Archive for '42'
True costs
Happy new year. I am writing this as my Christmas holiday is coming to an end. I have really enjoyed the break. This time of year, for me, is always a time of reflection. So, I thought I would share this with you. Moving house and finding the joys of a log fire When we […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2016 under 42.
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Video kiosk pi
For Christmas, I got a raspberry pi 2, which I love. But what to do with my old pis? Obviously, having an old one around doing a useful job of motion capture, streamed straight out to the web. But what about the other one? What can be usefully done with a small computer with a […]
Posted: December 26th, 2015 under 42, Programming, The world according to Pi.
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JBuilder migration by hand
This is for the hard core coders out there. This is unlikely to appeal if you are not a java developer or designer. I thought I would share this as it has taken me a few days of work to find this method. Hopefully it will save someone some time somewhere in the world 🙂 […]
Posted: December 26th, 2015 under 42, Programming.
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Spreading the joy
If there is one truth in my life it is that I love to learn. Yesterday, I got to share some of my learning about Insulin Kinetics with a group of gifted and talented students at Ipswich School. And thanks to Wikipedia I could reuse with modification the insulin structure image to help share what […]
Posted: November 13th, 2015 under 42, Diabetes.
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ICE’d, ICE’d baby
The past few weeks have seemed really busy. End of financial quarter, new aspects to my job and a lot of travelling. I am currently racking up around 1,000 miles a month in the diesel which feels terrible. It’s all the best kind of travelling for the beast but still, averaging 40mpg in a 275bhp […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2015 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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What a difference a year makes
Much has been in the news lately about the removal of subsidies for home owners who are deciding to move to micro generation of electricity through the use of solar panels. We were in the 2nd wave of adopters and missed out on the 17p per unit feed in tariff or FIT. To be honest […]
Posted: October 10th, 2015 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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STEM ambassadorship – my experience
One of the best managers I ever had in BT was a gentleman called Jeff Patmore. Jeff was a senior manager who had come in to BT as an apprentice. He was clever, experience and very talented. Who wouldn’t want to work for someone like that? Prior to working for Jeff, I had considered leaving […]
Posted: September 26th, 2015 under 42.
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Complications
The past six weeks have brought many changes with them, not least summer holidays. As a dual parent working household, the summer was always a chance to enjoy “normal working hours” and my son was safely amused at the child minder’s. He had company and care. A real break from school, but also from home. […]
Posted: September 12th, 2015 under 42.
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A load off my mind
I have to be honest: I want one! I am sitting at home on a rainy Sunday morning, waiting for the oven to switch itself on to cook the Sunday roast. We’re having it late today as the 45th Ipswich to Felixstowe vintage car run is due to go past our place in ninety minutes […]
Posted: May 3rd, 2015 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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A year on…
The last 12 months seem to have flown by, and we are approaching the first anniversary and service for the Leaf. It has covered nearly 5,000 miles as I write this. That is around 500 journeys to work, which seems about right. After all, this is why we bought the Leaf: to provide a clean, […]
Posted: January 17th, 2015 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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