clever man
In other news. I am working on a website that hooks google maps, paypal and asp.net AJAX together to hopefully earn me money and save my users some. I shall say no more for now. I have bought the URL and I will make it public knowledge in the coming weeks and months when it goes into testing (via you guys hopefully) and then live....
....to be continued.
Friday, 25 September 2009
Monday, 14 September 2009
Good weekend
Saturday - Picnic with bro and amassed families.
Sunday - Nature in art with Legs and Alfie. :-)
Sunday - Nature in art with Legs and Alfie. :-)
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Chosen Hill
There is a lovely hill near my office and I have never been up it. Today, at lunch, I drove up to enjoy the view. I will be going back. It was lush.
Friday, 4 September 2009
New monitor and memory
So now that website orders are starting to come into kruelintent.com I am going to strengthen my home PC. I have my eyes on 4Gb of DDR2 RAM which dabs seem to be selling for sod all but also this new monitor.
Monitor: here
Review: here
What do you think?
Monitor: here
Review: here
What do you think?
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Sick hand in the UK Freeroll
At the time of writing this I am running 3rd of the remaining 95 players. 1400 started.
Friday, 21 August 2009
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Schrödinger's cat ++
An explanation of Schrödinger's cat to try and explain quantum basics....
"Basically, if you have a cat in a closed box, and poisonous gas is released. The cat is either dead, 0, or alive, 1. Until I open the box to find out, it exists in both states—a superposition. That superposition is destroyed when I measure it. But suppose I have two cats in two boxes that are correlated, and you go through the same thing. If I open one box and the cat's alive, it means the other cat is too, even if I never open the box. It's a quantum phenomenon that's a stronger correlation than you can get in classical physics, and because of that you can do something like this with quantum algorithms—change one part of the system, and the rest of it will respond accordingly, without changing the rest of the operation. That's part of the reason it's faster at certain kinds of calculations."
Full article - here
"Basically, if you have a cat in a closed box, and poisonous gas is released. The cat is either dead, 0, or alive, 1. Until I open the box to find out, it exists in both states—a superposition. That superposition is destroyed when I measure it. But suppose I have two cats in two boxes that are correlated, and you go through the same thing. If I open one box and the cat's alive, it means the other cat is too, even if I never open the box. It's a quantum phenomenon that's a stronger correlation than you can get in classical physics, and because of that you can do something like this with quantum algorithms—change one part of the system, and the rest of it will respond accordingly, without changing the rest of the operation. That's part of the reason it's faster at certain kinds of calculations."
Full article - here
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
UK freeroll bad beat story #1
Played well in Friday's free roll tournament on fulltiltpoker. Came 30th out of 1400+ people which is good going but lost out to a bad beat and that sucks. I played well so I am not so worried about it but I will relay the hand below and you can decide for yourselves...
I have 24K left.
Blinds are 1000/2000 with a 250 anti. I am the button.
Dealt 7D 9D. I decide to call as I am in position.
4 players to the flop. 10K in the middle.
FLOP 3 5 6 rainbow (Can't remember the suits but they were all different)
CHECK, CHECK, 6K Raise to me.
This, to me, appears to be a stealing move given the low board and having an open ended straight draw and 2 over cards.... I call. The remaining 2 players fold.
TURN 7
CHECK to me.
Now I have 2 possible cards for a straight (4 or 8) + top pair. I sense he has checked as the steal on the flop didn't hit home.... I shove my remaining 16K at it.
Now the sickness. He calls and shows 8 J off suit. What this, in essence, means is that he has called my ALL-IN shove with a draw and 2 over cards.
Of course he spikes a Jack on the river and I go sailing out of the tourney. Of course, legs simply says 'why didn't you fold to the money?' (27 got paid)
Another day, top pair would have held. Another day again, he wouldn't have called with nothing. This day though, he did, and it didn't. Booooo.
I have 24K left.
Blinds are 1000/2000 with a 250 anti. I am the button.
Dealt 7D 9D. I decide to call as I am in position.
4 players to the flop. 10K in the middle.
FLOP 3 5 6 rainbow (Can't remember the suits but they were all different)
CHECK, CHECK, 6K Raise to me.
This, to me, appears to be a stealing move given the low board and having an open ended straight draw and 2 over cards.... I call. The remaining 2 players fold.
TURN 7
CHECK to me.
Now I have 2 possible cards for a straight (4 or 8) + top pair. I sense he has checked as the steal on the flop didn't hit home.... I shove my remaining 16K at it.
Now the sickness. He calls and shows 8 J off suit. What this, in essence, means is that he has called my ALL-IN shove with a draw and 2 over cards.
Of course he spikes a Jack on the river and I go sailing out of the tourney. Of course, legs simply says 'why didn't you fold to the money?' (27 got paid)
Another day, top pair would have held. Another day again, he wouldn't have called with nothing. This day though, he did, and it didn't. Booooo.
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
The smell....
So for the past few weeks Legs and I have noticed a stink coming from somewhere in our kitchen. Over the past week it has become pretty horrid. Well, deep in one of the cupboards, the culprit has been dug out....
This courgette had obviously been picked from our nice veg patch and left in storage for later eating. You can see on the left how it was and indeed, where it was going...
Hungry? Anyone?
This courgette had obviously been picked from our nice veg patch and left in storage for later eating. You can see on the left how it was and indeed, where it was going...
Hungry? Anyone?
Monday, 10 August 2009
Good Weekend
This weekend I have done a lot of stuff. Saturday I did loads but I wont bore you. The main fun was a baby birthday party late in the afternoon.
Sunday I cycled!!! 53 miles at a fair lick and back in time for lunch. Really enjoyed getting out on the bike properly, hopefully it wont be a flash in the pan. Next ride is lined up for the 23rd. Once home, I took Alfie to see the birds down at Slimbridge while Soph got to attack the weeds in the garden. An enjoyable couple of hours for all of us!! 2 glasses of white over Top Gear was all it took to send me off. Asleep well before 10. *glee*
Here is a good video of Alfie walking taken the weekend before his first birthday.
Alfie Walking
Sunday I cycled!!! 53 miles at a fair lick and back in time for lunch. Really enjoyed getting out on the bike properly, hopefully it wont be a flash in the pan. Next ride is lined up for the 23rd. Once home, I took Alfie to see the birds down at Slimbridge while Soph got to attack the weeds in the garden. An enjoyable couple of hours for all of us!! 2 glasses of white over Top Gear was all it took to send me off. Asleep well before 10. *glee*
Here is a good video of Alfie walking taken the weekend before his first birthday.
Alfie Walking
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Buy With Confidence.
Had the dude around from Trading standards last night to talk about kruelintent.com and the nature and workings of my business. The plan is that they assess me (done) and then I pay them a fee and they stick a link to me on the main buywithconfidence website. buy with confidence
Once the paperwork at that end is done I get the logos to splatter over my site and official paperwork and everybody should get more confidence that I am a legit business.
Bottom line is that I went to the site and looked for web design within 25 miles of my house and it came back with 0 results so if that can be me then that is just fine!
Once the paperwork at that end is done I get the logos to splatter over my site and official paperwork and everybody should get more confidence that I am a legit business.
Bottom line is that I went to the site and looked for web design within 25 miles of my house and it came back with 0 results so if that can be me then that is just fine!
Monday, 27 July 2009
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Too many pies, not enough fingers
Finding time to do all the things I need and/or want to do is becoming a real challenge. Don't think for a second that this is a 'woe is me' blog post though as I am loving it. I run on plans and each and every evening is almost always full of things I should be doing. I normally manage most but this evening is a different matter. Legs is out with her friends tonight so I have a poker tournament about to start.
A small side note about poker. I busted my bankroll a week or so back and I am back to playing the free stuff. The nice thing is that the free stuff does, eventually, let you win some real money if you are good enough. There are tournaments out there that let you win what are known as 'tournament dollars' and these can be used to enter the real money tournaments. So this is what I am now concentrating on. That said, now the real money has gone the draw to play is less. Still enjoy a game when I have time though, of course.
This weekend I will be wall mounting my TV and routing cable through trunking. The boy is very VERY mobile and the sooner the house allows for it the better.
Looks like there is actually going to be a fair few people at Alfie's first birthday party having been organised as a family only quiet thing. I suppose that comes when your immediate family numbers more than 20....
Must find time to mow the lawns again....
A small side note about poker. I busted my bankroll a week or so back and I am back to playing the free stuff. The nice thing is that the free stuff does, eventually, let you win some real money if you are good enough. There are tournaments out there that let you win what are known as 'tournament dollars' and these can be used to enter the real money tournaments. So this is what I am now concentrating on. That said, now the real money has gone the draw to play is less. Still enjoy a game when I have time though, of course.
This weekend I will be wall mounting my TV and routing cable through trunking. The boy is very VERY mobile and the sooner the house allows for it the better.
Looks like there is actually going to be a fair few people at Alfie's first birthday party having been organised as a family only quiet thing. I suppose that comes when your immediate family numbers more than 20....
Must find time to mow the lawns again....
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Friday, 17 July 2009
Zero hour
Did a full hour of near-as-dammit zero energy usage last night. All lights were off, No TV, video, DVD, PC, Sky, Microwave action and no phone calls. Felt good. Even after the hour my zero usage carried on although I cheated a little as I was on my laptop but that was battery usage and the point of this was to save money. Not the planet.
On top of that, the new insulation layer got installed in our loft yesterday meaning we now have a 270mm duvet over our heads to keep the heat in over the coming winter. It should mean we don't need the heating on as much but I guess only time will tell on that front. Certainly, the leccy bill last week was enough to provoke the zero hour on it's own. Everything else is a bonus.
Went camping with Alfie for the first time last weekend. Here is a photo. I think he enjoyed himself. Today, on the other hand, I HOPE he enjoys himself. Legs is back to work and so he is in nursery all day. Fingers crossed.
On top of that, the new insulation layer got installed in our loft yesterday meaning we now have a 270mm duvet over our heads to keep the heat in over the coming winter. It should mean we don't need the heating on as much but I guess only time will tell on that front. Certainly, the leccy bill last week was enough to provoke the zero hour on it's own. Everything else is a bonus.
Went camping with Alfie for the first time last weekend. Here is a photo. I think he enjoyed himself. Today, on the other hand, I HOPE he enjoys himself. Legs is back to work and so he is in nursery all day. Fingers crossed.
Thursday, 16 July 2009
work work work
With live updating text streams from The Open golf, The Ashes cricket and the Tour, work has been a blur of F5 strikes today. With that in mind, I have actually got a shed load done. This is also a surprise as it is my first day back after nearly a week off. Goes to show that pre-checking my emails yesterday (all 450 of them) pays off...
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