Month: March 2009


Privacy and Google Street View

Mar 24, 2009 Author Nik

Google recently launched their Street View service in the UK, which is integrated with Google Maps, and allows you to view seamless 360 degree photo panoramas of a number of locations throughout the country. It’s just like a virtual tour of those locations.

The images were captured using a camera mounted on top of a car fitted with a GPS recording system. The images are stored with their GPS location, so finding the images surrounding a covered area is straightforward. Most of London is covered.

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Comes in threes

Mar 19, 2009 Author Nik

They say that bad luck comes in threes.

I don’t know who They are, but why did They have to say it? Why not twos? Or “bad luck comes accompanied by no other instances of bad luck whatsoever”?

Anyway, following the tragic and catastrophic failure of my UPS, and the terminal affliction suffered by my wing mirror (oh yes, terrible times indeed), my computer has now decided things were still going too well for its liking, and a further helping of drama was required in order to provide some kind of counterpoint to the general wellness from which I was suffering.

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Take this broken wing mirror

Mar 18, 2009 Author Nik

For quite a few weeks, the left-hand wing mirror on my car has been making a rather unsettling clicking/knocking noise every time it folds out.

And at lunchtime today it decided it was finally going to give up the ghost. It folds in, but doesn’t fold out. Repairing it shouldn’t be too difficult, or so I thought. It seems as if the linkage between the motor and the wing mirror joint has decided to become dislodged, or broken at worst.

So, armed with my trusty Torx screwdrivers, and a few other choice items from my toolbox, I went out to change its mind.

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UPS-a-daisy

Mar 14, 2009 Author Nik

About a week ago, I noticed that the display on the UPS protecting the computers in the office indicated it was charging. Strange, I thought, seeing as I hadn’t noticed a power cut. The UPS emits a rather loud second-long beep every four seconds during any power loss, and I was surprised I hadn’t noticed it – even if it happened while I was asleep.

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Citroen’s Snow Motion

Mar 10, 2009 Author Nik

I love TV adverts. They mostly treat viewers like idiots, and yet those idiots still buy the products they’re advertising.

Whoever invented advertising was a genius.

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