Architect blames Brighton and Hove council for upside down house gaff, stating “I don’t normally have to specify which way up a house should be built.” The hearing continues at Brighton Crown Court.
Greening the Spark
Finally some information about my latest project “Greening the Spark” where I explain how electronics, Python programming and Raspberry Pi’s have turned me into an eco-warrior. There’s an Overview page for all to read and an in-depth Tech-Talk one for those who want something meatier to get their teeth into.
Green Mini – greener than you think
It can’t get much greener than this: electric windows, windscreen wipers and door locks; even the starter motor is electric! The only thing that isn’t is the engine, but I use that for charging the battery, so that’s not going anywhere. Oh, did I mention the paintwork? Racing Green. Green and racey. Pretty cool huh?
New Featured Artist
Pippin Frisbie-Calder’s amazing website has been added to the Featured Artists section.
A Christmas Greeting
“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away” (Job 1:21) – why Covid-19 is good for us.
Post-war baby boomers and their living predecessors are two of the groups most susceptible to the current pandemic and are suffering fatal consequences in great numbers (the boomer remover).
Risk reduction measures have included self-isolation and social distancing, full quarantining in many cases. This has led to couples spending more time at home together which will no doubt lead to a new baby boom in a few months time.
“Every cloud has a silver lining” as they say and indeed the Covid-19 cloud is shining brightly, turning the age demographic on its head and fixing some long term problems in its wake.
Pension fund holes, increased rates of Alzheimer’s, housing shortages, more elderly and fewer young are all placing great strains on the NHS and the economy as a whole. Covid deals with all of these in one fell swoop: it decimates the old and replaces them with the new. Like a bush fire, it clears the way for new growth and renewal and should be celebrated. Happy New Year!
New Films
Two new films have been added to the library (Ciné-Moi) to complete my Malcom McDowel “Bad Boy” trilogy:
Terminator 2: Judgement Day has been upgraded to 3D and…
Terminator 5: Genisys blu ray has been acquired.
New Humour
Features on Donald Trump and Go Faster Stripes and the start of a new series called “Reclaim the Word” can all be found in the Humour section.
New Music
My latest track:
Another recent track has just been re-mastered following constructive feedback from friends:
Newly featured artist, guitarist Thomas Ruez, can be found on the Music page.
New Videos
(See also main video page.)
The new video “Oh Yeah” has been reworked to replace the dream sequence which was the subject of a copyright infringement claim (see below) causing it to be taken down.
This video was taken down by You Tube because of a copyright infringement claim by a Japanese supplier of surveillance equipment to the military. The claim relates to a couple of minutes of night time aerial photography taken by a drone flying over a Japanese city – perfect clips for the dream sequence part of the video. I wrote them three emails – the last one transIated into Japanese by Google Translate – with no response. I was given a “strike” or written warning by You Tube; three and you’re out – ooh er!
The last video to survive publication on You Tube was a short sketch about life during during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump admits to Bleach Addiction
Donald Trump has admitted being addicted to the bleach he recommended as an antidote to the corona virus. After convincing himself it was the best protection against the deadly COVID-19 which has already claimed over a million lives worldwide, it is a double irony that he has not only caught the virus himself but has also become addicted to the one thing he thought could save him.
On February 27 he made the claim that the outbreak would be temporary: “It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle—it will disappear.” Then, on numerous occasions he declared “Coronavirus numbers are looking MUCH better, going down almost everywhere,” and cases are “coming way down.” And again that the pandemic is “fading away. It’s going to fade away.” (June 17) and “99%” of COVID-19 cases are “totally harmless.” (July 4).
It is well documented that regular consumption of bleach causes chronic delusional optimism, a kind of unconscious whitewashing of the facts and a compulsive airbrushing of inconvenient truths out of history. White House doctors are now asking whether the president’s addiction predates the pandemic and might have started in late childhood when these symptoms were first noticed. This predilection with what is now called “fake news”, combined with a total lack of empathy, are thought to be the main propellants of his phenomenal success in the business world.
Trump is seventy-four years old this year, overweight and in the group most vulnerable to COVID-19. Millions of people the world over, from hardworking middle class liberals to foreign presidents, are secretly praying this will be his last year and that the virus, heaven sent or otherwise, will end his post-truth ‘reign of error’ once and for all.