I went into town with my son, and while he was looking into mobile phone contracts, I happened across two street entertainers blowing bubbles. I’m a big kid about bubbles. I can blow bubbles 6 ” / 15 cm across sometimes, (hey, I used to play clarinet, and I learned some breath control) but that’s about my limit. These people were using big loops of cloth and the wind, and…
Well, since my son’s at camp and I didn’t have to be home by 2 pm, I bunked off. I left home later than intended, but I got to Tijarafe before noon – in good time to see the little museum, which I was told opened from Monday to Friday and shut at 1 pm. I found it without too much trouble, but it was shut. This was rather annoying…
The America Senate is debating a bill to deal with internet piracy. I absolutely do not support piracy. I’ve had my photos and stories stolen, and I hate it. But this bill is a seriously dumb approach to the problem. It makes it far, far far too easy to shut down a site. Say someone else writes a book on the same topic as me, and they’re getting more sales….
I just dropped my son off at a camp on the other side of the island. He’ll only be gone for two nights, but it does mean that I don’t have to get home by 2 pm tomorrow or Friday. Of course I could fill the two days twenty times over, but I should manage a bit of exploring.
This photograph was taken by Voyager 1 in 1990. It’s called “The Pale Blue Dot“. The coloured streaks in this photo are reflections of the sun inside the camera. The Earth itself is the bright dot in the rightmost streak, about halfway up. One pixel. I’m one of seven billion people sharing that dot, and I’ve ridden it fifty times around the sun. Seeing it so very small makes me…
Today I went to visit friends on the other side of the island. I took I took the jumper I’d knitted to little John. Luckily it fits perfectly, and both him and his Mum are pleased with it. Actually, I’m pleased with it too. I had a wonderful time playing with little John. Then I showed his Mum, Nikki, my new Kindle. One of the few books I’ve got on…