Fireworks!

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It’s that time of year again, when fireworks light up the sky and kids sit around street corners collecting money for fireworks. I don’t think we’ll be going to any public displays this year. Navigating around with 2 newborns is a bit tricky and we may just opt for an evening with friends. After all, lighting your own fireworks is more fun than watching someone else doing it for you; I’m sure Arthur will love the experience.

I’m not actively taking part in Kempton Fireworks this year, but I’ve helped them put their website up and tickets are now available for sale. It’s on the 7th of November and promises to be one of the most spectacular fireworks displays around London. One day, I’ll get someone to deploy one of those live video casting solutions so I can watch them from all the way from the Isle of Man.

Lovely weekend

It's great when we get nice weather on the weekend; and it's particularly appreciated now that autumn has set in. And I almost had to get myself a pair of men's sunglasses it was so bright today. I took Arthur to the gym and ran some errands and it was just great to be out and about in the nice sunny weather.

Tomorrow may be different, but I have my tax return I need to finish off, so maybe it would be better if the weather was a bit dull. We'll just have to see.

Astronomer Joke

We haven't had a joke in a whole, so here's one:

A theologian and an astronomer who used to work for a commercial satellite company were talking together one day. The astronomer said that after reading widely in the field of religion, he had concluded that all religion could be summed up in a single phrase. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," he said, with a bit of smugness, knowing that his field is so much more complex.
After a brief pause, the theologian replied that after reading widely in the area of astronomy he had concluded that all of it could be summed up in a single phrase also. "Oh, and what is that?" the astronaut inquired. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star; how I wonder what you are!"

Happy Birthday to me

Image by Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr

Well, it's my Birthday and I'll cry if I want to .. erm .. don't really have anything to cry about though, so I guess I won't. Twins are doing fine, mummy's doing fine, work is doing fine, so everything is looking hunky dory. I might just get a webpage to shout it out to the world, or employ am Irvine web design company to build one for me, who knows!

If there was one thing I could wish for though, I'm getting to a point where a night of uninterrupted sleep might be something worth asking for. Now, where's that fairy godmother ...

Wired House

Well, the HomePlugs seem to be working nicely which means I can literally connect anything I like, wherever it is in the house, regardless of whether it's wireless or not. I haven't got my Dreambox yet; which is why I got the HomePlugs in the first place, but it should be here soon. The plugs are quick enough for me to experiment with live video streaming services too, if that's what I want to try.

The only problem now is that I don't have anything new to play with tomorrow; but I'm sure we'll find something to do. I have DIY to do, I have work to do and oh, I still have to do my tax return. Sounds like I have tomorrow all figured out huh?

Time for some geek play

Seeing it's the weekend, I have some time to play with my latest toy. I've just got myself a set of Homeplugs which let me use my home network over power sockets. Why would you want to do that do you ask? Especially as I have a Wireless LAN. Well, not all the devices I have are Wifi, and while I could buy a Wifi adapter for each one, this is more cost efficient and it allows faster speeds that Wifi. And it I was playing with live streaming casting solutions for example, I would probably want the fastest speed I could get.

Anyway, onto playing; I'll let you know how it fares.

It's the weekend !

That's what Arthur shouts when he wakes up on a Satursday morning, and yes, the weekend is here. The weather's been pretty good all week, so I'm hoping that the weekend will be just as nice. I know it's September, but we just might manage one last barbecue for the year. You know, crack out the charcoal, bring out the sausages, even get a pair of men's sunglasses out for Arthur (he's really cute in sunglasses).

We'll see what tomorrow holds, based on the fact that it's been a pretty good week, it's probably going to be thunder and storms. Sod's law huh?