tag:evansweb.info,:/articles/2006/09 evansweb.info : Archives for September 2006 That's Numberwang! 2008-02-07T00:44:14+00:00 Typo tag:evansweb.info,:Article/128 2006-09-28T14:10:03+01:00 2008-02-07T00:44:14+00:00 Jon Evans LEGO Mindstorms

Alpha Rex Last Saturday we went to Legoland Windsor because they had a special Monster Truck weekend. Heidi, James and Matthew already have annual passes, so they got in free, it cost me £30. They were running a special offer in the shop though, where you got a free annual pass voucher if you spent over £50. Well, Christmas is coming up in the not too distant future, and I've had my eye on the new Mindstorms NXT since they announced it in January. It was £179 but with James's annual pass discount it came down to about £161. I was very pleased though when I received three annual pass vouchers. In the meantime Heidi had been in another queue buying Matthew a LEGO train set (set 7897), which also netted us a voucher. So in the end we came away with £290 worth of annual passes (2006 prices) and £260 worth of LEGO, for an outlay of £224 (or £254 if you include the £30 it cost me to get in the park). I don't know if the offer's still running but I hope they do it again next year!

Now the only problem is that the boxes have been put away, as they are for Christmas. So now I'm counting the days until Christmas. I mean, James is. It's his present, right?

Alpha Rex Last Saturday we went to Legoland Windsor because they had a special Monster Truck weekend. Heidi, James and Matthew already have annual passes, so they got in free, it cost me £30. They were running a special offer in the shop though, where you got a free annual pass voucher if you spent over £50. Well, Christmas is coming up in the not too distant future, and I've had my eye on the new Mindstorms NXT since they announced it in January. It was £179 but with James's annual pass discount it came down to about £161. I was very pleased though when I received three annual pass vouchers. In the meantime Heidi had been in another queue buying Matthew a LEGO train set (set 7897), which also netted us a voucher. So in the end we came away with £290 worth of annual passes (2006 prices) and £260 worth of LEGO, for an outlay of £224 (or £254 if you include the £30 it cost me to get in the park). I don't know if the offer's still running but I hope they do it again next year!

Now the only problem is that the boxes have been put away, as they are for Christmas. So now I'm counting the days until Christmas. I mean, James is. It's his present, right?

 tag:evansweb.info,:Article/123 2006-09-14T12:35:26+01:00 2008-02-07T00:44:14+00:00 Jon Evans Hot MacBook

When I removed my MacBook from its Second Skin this evening at about 19:00, it was almost too hot to hold. I put it to sleep at work (by closing the lid) at about 17:35. It obviously didn't sleep, or something woke it up. The fan was running at its fastest speed, but the machine was unresponsive - I couldn't even get the screen backlight to come on. I forced it off by holding the power switch, and when it came on again it was fine - although the fan stayed running for another 5 minutes.

It's the first time it's happened and I've had it for over 2 months now. Odd.

When I removed my MacBook from its Second Skin this evening at about 19:00, it was almost too hot to hold. I put it to sleep at work (by closing the lid) at about 17:35. It obviously didn't sleep, or something woke it up. The fan was running at its fastest speed, but the machine was unresponsive - I couldn't even get the screen backlight to come on. I forced it off by holding the power switch, and when it came on again it was fine - although the fan stayed running for another 5 minutes.

It's the first time it's happened and I've had it for over 2 months now. Odd.