http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:10:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en clipped from www.google.com  http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2009/03/19/dont-stay-calm-and-carry-on/ courtesy of boingboing clipped from www.google.com  http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2009/03/19/dolphins-blowing-bubbles/ clipped from xkcd.comMusic DRM  http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2009/02/20/music-drm/ Critical hit! $18k for a ancient roman d20 clipped from www.christies.com Price Realized (Set Currency) $17,925 Christie's Buying Guide A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2nd Century A.D. Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces 2 ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/06/13/ancient-roman-d20/ One of my favourite authors clipped from io9.com Yesterday William Gibson rolled into San Francisco to do a book signing for the paperback release of Spook Country, his recent novel about surveillance, augmented reality, dream politics, and advertising. The novel is also, incidentally, a fairly overt critique of the ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/06/12/great-interview-with-william-gibson/ clipped from aeroscale.co.ukLast leg now. Decals applied they went on fine with just water, no wrinkling or tearing. I used a sludge wash to pick out the panel lines, and add a bit of grime, not too much, just a bit of dust and dirt on the underside.Varnished ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/04/15/building-do-17-pt2/ Spring has sprung. The daffs are poking their heads through the overgrown grass in the back garden. I've planted out quite a lot of veg this year. Some in a raised bed, leeks, carrots, chard, onions and scallions. Cabbage and carrots and onions straight into the ground. The rose hips I took ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/03/11/springtime/ Here are some pictures of the cockpit with the fuselage halves closed. The "reading the seams" thread in the beginners section of the forums is a great education as to how cement is actually supposed to work as opposed to how I've been using it. Spent an hour or so last ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/03/11/do-17-fuselage-halves-closed/ clipped from aeroscale.co.ukStarted my Dornier at the weekend. I've cleaned and test fitted the major fuselage parts, built the cockpit and engines, primed and washed the interior. This is a really nice kit so far. And the first time I've use resin and PE. Looking forward to ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2008/03/05/building-do-17/ Since there is a new library opening near me soon, and it's construction is way behind schedule all the brand new books bought for it are in my local library. I got a few of them out. A graphic novel about blogging, the reporting of war, media bias, and the trauma ... http://jaypee.org.uk/wordpress/2007/12/20/reading-shooting-war-kidnapped/