I’m looking to purchase one very soon. Amazon has it’s cheapest at £89.99 (Seagate Expansions 1.5TB External Desktop USB 2.0 Hard Drive), free delivery. PC world has the same drive online for £93, though you can buy online and pickup (and take back if it breaks) IRL. dabs.com has it for 117 - s’like fuck that shit.

Does anyone have any ( Read more... )

September’s here again….

http://youtube.com/watch?v=H8RxNeHKgNU

It’s 5am. Do you know where your sun is? Still well beyond the horizon. Damn it, going to bed when it’s not daylight feels wrong..

The wiki has been separated into pages, oOo! I’ve decided to go with a spaces/groups/ ( Read more... )

martling's fabulous flying contraption at the Dorkbot assisted Dubversion in The Forest hall last week;

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That evening I also had great fun pushing 0olong's buttons.

“A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight” link

This article made the transhumanist in me squee. A few quotes;

“These lenses don’t give us the vision of an eagle or the benefit of running subtitles on our surroundings yet. But we have built a lens with one LED, which we’ve powered ( Read more... )

*discovers that Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal also comes in live action format!*
Crossposted from my blog.

As title.

The website has seen many additions as of late. Thanks to the few peeps so far who have contributed links! View it at http://edinburgh.thingsandstuff.org

Also, I’ve been bothering to update Twitter more as of late. Check it at Read more... )

So there have been a number of organisations in the UK rallying for social change and reform on certain issues where progressive ideas and methodology could Make Things Better.

Two of the larger events that have happened within the last several months have been the Convention on Modern Liberty and Reboot Britain.

One might think, fantastic, two ( Read more... )

I think the UK Pirate Party will be a worthy proponent of certain progressive views on digital rights and related issues in the current UK parliamentary system, but that they will need some at least basic general economic, education, health, security, etc policies/affiliations/agreements, a la the Green Party, to draw attention from more average or ( Read more... )

Oh gawd, festival time is coming to be upon us. More on that soon.

For now, misc things and stuff.
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“DREAMS OF STEAM PRESENTS
THE ARRIVAL OF AIRSHIP R1001

“A Steampunk Night behind tePOOKa’s Big Red Door / £10 / 8.30pm - 3am

“After the R1001’s recent tour of the borders of Her Majesty’s empire and colonies the airship and her crew will be joining the Lady Lawson for their quarterly Rest and Recreation.

“We cordially invite all Lords, Ladies and ( Read more... )