Ultrasound scan (by alaric)

Here ya go:

Planned new Tube lines for 2016 (by alaric)

This is interesting:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/pdf/press-releases/putting-transport-onthemap.pdf

Loads of new Undergound lines being planned, even way out here in Zone 6!

Blog Quiz! (by alaric)

You scored as Satanism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Satanism! Before you scream, do a bit of research on it. To be a Satanist, you don't actually have to believe in Satan. Satanism generally focuses upon the spiritual advancement of the self, rather than upon submission to a deity or a set of moral codes. Do some research if you immediately think of the satanic cult stereotype. Your beliefs may also resemble those of earth-based religions such as paganism. Satanism 83% atheism 75% paganism 71% agnosticism 67% Buddhism 63% Judaism 42% Islam 33% Hinduism 17% Christianity 13%

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com

Which is an interesting turnout, although not entirely surprising, considering that I'm closely related to Ramsey Dukes

High Voltage Sparks and Arcs (by alaric)

A friend sent me this lovely link:

http://205.243.100.155/frames/longarc.htm

The site has three MPEG videos of things going wrong with high voltage equipment. insane giggle

Busy busy busy (by alaric)

Well, the furnace plans are having to wait until I get some time to go outside and blast the refactory material samples with the blowtorch to see how they perform...

I've been really very busy. When we decided to have a baby, my plan was to take on loads of contracts during the early stages when she wouldn't need all the looking after so I could save up spare cash and then take the work a bit easier when she needs me most, and when we have a new child to be fascinated by!

However, as luck would have it, several independent jobs have all ended up overlapping their deadlines to the same week a while back, at the same time as everyone deciding to have major important parties every evening and weekend (which, to us living out here in Zone 6, means a two-hour journey in and out, often getting home REALLY late when there's no option of sleeping in the next day)... so I've just kept my nose to the grindstone.

And Sarah's not been very well; morning sickness kicked in pretty early for her, along with growing back pains due to the increasing weight, and she's been more prone to colds lately, presumably due to her bodily resources being tied up elsewhere!

But now the deadlines are starting to pass, leaving me with just the glut of non-important work that I couldn't do because I was busy with deadlines, so now need to sort out. Paperwork, that sort of thing.

Today, I'm getting replacament hardware for love, my main hosting server, ready. It's a nice fast machine, and the current machine is going to become an NFS and database server for this one - without an external IP address, it's going to connect to it with a loopback cable, and basically just be an external disk pack with brains. The actual upgrade will occur sometime next week, but I need it ready today because today is my one chance to get a lift into London on a car, whereupon I will leave it over with a friend until a day the hosting place is open.