Category Archives: Nerdy Geek

Sky watching

I got a telescope for Christmas! Unusually for us I’ve started using it already in the hopes of maybe seeing comet ISON which may break up at the end of this month. Telescope is a Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p and its … Continue reading

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Dear Life, FYI, you = complete

Yah. That was my Shatism. Yeah, that was it being linked to by William Shatner. Fo reel. What’s it all about, Alfie? I may be a little giddy. Just a bit.

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Blue skies, smiling at me, nothing but blue skies, do I see…

Well. What to say. What a day! We got in, didn’t manage to get into the talks but then we’d have to have woken up even earlier before dawn to have achieved that. Hopefully there’s a DVD version as apparently … Continue reading

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To boldly go…

There always has to be a Next Post, and it always feels wrong (especially when it’s an upbeat one), but there has to be one. I am very, very excited. Naturally this isn’t very obvious outwardly as I’m generally calm, … Continue reading

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31 seconds to go…

Ooooo…. I have a new aid. LeechBlock. Blocks sites (specified by you) that leech time. it’s rather cool – allows you to specify what days the block should be active on, whether it should be time limited (block 9-5 for … Continue reading

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Padding – using them, protecting, and getting rid of some.

I was dithering whether to get a bit techy and get a pad. Dithered between iPad2 and Asus Transformer Prime. Still dithering as I don’t need one. However I want one. Such is the everlasting conundrum of being a techy … Continue reading

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I finished something!

I finished something! First puzzle I’ve done since probably childhood ones – 1000 pieces too. This was from C&G for Christmas. It has cats on it. Yay!

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One moon, circling.

I watched Stargazing Live tonight and their talk of the plaques sent out into space on Voyager’s 1 and 2 reminded me of a Next Generation episode, the one where the crew suffered non-REM sleep and went slowly mad. Deanna … Continue reading

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Just remember that we’re standing on a planet that’s evolving…

…and revolving at 900 miles an hour. It’s orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it’s reckoned, a sun that is the source of all our power. The Sun and you and me and all the stars that we can … Continue reading

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