From Nought to Sixty http://www.fromnought2sixty.com Fat man on a mission posterous.com Fri, 18 May 2012 03:06:27 -0700 Tweet of the day http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/tweet-of-the-day http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/tweet-of-the-day

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Thu, 03 May 2012 13:49:11 -0700 This is the best ever tweet: http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/this-is-the-best-ever-tweet http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/this-is-the-best-ever-tweet Well it's been a lonely 27 years, but I finally have a nemesis. She is: Woman Who Sometimes Uses My Preferred Locker At The Swimming Pool.

- posted by hannahnicklin on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hannahnicklin/status/198143277722120192

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:47:12 -0700 Research for Richard Herring's "new" show: Talking Cock questionnaires (Anonymous) http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/research-for-richard-herrings-new-show-talkin http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/research-for-richard-herrings-new-show-talkin

Anonymous Talking Cock questionnaires - Men - http://t.co/paGX1t8q Women - http://t.co/ABjBQJbT - please answer honestly. Please RT.

- posted by Herring1967 on Twitter:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:09:43 -0700 This says a lot: RT @trussliz: Pleased to support Jeremy Hunt... http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/this-says-a-lot-rt-trussliz-pleased-to-suppor http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/this-says-a-lot-rt-trussliz-pleased-to-suppor Pleased to support Jeremy Hunt in Chamber today. He is a very decent and very effective culture secretary.

- posted by trussliz on Twitter: http://twitter.com/trussliz/status/195184304215695360

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Take:

  • Bacon
  • Short Crust Pastry (Made or bought)
  • Eggs
  • Salt & Pepper

Method

  • Dry fry Bacon lightly, keep flat and use kitchen towel to remove fat and moisture
  • Roll out pastry and place in case
  • Layer of Bacon
  • Break Eggs on top of bacon
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Layer of bacon
  • Pie crust
  • Egg wash
  • 175°C 50-ish mins until golden
  • Ta-Da

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The Worlds Slowest PC

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:41:00 -0700 Build a Garden Pizza Oven for £Zero and No Pence (ish) http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/build-a-garden-pizza-oven-for-zero-and-no-pen http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/build-a-garden-pizza-oven-for-zero-and-no-pen

Cob, is a traditional building method that uses clay, subsoil, and straw.  It's nearly free as you either dig the materials out of the ground or cheapy buy it from your local quarry :)

We already had "the book" but one thing is clear that when mixing these together you need to have literally a "feel" for when it is ready to use.

This was our chance to get our hands dirty, a day course "Learn To Build an Earthen Pizza Oven" run by Kate & Charlotte of "Edwards Eco Building"

The day started with a chat, some theory and a quick rundown of why people had come on the course, reasons ranged from "It's something interesting to do" through to "When renovating out house we discovered that it was made of cob" via the rather more prosaic "I really fancied having a pizza oven in the back garden"

Then we got cracking

You mix clay and subsoil (Basically very rough sand, grit or if you are buying it "10mm Ballast") with a bit of water and the best method for this is to "Dance it in" (apparently) and If you mix it on a tarpaulin you can also roll it together as part of the process, as shown below:

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You need to reserve some of this “not actually cob” for lining the oven, and to the rest add some clean straw, then after more stomping and rolling you should get to the “Dinosaur Poo” stage

Then we had lunch, Pizza from “One we made earlier”, lovely (and quick, see the video below)

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Building the Oven:

On any base (just to have it as a useable height) you need a surface of firebricks (reclaimed from storage heaters is a good free/cheap source) and levelled in sand.

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On this you build a dome of wet sand which is smoothed off with a wet trowel.  Next using hand sized bricky blobs of the straw-free cob you build around the mound, smooshing layers together as you go.

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Once covered, cut out a space for your door.

The door should be a piece of thick hardwood and you should cut a tight fitting hole and leave the door there while you build the next layer.

This is the outer layer that provides the thermal mass for the oven, and its where you use the proper cob. Once done, wet troweling smooths it off.

You can decorate it, and plaster it (clay, soft sand and goat hair) and then leave it to dry for a day or so.

We didn’t have that so we removed the door, scraped out the sand, and then a guy called Rob stood on it to prove how sturdy it was.

All this happened in the eye-wateringly picturesque surroundings of Kate and Charlotte's cob-built home, complete with personal view of the broads.

Below is that view, a cob fireplace and a pre-existing pizza oven

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What a great way to spend a day, and spark a new obsession: “You could do THAT with cob!”

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:24:49 -0700 A List: Comedians I Try To See As Often As Possible (updated) http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/a-list-comedians-i-try-to-see-as-often-as-pos http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/a-list-comedians-i-try-to-see-as-often-as-pos

There are lots of comedians I like, but there are a few who I try to see every tour/oppourtunity

In no particular order:

Stewart Lee

Richard Herring

Tim Minchin

Bill Bailey

Robin Ince

Chris Addison

Dave Gorman

 

In addition here are some comedians I wish would tour

Michael Legge

Josie Long

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I went to see Robin Ince's Bad Science Book Club, whilst I am a big fan of RI, the main draw was a chance to hear Alan Moore Speak.

Afterwards, he was not only gracious enough to accept that I couldn't justify purchasing a third copy of "Watchmen" but signed my copy of Robin's book instead with the inscription shown.

He really does know the score, Brian Bolland would be my favourite artist for such a project.

Fab night, and as a bonus Josie Long was also there as a guest.

Tonight in a further chapter in my Cambridge Science Festival Ince-a-thon it's "Happiness Through Science" and Mr Ince will get an entry all on his own-y-own.

My (necessarily brief) review of the evening is here: http://www.onehundredwordsmagazine.com/2012/03/18/robin-ince-bad-science-book...

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Via:

https://twitter.com/#!/NickMotown/status/179135101119115265/photo/1

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:06:00 -0800 Joining MP3 files to play tracks in order on my (Cheapy & Crappy) in car player http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/joining-mp3-files-to-play-tracks-in-order-on http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/joining-mp3-files-to-play-tracks-in-order-on

Well, this is easy

 

I've been hunting around for a piece of software to join mp3s together in order to be able to listen to albums in order on my car's player as it likes to scramble the playing order, no matter how fastidiously I name and tag the tracks.

I have just found an ace and quick method for doing this with no need to do anything other than type.

Open a COmmand Prompt

(If that mean nothing to you, hit “start” and type ‘CMD’, that black screen with white writing? That’s a command prompt, welcome to real computing)

Change directory to where your files are located

(Enter the drive letter, so if they are on an SD card mounted as e:, type “e:” and hit enter) then move to the folder they are in (type cd followed by the full folder path)

MP3 files are “Binary Files” so we need a “/b” switch to successfully join them together.

For example, to combine the masterpiece “Dinosaur Planet” into one file, do this:

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Equally you can list individual files using a + to concatenate files like this:

Copy /b file1.mp3 + file2.mp3 + file3.mp3 Final_big_File.mp3

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:52:00 -0800 I got a free Star Wars toy with my lunch today http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/i-got-a-free-star-wars-toy-with-my-lunch-toda http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/i-got-a-free-star-wars-toy-with-my-lunch-toda

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:43:33 -0800 Manifesto policy: Move business ppl who say... http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/manifesto-policy-move-business-ppl-who-say http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/manifesto-policy-move-business-ppl-who-say Manifesto policy: Move business ppl who say 'red tape and tax stops wealth generation' to Somalia where there is little of either. - posted by markthomasinfo on Twitter: http://twitter.com/markthomasinfo/status/175275794883551232

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:20:56 -0800 Do you remember HotBot, the search engine from 1999? http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/do-you-remember-hotbot-the-search-engine-from http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/do-you-remember-hotbot-the-search-engine-from

Do you remember HotBot, the search engine from 1999? They still exist… and their weather report uses cartoon zombies! http://t.co/d4eke14O

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- posted by chris_coltrane on Twitter:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/813945/Alnapp.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aGbyWtwm17X Al Napp fromnought2sixty Al Napp Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:17:00 -0800 Londoners? Vote Bowler http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/londoners-vote-bowler http://www.fromnought2sixty.com/londoners-vote-bowler

Let's make IBowler go Viral

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