Category: General

Some astronomy bits in the Lake District

As regular readers will know in early August Catherine and I went off on a little trip to the Lake District which was largely enjoyable (bar the rubbish Virgin trains and to a lesser extent the rain). We stayed in Near Sawrey a few miles south-west of W… more »

Photosynths from the Claife Heights

As promised here's a couple more Photosynths from the Claife Heights, basically on top of the hill north of where we stayed at Near Sawrey in the Lake District. First up this Photosynth was taken just east of Wise Een Tarn, and shows off some of the s… more »

Buckle Yeat Guest House Photosynthed

Those following me on Twitter will know I've been away with Catherine to the Lake District for a few days to enjoy the odd walk and bike ride here and there, and also to enjoy the dark (but mostly cloudy) skies and hunt for Perseids. I'm in the proc… more »

A snow covered Great Britain from space!

Gorgeous picture today from NASA's Terra satellite. Taken about 8 hours ago, it shows a snow covered Great Britain. For those not in the know, we've probably been hit with more snow than we've had in decades, this picture nicely captures it. more »

Twitter down due to denial of service attack

Looks like Twitter is being DoSed, I've got tweets waiting to go up! Good timing as I've got a new plugin that automatically posts to Twitter when I make a new blog entry. Which now can't be tested. Great. Although mainly I'm worried about Catherin… more »

He'll be back - as Zombie Micheal Jackson

If there's one thing I learnereded from his work, its that zombies are people too. more »

Another garden Photosynth

Took some pictures a few days ago. Here's the Photosynth. You can press P to toggle the point cloud/images on and off. I've just got a 4GB CF card, weather permitting I'll start work on the biggest Photosynth ever. :) more »

Jade Goody dies - national IQ jumps 3 points overnight

I normally don't post things like this, but this was just too good to ignore. Nuff said. more »

A bit of snow

Had a bit of snow fall the last couple of days, what does that mean? Picture time. Almost makes up for the fact its cloudy and I can't photograph Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin. more »

Happy New Year

Another lap of the Sun done so I'd like to wish all my readers a happy new year. more »

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