“All recording in near perfect detail what our memories could not.”

January 8, 2008 | Filed Under My Ramblings | 3 Comments 

Top of the line digital still cameras may record 10 - 25 million pieces of information each time the shutter is opened. Every few seconds your brain records billions of pieces of visual information! Read more

What connects Weymouth, Sydney and Bishop’s Stortford?

January 5, 2008 | Filed Under History | 1 Comment 

photo Copyright: Dave Smith (flickr)I grew up in the little seaside town of Weymouth, in Dorset, UK. For such a small and insignificant town it features a great deal in the history of the UK.

So what connects Weymouth with Sydney - and Bishop’s Stortford, an equally small and insignificant town in Hertfordshire? Read more