Posts Tagged With 'blog'

Impromptu BBQ

Written by Paul in blog on Mon 11 June 2018. Tags: images, blog,

I was unable to use the cooker yesterday, so my son and I found some scrap wood and bashed it into pieces and popped it on the barbeque.

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There was some leftover takeaway pizza & chip, some frozen veggie sausages and a pan of water to make tea with. 2

The pizza …

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Broken Phone Screen

Written by Paul in blog on Sun 10 June 2018. Tags: images, blog,

Oh no! I’ve broken my phone screen again.

That’s 3 times since November :(

Broken phone again :(

I can use the bottom 3/5s of the screen, so I can just about type my unlock code. But I can’t change the settings to allow auto rotate of the screen, which would …

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Voyager I and II

Written by Paul in blog on Tue 05 June 2018. Tags: blog,

I was just reading about the equipment, including the computers onboard the two Voyager probes. Launched in 1977, the two identical probes still send back useful data at a whopping 160bps - that’s a lot slower than dial-up.

They have been travelling for 40 years at over 30,000 miles …

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Restarting Cycling (Recycling?)

Written by Paul in blog on Mon 04 June 2018. Tags: blog,

I’m very pleased with myself as I’ve re-started cycling. Now I’m not doing it competitively or even to get fit. But it will save me time in the day and waste less of my day on the many trips I generally do on foot.

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Childrens Toys

Written by Paul in blog on Thu 31 May 2018. Tags: blog,

Isn’t it amazing what kids play with. Marley has any number of toys that he either liked the look of or have been designed to be of interest to someone of his demographic (a three year old boy). And yet he was having fun with… a tent pole. It …

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