October 2011
4 posts
oldtime country string band
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Love him or hate him you can't ignore him. Rest in...
I can remember the first time I fell in love with the Apple brand. I was working on a project which was producing a report to be published on the desktop. They bought the very little known (even now) Apple LISA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa I was blown away by how I could simply drag and drop a spreadsheet into a document. With my IBM PC this would be an hour’s work and I might or...
Love him or hate him you can't ignore him. Rest in...
I can remember the first time I fell in love with the Apple brand. I was working on a project which was producing a report to be published on the desktop. They bought the very little known (even now) Apple LISA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa I was blown away by how I could simply drag and drop a spreadsheet into a document. With my IBM PC this would be an hour’s work and I might or...
Euro - look back to... 13th February 2010
via dailymail.co.uk Simply put, dénouement is the unraveling or untying of the complexities of a plot. Posted via email from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
January 2011
5 posts
MovNat®: Explore Your True Nature™
via movnat.com Love to Move Naturally Posted via email from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
The Top 10 Health & Fitness Trends of 2010 | The...
« 5 Gifts for the Adventure Junkie with Everything | Main | Ry Cuming’s Top 3 Surf Spots » December 21, 2010 The Top 10 Health & Fitness Trends of 2010 By Guest Blogger Dec 21, 2010 Comments (14) Photo courtesy of XWRN on Flickr. People in 1910 would’ve died of embarrassment if...
YouTube - Stress Response: Savior to...
via youtube.com Stress! who needs it? Posted via email from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
Measuring Type : Matt Robinson
Measuring Type A selection of the most commonly used typefaces were compared for how economical they are with the amount of ink which they use at the same point size. Large scale renditions of the typefaces were drawn out with ballpoint pens, allowing the remaining ink levels to display the ink efficiency of each typeface. Collaboration with Tom Wrigglesworth. Prev | Next ...
Mocked Meteorologist Gets Last Laugh
via youtube.com WHERE DO YOUR TAXES GO? Remember it is YOUR taxes which pay THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE and for “action” against “Global Warming” by your government. “Global Warming Theory” is, at best, misguided. At worst it is an excuse to charge you more for ‘carbon tax” etc to pay for Bankers Bonuses. Posted via email from zzelp’s...
August 2010
1 post
Brazil needs help re the forgotten ecosystem of...
listen to this re the forgotten ecosystem of Brazil:- var agent=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var is_iphone = (agent.indexOf('mobile')!=-1) && ((agent.indexOf('iphone')!=-1) || (agent.indexOf('ipod')!=-1)); if (is_iphone) { $('quicktime_embed-IGFeJCaaEn').show(); $('flash_embed-IGFeJCaaEn').hide(); } else { $('flash_embed-IGFeJCaaEn').show();...
July 2010
4 posts
Sylvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets
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How-To: Duplicate vinyl records by casting
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hornswoggled - definition of hornswoggled
Check out this website I found at thefreedictionary.com I BET YOU WERE WONDERING IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE BELOW Posted via email from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
Anchoring Effect « You Are Not So Smart
The Misconception: You rationally analyze all factors before making a choice or determining value. The Truth: Your first perception lingers in your mind, affecting later perceptions and decisions. You walk into a clothing store and see what is probably the most bad ass leather jacket you’ve ever seen. You try it on, look in the mirror and decide you must have it. While wearing this item, you...
June 2010
1 post
Whats the newest-new-thing?
Whats the newest-new-thing?maybe updating old industry with new industry to create a sustainable planet. listen to the interview of Kevin Surace with Peter Day; or go straight to the article about replacing the windows on The Empire State Building.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sf8r9 http://www.seriouswindows.com/empire-state-building/home.html Posted via web from zzelp’s...
May 2010
1 post
Untitled
201005080955 Hung Parliament The last Hung Parliament was 1974. George Brown states that this is the first Hung Parlai ment this generation has known. What does he mean by that? He was born the same year as me and must surely remember 1974 - or was he asleep? To give him the benifit of the doubt, perhaps he meant the people below him who are presumably younger, but lets say you were born 1964,...
February 2010
3 posts
A DAY IN CWMBRAN MAGISTRATES COURT FOR COUNCIL TAX
via tpuc.org HOW THE AUTHORITIES FLAP WHEN THIER AUTHORITY IS CHALLENGED Posted via web from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
EURO DOOM
The European single currency is facing an ‘inevitable break-up’ a leading French bank claimed yesterday. - http://bit.ly/daily_mail_on_euro Posted via email from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
Facebook | Nick Dean: FREE ROBERT GREEN AND ARREST...
Check out this website I found at facebook.com this ring of paedophiles can be traced back to those dreadful shootings of school children at Dunblane in Scotland almost 30 years ago Posted via web from zzelp’s posterous | Comment »
March 2009
2 posts
BBC: Can people unlearn their naked shame?
Eric Brighton saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.
** Can people unlearn their naked shame? **
Once we were all happy to walk around naked, now we’re not. But can an experiment in nudity help us understand why we are so embarrassed by being seen in the buff and help shed our inhibitions?
** BBC Daily...
Eric Brighton saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.
** Can people unlearn their naked shame? **
Once we were all happy to walk around naked, now we’re not. But can an experiment in nudity help us understand why we are so embarrassed by being seen in the buff and help shed our inhibitions?
** BBC Daily E-mail **
Choose the news and sport headlines...
February 2009
1 post
January 2009
18 posts
Blog 200901290651
Touch Typing II. Blog 200901290651
Thursday 29th January 2009, Brighton, England.
Touch Typing II
;a
you, reader, cannot see the speed of my typing luckily. Although I could
do a macro, but you wouldn’t want to watch it. Apart from the slowness,
there are the interminable mistakes, followed by backspacing and correction.
I so want to be able to type fluently,...
Ping.fm / Your Dashboard →
ping test 3 http://ping.fm/lIi4f
ping test 2 http://ping.fm/FA3Xq
Test Ping http://ping.fm/lIi4f
Interesting Facts. Blog 200901131943
Blog 200901131943 Interesting facts. Blog 200901131943 Tuesday 13th January 2009, Brighton, England. Pawn shops thrive as credit tightens There’s been an increase in the number of people going to the pawnbrokers and Darrell Robson who owns a pawn shop in Stafford reckons it’s because of the downturn in the economy. ...
Neighbours. Blog 200901122121
Blog 200901122121 Neighbours. Blog 200901122121 Monday 12th January 2009, Brighton, England.Opposite where my office is, there are a row of maisonettes. The people there often don’t draw their curtains or close there blinds – I guess people in offices don’t have eyes! But where my desk lies I look out of the window directly into these. I have to say actually seeing ...
Neighbours. Blog 200901122121
Blog 200901122121 Neighbours. Blog 200901122121 Monday 12th January 2009, Brighton, England.Opposite where my office is, there are a row of maisonettes. The people there often don’t draw their curtains or close there blinds – I guess people in offices don’t have eyes! But where my desk lies I look out of the window directly into these. I have to say actually seeing ...
Dishwasher Blog Part 2. Blog 200901112130
Blog 200901112130 Dishwasher Blog Part 2. Blog 200901112130 Sunday 11th January 2009, Brighton, England. Last time I said <Rosie had a new kitchen put in by the housing association in the summer and because she knew we were getting rid of our dishwasher, got the fitters to leave her a space for it. When we get there I have to fit it, that’ll be great fun!!> Yes, when we got there...
D is Dishwasher. Blog 200901092015
Blog 200901092015 D is Dishwasher. Blog 200901092015 Friday 9th January 2009, Brighton, England. Busy. Busy. Busy. Today we went to our storage to find our dishwasher to give to Daisy’s daughter, Rosie. Fortunately there was a helpful giant of a guy who helped us to move some heavy boxes of books to get to it. So it is in the back of the car until Sunday when we go up to...
D is for Damp Loft. Blog 200901072255
Blog 200901072255D is for Damp Loft. Blog 200901072255 Wednesday 7th January 2009, Brighton, England. This blog is turning out to be resistant to being written. I guess I might find out why, one day. I am trying to learn to touch type with blutac on the keys to teach the fingers which keys to hit. Its not easy but I feel that if there is to be any future in this blogging thing I wll...
G is for Gettysburg. Blog 200901053134
Blog 200901053134 G is for Gettysburg. Blog 200901053134 Monday 5th January 2009, Brighton, England. Daisy, my other half, has gone to bed. And told me not to take too long a writing this blog. So this will be a quicky. I already told you, I like to be efficient and brief. If any defence were needed for that, I understand that Lincoln’s speech only lasted three minutes but was held up...
P is for photo. Blog 200901042240
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T is for twitter. Blog 200901041915
Blog 200901041915 Sunday 4th January 2009 Brighton, England. O Oo I’ve noticed two sets of numbers for pageviews in posterous. One immediately after a new posting and another after the page refresh. Also these are not the same as I viewed before posting. [no screenshot of that unfortunately] immediately after post:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/zzelp/3167126345/ after...
T is for twitter. Blog 200901041843
Blog 200901041843 Sunday 4th January 2009 Brighton, England. Oh boy, had a good meeting with another twitterer which has assured be that the is at least a small income to be made from blogging. So onward… … … It seems that every one is interested in blogs at the moment so I will do my utmost to discipline myself to make blog entries on a regular basis. But what really...
Back to reality. Blog 20090103053
Blog 200901030530Saturday 3rd January 2009 Brighton, England. We are now back in reality after our holiday in the States. England seems so small and certainly overcast, windy and cold. Of course as always, when getting back from holiday, there are a million things to do. So I have had to put off other things in order to get this blog written. We got into London Heathrow early morning...
December 2008
5 posts
New Years Eve Blog 200812311200
Blog 200812311200 Wednesday 31st December 2008, Greenport, Long Island, New York. So here we are, at the gateway to another year – what will be the same what will be different? One thing that will definitely be the same will be the retrospective navel gazing over the past year. Dredging up things we may well rather wish to forget and their regurgitation on TV and the...
Top 10 most annoying Americanisms :: Toby Harnden →
Six Apart →
Blog 200812271840
Does twitter matter?
Saturday 27th December 2008, Harborfront Inn at Greenport, Long Island, New York.
How many twiterers are there? Does anyone know – I guess the guys at twitter know but they are not letting on. TwitterTroll has figures for the number of tweets per day and per hour and this seems to be the basis of many estimates. The speculation will be around for a long time I expect, unless...
