Over-engineering and how it makes people’s lives worse
There's an acid test that we as engineers should always subject our creations to: do they make life better for the end user? "Better" is perhaps quite diffic...
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2011 summarized
It's been a very busy year Still working for CFL and enjoying it very much Now living in a much nicer house (not damp! luxury!) Still helping balance the bo...
India diary, day 10
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). Got up at 9.30 and ...
India diary, day 9
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). Rose early to find ...
India diary, day 8
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). Today, we drove bac...
India Diary, day 7
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). The morning after o...
India diary, day 6
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). Day six of our epic...
India diary, day 5
In June/July 2010 I spent ten days travelling in Rajasthan, India with friends; this is my diary of the trip (full list of entries here). I was quite ill tod...
Repairing a Fitbug which has been through the washing machine
Reader, are you an idiot? Let me quantify that slightly. Are you the sort of person who gets up on a Saturday morning and puts a load of washing on without c...
Christmas trains: co-incidence or conspiracy?
Having booked myself the obvious three days off work in December to join up the bank holiday weekends for Christmas and New Year, I thought I might as well b...