Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

...to always have a USB memory stick hooked to my keyring (seeing as they're giving them away at press conferences with the PowerPoints on these days). And I used to have one of those Timex memory watches that used a flashing dot on the screen to synchronise appointments to a small amount of memory, so it could waste battery by scrolling text messages 24 hours a day.

But even I think that this watch really goes a little too far...

For one thing, that USB connector is going to be really uncomfortable.

Hmm. Worrying thought. Am I going to lose my geek credentials for this entry?

...just 7 minutes from posting a request for information for the next Guardian piece on Response Source to getting the first answer..

Now that's what I call an on-the-ball PR.

...is now online!

See the transformation of a Victoria terraced flat into a bigger Victorian terraced flat before your very eyes! Followed by the miracle of the vanishing bank balance!

(Am vaguely annoyed that I cannot change the date format in Adobe's Photoshop Album, which is otherwise an excellent piece of software.)

On this day in 1927 Charles Lindbergh took off from New York (carrying a kitten), aiming to fly to Paris in the City Of St Louis - the first solo transatlantic flight.

While not the first transatlantic flight, nor the first non-stop, Lindbergh did pioneer many of the features we take for granted in modern aircraft.

...the RHS Chelsea Flower Show..

I'm off there with marypcb on Thursday evening, and will follow up with photos. But in the mean time, here's the BBC's 360 degree garden tours.

(needs the iPix viewer)

The man who built a fish tank in his PC.