Posts by BarkingMad

Boxing clever? Amazon Fire TV is SO CLOSE to being excellent

Keep you eyes open. I just ordered a stick for $20. It was a prime customer price. I am not crazy about the price increase but It saves a lot of money compared to going out shopping and trying to find just what you want. Also in the states there is a free program for students with .edu accounts.

Elderly Bletchley Park volunteer sacked for showing Colossus exhibit to visitors

Poles do and Die

Poles new of the Enigma system by the mid 1930’s they set their mathematicians on it at that time. By the time War broke out they had more than a fair understanding of it. Not only was the math passed on to the Brits but an intact early version of the Enigma machine with code book. Of course British tradition dictates: Polish Pilots, soldiers and resistance do and die but only the Brits dress up for the parade.

Squirrelled away: seeds survive 30,000-year winter

From one who knows his onions

I have designed a few commercial varieties.

I think not.

I think not.

I think not.

Scroogle: Dear Google, we're not bots, we're HUMAN

Scroogle still down

Any news on what has happened to Scroogle?

Republican reps push for mandatory gun ownership

More like the Swiss

Now that I am back in the States after two and a half years in Switzerland I am glad to see we are becoming more and more like the Swiss. For the first time in years I am proud to be an American.