Last night I was awakened at about half past midnight by either Mrs Elbeno or some thunder, I'm not sure which. At any rate, there followed over the course of a few minutes about 6 or so flashes of lightning and accompanying thunder. The storm was less than two miles away at this point. Then… Continue reading A strange storm
The backups worked
20 DVDs' worth, all correctly restored. Yay.
The essentials
I’m coming off the back of another Windows install, so I now have a directory containing about a CD’s worth of software – the essentials for installation on a clean system. In alphabetical order (from my folder listing): 7-zip – for dealing with .zip, .rar, and all other archives. nVidia drivers – I ditched ATI… Continue reading The essentials
Are you old?
Can you hear this? I'm tempted to wait a couple of years until I can't, then play it out of my speakers at full volume while working. 🙂
Happy "Summer" solstice
In just under 7 and a half hours' time, the northern hemisphere will be at its maximum tilt towards the sun. So rejoice and be merry. (Even if it is, for you, actually a “Winter” solstice 🙂
RIP TOTP
30th July will be the last episode, reports the BBC. Well I can't pretend that I've seen it recently or even that when I last saw it, the top 20 was really anything special, but a little part of me is sad.
earphones
Got myself a pair of Shure E2c earphones, after wondering for a while about noise-cancelling headphones. I'd heard good things on the grapevine and from a coworker about the Shure ones. They seem to be working out well. They were a little strange at first, but they come with small, medium and large inserts in… Continue reading earphones
Brain Age
The Brain Age tests are fun. I do well at the sudoku. However, the Stroop test (say the colour of the word, not the word) has problems with voice recognition on “blue”. It’s a bit frustrating! But every day my brain is getting better. Today I unlocked the Head Count game… count the number of… Continue reading Brain Age
a maths day
Since is always posting about his antics bending Maya to his will, I felt like sharing my working day. Without going into detail about what I’m working on (which is still hush-hush until it’s announced), I can say that today I did more maths than I’ve done in a long time. I wrote some code… Continue reading a maths day
Bread news
The latest bread experience in the Elbeno household is Pane Mediterraneo from Ralph’s International Classics line. I’m always partial to a crusty crust and a soft crumb. A peek at the inside: appropriately holey.