My Running

Over the years I have run three marathons and a fair few half marathons, the table below is a record of those achievements.  Over the coming year, my main running ambition is to remain injury free, on the face of it, remaining injury free seems easy, but I suspect it is going to be a … [Read more…]

Little Man Computing

LLC Programming Little man computing is a simple programming language which allows for basic numerical programs. Peter Higginson has written a web front end https://peterhigginson.co.uk/LMC/. The following sections are simple calculators, copy and paste into Peter’s website and you can test. Adding INP STA FIRST INP ADD FIRST OUT STA SECOND INP STA THIRD LDA SECOND … [Read more…]

Olympic vs Premier League

Olympic vs Premier League Value of Money   Did you know the entire TeamGB Olympic team for four years running up to the recent Rio Games cost £274m, for that rather large sum of money 67 medals were won. On a crude calculation, the United Kingdom spent about £4.1m per medal. But on a more … [Read more…]

The mythical man-month

A book released in 1975, written in the first person in a exceptionally readable/digestable way, this book provides an overview of managing programming projects. Seeing as the book is over 40 years old, I have found the issues identified within the book still pertinent, and the solutions/remediating actions proposed clear and workable. I would recommend … [Read more…]

Nigeria Renewable Power Housing Solution

This post outlines various energy requirements a domestic housing estate would have and provides collective solutions together with high level costs. The intension is to build “off grid” proposal for a housing developments in Nigeria. Where possible existing mature technologies have been selected to meet energy needs.   Energy Demand/Supply Year on year energy demand … [Read more…]

Jumble Day 1

Big Day – our new family member has arrived and we are officially “Jumbled Up”. He is stunning to look at, and we will have loads and loads of photos, which I will try to continue to add to this site.  Jumble has found his new home and seems happy with the toys and food … [Read more…]

Catchphrase, Slogan and Cliche

A really fun, light read. The book provides some interesting origins and meanings of loads of expressions, some of these are shockingly recent and others are truely medevial. I would recommend this to someone who just wants a giggle and a pretence at learning new stuff. Here is one of the common expressions that made … [Read more…]