Why would you put someone with the name Brent Spiller in the role of Major Incident manager at an oil company that sell Brent Crude Oil……

His link has a blog and a lot of detail, there are obviously people out there with lots of time on their hands….

The device is called the MiniPAK and is a palm-size universal portable power charger and power extender for ANY electronic device requiring up to 2W of power.

The fuel cartridge used in the MiniPak called HydroSTIK has a battery-like form factor and contains a special metal alloy that allows hydrogen to be stored in a solid-state, as part of the metal alloy matrix inside the cartridge.

There is also a refueling unit called the HydroFILL  which is a small-scale home hydrogen station that allows consumers or retailers/distributors to refill solid state canisters in a simple way, using water and electricity as only input. By adding water, and plugging the HydroFILL into a electrical wall-socket (or a solar panel), consumers can generate hydrogen and store it in a solid form automatically in HydroSTIK cartridges. Once full, the battery-like "solid-state"HydroSTIKs can be unplugged from the HydroFILL and placed into the MiniPak (or other fuel cell devices) to deliver power via a USB port.

So it will not be long until we are using solar panels to create the power to recharge our Hydrogen recharging units….

“Mystery surrounding a man wearing a horse’s head who has been captured on Google’s Street View in Aberdeen.”

The man – who has become known as ‘horse-boy’ – can be seen in the Hardgate area of the city.

If you go to Google maps and look up 14 Hardgate, Aberdeen and drag the little orange man-shaped icon onto the map you will see this image.

The “mystery” relates to who this is.  While I have no idea of the person’s name I can tell you that they have white hair and appear to be a “silver surfer”.  If you move up the road and then spin the image around to look back you will see this image:

You can clearly see that the “silver surfer” had not accounted for the rear facing camera and had decided that it was time to go back and celebrate his achievement.

Well done old chap.  However next time stand still until you cannot see the Google car anymore before loosing your head.

Positive Focus

The “biggest thing you have to protect is your confidence”… is a great idea.

Time to celebrate the good things.

When I was a child, the world was my oyster…

Some days, my friends and I would go exploring in the woods. Other days, we’d play kick the can… or we’d play "British Bull Dog” at a friends house.

I always had a secret mission, though: I was going to be a "pro" at something. Fortunately, I had the work ethic to get there…

When I wanted to be a professional cyclist, I cycle for hours. And when I wanted to be a professional athlete, I’d practice for hours a day without thinking about it. Remember, I was on a mission.

The challenge was, my mission changed each and every year. But the fact never changed: I believed I could succeed at whatever I wanted if I tried hard enough.

I had no burdens in front of me… I had no impediments to my potential success. If I put my mind to it, I could make it happen. And thankfully, succeed I did. I’m living proof of the idea that you could set out to make your own success and achieve it.

Today? I’m not so sure about things.

When I was a child, we didn’t have money. But that was OK. We were starting from scratch.

Unfortunately, my son will not even have the "luxury" of starting from scratch. Instead, he will start out in the hole…

According to the Governments figures, the government’s debt is $141,416 per person in 2010. For my little family of three, that’s $424,249 of government debt. And it keeps growing.

By the time my son grows up, the  government will have already "mortgaged" his household earnings by hundreds of thousands of pounds, by spending more than it takes in before he was born. Even worse, the government will force him (with the threat of prison) to pay its debt.

We’re quickly replacing the what one might call the American dream with the European Politician’s Dream – that if you’re lazy and don’t try hard, the government will take from those who do try hard and give their money to you.

That is not the Britain I was raised in. And that’s not the Britain I want to live in.

I hope my son has the ability, like I did, to start with a clean slate… with the world as his oyster… with no shackles holding him back… so he can be successful.

But I shouldn’t hold out hope unless we can make a change…

Gordon Brown pledges ‘five more years’ as Prime Minister if Labour wins

Why is this a positive thing.

This one-eyed monster lead us out of prosperity and straight into the worst recession ever.  He failed to save in the good times and is now suggesting that we should all pay more to support his myopic vision of the future.

Someone poke his other eye out.

Mis-Cookham Dean and the Tiller Girls.  Here is the video evidence…

If you need to ask which one is me then I have not exposed myself enough in the past….

Number 4 in the Mis-Cookham Dean and the dancer on the right as the tiller girls enter the stage..

You may notice that this is not a typical rugby stance and you would be right.  It is more like a quarterback preparing to pass.