Category: Techo stuff

Fukushima

The meeja are still at it, trying to parley the Fukushima crisis into a disaster and, in the process, handing the bedwetters and neo-luddites large wodges of convenient headlines with which to frighten the masses into the abandonment of the only clean, safe and reliable power generation source which will stop the lights going out as the current generation of power plants comes to the end of its working life. The latest scare tactic is the trumpeting of the fact that the Fukushima crisis has been up-graded to level 7, the highest level on the international scale used to measure these events. ‘It’s another Chernobyl,’ they whinny hysterically, running around in ever decreasing circles and waving their hands frantically in the air. Well, it’s not, nor can it be. It is a serious situation, and I’m not trying to downplay it, but it is contained and the omens, at the moment, are all good for it’s continuing containment. The hype and spin around Fukushima downplays the devastation caused by the actual disaster, a 1,000 year earthquake followed by a 1,000 year tsunami. The facts are…

Where have the Polls gone?

In order to avoid wasting space in posts or the sidebar, and to make them easier to locate, all Polls may now be found on the Menu Bar.

Charioteers do not have to take any action; any Polls that are published will be transferred to the appropriate Menu Page as soon as they are noticed.   They will be replaced in the originating post or comment by a link to the Menu Page.

Click on the Polls item on the Menu Bar, or hover your mouse over it and then select the required submenu.

Of Mice and Zen and Factoids

The + Plus magazine is for those interested in mathematics and its applications.  While I am certainly not a mathematician, musician or scientist, I am mildly curious about a lot and obsessively curious about little. My curiosity is often triggered by my ventures into the ‘blogosphere’. So for those who do have a real interest in music, and perhaps some talent, the article in + Plus with the title What makes an object into a musical instrument? may interest you.
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Grout Expectations

There’s a leak coming from the room above into the dining room.
The plumber says it’s the grouting in the shower that’s at fault.
The tiler can’t come yet as he’s so busy.
The builder says the tricky bit it getting the old grout out. Continue reading “Grout Expectations”

Help requested!

Can anyone tell me why it is that I am unable to access the dialogue box on the Daily Telegraph comment section? I have a MyT account which allows me to comment and create blogs there, but on the main section, I am simply left with the notice that I need to be logged in to comment. It persists even after I have logged in. If I try to log in again, I am taken to my profile page.

Because I thought that there might be a conflict with this WordPress site and the Telegraph WordPress site, I created a new identity and tried to log on that way. Same problem.

I have, very occasionally, been able to comment, but 99% of the time I am not given access to the dialogue box. Does anybody have any ideas how to resolve this? Many thanks.

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

These days I am up before dawn so I can get out on the bike at first light. There are several reasons for this. For one thing the temperature is beginning to creep up; we generally only get one week of spring in this neck of the woods. Last week I was still wearing thermals and a waterproof. Today I set off in t-shirt and shorts and the sweat was pouring off almost immediately.
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