It's been interesting to read up how much of global trading is performed automatically. Actual buying and selling decisions made without human intervention ( Read more... )

Heh, I just met a ford fiesta coming down our road with a big ring of cameras on its roof. I guess im going to appear on street view. =OP

It is patently obvious I should update this journal more often ( Read more... )

This little java toy has wasted far too much of my time as I figure out all the interactions...

http://andyslife.org/games/sand.php

Seems im increasingly using LJ as a noticeboard rather than a diary, no matter ( Read more... )

Yeesh, the way things are going im only posting to LJ to make arrangements for furry conventions.
Never the less...

Im going to Eurofurence, I have no room of my own and I need to roominate with someone, or face the perils of random allocation. Anyone fancy sharing?

Ok, it's a little early, but tomorrow I head out to the bay area to hang out with Lex, Kiroo and a few others. Before moving on to the convention proper.

If any of you lot are around further confusion, I'd love to meet up, so look out for me, clearly labled as Sandroo or possibly sneaking around under my psuedoname. ;o)

So, for a while now, certain Australians have been imploring me to buy Tim Tams, which are now available in the UK, and are regarded with similar affection to Jaffa cakes (if your in the uk) and Oreos (if your in the USA). I finally remembered to buy some on my last trip to the supermarket and having nibbled a couple when I got home, I was somewhat ( Read more... )

Their resurfacing the road down the end of our street and, on the way to the train, I walk past a sign. It says:

SLOW

WET

TAR

What a wonderful phrase. Its almost poetic. The way each word rolls into the next, the almost onomatopoeic sounds... Hmm, maybe I've just been working too hard =OP

Is it just me who thinks these latest wave of terrorist attacks are a bit crap?
I mean, the IRA, total bastards that they were, made bombs that actually, ya know, exploded.

Im glad these idiots didn't manage to kill anyone, and in this case credit seems to go to their ineptitude and a basic lack of science and engineering knowlege.