May 2009
51 posts
Jonathan is voting Green on June 4th to stop the... →
How many watts are needed to make a soldering iron... →
15W is plenty for tiny wires, surface mount repair etc.
30W is good for up to about 18 guage wire, and more than enough to burn tiny wires
100W works well on 12 guage wires.
All of the above are worthwhile purchases. A temperature controlled solder station will cover this range.
(Also: Yahoo! Answers comes up trumps for once).
"Because I like inflicting my music taste on... →
I’ve started an MP3 blog. Partly for the above reason, and partly because I’ve been hearing so much about Tumblr-esque blogging platform Posterous that I thought I should give it a proper try.
It’s nowhere near as customisable as Tumblr, and doesn’t seem to have the same cool community. It generally seems a bit more “straight” compared to Tumblr’s...
“Flight attendants will tell you to turn it off on take off and landing. You...”
– 10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2… and 10 reasons not to
(via soupsoup, asprettyasasong, kellyreeves)
WatchFred Wilson says: “I read this weekend that there are over 11,000 registered third party apps built on top of Twitter. I suspect that there are a similar number (or more) for Facebook. As the primary social media channels (including blogs and blog comments) become fully open platforms, I believe we are going to see a host of interesting (and valuable) services get built. It’s already...
Jonathan is listening to the new Steve... →
tomewing says:
I appreciate the sentiment and all, but as claims of football loyalty go ”I bleed Red” is kind of lacking something.
I pulled a Liverpool fan up on this the other day. He wasn’t impressed with my grasp of basic human biology.
Jonathan wishes he could watch 24-hour news... →
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits...”
– F. Matthias Alexander
(via deplorableword & anthonyherron)
I thought having Paul McCartney at my graduation... →
These guys had Barack Obama.
(BBC video: “US President Barack Obama has been heckled as he addressed students at the country’s largest Catholic university, amid a row over abortion rights”).
Started using "tealog" site Steepster →
A very niche social site! But thought it might be fun, if for no other reason than to see how the dynamics of such a community work. And if I find out a few of pretentious oolong factoids while I’m at it, all the better.
"Stop child abuse - support the children’s charity... →
This blog post is part of Zemanta’s “Blogging For a Cause” campaign to raise awareness and funds for worthy causes that bloggers care about.
“The 5 non-profit organizations that get the most bloggers to endorse them will get the donations. You can write about as many non-profits as you want, but we’ll count each one only once per blog post - so make sure you spread...
New release from Fran Healey-endorsed label that... →
I’ve written before about LIPA (the college I went to) and the LIPA Records compilations curated by Fran Healey of Travis and, erm…Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, so thought I’d blog a quick note about the label’s latest release. Their first selection featured then-little-known The Wombats, donchaknow? But don’t hold that against them :-p
This year LIPA Records is doing...
"The chilling story of the crazy free newspaper... →
Chris Anderson over-eggs it a bit with the above description - it’s not exactly The Shining - but still, an interesting read. “An important cautionary tale of Free gone wrong”.
Jonathan just got a BNP leaflet through the door.... →
“Chavez, a decade in power, is a shrewd communicator who often uses salty...”
– Hugo Chavez launches $15 mobile phone with a name to make his mother blush
“If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you...”
– George Bernard Shaw
This transformation has taken place in me between the ages of 15 and early-twenties, but I think the same principle applies; I have both heart and brains.
(Thanks).
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-10) →
The Vaselines (12)
Mitch Hedberg (7)
Super Furry Animals (5)
And So I Watch You From Afar (3)
TRINITY (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Microsoft’s entry into a market previously meant imminent death of any other...”
– Marco on “What happened to Microsoft?”
“Falsely believing that one has an everyday app is partially why advertising has...”
– “The LinkedIn problem” - Bokardo
"Obama Orders Burger With Elitist European... →
I wish this was from The Onion, but it’s not. Someone at Fox News is actually suggesting Obama’s choice of dijon mustard over ketchup is at all relevant to his ability to govern a country as a “man of the people”.
“Business plans are like sausages, if you knew what went into them you wouldn’t...”
– Yossi Vardi (via betaworks)
I don’t tend to eat business plans anyway. But I get his point, as riddled with mixed-metaphor as it is.
Jonathan doesn't want to be a fashion designer, he... →
I didn't say she stole my money →
This sentence has seven different meanings, depending on the stressed word:
I didn’t say she stole my money — someone else said it.
I didn’t say she stole my money — I didn’t say it.
I didn’t say she stole my money — I only implied it.
I didn’t say she stole my money — I said someone did, not necessarily her.
I didn’t say she stole my money — I considered it borrowed, even though she...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-3) →
The Smashing Pumpkins (41)
Amos Lee (15)
Amy Winehouse (8)
Tony Bennett (5)
Madeleine Peyroux (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jonathan is tempted to make a Star Wars-related... →
I quite like the Labour Party. →
(“Like” is a relative term).
And I don’t mind Harriet Harman either. But she has another thing coming if she thinks I’m letting her get anyway near being PM (‘cos I hold a lot of sway in these things, donchaknow?).
Good thing she denies it then. But the real interesting point in this article is Neil Kinnock’s bit about the effect undermining Brown’s...