Sceptic, Me? Pretty sure this is a viral video for the Norwegian Vodka Vikingfjord Liked it anyway, and love Norway, though I only get to go in the summer..
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Reading Time Lapse
1,000 tonne bridge deck moved into place over Caversham Road as Network Rail completes first phase of six-year project to improve Reading's railway.. *think* the Reading Festival site was under threat by part of this project a few years ago, as it involved altering the route of Cow Lane so they could replace the bridge across it - building a road on the site (well the allotments) and through the Little John's Lane tunnel.. *think* the threat has gone away..
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
First Celebrity Advocate Of The No Sh*t Sherlock Diet?
It has been brought to my attention that I might consider getting in touch with Comedian / Actor / Writer / Thoroughly Nice Bloke Simon Pegg for my book idea, the "No Sh*t Sherlock Diet". In this month's Men's Health, he answered "What's Your Secret To Good Health" with the following;
"No matter what people say, if you want to get smaller, you need to move more and eat less, that's all there is to it"
Book cover strap line?
"No matter what people say, if you want to get smaller, you need to move more and eat less, that's all there is to it"
Book cover strap line?
Homemade Solar Power
Back in November, I got excited about "Melting Rock With Sunlight", after seeing a scientist from the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France demonstrating his concave mirror, focusing the sun's energy, reaching temperatures of over 3500c.
Well, an American teenager has built one of his own, from an old satellite dish and loads of mirror tiles, and has achieved the same sort of results.
As stated in my original post - imagine what you could do with this free energy from the sun? Off the top of my head, a smaller version focusing onto water to heat it for households, or a larger version heating water into steam to generate electricity, seems like a such a simple idea, maybe too simple for anyone to manufacturer. Maybe I should get in contact with Sir James Dyson.
Here's Captain Slow aka James May from his Big Idea series, visiting Spain's Solar Tower..
Well, an American teenager has built one of his own, from an old satellite dish and loads of mirror tiles, and has achieved the same sort of results.
As stated in my original post - imagine what you could do with this free energy from the sun? Off the top of my head, a smaller version focusing onto water to heat it for households, or a larger version heating water into steam to generate electricity, seems like a such a simple idea, maybe too simple for anyone to manufacturer. Maybe I should get in contact with Sir James Dyson.
Here's Captain Slow aka James May from his Big Idea series, visiting Spain's Solar Tower..
Friday, 28 January 2011
Introducing The "No Sh*t Sherlock Diet"
I'm thinking of writing a diet book ready to tap into the 2012 market.
The "new" Atkins (so I understand) is called the Dukan Diet, and it has sold over 1.5million copies in France alone, and with Celebs such as Giselle Bundchen and Jennifer Lopez rumoured to be following it, it'll no doubt sell by the bucket load now its available in English. By the way, the Atkins Diet has sold over 15million copies worldwide.
Trouble with my "No Shit Sherlock Diet" is that it is based around the following 4 basic principles;
1. Eat less food
(as well as food that is bad for you)
2. Drink less alcohol
(as well as fizzy and sugary drinks)
3. Exercise more
(that's exercise that makes the heart rate go up, and might even make you out of breath)
4. Do this all the time
(ronseal)
It'll be hard to pad this out for a few hundred pages I must admit, but I think I'm onto something - I'll even get some solid scientific evidence to back up my new diet, as well as including recipe ideas (don't use lard, don't add cheese, cut down on the fat, don't eat ready meals 24/7) exercise plans (walk to the shop, go for a little run / bike ride / swim regularly) as well as how to watch TV of an evening without drinking a bottle of wine.
Wonder which celebrities I could get to endorse this lifestyle revolution?
The "new" Atkins (so I understand) is called the Dukan Diet, and it has sold over 1.5million copies in France alone, and with Celebs such as Giselle Bundchen and Jennifer Lopez rumoured to be following it, it'll no doubt sell by the bucket load now its available in English. By the way, the Atkins Diet has sold over 15million copies worldwide.
Trouble with my "No Shit Sherlock Diet" is that it is based around the following 4 basic principles;
1. Eat less food
(as well as food that is bad for you)
2. Drink less alcohol
(as well as fizzy and sugary drinks)
3. Exercise more
(that's exercise that makes the heart rate go up, and might even make you out of breath)
4. Do this all the time
(ronseal)
It'll be hard to pad this out for a few hundred pages I must admit, but I think I'm onto something - I'll even get some solid scientific evidence to back up my new diet, as well as including recipe ideas (don't use lard, don't add cheese, cut down on the fat, don't eat ready meals 24/7) exercise plans (walk to the shop, go for a little run / bike ride / swim regularly) as well as how to watch TV of an evening without drinking a bottle of wine.
Wonder which celebrities I could get to endorse this lifestyle revolution?
Thursday, 27 January 2011
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