Author: Alan Cole

Useful Relatives 0

Useful Relatives

Once again I’ve had to call on my mechanic brother, Brad to help me out. All my education and yet it still seems to be me calling on him for help and advice more often than him calling on me. I always new there would be little call for my training as a carbonate sedimentologist...

Mother is Always Right 0

Mother is Always Right

Really I guess that title should say, Mother, Wife and Mother-in-Law are always right! They’ve been nagging at me for a while to go to the doctors for a general check-up as my family history doesn’t make great reading: High blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart attacks and cancer all feature highly in the medical...

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Google Earth

OK, OK, I know it has been around for ages, but it hasn’t been available for the Mac OS 10.3 Operating System for long, so I have only recently got my hands on it. All I can say is AMAZING! Now I just have to find a use for it other than simply browsing at...

Eloise & Brad online 0

Eloise & Brad online

Eloise & Brad have a new website! Brad is my brother and he will soon be getting married to Eloise, so I have just set them up with a nice new website very much like this one, that will allow them to publish details of their wedding plans and any other news and views they...

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Snowboarding in Wales

I’ve just spent the last four days snowboarding here in West Wales, and what an excellent four days it was. It is times like these that our chosen lifestyle really pays dividends, as I was able to put work on hold for a few days (or do some work at night) and enjoy the spectacular...

Death of an Apple Powerbook 0

Death of an Apple Powerbook

Grrrrr….. My nice shiny 15″ 1.5Ghz Apple Powerbook has blown up… It is less than 2 years old, cost me close to £2,000 and has been treated very gently, but the logic board is fried and it looks as though a repair is going to cost as much as buying a new machine.. I’m not...

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Snow in West Wales

Wooohooo, what a couple of days, loads of snow here in West Wales and I’ve managed to get the days off to head out and play in it! Amazing how the snow changes the scenery, things usually look pretty spectacular in the hills around here but with snow on them they are just amazing. It...

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Springtime!!

I may be jumping the gun here a little bit, but ‘Spring has Sprung!!!. The sun is shining there are lambs in the fields and the daffodils are out in the garden. All a little early, but that’s global warming for you! 🙂

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Fish tank is coming on well

My new fish-tank is coming on well. Not too many occupants yet as I’m more interested in creating a natural looking picture with lots of plant growth. Here’s a photo of the progress so far. The plants are doing well due to the bright lights, CO2 and nutrients. Once the light have been on for...

Mid-Life Crisis? 1

Mid-Life Crisis?

I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly not getting any younger and over the past year or so I’ve let my fitness levels drop. Maybe I’m going through a mid-life crisis, but when in Bristol last weekend I actually bought myself a pair of running shoes!! Hopefully they won’t be just for show either....