It seems like the initial reports from America were inaccurate as in the UK the quake was measured to be an 5.4 – The strongest tremor for 25 years. The Nottingham Evening Post said it was the strongest quake for 250 years. I think the type setter slipped there and put in the zero by [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Tremour in nottingham Earthquake
Posted in Nottingham, tagged Earthquake, Nottingham, Tremor on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tremor in Nottingham – Earthquake?
Posted in Nottingham, tagged Earthquake, Nottingham, Tremor on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just before 0:55 this morning I was just in the bathroom when I felt a significant tremor shaking the house. It shook the bed, windows, furniture and was powerful enough to make me lean against the wall.
I’ve felt tremors before, but this one seemed quite violent for this country. Early reports are showing that the [...]
Lunar eclipse
Posted in Nottingham, tagged 3am, Last Chance, Lunar eclipse, moon, United Kingdom on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s your last chance tonight to see a lunar eclipse from the United Kingdom, so if you are up at 3 a.m. GMT then have a look out of the window and see if there’s anything interesting in the sky. There will be nothing interesting above my window, as it’s really cloudy tonight and so [...]
Shipley Gate and Eastwood Locke, Derbyshire
Posted in Derbyshire, tagged Derbyshire, Eastwood Locke, Shipley Gate on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we went on our weekly walk into Derbyshire, actually little place called Shipley gate that is located just the other side of Eastwood. It is a walk I’ve been on many times before, though it’s not some way you can get bored of because he has everything from the mud, waterways, babbling Brooks, vandalised [...]
Shipley Gate and Eastwood Locke, Derbyshire
Posted in Derbyshire, tagged Derbyshire, Eastwood Locke, Shipley on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we went on our weekly walk into Derbyshire, actually little place called Shipley gate that is located just the other side of Eastwood. It is a walk I’ve been on many times before, though it’s not some way you can get bored of because he has everything from the mud, waterways, babbling Brooks, vandalised [...]
Gentle mouse – Reduce Clicking
Posted in RSI, tagged Gentle Mouse, Mouse clicking, Repetitive Strain, RSI on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Gentle mouse is a piece of software that reduces the number of clicks that need to be performed using a standard mouse. Some that suffer from repetitive strain often find it difficult to keep clicking mouse buttons. They find that the constant left clicking that you have to perform whilst using Windows further aggravates their [...]
Eye Ball Control
Posted in RSI, tagged Accessibility, Adaptive Technology, Computer Input Device, Disability, Eye Ball Control on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was watching BBC’s “Click” yesterday and they did a piece on the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany. A bit of technology that did catch my eye was something called “Tobii” which is a working replacement for computer mice. Instead of controlling a cursor using your hands, you use your eyes instead. Its a [...]
Mouseless browsing – SmartNav
Posted in RSI, tagged disabled, Micro dot, mousless browsing, natural point, SmartNav on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Smart Nav is a piece of technology that disabled people can use instead of a mouse. The way it works is that you place a sensor on top your screen which looks like a web Cam and then stick adhesive reflective circle on your forehead. As you move your head a sensor on top of [...]
Windows only Voice Recognition
Posted in RSI, tagged CBS, Nunce, voice recognition, Windows on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nuance, the authors of Dragon Voice Recognition Software that keeps many users surgically attached to their windows machine appears to have no plans to bring out the software on a Linux platform. I would personally consider not using windows, if there was a decent voice recognition offering on another operating system. In response to the [...]
numb fingers, amateur doctors
Posted in RSI, tagged NHS, numb fingers, physiotheraphy, RSI on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I suffer quite a lot with numb fingers and pain in the hands regularly. It’s the sort of discomfort that is hard to explain to anybody is not had this distraction for years. It gotton to the point now where even if I tend to time for a mere couple of hours this translates into [...]
