Monthly Archives: January 2010

Logitech Harmony One – Long Term Report

Posted on Sunday, 31st January 2010, 3:05pm by Les

Well, it’s over a year since I first mentioned this toy, and a long time since my interim report, so this is probably as good a time as any for an update. In short, I’m still using it every day, … Continue reading →

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January 2010 Round-up

Posted on Sunday, 31st January 2010, 2:46pm by Les

I thought I’d do this month’s round-up in good time for a change. I can’t guarantee I’ll keep that up for the rest of the year, but I’ll try… Weight Well, I have managed to keep weighing myself this month… … Continue reading →

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Red, White and Green

Posted on Sunday, 31st January 2010, 2:21pm by Les

Those are, of course, the colours of the Welsh flag[1], but that’s not what I was thinking off when I saw this little group of leaves yesterday. My thoughts, such as they are, were more along the lines of “ooo!! … Continue reading →

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Weight and Stuff Report – 31 January 2010

Posted on Sunday, 31st January 2010, 2:13pm by Les

Weight: 230.2 pounds (16 stone 6.2 pounds, 104.4 kg)OK, down a teeny weeny bit[1] today, but that’s probably just more randomness. For today’s little extra, here’s another of yesterday’s snow pictures. This is Saltwell Park’s rose garden[2], which isn’t looking too … Continue reading →

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Two Hearts Beat As One

Posted on Saturday, 30th January 2010, 5:56pm by Les

Which is, of course, a quite wonderful U2 song. But it also struck me as a suitable title for this picture I took in Saltwell Park this morning: More later.

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Weight and Stuff Report – 30 January 2010

Posted on Saturday, 30th January 2010, 2:17pm by Les

Weight: 230.4 pounds (16 stone 6.4 pounds, 104.5 kg)Ho hum, back up a bit today. Must be because of not walking to work, or something. I was a wee bit surprised when I got up this morning – there was a … Continue reading →

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Spirit

Posted on Friday, 29th January 2010, 7:17pm by Les

Five years ago, two rovers landed on Mars. Spirit and Opportunity were designed to work for just 90 days, but have done rather better than that. While Opportunity is still roving and returning data, Spirit got stuck, and NASA’s engineers … Continue reading →

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Weight and Stuff Report – 29 January 2010

Posted on Friday, 29th January 2010, 7:07pm by Les

Weight: 229.8 pounds (16 stone 5.8 pounds, 104.2 kg)Down a wee bit today, but I think it’s still random wossnameness. For the second time this week, I got the bus in[1], as I needed to get in a wee bit earlier. … Continue reading →

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One more iPad thing…

Posted on Friday, 29th January 2010, 12:32am by Les

Updated: Tuesday, 30th March 2010, 1:39pm Original video pulled. I found what seems to be another copy of the same one. There are others… I have to blame William[1] for bringing this to my attention. Possibly the silliest use of … Continue reading →

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iPad – UK details (sort of)

Posted on Friday, 29th January 2010, 12:22am by Les

Following yesterday’s official announcements from Steve Jobs, Apple UK sent me a helpful email pointing me towards the actual iPad information on their site. All very useful apart from one teeny weeny detail: Yes, slightly vague release dates are available, … Continue reading →

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