Let’s Be Deserving Sputniks
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Art, Real World | No Comments »Yesterday, while in Nottingham, I visited the Nottingham Contemporary gallery to view the current 'Star City' exhibition that celebrates 'The Future Under Communism'. Good it was, too. And free. Running until 18 April 2010, the galleries features the work of artists ...
Hot Potato
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Gadgets and Gear, Real World | No Comments »I'm reasonably sure that I have posted something on this before - but, anyway, the US military are looking for a non-lethal weapon that inflict pain rather than permanent injury. Having already got themselves a crowd suppression turret-mounted weapon that ...
Mobile Messaging
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Gadgets and Gear, Real World | No Comments »I'm currently addicted to Twitter. I wonder whether Troubleshooters might fall foul of similar information overload through their personal communication device of choice? We have myriad routes of communication with people both close, near and, well, frankly strangers. Would a Troubleshooter ...
Seed Vault
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Real World, Underplex | No Comments »Interesting setup at Svalbard - Seed Vault - where the hope of generations to come, post-apocalypse, sit in racks of dark grey boxes. A holy grail for Sierra Club members, and undoubtedly there'll be a way in via the Underplex. ...
Given A Little Latitude
Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in Gadgets and Gear, Real World | No Comments »With the likes of Google Earth, Google Street View and Google Latitude, you might be thankful that Alpha Complex doesn't have the same kind of coverage. The average Troubleshooter carries a PDC with all kinds of widgets and doodads built ...
I Feel I Must Apologize…
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Real World | No Comments »Harry Enfield has done some interesting stereotypes in his comedy sketches in the past (though not without controversy), including Jurgen, the profusely and masochistically apologetic German, and the Dutch policemen, who are attentative gay lovers and have more than a ...
Game 2008 – Manchester
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Announcements, Real World | Comments OffI'm going to be hanging around The Armitage Centre in Fallowfield for most of tomorrow, at Game 2008. I'll be the one wearing the 'Fueled by PARANOIA' t-shirt with Omega Complex advertised on the back (which you won't see if ...
Torrevaldaliga Nord
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Locations, Pictures, Real World | No Comments »Glancing through a copy of 'The Guardian', I've had since October 9th (I rarely read newspapers the day I buy them... I prefer to relax and absorb the content when it's convenient to me), I opened the centre spread to ...
We Are Touchy, Aren’t We?
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Newspapers and News, Real World | No Comments »...because physical components of the machines expand and contract in response to temperature changes, the amount of time a machine has been running, or even the time of day, might affect calibration—which could explain why the problem didn't show up ...
Spammers Buffet, anyone?
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Newspapers and News, Real World | No Comments »Like having about a dozen CCTV cameras per head of population wasn't bad enough (yeah, OK, so I'm exaggerating a bit), the UK Government seems dead set on knowing what email we read, web sites we view, and mobile phone ...
