Just finished the book - devoured it in about 24 hours. I think the thing about this is that the Falklands conflict was well within my lifetime (I was 9,) and I remember it clearly; but then the whole thing still had the aura of a WW1 Biggles adventure.
These guys used, effectively, sellotape and string to put 21,000lb [...]
Entries from December 20th, 2007
Vulcan 607 Rocks
December 20th, 2007 No Comments
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Pretty Good Flasher
December 19th, 2007 No Comments
My Friend Mark Prettyman may have a great honking misnomer of a surname, or I may be uncharitable at best. If I were to buy a new kettle it would certainly be black.
In any event he is looking for work around London and is a pretty top notch flasher - the type that creates SEO-unfriendly web content, not that [...]
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Google Maps showing My Location? Not on my N70
December 19th, 2007 2 Comments
Google just released an update to their mobile maps application including what they’re calling My Location technology. It uses cell info to triangulate your position. Unless you have my N70, in which case it does not. This is because the phone is not outputting any cell info. Well its an S60 v3 phone, so I guess [...]
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Playing the Eeeyore can damage your business
December 19th, 2007 No Comments
Today I had an unhealthy fried lunch with some colleagues. Quite besides the fact my clean jumper now smells of (slightly-older-than-ideal) cooking oil, I didn’t entirely enjoy the experience. This is because the owner of the establishment in which we chose to eat wandered over and started moaning. His accountant had lost some paperwork, takings [...]
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SVN Repository Hosting
December 19th, 2007 No Comments
Pretty handy, and free for small projects. I was about to get a dedicated box (for work) just to do this. This is easier, quicker and a lot cheaper!
> Subversion Repository Hosting
I had my ~2Mb local copy imported and re-checked-out within 2 mins of signing up, no fuss no bother. Nice one
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Foofighters vs. Guns’n'Roses
December 19th, 2007 No Comments
What a great mix!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENczwBj1RG8
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BMW 5 series E39 blocked washer jets?
December 19th, 2007 2 Comments
I was about to book it into the garage the other day and found a post on the BMW Forums suggesting that the tube may just have come off. Lo and behold I checked when I got home (using my phone as a torch!) and, having untucked the padding on the underside of the bonnet, it [...]
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