Tag: light

  • my lappy is not well

    My ThinkPad T21 is dying. Well, its processor and interfaces are fine, but its backlight is erratic, the battery lasts about 20 minutes, and the case is badly cracked. Because it takes so long for the screen to come on, it’s almost no use as a portable computer.

    It’s a shame; it has been a nice machine. I’d prefer not to have to buy a new machine — it’s a toss-up between another used ThinkPad, or a new iBook — but this gets me very frustrated. Catherine has been complaining about how tetchy I am about it.

    I’ve probably been very bad at responding to e-mail over the last few weeks because of this. Apologies.

  • light anemometer

    I have a little Crookes radiometer twirling away on the front window sill. I’ve always wanted one of these, and when I met Catherine in North York on Friday evening, I couldn’t resist a trip to Efston Science beforehand.

  • magicwindy

    Yeah, it’s kind of silly, but the magicwindy — a tiny wind-powered bike light — is kind of cute.