Month: May 2014

  • The Thames Tunnel

    Last weekend TFL allowed some guided tours through Brunel’s Thames Tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping. I was lucky enough to get to walk through and of course I took some photos. More photos over on Flickr.

  • Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

    Photo: A blurred image taken at the 1995 Tour de France. Pantani was in the peleton somewhere, although almost certainly not in this image. See below for more. A few days ago, I was watching a stage of the Giro D’Italia live on Eurosport. It was a mountain stage – one of three stages in…

  • Why I’m Not Installing Facebook Messenger

    Facebook and I have an interesting relationship. I’ve been on it quite some time, and have lots of “friends” (more accurately, friends and acquaintances). However, I do find it useful for keeping up with what this extended group are up to. And if you’re organising a social event, then it’s a useful resource to help…

  • Horizon

    This year BBC2 is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and as part of those celebrations, its long running science programme, Horizon, is also celebrating being 50. I must admit that until the last week or so, and I hadn’t known that Horizon started right at the birth of the channel. To celebrate its half-century, Horizon has…

  • Uploading Large eBooks to Amazon’s Cloud

    A bit of a ramble, but in short – does anyone know how to get large files (over 25MB) into the Amazon Kindle Library aside from via email? Read on for the detail… If there’s one thing that’s for certain, it’s that buying eBooks on Amazon is very easy. It could be easier – they’ve…

  • Installing Plex Media Server

    Note: Just to be clear – I’ve installed Plex on a DS210j and not a DS214se. This is going to be a bit dry, but it may or may not help others. I now have a couple of Synology NAS drives. I first bought a DS210j about two or three years ago when I started…

  • RAJAR Q1 2014

    This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 6 years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I’m delighted to be able to bring you this analysis. For more details on RALF, contact Deryck Pritchard via this link or phone 07545…

  • Radio Academy Awards 2014 and a Complete History

    Last night at the Grosvenor House in Mayfair, the great, good and a lot of other folk, gathered for the radio industry’s big bash. The awards have changed sponsor – or are in the process of doing so. Like the Perrier Awards and Orange Book Awards, they’re going to take a while to shake off…

  • Women’s Tour of Britain – Stage 4 – Cheshunt to Welwyn (via Hertford)

    In spite of the decidedly uncertain weather prospects, I headed out to Hertford this morning for the fourth stage of the inaugural Friends Life Women’s Tour of Britain. Hertford constitutes “on my doorstep” in terms of these things, and the obvious place to go was on the climb out of Hertford. I got there unnecessarily…

  • Women’s Tour of Britain – Stage 2 – Bedford

    On a fairly wet Thursday, I travelled up to Bedford to see the end of the second stage of the inaugural Friends Life Women’s Tour of Britain. Such has been the paucity of strong events (and lack of equality with the men), that this is already a contender for the biggest stage race in the…

  • Wireless Charging

    A few days ago I needed to “juice” my phone, and actually chose to sit in the Sacred Café part of Stanfords in Covent Garden because it had a healthy selection of power sockets under the counter. But as I sat down with my tea, and was about to root around for a charger that…

  • Friends in Two Floors

    A photo I liked and that deserved a wider viewing to just Facebook. Incidentally, it’s good to see that Flickr has properly updated embedding now in its new look allow you to use either iframes, or good honest HTML. Both have their place in my view.