Saturday, October 17, 2009

Astronomy Pic of the day

Not a great deal happening here in a town called malice. So a couple of websites to pass the time.


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

It's a different NASA image everyday. You can also find/google software to auto change your desktop background, to match each day, which I have installed on my work laptop.

It is not 'just' nebulea, but all kinds of things astronomy related.


Talking of links, did you know the // in the address of web sites was a mistake?

http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/14/berners-lee-internet-what-would-you-change/

Monday, October 12, 2009

Leeds Castle

It's been seven years since my last bog entry. As Haleys Comet may be due (I have no idea, you would have to ask my sister Karen) I have decided to resurrect the blog.



It originated as a semi-pro poker player blog, which turned out a whole lot more semi than pro! Still playing, but only small stakes and for fun, though I still like to win.



Today, I have nearly recovered from a weekend staying in Maidstone Kent. My friend Del was chairing an event of The Embalmers Institute, plenty of alcohol and dodgy facebook pics later, It's Monday now, I feel almost human.



The hotel was adjacent to Leeds Castle. In order to postpone the drive back to Herts, we thought we would take a walk to the attraction. The entrance fee was £16.50 per person, I like a castle as much as anybody, but £16 quid? These things should belong to the national trust and be free or nominal charge.



Time to think about work on the late shift, see you in seven years?