Last chance to see automata

automata exhibition

This exhibition runs to 21 November.

automata exhibition
automata exhibition

It’s at Finton House School

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre has been a feature of Covent Garden in the West End for many years.  This rare exhibition of automata is open to the public on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Finton House School from 5-8pm until 21st November, and on the morning of Saturday 9th November from 9-12. Free of charge. Contact Lucy on 020 8682 5757 to book a visit

Charlie 11th Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Charlie

Charlie’s 11th party was a outdoor boyish sort of party – although with more girls than boys there was quite a battle for the ‘best’ den making materials.

 

Trip to the Shard

For a birthday treat we went up the Shard.

Never have seen so many staff doing pointless jobs. There were staffed lifts, and you have to change lifts halfway up (due to the weight of the lift cable preventing really long lift runs). There were people standing outside the lift to guide you around the corner to the other lift. There were people to take your ticket and touch it to the reader. It just went on and on!

bus3

This is some experimental stuff to do with the TFL bus countdown API.

Bus Departures from Bullen Street

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Speedfan

speedfan
Speedfan

If you need a tool that can change your computer’s fan speeds, read the temperatures of your motherboard and your hard disk, read voltages and fan speeds and check the status of your hard disk using S.M.A.R.T. or SCSI attributes, then try Speedfan.

It’s not just for fans. In fact on my Acer laptop it didn’t actually detect the fan at all. But did give loads of other information

 

Open Farm Day at Wookey Farm

We had a great day out at Wookey Farm last Sunday. It was Open Farm Sunday. The weather was warm and sunny and this no doubt helped but the response was amazing. I think over 200 car loads of visitors came along and enjoyed a few hours in the sunshine.

Apart from a general look around a working farm including all the animals, Wookey Farm offered:

  • Milking Demo
  • BBQ
  • Tractor Trailer rides
  • Welly Wanging (Charlie came first in the kids section!)
  • Official opening of the Farm Shop by Tessa Munt
  • nature trail
  • seed circle
  • artisan tree stand

Fantastic day put on by Sarah and Ian.