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Archive for April, 2009

Barcodes on your mobile

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Image via Wikipedia My mate Andy today showed me a really cool 2D barcode that can be read by your mobile phone to give you a URL to a website. It’s a cool technique that can be used for a number of different applications, from advertising to touristic attractions. He had some software installed on…

Health Insurance

It’s interesting how your perspective on health insurance changes when you have kids. I’ll be quite honest, I never sued to really think about it before. I did have a life policy, but it was just a result of a mortgage I took out, and only covered me over the life of the mortgage. Things…

The naughty doctor

A veterinarian gives an injection to a goldfish

Image via Wikipedia Right, we haven’t had a joke here for some time, so here’s one to keep you amused (it is Friday after all) A doctor had just finished a marathon sex session with one of his patients. He was resting after putting on his lab coat and was feeling a bit guilty because…

Going Green

Compact fluorescent light bulb

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been slowly replacing the light bulbs in the house with energy efficient ones. We now have LED ones in the kitchen and compact florescent ones in various places around the house. The technology seems to be improving every year, but it’s still not up to scratch with traditional incandescent light bulbs….

My kingdom for a watch

Rolex submariner

Image via Wikipedia I’m a big fan of watches, especially if they have some sort of high tech features. My previous watch actually could display videos and play MP3s, but unfortunately, the watch part of it was rather poor, taking around 20 seconds before it would display the time. So I shelved that, and now…

Time for a relaxing weekend

We’re spending a weekend at home, after spending Easter in the UK; and before spending next weekend in Malta; so it’s an opportunity for some quality time together, enjoying what the Isle of Man has to offer. When the weather is bright, there are a number of places to go for a family picnic, with…

Have you fought my Brute yet?

You might have seen on my other blog that I`ve started playing this cute little online game called Brute where you set up a cartoon character and take part in automated fights against other characters. Cute. Anyway,  just go to my Brute page, create your own Brute and try to kick the living daylights out…

Off to the UK for Easter

An Enterprise

Image via Wikipedia We’re spending Easter in the UK with Camille’s family. Her twin brothers are coming up and she’s particularly excited about it. I’m not sure if we’ll have time to take Arthur to Thorpe Park (which is not far from where we’re going to be), but I’m sure we’ll have lots of things…