Category: Non-techie stuff

  • Eating outdoors

    I love the idea of eating outside, but when it comes to it I don’t particularly enjoy having insects I don’t know what are buzzing round me. Next time I find myself in that situation I’ll have to remember to look at the Tree of Life Project (found via things magazine) to see if I…

  • Supernova visible with the naked eye?

    I was told recently that the bright light in the sky low to the horizon in the North is a supernova. It certainly is bright, and might be mistaken for an aircraft if it were moving — but I haven’t found any confirmation of it anywhere. I’m starting to think it’s Venus after all. Have…

  • Hustle: the con is over?

    I hate to say it, but top-notch BBC con-men series Hustle has had its day. I’d been looking forward to the new series ever since the previous series ended, but with the departure of Adrian Lester it’s not the same show at all. This series’ episodes so far have been missing finesse, and I think…

  • Making other arrangements for backing-up data

    A few months ago I read the article Making Other Arrangements by James Howard Kunstler, and I suppose that might have been the catalyst for my decision to change the way I make back-up copies of my data.

  • Curing hiccups

    I was once told of a man who had hiccups for three weeks, night and day. I get hiccups occasionally, and over the years I have come to try different methods for getting rid of them. For a while I tried swallowing a spoonful of sugar, dry, with surprisingly good results. Eventually the time came…