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It’s the end of my third week doing “It’s a Diet Thing”, photos here. Slightly higher alcohol consumption this week but I defend that on the basis that I attended a beer festival on Saturday! Check out the shit I eat at work, though. BMI is stable at around 23.5.

Continuing to photograph all (or virtually all) my calorific intake. Week 2 has been much better with both alcohol and sugar consumption reduced. Wii Fit says my BMI is ideal at 23.5.

What a simple idea - photograph one’s calorific intake. Here’s my first week. Slightly embarrassing. I’ve already taken steps to reduce my alcohol consumption.

During working hours, of course! I’m first left on the second desk, in front of the guy with the cool dreads. I’ve moved, see the comments!
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Yaaaaaay! Diving again, at last!

We arrived in Dahab late Wednesday night after a 6am start from Sheffield, an uneventful journey to the airport at Sharm el Sheikh and an interesting minibus transfer to our hotel, Bedouin Divers Lodge.

We’ve had four dives so far and one day off due to traveller’s tummy. Dives are planned for this afternoon so I’m taking this chance to get on the internet. I'’ll be writing about the diving on my DiveBuzz pages. My 2007 dives in Dahab on theDiveBuzz.com.

Update 3rd May 2007 We’re back! Look at my feet!
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I’ve posted the 7-picture photo set “Penfold and Mouse” on Flickr.

PS: Happy birthday, Liberta!

Yes, indeed. Praise where praise is due. Microsoft has made available for download a Truetype scalable font designed for programmers. It is monospaced, clear, readable and anti-aliases well. I’ve been using it for a while now on both Windows and Linux.

The kicker for programmers is that the punctuation glyphs are oversized, so avoiding the common problem of having to squint at the screen to tell the difference between a comma and a full-stop,

Behold, and download, Consolas. A picture tells a thousand words.

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It’s not an embarrassment to brush up on your diving skills if you’ve been out of the water for a while. It is an embarrassment when your once well-honed demonstration skills devolve to n00b.

A video hides a lot of swearing…

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Another Libertus-brand mini-project, inspired by Andy Coltman, this time to draw genealogical fan charts from a web interface.

I shall be using this post as my work notes, so expect many large comments full of nonsense. However, I welcome discussion during this project, so if you can cope with the verbiage, feel free to participate.

I don’t do genealogy at all, so I have no idea what anyone could possibly want from a program that draws fan charts, or whether similar programs already exist. I’m just going to do my own thing, best I can, and teach myself a few new tricks along the way.

A picture tells a thousand words.
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Use a rigid, see-through plastic container to store your batteries in your rucksack or case, available for £3.75 from Vapex Technology Limited, with four free Vapextech UK Ltd High Power Consumer Batteries.

Loose batteries can get lost, short against metal and occasionally leak. Worst of all, though, is that loose charged and uncharged batteries can mix. A rigid case solves all these problems, with a simple coloured sticker to indicate charged batteries the finishing touch.

As always, a picture tells a thousand words.

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