Day trip to London
Day trip to London to see the lights..
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Wandering around Pécs, Hungary
Spent today wandering around Pécs, Hungary, generally getting the feel of the place, and taking lots of pictures, of course.
Haugrud pewter made for Tandberg
Arne Haugrud was a fairly well known Norwegian pewter maker. It made some special celebratory pieces for Norwegian electronics manufacturer Tandberg. These particular drinking vessels were made to celebrate Tandberg’s Huldra 10 multiband receiver. You can learn more about this here. The beer is Pécsi Sörfőzde Barna – a fine central European brown beer, which…
Pécs TV Torony
Another pilgrimage to the top of one of my favourite places: the observation platform on the 197 metre Pécs TV Torony. It is currently the tallest building in Hungary. Built between 1968 an 1973, It stands atop the Misina peak of the Mecsek mountain (elevation: 535 metres). Links More information:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9cs_TV_Tower geo URI:- geo:46.0991139292,18.2201324318
BBC internet radio streams broken again!
For an increasing number of Brits, BBC Radio is about the only thing the modern BBC has to offer that might justify its antiquated and much resented television licence fee. Or rather it was up until yesterday (2025-01-21), when sadly 3/4 of its AAC/HLS internet radio streams inexplicably fell silent. I’ve written to BBC Sounds…
UA1101l power storage unit
For my little IT business, the possibility of power cuts is very bad news indeed. So we invested in one of these things – a “UA1101l” power storage unit. On paper, it stores about 3.6 MJ (megajoules) or 1 kWh (kilowatt hour) in EV (electric vehicle) grade LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate) batteries. My tests suggest…
