An Adventure
Nine weeks ago, in sleepy Solihull, a small 18-month old dog got horny. As a result, last Saturday a lady friend of his gave birth to four puppies. Because of this, single-mother-dog's owner could no longer get to London this Saturday, which meant she had some concert tickets she didn't need, which she very kindly gave to me, and so...
Lil and I are going to Live8! Holy. Pants.
The actual concert too, not just the big screens. I'm excited! I wanted to go to the march in Edinburgh, but I figured that a 1.5hr drive down to London is far preferable to 12 hours in a coach in one day. Also, given the lineup at the concert, it's rather a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! I have a hell of a lot to sort out before then, though, top of the list being an arrangement for the dogs. I'm also going to a "Summer Ball" on Sunday evening where I'll probably have to dress smartly and try not to be too exhasted.
I was looking down the list of artists due to perform, and it's quite something. Annie Lennox, Coldplay, Dido, Elton John, Keane, Madonna, Paul McCartney, REM, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Snow Patrol, Sting, Travis, U2...Blimey. Apparently it's the first time in ~ 35years that Hyde Park will be entirely closed to the general public.
I'll be photoblogging and maybe podcasting from the concert, of course 
It should be quite a day!
Today’s del.icio.us linkage
- Google Earth - Product Comparison - The only real difference between the free and paid-for Google Earths is the resolution at which you can save pictures.
- BBC News | Piglet cartoon voice actor dies - The voices of Piglet and Tigger died within a day of each other
- Jon Udell: Dan Phiffer's Wikipedia revision animator - Cool 'video' of a greasemonkey script that animates wikipedia changes
- flickr Badge Maker - These are cool! I want to get it laminated so I can flash it FBI-style.
- Yahoo! My Web 2.0 Quick Review - Yahoo My Web 2 vs del.icio.us.
- Add flickr images to Google Earth - This is just marvellous. Google Earth rocks as it is, but add a 'network link' into geobloggers and it'll download thumbnails of the closest 50 images to your current location.
- Paper Enigma Machine - Make your own paper enigma machine. If only I had the time...Oh wait, I do! Via boingboing.
- How To Paint Your Shoes - I like it! Via lifehacker
- Rocketboom on Tom Cruise - Rocketboom tells it how it is. "Tom, America's ok with being a nutjob, but do you have to drag Katie along too?"
- Tricks of the Trade: Singer - Handy
T-shirthumour.com
The Office Weblog pointed me towards t-shirthumor.com, and I just laughed out loud at a few of the designs. I like these particularly:
and, of course:
Genius I've gotta get myself some of those.
Google Earth
Google Earth is possibly the most impressive free application I've ever seen. Aside from the fascinating maps, the integrated local search and directions are great - all the info is overlayed onto the one map. There's also an excellent flickr 'network link' that links into geobloggers. Google have apparently pulled the download for a while, but you can get it over at majorgeeks.
Why not just courier me the printouts?
Back when I first got my mobile phone contract, I paid an extra
Software Updates
Couple of interesting happenings today. Firstly there's iTunes 4.9, which has built-in podcasting support. There's also a software update for the iPod itself, adding a podcast menu that supports bookmarking (woohoo!) amongst other things. I'm just testing it out now. The other release today is the free Google Earth, which is installing as I type...It looks very cool indeed
Update: To manually add a podcast to iTunes without going via the directory, go to 'Advanced', then 'Subscribe to podcast' - you can then enter the feed.
Today’s del.icio.us linkage
- Cycling Game - Tricky game - impressive physics, though ,Via ensight.
Finished!
That's it! I'm all done. Thank goodness for that. 14 exams, 8 months of learning and now all I need do is wait for the results. I'm hoping for a B in Physics and a C in Maths, but either could well be lower than that. No point worrying about it though, there's absolutely no difference I can make to the process now!
Physics 6 went ok, I think. Apart from "What information can you get from the spectrum of a star (1 point)?" that is. Given that 75% of cosmology is based on the spectrum of stars, I think one point isn't really sufficient!
Right, time to get all the things done I've been ignoring for the past couple of months
Nearly There
Final exam this afternoon - Physics 6 at 1330. It'll be such a relief to finish Just off on walkies, then lunch, then off to the school.
Hello!
Hey, thanks for coming! I'm Andrew, and this is where my headthinks come to breed. They often meander around humanism and photography, but they're flighty and you can't trust them, so anything is possible.
Do feel free to email me - I get lonely:
Your hair looks swish, by the way - have you done something new?
Recent Comments
- vicky: going up this weekend having done all the welsh peaks except 4 snowdon, cant wait
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: what, how can u live in the 21 c and say that, probably a sexist thing
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: da iawn laura, cant believe what im hearing, all this fuss, anyway love the site, and i agree, normal people who swear and curse clomb mountains cos we live in the...
on Climbing Snowdon. - Andrew: Did a few quick test shots to check the light levels, then balanced the camera on the arm of a bench, set it for a 20s exposure and hoped for the best
on ISS. - lynsey: Wow, how did you take that photograph?
on ISS.
