First thoughts on new internet access speeds provided by fibre-to-the-premises. This is an enlarged version of a submission to HN. Incredible download speeds Dialup to broadband The move from dialup rates of 28.8kbs to ADSL (broadband) rates of 2Mbps changed the internet experience markedly from being largely static to allowing streaming video. It has also [...]
On 17 and 19 May we visited London for work. Unfortunately we weren’t aware of the details of the London Congestion Charge scheme and have been issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). What is the Congestion Charge If you travel into central London (link to page with map of region) a charge is levied [...]
AQA exam board announced that they are dropping C, C# and PHP from their approved list of computer programming languages in the upcoming syllabus. Here are example exam papers from 2009. Example exam papers from AQA AQA Computing 2009 The following are AQA Computing exam papers from 2009 for units 1 and 2 of the [...]
Came across this on a blog called futilitycloset, it’s full of quirky goodness but this just needed more investigation. The Mystery Slab of Beth She’Arim Huge glass slab made circa 400AD Making large sheets of glass is hard. Making a 2m by 3½m by 45cm slab of glass is awesomely hard to make. Even now [...]
St.Davids Day, 1 March 2010, is the national Saints day for Wales. “Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus!” simply transliteraties as “day saint David happy” and is the traditional greeting as you wave your daffodils and wolf down a few dozen welsh cakes. Happy St.Davids Day /Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus! Saint David’s Day
Informational pages on swine flu vaccination in the UK
