Jan 12 2012
A recent post on the WordPress blog led me to Fight for the Future where I read the following:
Will every kid growing up in every developing country have access to every book ever made, as soon as they get a smartphone? Or will the books cost $12, an impossible expense for a poor kid?
When an argument is poorly presented how many people not only stop supporting but in fact go the other way? This particular one annoyed me enough to end up posting here!
Nov 05 2011
True to form it was raining leading up to the yearly bonfire event but thankfully the evening remained dry.
My good friend David was part of the small team who were organising the fireworks. He asked if I was able to help with setup and I ended up with a few tasks assigned – create a piece rope art, sort out the PA system and music and to record the event. Together with other volunteers all tasks were complete in time.
Sep 28 2011
If you’re into Star Trek TNG you’re probably well aware that the series’ special effects were recorded on ‘low def’ video tape thus prevented a HD release. Amazing news is that CBS have announced TNG will be released on Blu-ray in 2012. They state that the effects aren’t t simply upscaled but all new -
Visual effects will not be upconverted from videotape, but instead will be recompositioned.
Quite simply that is astounding! No idea what it’s going to cost but it’s going to be expensive – the sampler disk to be released in January has an RRP of $22 for 3 episodes. I don’t want to guess at the cost of having all 178 episodes in HD will be!
I really hope they bring out an equivalent to the Borg Cube DVD version we own! Perhaps I should eBay that one while someone still wants DVDs 
If released it will really be time to get a HD TV!
Tags: Star Trek
Aug 01 2011
Those who follow my babble (there must be some as the feeds must feed something!) will have noticed my lack of posting of late. Whilst I was keen on tracking my riding I couldn’t do that as I had an operation on my toe.
This has almost recovered (well, it’s out of wrappings though this is actually down to it falling off rather than a health professional advising me) and I hope to be returning to the saddle once again.
I have decided that I need to write a better plugin for the cycling progress. It was never my intention to have post after post recording the progress but that was the best plug-in I could find. I don’t have a lot of energy at the moment so I’ll record offline then revamp the entries once I’ve sorted the plugin.
Tags: WordPress
Jul 29 2011
Those like myself in the UK who have enjoyed the BBC’s impressive coverage over the past few years will no doubt be mourning today’s announcement. From 2012 Sky will be the primary broadcaster showing all race meeting programmes with the BBC providing what can only be described as a derisory half service for FTA viewers – showing only half of the races live with the remainder as highlights later in the day.
