October 2009 – Denseman on the Rattis

Make movies without leaving your computer!

30 October 2009

I found a new website today called Xtra Normal.

It lets you make movies like this, and it’s quick and easy:

I want to park my car like that!

29 October 2009

Our new local shop

27 October 2009

Waitrose, Otley Originally uploaded by reinholdbehringer They’re building a lot of houses, business premises, a school and some roundabouts on some fields between us and the motorway. (That is, they started building them a couple of years ago, but most of them seem to have put on hold when the recession started to bite.) The […]

If the pound collapses…

25 October 2009

Few Pounds Originally uploaded by René Ehrhardt Of course the financial problems are not restricted to the UK, but as the recent news that this country is contracting shows, it’s definitely worse off than many similar places. That means that it’s not impossible that the pound will fall even further. So it’s worth asking what […]

Stor baby

21 October 2009

Baby scan Originally uploaded by viralbus Som jeg sikkert har nævnt tidligere, skal Phyllis efter planen føde den 9. januar. Det betyder, at afstanden fra skambenet til toppen af livmoderen gerne skulle være 28-29 cm. Men da de målte hende i dag til et rutinetjek, var afstanden 34 cm. De sagde først, det sikkert bare […]

Folding T-shirts

19 October 2009

This is an impressive way to fold your T-shirt: Unless you’re an engineer, in which case this is the way to go: If you like that idea, but don’t want to build it yourself, it seems to be available here. However, it seems that if you’re in the US Army, you don’t fold, you roll:

Is this iPhoto?

28 October 2009

iPhoto ’09 oddness: Broken UI Originally uploaded by Chris Devers I’ve been playing around with iPhoto on and off ever since Complexli bought the Mac mini for me. In particular, I’m interested in face recognition. It would be so nice if all your photos could be tagged correctly to show who’s in them. However, I’m […]

Schwäbisch schwätza uff Youtube

26 October 2009

I was raised bilingually. However, it wasn’t Danish and standard German I grew up speaking, as some people might think, it was Danish and Swabian (Schwäbisch). These days even my dad hardly ever speaks Swabian any more, and Swabian speakers aren’t exactly ubiquitous in Scotland, so it often feels like I’m the only remaining speaker. […]

No respect for engineering

23 October 2009

Abandoned factory in Lurgan Originally uploaded by slinky2000 There’s a post on John Redwood’s blog, which has comments that largely are more interesting than the article itself. Do read through the comments if you’ve got the time. Here follow a few excepts. “Bill” wrote: “There are some exceptions of course, in the aerospace industry in […]

Should only public-sector workers own houses?

20 October 2009

Mortgage Originally uploaded by Rev Dan Catt The FSA yesterday made a proposal to make it harder to get a mortgage. While it’s clear that some people have been allowed to borrow crazy amounts, I’m not sure that their new rules would help. First of all, for those of us who already have mortgages, what’s […]