Gravatars for Snow Leopard Address Book

If you comment on this blog you will have noticed an image appears next to your comment. This image is a gravatar, and is based on your email address. Continue reading Gravatars for Snow Leopard Address Book

Headlights, again

Some time ago, Richard Hopkins posted the following comment:

I had a great, but simple idea for headlights.

Polarise them. That way, when it’s wet, they won’t reflect off the road surface and dazzle everyone. Oncoming traffic will be able to see the road markings.

I thought I would verify that it works. Continue reading Headlights, again

Advertising

I’ve added Google AdSense advertising to some of the posts on this site. The reason is that I looked at the Analytics data from my site and there is a pretty-high bounce rate for search-engine referrals and older posts. Continue reading Advertising

On Consciousness

When you look at the study of echolocation in bats, that has advanced and been advanced by work on SONAR and RADAR. Similarly the study of the flight of birds and insects has advanced and been advanced by work on fluid dynamics. The point I am making is that systems assembled by the process of evolution or of engineering are usually similar, and that an increased understanding of one can usually be converted into an increased understanding of the other. Continue reading On the Mind

Carbon Dioxide Policy

Since there is an election approaching, and people are interested in reducing the country’s output of CO2 I thought I would outline what I think a sensible set of policies would be. Continue reading Carbon Dioxide Policy

Some say…

I am wondering if pairs of “some say…” “facts” as applied to the Stig can be applied to other people/things to enhance them in some way. Here are a few ideas: Continue reading Some say…

Pondering Defection

Last week I was contacted by Marissa, the technical recruiter at imo.im, to see if I would be interested in applying for a job there.  Their company information page is here. Continue reading Pondering Defection

Who has the better job title?

To revisit an earlier subject, but more scientifically, please vote:

Pick the best set of job titles

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New home

I’ve moved my blog off wordpress.com to here.  The main reason being that there are plugins I want to use which wordpress.com does not make available. Continue reading New home

Car review: 07 reg Mazda MX-5 Roadster-Coupé

I haven’t written about a car for a while, but since I have just ceased to drive my MX-5 it seems a very good time to review it: I am not going to learn anything more about it at this point.  To be specific, I am reviewing the 1.8 litre version – I didn’t want the 2.0 sport as it came with traction- and stability-control. Continue reading Car review: 07 reg Mazda MX-5 Roadster-Coupé