Saturday 29 May 2010

how much caffeine in your normal morning coffee?

wondered if a Chai Tea Latte had much caffeine....

Caffeine content in Uk drinks

no chai tea, but check out the normal coffee values.
No wonder I get a buzz of an extra shot venti !

not to mention the calories / cost.

apparently for me...
It would take 220.68 cups of Starbucks Tall Caffe Latte to put you down.

low flying military pics from Wales

photos from the low flying done in wales. not by me though! great pics go check them out
GTI club plans to go there somepoint soon

People often ask me why I take so many aircraft shots on the Mach loop?
My only answer is that once you see a Tornado, F15 or a Harrier low,fast and close you want to see more........and it's great fun as well :-)

Mach Loop @ caeclyd

service due again! / mpg edition 30 update

eeek , how did this come around so soon!
need to start thinking about extended warranty and MOT's now ......



also failed to take a MPG pic but last tank was

380 miles @ 33.2MPG , the warmer weather seems to have improved the values

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Particle Zoo : Subatomic plush toys from the Standard Model and beyond!

make it fun and youll learn it ...

http://www.particlezoo.net/shop.html

LHC Blog : Z Boson and Resonances !


http://blogs.uslhc.us/the-z-boson-and-resonances

Monday 17 May 2010

BBC article : How dangerous is South Africa?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8668615.stm

been there myself on honeymoon and loved it, didnt experience any problems and the people couldnt have been any nicer.
As with anywhere be careful and do your homework before going.

We will see how it fares after the WorldCup though !

When we went it was our best holiday ever :-)

How Microtubules Let Go of Their Attachments During Cell Division

my old university tutors would be proud.
I always had a fascination for microtubules and their mechanisms during my Degree study.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100513123722.htm

Sunday 16 May 2010

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Golf GTI Edition 30 APR Stg1 : 38k miles / MPG

361miles @ 29.7MPG

enormous stone chip!



way home on the M62 and BANG stone flies up from car in front and Im left with the 'spider' above.
will need replacing now , ho hum , at least its free.

Swiss watch fetches a cool 3.7 million quid

A private Swiss museum has stumped a cool 6.26m Swiss francs (£3.76m) for a "unique" Patek Philippe perpetual calendar chronograph watch, which now has the honour of being the most expensive yellow gold watch ever to sell at auction.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/12/watch_auction/

Monday 10 May 2010

a phone for your grandma ? maybe ...

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/05/04/grouptest_oap_phones/

Friday 7 May 2010

Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies UK Review

another Wii pre-order drops on the mat....graphics looking nothing short of miraculous for the Wii :-)

Sin & Punishment: Successor of the Skies Review



overall review scores page at gamestats

Thursday 6 May 2010

LHC based scam email ...

well its an orginal twist on the scam email lol

http://www.scam-detectives.co.uk/blog/2010/05/05/possibly-the-funniest-scam-email-weve-ever-received/

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Peter Pilgrim : Java's thoughts on Flash...


http://www.jroller.com/peter_pilgrim/entry/java_s_thoughts_on_flash