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Amusing/Interesting video

0:22 made me laugh, whilst 0:24 was rather close to home….

And, with the content it has, it is of course an advert, in this case for the following book….

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I found a link to a review of 5 Mind Mapping Applications I have been giving Free Mind a run for now. Just to save another source of paper, now i can make notes, and use mind mapping as an early stage in writing new documents.

Incase you are wondering, Freemind is getting test driven first.

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I have been playing with USB keys on and off for the last week now. In part this is to run my GTD tools on a pen drive so i always have them with me (i plan to set up sync with the web….) and then i realised that I would like my data encrypted.

I’m now using Truecrypt to encrypt my data and MoWeS to run the web server. Both can be configured so that when you put the USB stick into the PC they autorun (so much as is allowed by windows) but how about auto running Truecrypt to access the data, and then running MoWeS once my encrypted drive is mounted?

I have now discovered AutoIt in which I have written a script to do the work for me. I now get prompted for a password, then the data is mounted, and MoWeS started. when i stop MoWeS the drive automatically dismounts. The next step would be to get the USB key to eject itself too, but this is enough for me for now…

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I often think of things I should do as I am driving along. These thoughts pop into my head for a bit – and so bug me – and then are forgotten – and so cause an issue when i eventually remember what i should have done when i got back to the office.

Obviously, I cannot make notes in a “Watch Leader Note Book” as I am driving along. So what can i do? Well, my mobile phone has a voice recorder function, so as I am driving along with my bluetooth headset I can record notes as I go.

I then use the file browser functionality of PC sync to copy the .amr files to my “@INBOX” directory and then can later use Mobile Media Converter to convert to mp3 for playing via winamp. (just because i find it easier that way)

When i write it down, it seems a lot of bother – but when i was doing it yesterday it was a good feeling knowing that these were things I now had not forgotten.

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I wonder if a Nokia 6300i with wi-fi ability will let me use hot spots in say McDonalds, or on National Express trains for a bit of light browsing…. Anyone know?

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Apparently GHD Hair Straighteners are *the* thing for all girls with curly hair (I am not sure what the in-thing for all the straight haired girls to curl their hair is… but i digress…)

So it happens that I know a guy who is rather good with electronic hardware. The sort of chap who fixes his fridge and washing machine, builds his own bike lights, etc….

In May 2007, he posted about repairing GHD Straighteners, and one thing led to another, and now he has put all his knowledge on line. GHD-Repair.co.uk of course.

Vicki knows the above – and appears home oen evening with some GHD’s belonging to a friend. So browsing the website, no light, on a GHD3 indicates a dodgy connection to a heater element, ah, yes as it comes apart whilst trying to undo the terminals to check the resistance across the elements.

One new element later, and they work. All I need to do is get a new plug as there is no way I am letting someone use the flex in the state it is in at the plug strain relief currently….

And for those who are not so inclined to play with something that one is going to plug into the mains, there is a GHD repair service instead.

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I have just been looking at AndyA’s cycle map that he is always going on about (though I am about to say, i can see his point…)

and looking here just doesn’t look like i think it should.

I think I will fix it.

I *have* just been shopping at Amazon…

So here is the resolution, I will be taking my new toy out and a bout in the local area, on foot, and on bike, and put the data into the open street map project, and the open cycle map when its a cycle route…

That’s better than saying my new year’s resolution is to get fit.

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Wow.

How cool would it be to own one of these?

I mean, just to have it an use it because it was a mechanical calculator.

Still, you wouldn’t want to take it apart.

Yes, I found this on jwz

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