I was listening to the 365 day of astronomy podcast which I am well behind listening to I have some 100 podcasts yet to play.
Anyway the episode that I had playing was all about the Kelper mission and was taking about the exoplanets that it had found and that it had a list of some 1000 objects to check to see if they really are planets.
Just after this was said I get a text alert on the iPad telling me that the last new planet of the year has just been confirmed!
Spooky or what!
31 December, 2010
New Year
So the new year is already happing some where on the planet as I type this....
It's all a bit scary in just how big the world is that some folks already have their forts sore heads of 2011!
So I am lucky that we have been invited to see the new year in with some friends, which has always got to be better than being on your own.
It's all a bit scary in just how big the world is that some folks already have their forts sore heads of 2011!
So I am lucky that we have been invited to see the new year in with some friends, which has always got to be better than being on your own.
Themes
I have been looking at changing the theme on my main website but I have hit the problem of what new theme to have.
Part of the problem is that there are so many different themes to chose from!
What colour do I want the theme to have is also another problem.
So as is so often the case I have left the site as it is for the time being, I suppose that in the new year I will look at it again.
Part of the problem is that there are so many different themes to chose from!
What colour do I want the theme to have is also another problem.
So as is so often the case I have left the site as it is for the time being, I suppose that in the new year I will look at it again.
Ipad
One thing that I have found that I don't like about the ipad is how marked and dirty the screen gets.
End of Year
So it's the end of the year and is it worth looking back at it or is it better to look forward?
I don't have an answer but forwards has always seemed a much better idea to me.
I don't have an answer but forwards has always seemed a much better idea to me.
30 December, 2010
Rocket launch
I wait some 40 days to see the French rocket lift off.(I can't remember it's name!)
I did every thing I could to make sure I could see it, I had the ipad set up I was on the live fee 15 minutes before the launch was due. I sat there watching to see that all the status lights were green all the way down to 1 minute, then what happens?
yes you guessed it, the feed to the ipad dies..
You can imagine the language that I used....
So I did not see the live launch I was not very happy
Why did it fail?
There is nothing on the official site to explain that there feed to the internet died, but at least in the end I did see a recording of it it, it's not the same thing but at least i got to see the rocket fly.
Only 47 days to the next launch, 15th Feb 2011...
I did every thing I could to make sure I could see it, I had the ipad set up I was on the live fee 15 minutes before the launch was due. I sat there watching to see that all the status lights were green all the way down to 1 minute, then what happens?
yes you guessed it, the feed to the ipad dies..
You can imagine the language that I used....
So I did not see the live launch I was not very happy
Why did it fail?
There is nothing on the official site to explain that there feed to the internet died, but at least in the end I did see a recording of it it, it's not the same thing but at least i got to see the rocket fly.
Only 47 days to the next launch, 15th Feb 2011...
Xmas break
it's funny thing that you would think with all the free time over Xmas that I would be able to get on with my reading and to also do some much needed updates on my websites.
So what happens?
Yes, your ahead of me on this one!
Nothing, I mean I might get up a hour later than I DO NORMALLY, BUT STILL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER I HAVE DONE NOTHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.
Why?
My books of which the reading pile is far too large remains un-looked at, my websites are still waiting to be edited and added to, but some how or other I find myself at nearly 4pm today and i have not touched either.
I don't understand where the time is going, it's not a nice feeling loosing time, but that is what appears to be happing to me.
So what happens?
Yes, your ahead of me on this one!
Nothing, I mean I might get up a hour later than I DO NORMALLY, BUT STILL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER I HAVE DONE NOTHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.
Why?
My books of which the reading pile is far too large remains un-looked at, my websites are still waiting to be edited and added to, but some how or other I find myself at nearly 4pm today and i have not touched either.
I don't understand where the time is going, it's not a nice feeling loosing time, but that is what appears to be happing to me.
Jammie Oliver Book
We have the new Jammie Oliver book, cook meals in 30 minutes, well I can tell you it can;t be done. I mean I and the wife are no slouches in the kitchen, but even we could not get any of his 30 minute meals cooked in that time.
So I reckon that what you see on the TV is not how it really happened, by that I mean his TV shows must have been edited, and edited hard.
So I reckon that what you see on the TV is not how it really happened, by that I mean his TV shows must have been edited, and edited hard.
29 December, 2010
28 December, 2010
Beer
Brought 2 beers today, but which to have first?
Tanglefoot?
or
Abbott's Ale?
The choice is hard very hard just which to have
Tanglefoot?
or
Abbott's Ale?
The choice is hard very hard just which to have
Books
Just looked at my reading pile, I have some 9 books to read. One of them I have now had for more than half a year and have only looked at the first page!
The book in question is about a 1000 pages long and is the sequel to a book that I enjoyed very much, but for some reason or other I just don't seem to pick it up when selecting a new book to read.
Funny that.....
The book in question is about a 1000 pages long and is the sequel to a book that I enjoyed very much, but for some reason or other I just don't seem to pick it up when selecting a new book to read.
Funny that.....
Days
I think that I have just noticed that the days are getting just a little bit longer, its either that or a lot of wishful thinking on my part that it is so.
27 December, 2010
26 December, 2010
websites
I have several websites that I have now had for several years, I have fun in keeping them working and also in getting new information for them.
In fact sometimes I think I enjoy the fact gathering far more than the website updating bit.
One thing that i have noticed is that I am for reasons that I have yet to work out spending far more time away from them than on them, I don't know why that is and it's not because i don't like the websites or the subject of the websites.
In fact sometimes I think I enjoy the fact gathering far more than the website updating bit.
One thing that i have noticed is that I am for reasons that I have yet to work out spending far more time away from them than on them, I don't know why that is and it's not because i don't like the websites or the subject of the websites.
Ipad
so i got an ipad for xmas, which is nice and its great and all that sort of stuff, what I was amazed to see is just how few apps there are for the ipad, I assume because its hard to pro gramme or something?
It can't be lack of interest as there are lots of them around, I mean lots have been sold, and when the ipad2 comes out I think that to will sell well.
The only problem that I have with it is this, it's a 32G unit and after I have transfered all my music pictures and apps to it I find that I am left with less than 5G and I have only had it 1 day....
It can't be lack of interest as there are lots of them around, I mean lots have been sold, and when the ipad2 comes out I think that to will sell well.
The only problem that I have with it is this, it's a 32G unit and after I have transfered all my music pictures and apps to it I find that I am left with less than 5G and I have only had it 1 day....
25 December, 2010
YouTube - Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
YouTube - Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
I like this its a good version of this song and I reckon that the guy playing the instruments is just having a lot of fun.
I like this its a good version of this song and I reckon that the guy playing the instruments is just having a lot of fun.
24 December, 2010
To blog
Not done much blogging , not to sure why that is, there must be a reason, well whatever it is I don't know what it is.
perhaps over the xmas break I will do a few more blogs
perhaps over the xmas break I will do a few more blogs
03 December, 2010
Reading
Another book that I have read just a short while ago is called The Dam Busters and its by Paul Brickhill, its an old book publish in the early 1950's and so it was censored.
Now there are many books about the Dam Buster raid some 30 I counted and I really did not try that hard in looking.
I think its a great book and age has not really damaged it in any way that I can see, there is an uncensored version but I have not seen that myself.
In fact the order in which I have read the last three books is interesting, in that it all sort of makes sense to read the books in the order that I read them.
I first read a book about the Lancaster Bomber then this book then Guy Gibson's, with the first and second books being uncensored it made the middle book interesting as you can see what was left out and also what Paul Brickhill also did not know.
So all in all some good books that tell it how it was and just how brutal it all was and just how large the losses Bomber Command suffered.
I don't think I could have done what these aircrew went through.
I assume that the US and the German aircrews had the same sort of time/terror and losses. So in my book all were brave and deserve my respect.
Now there are many books about the Dam Buster raid some 30 I counted and I really did not try that hard in looking.
I think its a great book and age has not really damaged it in any way that I can see, there is an uncensored version but I have not seen that myself.
In fact the order in which I have read the last three books is interesting, in that it all sort of makes sense to read the books in the order that I read them.
I first read a book about the Lancaster Bomber then this book then Guy Gibson's, with the first and second books being uncensored it made the middle book interesting as you can see what was left out and also what Paul Brickhill also did not know.
So all in all some good books that tell it how it was and just how brutal it all was and just how large the losses Bomber Command suffered.
I don't think I could have done what these aircrew went through.
I assume that the US and the German aircrews had the same sort of time/terror and losses. So in my book all were brave and deserve my respect.
Enemy Coast Ahead Uncensored: The Real Guy Gibson Soft Cover: Amazon.co.uk: Guy Gibson: Books
Enemy Coast Ahead Uncensored by Guy Gibson
Just read this book and I have to admit that it has changed how I view Guy Gibson.
Well worth the read, especially this uncensored version. I did not realise just how young he was when he died.
He was just 26!
Just read this book and I have to admit that it has changed how I view Guy Gibson.
Well worth the read, especially this uncensored version. I did not realise just how young he was when he died.
He was just 26!
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