Optical Illusion
Posted on August 30th, 2006 by Brian
This is probably the best optical illusion I’ve ever seen. Link
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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!
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The Race….. no names, no pack drill!
Posted on August 24th, 2006 by Brian
Once upon a time there was a Red rowing team. This Red team agreed to hold an annual rowing race with a Green team. Each team would contain 8 men. Both teams worked really hard to get in the best shape. On the day of the first race, both teams were ready to win. The [...]
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Microsoft Freebie!
Posted on August 22nd, 2006 by Brian
For those who like to experiment with alternative operating systems, Microsoft have released their “Virtual PC” product as a free download. Here’s the link to it: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
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Travelling from the Island
Posted on August 20th, 2006 by Brian
Simon at Ventnorblog has posted a review of the recently started Sandown-London City air service. If you are strapped for time it looks like the best way to visit the North Island.
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Test Post
Posted on August 14th, 2006 by Brian
This is a simple test post to see what the new “Windows Live Writer” is like. The picture is a scan of an old photo of my paternal grandfather, included to test this new interface. Seems very easy to insert photos etc. we’ll see what the real blog output looks like! Hmm…. took a fair [...]
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Garden Photos
Posted on August 8th, 2006 by Brian
Finally got around to adding a few pics of the new garden. They were taken as I wandered from the back of the house to the end of the garden, a couple of the view over the back fence, then back to the house and around to the front. Garden – a photoset on Flickr
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Nice little project
Posted on August 7th, 2006 by Brian
Found this today on my old friend Boing Boing. Read the warnings at the bottom of the article before letting your kids loose on it though.
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Back on line……. at last!
Posted on August 7th, 2006 by Brian
BT finally got their act together today and delivered a brand new “ipod style” Home Hub. Everything seems to be working OK despite the install routine loading a stack of Yahoo junk onto my PC (that’s now been deleted). Speed seems to hover around 4Mb/s for download and 488Kb/s for upload most of the time, [...]
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