After watching this:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549shorter version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY Artificial intelligence robots have held a conversation with one another for the first time with surprising and surreal results. Two graduate PhD students at Cornell University gave voices and 2D avatars to a pair of online "chatbots", which they named Alan and Sruthi. Jason Yosinski…
E-coli outbreak & trip to Germany
12 July 2011 E-coli outbreak & trip to Germany Before you went on holiday to Germany there was a big E.coli outbreak there, people were dying from it in large numbers and no one was sure where it was coming from. It started with cucumbers and ended with bean sprouts,…
The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers
23/04/2010 The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735279-the-living-wall-of-islington-is-dead.do A council was today accused of wasting £100,000 of taxpayers’ money after an award-winning “living wall” died. The 30ft-high structure, which was praised as a pioneering green concept when it was unveiled in north London, was…
Kitteh!!!!!
21/04/2010 Kitteh!!!!! Flying has resumed amidst chaos and confusion, but haven’t heard any planes yet… But we have a kitten!!!!! Aphex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin… Jeff dreamt cat was called that) arrived yesterday. She/He (the jury is still out on that) was born on the 5th of March!!! She/He survived the first…
Volcanic Ash/Elections
17/04/2010 Volcanic Ash/Elections Interesting week, this one! A volcano erupted in Iceland causing all airplanes in most of Europe to be grounded… It started mid-week and since then the skies have been quiet. The sky is a beautiful blue today, without any of the usual straight white clouds zig zagging…
London Murals
16 March 2010 London Murals Yesterday was a beautiful spring day, it’s been a lot milder since Saturday, spring is in the air, so I woke up and came up with a little ‘poem’ (?) Spring in the air, birds singing, life is for living!!!! And today another one popped…
Gran Canaria – Saturday
20 February 2010 Gran Canaria – Saturday After a rather large breakfast at the buffet, we packed and checked out at midday. We put out cases in a room and went for a spin around the marina again. We were going to try and go on the submarine, once again…
Gran Canaria – Friday
19 February 2010 Gran Canaria – Friday Our last full day, and as promised and demanded time and time again by you, we headed off to Aqualand. It took two buses to get there, one to Playa del Ingles, then change there. It was sunny though, and there was no…
Gran Canaria – Thursday
18 February 2010 Gran Canaria – Thursday Woke up to horrendous weather again, in fact, didn’t get much sleep as the wind was blowing so hard, and water was pouring from the drain onto the balcony, making that sound of water against tile. Still we went down to reception at…
Gran Canaria – Wednesday
17 February 2010 Gran Canaria – Wednesday Already!!!! Another overcast day, but warm. We thought we’d get a bus to Taurito (the resort before ours) and try and go to the massive pool in there, but it was shut… We later found out it had been inundated with mud from…