Archive for the ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’ Category

Life goes on

Wow, two days with two consecutive posts… I have never managed to find a theme that I like for WordPress. There seems to be a theme of the Internet that personal sites are dark – black background, white text. I don’t like that. So, trying to find a theme that is a light colour, and [...]

October 25, 2011    Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

So, yeah…

So, yeah… I said that this site would be back up and running by ‘the end of the day’. I was very wrong. However, you may be interested to know that… actually, I can’t think of anything interesting. Seriously, normal service will be resumed at some point. Maybe.

October 24, 2011    Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

Hello world!

Right – I’ve reset my website as it wasn’t fully working… At this particular moment in time, I need to go out and get something, so should you chance across this site in the meantime, that’s why nothing is here. Hopefully by the end of the day it’ll be back up and running. Maybe.

September 22, 2011    Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

“Reacting Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid, Richard Graham 10D”

This is brilliant. I found some old schoolwork on a CD while clearing out some stuff, and came across this. Obviously, I knew back then how to make a PDF file from a Word document, and I do remember this. Old schoolfriends will probably remember the Science teacher whom I’ve forgotton the name of – [...]

October 26, 2010  Tags: , , , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything, Old Website   No Comments

Why would anybody steal signalling?

OK, this is a bit of a rant really. I’m currently sat on a train at Taunton station, and at the time I write this paragraph my computer tells me it’s 10.00am. I left Tiverton Parkway station at 9.04. This train was due into Paddington at around 11.30. The reason for this delay is because [...]

December 19, 2009  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything, Public Transport Geekery, Railways   No Comments

Is this the most autumnal autumn ever?

Just a quick post… There seems to be more leaves on the roads (and probably railways too), the colours seem to be a bit of a richer browns, oranges and yellows than they have been in the past. Ah well, the weather isn’t great so that’s a bonus.

October 24, 2009    Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

2+2=5

… and this is how. 2.4+2.4 = 4.8 If you round to the nearest whole number, that gives you 2+2 = 5. QED.

October 10, 2009  Tags: ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

Dreaming

(CC-BY-NC) So, last night I was asleep. Nothing unusual there (well actually given my sleep patterns recently, but that’s another post for another time!) except that I found myself dreaming – which actually isn’t that unusual either. I have heard that you only know you’re dreaming when you’re not in a deep sleep, or that [...]

September 29, 2009  Tags: , , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

The Rice and the Chessboard – how the Internet has ruined life for the better

There is a story about a Chinese man who invented the game of Chess. The Chinese emperor at the time said something like ‘what can I give you for your reward?’. The gentleman replied that on his chessboard, he would have one piece of rice on one square, two on the next, four on the [...]

August 23, 2009  Tags: ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything   No Comments

Overheard

Overheard on a train.В  A man and a woman have just walked through the carraige, it’s late night (around 10). Conversation between two people behind me. A – Did she just say ‘is this second class’? B – I think she did A – I’ve got a good mind to go up to her, crush [...]

July 12, 2009  Tags: , ,  Posted in: Life, the Universe and Everything, Railways   No Comments