evening here in Edinburgh.
By the way, the squiggle did make sense.. sort of, because the wind was blowing around all […]
weather squiggle
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
I use the forecastfox plugin for firefox, which tells me about the weather outside - present and predicted for today/tomorrow.
It’s particularly useful for when I’ve been in the (windowless, air-conditioned) lab for a number of hours and want to know what to expect when I walk outside.
Sometimes the weather symbols are wacky, and […]
boombox laptop
Monday, November 7th, 2005
did you know that it was possible to blow internal computer speakers? nor did I, but my iBook speakers just distorted and a reboot didn’t fix it. hmm.
and one step cheaper than the megatrain?
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
you could always print your own rail tickets.
ebay deleted the on-train ticket machine before the auction could close. clearly it was stolen.