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As bent as a nine-pound note…
ByGarfAccording to Reuters, Britain is looking at whether it can use properties owned by sanctioned individuals in the country for humanitarian purposes. “I want to explore an option which would allow us to use the homes and properties of sanctioned individuals for as long as they are sanctioned for humanitarian and other purposes,” housing minister…
London Golf Show, Day 1, Excel Centre, London
ByGarfLondon Golf Show, Day 1, Excel Centre, London.
Icom IC-R20 radio scanner
ByGarfBeing a geeky type of chap, I generally find that the best way to guarantee that Santa puts a decent geek-friendly Christmas present in my stocking is to buy it myself! So this year I treated myself to an Icom IC-R20 hand-held, all-band communications receiver/scanner. I have always had a penchant for small communications receivers….
What is a WebP image file, and how do I open one?
ByGarfSeems there is quite a lot of buzz about a “new” image format called “WebP” that is seeing increasing use on-line recently. Although it is attributed to Google, WebP was not strictly a Google invention. It was originally developed by On2 of New York as part of its VP* series “Truemotion” video codecs. Google acquired…
BREAKING: Brexit voters to be to pay extra “Brexit Tax” to pay for leaving the EU
ByGarfIt appeared on the AP this morning and hasn’t hit the mainstream news yet, but the EU has just announced that ongoing Brexit negotiations have cost in excess of €1,500,000,000. Brussels has decided that the fairest way to recuperate this money is to tax those who actually voted for it. The current proposal is that…
Southampton Common in the Snow
ByGarfThere was an unusually heavy fall of snow overnight. So I thought I would wander across to the Common and grab a few snaps.
