ICE

Written 2005.7.21@1730

There has been some discussion about people adding In Case of Emergency numbers to mobile phones. The major problem is that any number stored using letters J to Z will usually come up with the Ice name rather than the real one. I guess it's not much of a hardship, though using an underscore or dash in front of the word might help. Though how you could add a name of the victim and the called person I'm not sure but the recent calls list would help. Adding an owner memo I think would be helpful too.

Mongolian BBQ

Written 2005.6.14@1903

http://www.themongolianbbq.co.uk/

On a whim went with Julie. The food is ok and the cocktails not much better. Though I'm getting a cold, which I'm not happy about.

Just over one week before the end of the modules. Then it's dissertation time. I still have no idea.

Now this race would be cool!

Moontastic

Don't forget to zoom in

All new http://www.macminute.com/2005/07/09/ipod-flea/ :)

Travel chaos in London

There have been a number of explosions reported - 2 on trains and 1 confirmed perhaps a total of 3 on buses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4659093.stm

I'm OK but worried about the people who have been caught or hurt due to panic.

I got to thinking on the way to work how to calculate a square root without the aid of a calculator. At one point I was getting into algebra (I got from x=a*a to x/a=a and got confused and so gave up). When I got home I remembered decided to check it out. It turns out the answer is... guess. The ever helpful Dr Math (http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52609.html) has some answers but essentially that's it.

Now perhaps a better question is why was I trying to calculate a square root while walking along sipping my morning coffee? Maybe later :)