For all my fellow geeks out there check out this paper ( Read more... )

Know I have not posted in a while and I might get around to a proper post at some point but right now I just wanted to share some of the shorts I saw recently at the dead by dawn horror all nighter. The films where all really good (esp : Flight of the living dead : outbreak on a plane Think snakes on a plane but with zombies !!!! (though despite ( Read more... )

hummm ( Read more... )

Just got home and feel geat!!!! had a good night out with two old and very dear friends. Had a few beers and pizzas and despite the fact that I know they both have worries in their life just now I had a wonderful time just seeing them in the same place again and knowing they will be ok ( Read more... )

Sign this petiton to change our national anthem to GOLD by Spandau Ballet by the next olympics!!

This is just about the coolest thing I have seen for a long time:

As they point out in it, outside of solar system astronomy we hardly ever see anything happen in astrophysics in real time. This is a rare treat!

had another attempt at doing some astrophotography the other night. This time at the observatory in the middle of Edinburgh. Apart form getting a lesson in just how bad the light pollution is in this city, I managed to get a few nice pics. Need to play around a little more and try and get somewhere dark again ( Read more... )

Well there we go. After adding up the money they visitors centre owes me for work over the past few months I realised I was in a lot better off position than I thought money wise. That with tutoring money and my deposit (finally) seeming to be back from the old flat means that I could afford to treat myself a little ( Read more... )

( poor mathematicians )

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2006/10/18/dip.DTL&o=12