Archive for January, 2006

Courts Make No Sense

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

I was alerted to this article earlier today, which details the way in which a hacker was tricked into doing something illegal, just so the FBI could get rid of him. It all focuses around a leak of Windows source code a few years ago, that went whizzing round the Internet. This guy decided to […]

Spam, Spam, Spam

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Some sad company seems to think that posting adverts in my comments section is a great way to promote their business. Their business, however, involves selling a certain form of medication that is normally the kind you find delivered to the spam section of your email inbox. I am also quite amazed that they would […]

Bingo!

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

I am quite suprised at the number of people who are attempting to complete my puzzle! A large number of my school friends are attempting to get through the levels, but many are getting stuck in various places. I didn’t expect the popularity of it, so I was giving clues out to start with, but […]

Apsley Paper Trail

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Our graphics class today went on a tour of the paper mill at Apsley, the little bit stuck on the side of Hemel.
Our first task was to move a ball one metre upstream using only paper, water-based glue, a limited amount of masking tape and a bit of cotton. My group took the simple route. […]

Schmidt - A Slightly Painful List

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

While looking for some information for my electronics project, I stumbled across some information on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Now, this may seem a very obscure index to create, alongside other such as the Beaufort Scale, Richter Scale and others, and I agree totally. When you actually have a use for the index, when […]