The union jack should be combined with the Welsh flag, according to an MP who wants the change to be made to reflect Wales's status within the UK. -- BBC News
OK, have it your way:
I'm doing a little spring cleaning!
By which I mean I upgraded to MT4 and completely broke the templates and rebuild process for my blog so I had to recreate it using the defaults.
But I am seeing this as a good thing. Oh yes.
Somehow.
with the intention that they will come in useful next time:
- Don't walk 17 miles and expect to be able to move tomorrow.
- The 77 Borrowdale bus exists for a reason. Don't be a hero.
- The sandwich shop in Keswick does a special filling of the day that is almost always interesting and delicious.
- In a day's walking on a sunny day more water will be needed than can be comfortably carried, so refill where possible.
- There is no better sight after walking many miles on a sunny day with a heavy rucksack than an ice cream shop or van.
- Taking sunblock, even in April, was very sensible.
- Doing the Castle Crag ascent from Grange 8 days after it's been on BBC2 will not result in a great amount of isolation or serenity.
- A camera with a 28-135mm IS lens attached is heavy and awkward around the neck and will likely remain in the rucksack most of the time as a result.
- A camera with a 50mm f/1.8 lens attached is light and unburdensome and results in the free and frequent shooting of many pictures.
- Carting a tripod to Keswick and back without ever once using it is stupid.
- I didn't need to take 3 camera batteries. One would have been okay this time, two to be safe. Wondered if I made the right decision leaving the charger behind, but there was clearly no way I would have ever needed it for this duration.
- 4GB/day is not an excessive amount of CF to budget on days when the camera is pointed at lots of animals.
- Should have taken my iPod charger. Even with the limited need for digital audio while I was there, the travel to and fro still drained my battery.
- The DS charging cable was a good thing to take, to avoid being deprived of Nurikabe and Slither Link.
- A 200 page book is not enough reading material.
- Most useful thing I packed: brimmed hat
- Least useful thing I packed: tripod
Photos from the first day of my Lake District trip are already up on Flickr, with more to follow.
< clc> thunderbird 2 is out
< rob> does it include thunderbird 4?(this rob)
Q: Is hail edible?
A: I don't know. I only wrote this FAQ because there are no Google results for "is hail edible".
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Facing criticism from many quarters in recent months over actions which some consider to be a violation of its 'Don't be evil' mantra, Google responded today that it would immediately be splitting all of its evil operations into a second, wholly independent corporation, called Evigle.
Anticipating criticism, co-founder Larry Page told the press conference that concern was unwarranted, as "Google will always triumph over Evigle".
The new company will immediately take over control of such Google operations as data-mining emails, Scientology censorship requests, and information-sharing with government agencies, with future ventures announced today that include the removal of potentially life-saving emergency information from search results, and the placement of dozens of remotely-triggered, high-yield nuclear bombs on tectonic fault lines around the world.
Construction is already underway on an exact copy of Google's Mountain View campus for the new company. The Evigleplex, just off the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be officially opened next month by Eric Schmidt's goatee-bearded twin.
Just a quick note to say I'm photoblogging the eclipse (for as long as I have an unobstructed view) over at flickr tonight.
By most definitions this blog would be considered dormant or dead, and though I shouldn't promise any lasting change in this situation, my feelings of guilt have finally overcome my feelings of sloth and artlessness and motivated me to post this short update.
Life is going on much as it always has, and I am still struggling with information overload in much the same way. I was able to bring myself to delete about 300 unheard podcasts yesterday, which induced complex sensations encompassing both guilt and liberation. I have 8 books from BookMooch, 1500 unread RSS items, 3 DVDs from LoveFilm, and roughly 200GB of video to consume, and eliminating any of these things from the list of things I want to do is an act which produces a deep dread at the prospect of missing something good. I think I need to work on the acceptance that the amount (and production rate) of quality 'content' in the world vastly exceeds any person's capacity to enjoy it, but I'm not sure how I can reconcile that with my 'information packrat' nature.
All together now: clc is a headcase. And then laugh at him.
Though this blog (kept in mothballs as it is for when I find I have something interesting to say again) is poorly maintained, I am nevertheless posting photos to flickr on a fairly regular basis, and on Friday I signed up for Twitter, though I am still on the fence whether it is a useful distribution mechanism for interesting microcontent, or a pointless timesink good only for mundane ephemera. If you feel compelled for any reason to keep up with the digital slice of my life then these two hyperlinks are currently your best opportunities, though as always this may change at any moment. This last point is underlined by the rumour that last.fm is about to be bought by Viacom, a development which would make me scramble for the nearest competitor, if there are any.
This weblog turned five years old 2 days ago, which explains why I'm maintaining it with the diligence and dependability of a five year old.
On a different note, isn't it odd how the words 'practically' and 'virtually' are synonyms in one sense, and antonyms in another? Wonder if there are any other pairs of words with that property.
Another thing I wondered about today was the maximum practical height that a (regularly shaped) jelly could be before it would collapse under its own weight (my guess: about 30cm).
Worrying about entries turning out like this one is the reason I don't blog very often.
Photos
