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1. "Flush" magazine
No, not a toilet thang, calm down. A poker mag. I took up an offer of 3 free issues from a guy who wandered through a web forum I was reading. They've sent 5 issues so far. They don't have any data that'd give them access to any of my money. I wouldn't buy it, but I'll read it if it's free.
2. Crane
The hook raise/lower on Jack's crane stopped working. The jib still swung round, so we knew the batteries were OK. After a couple of weeks, I got time to take a look. Opened the motor compartment, applied 9v via jump leads, motor OK, reassembled. Opened the controller, switches looked OK, no wires obviously astray.
But hang on. If that wire goes there and that one and then if...
It takes 4 batteries. 2 for the jib and 2 for the hook. It _was_ the batteries all along.
3. Killer
If there's anybody who does sudoku but has never tried a killer, yet has thought about it, the one in Saturday's Grauniad was a good intro, not too hard. You can dl it here. And if you want a step-by-step solution, email me, I happen to have one here I wrote for somebody.
4. Traffic
On the way in this morning they had the QUEUE 40 lights up on the A627M which is unusual to say the least. I assumed it'd be weight of traffic causing a problem at the Royton slip as per, so continued down the outside at 70. Then as we rounded the curve we could see it stacked up going into Oldham Broadway, an emergency vehicle of some sort heading into the melee, and good flow up the slip. Fortuitously there was a handy gap I could use without scaring or annoying anybody, so we got off. But before L could orient herself in the A-Z I'd already managed to do a wiggly loop and end up back at the same roundabout... We then went to the edge of Oldham and down the A62, which was fine. In fact if it hadn't been for the magical mystery tour at the beginning, it might have been damn near as quick as our normal route is an a normal day. Hmmm.
5. Whiskey
A bottle of whiskey is fair pay for sitting in somebody's office for an hour trying to explain to them what the VB they wrote 2 years ago actually does. Why it does it is a bit harder, since I'm not telepathic, especially if you want two years' retrospection included. I chucked in some suggestions of better way to do it for free. And I may have to actually write some code later this week, but it's noddy stuff. OTOH, the bottle was already open. WTF???
No, not a toilet thang, calm down. A poker mag. I took up an offer of 3 free issues from a guy who wandered through a web forum I was reading. They've sent 5 issues so far. They don't have any data that'd give them access to any of my money. I wouldn't buy it, but I'll read it if it's free.
2. Crane
The hook raise/lower on Jack's crane stopped working. The jib still swung round, so we knew the batteries were OK. After a couple of weeks, I got time to take a look. Opened the motor compartment, applied 9v via jump leads, motor OK, reassembled. Opened the controller, switches looked OK, no wires obviously astray.
But hang on. If that wire goes there and that one and then if...
It takes 4 batteries. 2 for the jib and 2 for the hook. It _was_ the batteries all along.
3. Killer
If there's anybody who does sudoku but has never tried a killer, yet has thought about it, the one in Saturday's Grauniad was a good intro, not too hard. You can dl it here. And if you want a step-by-step solution, email me, I happen to have one here I wrote for somebody.
4. Traffic
On the way in this morning they had the QUEUE 40 lights up on the A627M which is unusual to say the least. I assumed it'd be weight of traffic causing a problem at the Royton slip as per, so continued down the outside at 70. Then as we rounded the curve we could see it stacked up going into Oldham Broadway, an emergency vehicle of some sort heading into the melee, and good flow up the slip. Fortuitously there was a handy gap I could use without scaring or annoying anybody, so we got off. But before L could orient herself in the A-Z I'd already managed to do a wiggly loop and end up back at the same roundabout... We then went to the edge of Oldham and down the A62, which was fine. In fact if it hadn't been for the magical mystery tour at the beginning, it might have been damn near as quick as our normal route is an a normal day. Hmmm.
5. Whiskey
A bottle of whiskey is fair pay for sitting in somebody's office for an hour trying to explain to them what the VB they wrote 2 years ago actually does. Why it does it is a bit harder, since I'm not telepathic, especially if you want two years' retrospection included. I chucked in some suggestions of better way to do it for free. And I may have to actually write some code later this week, but it's noddy stuff. OTOH, the bottle was already open. WTF???