September 2011 – Page 5 – Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin

Twitter Updates for 13-09-2011

If Honeydew won't come to the zombies, bring the zombies to Honeydew. (@YouTube http://t.co/rFPbFVr) 00:36:27, 2011-09-13
@inmywindow If memory serves it stops growing at a certain length, so would need to be bonsai versions thereof. in reply to inmywindow 00:44:46, 2011-09-13
@inmywindow It'd certainly save time in the barbers. "Which one would you like? I've got them aaaall on display here." in reply to inmywindow 00:53:35, 2011-09-13
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/qKJCpKL A zombine, right? 01:27:33, 2011-09-13
Email's taking a long time to download recently. It stops half way through and resumes like a minute later. :/ 14:32:48, 2011-09-13
Fried egg on toast; eat around the yoke carefully, then nom down on it in one bite. Yolkysplosion on your tongue. 14:35:24, 2011-09-13
Stop looking at videos of ragdoll kittens and get to work Sci. 14:56:38, 2011-09-13
@swaldman Presumably it has a very big bed? in reply to swaldman 15:32:38, 2011-09-13
@GeneHunt And duck. It's semi-submerged most of the time. Is almost a fish. And chicken, cows, pigs.. anything that lives near water really. in reply to GeneHunt 15:40:34, 2011-09-13
Doing boring things with Vaseline.. 16:29:28, 2011-09-13
Okay, looks like the old GRP resin' still good! Not a lot left though, so will need to get more. Might get a couple of horns out of it. 17:12:01, 2011-09-13
Will need some cheapo chip brushes for more GRP work, also some finer matting for details. 17:18:30, 2011-09-13
@ShanieTX That's some dedicated attention to detail! Go Mercedes! :) in reply to ShanieTX 19:15:51, 2011-09-13
Many things in the workshop are now covered with pink goo. This will hopefully be a good thing tomorrow. 20:30:30, 2011-09-13
Notes to self: http://t.co/DsVKbN2 http://t.co/aR5YTYS http://t.co/eOCswgg 21:24:46, 2011-09-13
More tests complete & degasser progressed. Time to head indoors. 21:29:28, 2011-09-13
Watched both original and remake versions of The Day The Earth Stood Still today during food-breaks. 23:14:42, 2011-09-13
I learnt that in modern films shaking your head side to side means you're emoting. 23:15:11, 2011-09-13
@sevenhelz Crazy thing is someone else said it meant you were sad or overjoyed. in reply to sevenhelz 23:39:35, 2011-09-13
@sorvall_sergal Thanks for the offer, but not much use right now I'm afraid. in reply to sorvall_sergal 23:46:20, 2011-09-13

9/11/2011

I remember something from “Tales of the Afternow”. A quote about the millennium; “People thought the world would end then.. and the world did end, just nobody noticed”.

More than a few people have said they can’t believe the 9/11 attacks happened a decade ago; that they feel like they happened just a short time ago.
For something to be relegated to our past, we have to be able to forget it, to let other memories over-write, add or subtract from them. We overcome through distraction, of letting life go on and not dwelling. But in this last ten years I doubt there’s been a single day when the attacks haven’t been exposed to us in the media in some form. The events have been kept fresh for the world for 3562 days, fresh in our minds, never allowed to be relegated to memory. It’s always just happened yesterday.

The world ended on 9/11/2001, because time stopped.

As a small aside, the day of the 7/7 bombings in London my sister got a call from an acquaintance of hers in Scotland telling her he couldn’t believe it. Not because of what had happened, but because it was all a conspiracy, it was all being faked just to scare “us” (him).

Distance is a powerful aid to delusion. Just because you can’t comprehend a thing, doesn’t mean it’s a lie.

Twitter Updates for 12-09-2011

Tory MP gets out of prison early? Well the £14k he stole is worth a lot less now. ;P 13:26:31, 2011-09-12
@blueybirdy Guessing you're there for the birds not the whiskey? in reply to blueybirdy 13:50:29, 2011-09-12
@korrok They're the ones going against ebay's TOS, so ebay should favour you in a dispute? in reply to korrok 14:01:22, 2011-09-12
@artsyhonker Would work well in faux leather & brass buckles in reply to artsyhonker 14:21:44, 2011-09-12
@pseudomonas Ok! in reply to pseudomonas 18:36:46, 2011-09-12
Putting final touches on the plastic master for the new degasser's sealing gasket.. 18:38:06, 2011-09-12
IMPORTANT: I still really like this ship – http://t.co/a1UsYnk 18:40:53, 2011-09-12
Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed, coffee to stomach.. 18:45:26, 2011-09-12
That superglue seems to have done the trick! Getting a bit past-it tho, so will leave it to cure a while longer. 19:02:35, 2011-09-12
I think the older I get the more I empathise with Invader Zim. 19:06:28, 2011-09-12
Oooh, that old portable DVD player display I've got is 7". That touch-screen I picked up from the hackspace might fit it! 19:12:33, 2011-09-12
@thepandalion Pertinent to your interests: http://t.co/TQXSLaA 19:16:20, 2011-09-12
Urge to make "pew-pew" noises.. rising.. 19:17:38, 2011-09-12
@sevenhelz 'Tis unlikely. The filthy things myself and The Massive get up to are currently confined only to my imagination. in reply to sevenhelz 19:29:53, 2011-09-12
Have started just opening old packets of components rather than trying to translate the hand-written scrawl on the outside. 19:35:24, 2011-09-12
Seven MM74HC161N ICs. "Synchronous Binary Counter with Asynchronous Clear". Good for frequency counter maybe? #PartsTrawl 19:38:52, 2011-09-12
Five M74HC85B1 ICs. "4-BIT MAGNITUDE COMPARATOR" Ummm. Okay. Could be of use in something. #PartsTrawl 19:44:03, 2011-09-12
Three "DUAL 2-TO-4 LINE DECODER/DEMULTIPLEXER" Trying to think what the person I got these from was going to make.. 19:46:18, 2011-09-12
Okay, not going to list all of them. I really should take proper inventory of the things sometime tho. 19:46:43, 2011-09-12
@penguat @inmywindow And now I'm humming the theme to "Bewitched". in reply to penguat 19:56:32, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow Good grief! O_O in reply to inmywindow 20:03:06, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow You're a Thermos of tea away from a perfect journey :) in reply to inmywindow 20:05:55, 2011-09-12
Trying to remember the name of a tool. Like a transfer-punch, but you screw it into holes, like a sharpened bolt. 20:07:53, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow oooh, will remember that for folks visiting. in reply to inmywindow 20:08:53, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow For £10 a night, I'm tempted to go there just to take a break from home for a few evenings. in reply to inmywindow 20:12:02, 2011-09-12
@penguat No.. you put in in something with existing tapped holes so you can mark mounting points on another surface. in reply to penguat 20:12:48, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow I like my bed, but I seem to sleep more intensely in strange places. Think my body sleeps deeper faster, just in case. in reply to inmywindow 20:19:19, 2011-09-12
@inmywindow And might well do after Expo. Until then I gotta keep preparing. :/ in reply to inmywindow 20:19:51, 2011-09-12
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/C0hAD3X Silent Movie Trailer 20:25:01, 2011-09-12
Good grief, I YT "liked" that video over a week ago! YouTube does not update Twitter quickly. :P 20:27:23, 2011-09-12
It's not a steadycam, but drilled & tapped three holes, & now the broken divers camera rig is a homebrew "fig rig". Should make vids better. 20:53:33, 2011-09-12
Experimenting with the Thixotropic before shutting up for the night. 21:30:18, 2011-09-12
You'd think hazardous chemicals would have better pouring spouts.. 21:38:11, 2011-09-12
Okay, working with thixotropic makes silicone like painting with very sticky smooth mud. Tricky, but don't need a lot to cover. 21:57:13, 2011-09-12
It looks like I have the worlds largest and thinnest iced donut on my bench. http://t.co/TVv6UTo 22:04:47, 2011-09-12
Indoors again now. Going to have a shower. Uploading that Twitpic crashed Chrome. Weird. 22:15:18, 2011-09-12
So many stunning cosplayers on DeviantArt seem to be in Russia. 22:26:57, 2011-09-12
No, must not look at food-porn. All I have in the fridge are some mini hotdogs. 23:01:42, 2011-09-12
Also, punches I was looking for earlier are heimann transfer punches. Apparently only sold in the USA, and expensive. 23:03:41, 2011-09-12
Will try and put some steel bolts aside. May make my own. Find hardened steel pins, drill a push-fit hole for it in head of bolt. 23:05:12, 2011-09-12
And I need a "slave flash" for my camera. Filter built-in flash so IR flash sets of remotes. Maybe for xmas. 23:08:36, 2011-09-12

Body odour oddness

These days I’m very aware of my personal scent. Maybe overly so. Any small variation into what I determine to be unpleasant makes me unwilling to socialise with others until I’ve managed to wash and change clothes. Of course sometimes the situation means you’ve got to sit there and stew, hoping it’s just your paranoia.

Before heading out yesterday I showered, shaved, scrubbed and gave my pits a liberal dose of Nivea 48hr “silver protect” roll-on. Yet a couple of hours later I’m aware I can smell my own sweat. Fresh not stagnant thankfully, but enough to make me self-concious about it.

I got home very late at night after sharing a night bus with a group of teens giving it a fair shot at hot-boxing the top deck, so checked my clothes when I got in.

This is what I find weird; the underarms of my T-shirt were fine, no scent. However the middle of the back smelt stale and sweaty.

I don’t think you can get roll-ons for your back, can you? I suppose thinking about it it’s one of those places you see getting all sweaty, but I’d never thought of it as one of those places that sweat can smell. I’m feeling like someone’s just pointed out the elephant in the room here. I have no idea what to do about sweaty backs. :P

Spray antiperspirants make me gag, so the only thing that comes to mind might be talcum powder?

Suggestions anyone?

Twitter Updates for 11-09-2011

Home again. Missed the last train by a couple of minutes & had to nightbus it. Same group of obnoxious prats on two busses. Reeked of weed. 02:33:17, 2011-09-11
No prob with people smoking the stuff, but please not on the bus. Makes me nauseous at the best of times. :P 02:33:54, 2011-09-11
Also hello lovely new Twitterfolk! :) 02:35:37, 2011-09-11
Also handy to learn the N26 runs from right by LondonHackspace to within half a mile of home. 02:38:12, 2011-09-11
C'mon brain, reboot! 12:19:00, 2011-09-11
Okay, today I mostly do nothing beyond clearing up my personal space & throwing some shite onto ebay. #awaketweet 14:13:13, 2011-09-11
@inmywindow *chuckle* Well we've all been there :) in reply to inmywindow 15:02:03, 2011-09-11
ATOS, saving the government money: http://t.co/96Y1pqu (by claiming the sick are fit to work. Up until they're dead) 15:11:10, 2011-09-11
New blog post: Body odour oddness http://t.co/z4XXuE2 15:27:30, 2011-09-11
@ChaseLioness Aww :) in reply to ChaseLioness 15:32:56, 2011-09-11
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/yQMTQ8B ZathrasNot Zathras 20:07:31, 2011-09-11
Sneezing fit.. head ringing.. 21:55:01, 2011-09-11
@sevenhelz @penguat I've heard rumours of this, but seen little proof. in reply to sevenhelz 22:14:10, 2011-09-11
@sevenhelz Wonderful to hear ^_^ in reply to sevenhelz 22:50:49, 2011-09-11
I wonder if we have any decaf? I shouldn't really drink coffee this late at night. 22:51:39, 2011-09-11
Eyeing up Android for my wearable. Fairly open, adaptable, lots of apps already and'll run at QVGA. 22:57:50, 2011-09-11
@jackalesque @Moshiicake They look familiar.. (At 1:08 http://t.co/X6i6Yx4) in reply to jackalesque 23:01:08, 2011-09-11
@EccentricWander Doesn't look like it's as heavily used in mobile apps, but does look like an option. in reply to EccentricWander 23:05:44, 2011-09-11
@EccentricWander Would be going onto Intel PC compatible hardware. in reply to EccentricWander 23:06:04, 2011-09-11
@EccentricWander Hardware is old. PC133 ram, 512Mb cap, 1.4Ghz CPU maximum in reply to EccentricWander 23:16:48, 2011-09-11
@EccentricWander The board takes Pentium 3/Celerons or the VIA C3. Too old for the SSSE3 by the looks of it. in reply to EccentricWander 23:34:29, 2011-09-11
@inmywindow Aww crap. How broken? :( in reply to inmywindow 23:35:04, 2011-09-11
@inmywindow Like jammed or like corrupted? Could be a screen connector came loose perhaps? in reply to inmywindow 23:42:01, 2011-09-11
@EccentricWander No I can't. Don't think USB 1.1a supports use as a boot device. :P in reply to EccentricWander 23:55:17, 2011-09-11