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Birds seene
I note the following regulars in the garden:- Two families of blackbirds: one with one young, another with two young,
- About 30-40 sparrows in the left side-hedge,
- A family of thrushes, with two young, nesting somewhere near the back hedge,
- greenfinches (pair),
- A robin, (lone),
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Easier tube commute?
From The Register,"Researchers of Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands managed to crack and clone London's Oyster travel card. They were able to take free rides on the Underground and even perpetrated a DDoS attack on a Tube gate."
I wonder if one could make a DoS attack on nodes in one place, so that your journey would be easier in ( Read more... ) -
No spoilers please
Hi guys ( Read more... ) -
BQC
Bovine Quantum CouplingOn studying herds of domesticated cattle, we find that their behaviour is collective. Single cows seem to behave unusually or without cause, but collections from the same herd act collectively and with reason. We therefore surmise that these behaviours, such as lying down or re-orienting, are learned from the herd as a whole ( Read more... ) -
Political statement: Does Price Follow Cost?
"If it doesn't hurt, it doesn't cost enough.Strictly, that's not a quote; I made it up. It reflects the current price increases of energy-related products; specifically, the cost of natural gas and petrol fuels ( Read more... ) -
Font love
I spent a couple of minutes yesterday hunting around my Fonts folder for a font that would be very readable on a website ( Read more... ) -
Lucinda for The Apprentice
Editor's Note: This is a public repeat of a friends-only posting. This is so that I can publish this post without revealing comments made in reply to the original (restricted readership) post.
I've been following The Apprentice on BBCi. About the only person I can level with is Lucinda, even though her opinions come across badly with the others, ( Read more... ) -
Opens mouth in (mock) horror...
I was looking through the Text Templates on my phone. This entry was clearly designed for lager blokes to use:
"I love you too"
*grins*
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Archive / backup LJ
I want to take a copy of all my LJ entries. They might or might not mean anything to me persoanlly - I change my opinions on this like the weather ( Read more... )