This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
A week or so ago my trusty TomTom Go 500 finally gave up the ghost after almost 6 years of reliable service (see “A New Toy for 2006“). As the picture shows, it was a “sturdy” device and much deeper and heavier than the latest ones: Mine had got rather bashed about over the years [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Hardware, Home, Isle of Wight, Software, Techie
At the Cáfe Scientifique meeting last night we were treated to a discussion about what will happen when the oil runs out. During the discussion afterwards there was mention of a book, ‘Sustainable Energy – without the hot air‘ which I have just downloaded as a pdf file and scanned over. After just a quick [...]
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Filed under: Home, Isle of Wight
Earlier this week I got back from our annual French golf tour. We played four courses in the Caen area: Golf de Omaha Beach Le Mer Golf de Omaha Beach Le Manoir Golf de Cabourg Le Home Golf de Caen Le Vallone Rating them, in order of personal preference: Golf de Omaha Beach Le Manoir [...]
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Filed under: Golf, Hobbies, Isle of Wight, Mates, Seasonal
