I have been saying since at least 2008 that the Paralympics should be laid to rest, so I was glad to see the other day that it is an opinion that is gaining a bit more support (as well as a fair bit of opposition). It is too late to make any change in time […]
Entries from December 20th, 2011
The tide of spam
December 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on The tide of spam · Life, Technology
I seem to be getting a lot less spam e-mail now and I am not sure exactly why. It sort of started when my PC packed up because ever since I set email up on the new one I have had hardly any spam. Ther is still a fair amount of junk mail but nearly […]
Tags: Spam
Black boys – slight return
December 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Black boys – slight return · Life
Some time back I wrote a little about the unfortunate mnemonic used to remember the colour codes for resistors, well now XKCD has come with an alternative. As it happens, I think their version is not very memorable, but I am greatly amused by their topical xmas mnemonic for remembering the order of the planets: […]
Tags: Funny
