I’m off to the US for a week. Sunny Virginia via gun ridden Washington DC for a laser conference. Seven hours spent blasting though the skies at a few hundred MPH several miles above the ground ‘fun’. I hate flying. Taking off and landing is no problem, but the sheer mindnumbing tedium of of the …
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Apple battery recall
I’ve switched off my G4 Powerbook for the first time in about 6 months to pull the battery and see if I’m eligible for a new one under the Apple battery recall program. I was rather hoping I was, because battery life on the laptop is now down to about 45 min. A shiny new …
Buying condoms on petty cash
When you are practising science on a tiny budget you sometimes have to get creative with replacement equipment. The following happened nearly a year ago, I’ve just happened to find what I wrote at the time. Taken from a chat log at the time. [dtl-afk] I’m just about to ask stores to reimburse me from …
Labels
With the news that 10,000 bags have been misplaced at airports since the start of the terror alert, you may be wishing for a simple, easy way to make sure your bags do not get lost. I suggest you label your luggage with these attractive stickers:
States of matter and security
For the first time an entire state of matter has now been declared a security risk, a handy cut out and keep chart annotated with the various alert levels can be found here. via pharyngula