As I was wandering around the site on 2016-03-09 Wednesday (astronomical format of the date is relevant) I noticed the shadows cast by the post brackets and also that it was just a minute or two to noon (UTC) so I took some photos.
More...I've not wanted to start on building too early this year partly because of a minor eye operation in mid-February and the ensuing recovery time from that - they said to avoid bending down to lift things and dusty environments which rather narrows down the amount of shifting and circular sawing of 3 metre long 145 mm square posts one wants to do.
Also, I didn't want to be getting the timber out of the container until the days were long enough and the weather had at least a chance of being decent for a few days at a time that I would want to leave it out. Every time I move it there's the risk of adding further minor dings on the corners, etc, which, while of no structural significance, makes things untidy and potentially more awkward later.
More...Adrian Kennard submitted a petition to the parliament web site asking (implicitly) that the government not ban strong encryption. I and about 11'000 others signed this petition so the government felt obliged to respond.
Regrettably, they didn't seem to feel the obligation to make much sense in the response.
More...I've just made a couple of tweaks to the way in which this site is served. They shouldn't have any harmful effects but if you notice anything wrong I'd be grateful if you could let me know.
More...Something I noticed in the days when I often flew gliders and light aeroplanes over southern England was that the amount of green space around seemed much more when viewed from above than when travelling by road or rail.
There are sampling errors both ways at play.
More...Really.
Met some friends for coffee by the river mouth in Thurso this morning then went for a little walk along the beach with their pug. It wasn't foggy. Or windy. Or cloudy. Or wet. The sun was bright (though, of course, low) and the air was (relatively) warm at about 13 or 14 °C.
More...Both more specifically and more generally: did Tony Blair, the rest of the British government, a large proportion of Parliament, a swathe of the civil and diplomatic services, the monarchy and the military commit a war crime through their involvement in the planning, preparation, initiation or execution of the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
IANAL and I'm struggling a bit with some of this stuff but I think that, strictly speaking, they did not though only because waging a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties is not a war crime but rather, to use the terminology of the Nuremberg trials as it has entered current international criminal law, a crime against peace. Rudolph Hess's conviction is a relevant case; he was found guilty of participating in waging aggressive war but not guilty of war crimes (or crimes against humanity).
The distinction is a bit pedantic but it does have unfortunate consequences for the legal situation in British law and for jurisdiction in international law.
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