Bye bye Mickey
Posted: 30 April 2006 Filed under: Ramblings | Tags: argyle, football Leave a commentIt didn’t seem like the usual “end of season with nothing to play for” sort of game today, probably coz it was Trigger’s last game. And what a great way to end his Argyle career by scoring the winning goal. Mickey didn’t score a lot of goals but he was a brilliant target man and held the ball up better than anyone I’ve seen in a green shirt. My 2 favourite Trigger moments were his header against QPR at the Devonport End in the title-decider and a free-kick against Swindon. He won this free-kick which the ref gave as indirect. He quickly put the ball down and blasted it at the keeper who tried to save it but there was too much power and it ended up in the net. Sheer class.
I’ve loaded up a couple of photos I took today. I think he must have had something in his eye coz it looks a bit watery.
“Henry of the Westcountry, Henry of the Westcountry”
Cornish Culture
Posted: 29 April 2006 Filed under: Ramblings | Tags: cornwall culture Leave a commentIt’s been a right busy week this week. I’ve been out on the road installing pods and mini pods for the Cornwall Culture project. I have literally been up and down the length of Cornwall yanking cables out here, plugging cables in there, setting up wireless networks, it was just like the old times except I was using my special powers for good instead of evil. Have a butchers at the photos I took here.
2 down, 1 to go.
Posted: 19 April 2006 Filed under: Critical Context Leave a commentI’ve got as far as I can with making the Simontron. It looks as though 2 of the relays are dead and Maplins aren’t gonna have any more in for another few days. So I decided to have a crack at the alphabet teacher…..and I think I’ve broken that as well. I ran my multimeter over a couple of pots and got some readings so thought that I had found some to play with. When I connected them up with a couple of wires, nothing. So I took them out and still nothing. I’m hoping the batteries might be flat so I’ll buy some when I pick up the relays and give it another go. If that’s not it then that only leaves me the furby to fry!!
Oopsie
Posted: 14 April 2006 Filed under: Critical Context Leave a commentSeeing as I had some time to kill yesterday charging up my soldering iron, I thought I’d have a look at my other “instruments” to see what I could do with them. The alphabet teacher doesn’t have much in it but the board looks interesting. The furby could be a bit tricky though. Nearly all of the info I’ve found online suggests replacing the cpu with one of your own. I think considering my prowess in that department I’ve probably left it a bit late for that. So, that left the keyboard. I opened it up and it was just full of similar switches to the Simon. Not wanting to have to muck about with them ever again, I closed it up and put the batteries back in for a quick burst of “doh-a-deer” which is all I can play. And that’s where the oopsie comes in coz it now longer works. All I did was remove the batteries, take the screws out and open it up and somehow it decided to die. Maybe at a later date I’ll have another look at it but for now I’m a toy down.
Soldering
Posted: 13 April 2006 Filed under: Critical Context Leave a commentI’ve started making up the circuits needed for Simontron. I had a meeting with Dan a couple of weeks ago to run thru’ my “circuit diagrams” and he seems to think that it’s possible. Unfortunately my soldering iron is quite old and doesn’t hold it’s charge for long which means after making 1 of the 8 I need, it’s now on charge. And I’ve just noticed the bulb I’ve connected is blown so I’ll have to nip down to Maplins to get a replacement tomorrow. I’m also gonna check out the boxes that Dan told me they do. Everytime I’ve taken it in to show people, another connection has broken so I need to make a box for it. I couldn’t think of anywhere that did balsa wood but Dan suggested these plastic boxes that you can cut holes into so I’m gonna give that a whirl. He also gave me a little tip of spraying silicon onto the connections to help hold them in place, especially if it’s not gonna be a permanent thing. Sheer genius, so looks as though I’ll be getting a spray can of that as well. Check out my “workshop” below.
Promotion
Posted: 13 April 2006 Filed under: Ramblings | Tags: football Leave a commentTom won on Saturday, 4-1, and once again he got injured and had to come off. This kid came in really late after he had already made a pass and smacked him on the side of the knee cap. Coz of that, he ended up limping for the next 2 days. But, by the sounds of it, it was worth it as they are now promoted with 2 games left to play. Runners-up still isn’t guaranteed but it should be possible with the teams they’ve got left to play.
We’re famous
Posted: 4 April 2006 Filed under: Ramblings | Tags: award, sms Leave a commentCheck out the picture – do you want our autographs?
Good day
Posted: 1 April 2006 Filed under: Ramblings | Tags: argyle, football Leave a commentTom’s team won 3-2 today in a 2nd v 3rd showdown so that’s opened a 4 point gap between us and them now with only 6 more needed to guarantee at least 2nd place. It was a good game even though Tom had to go off part way thru’ the 2nd half with a bad back. And on top of that, Argyle did Wolves 2-0. Considering how much money they spent on their squad, they were rubbish with Ince being his usual arsey self. Still, at least he scored a cracking header for us – “Incey is a Pilgrim, Incey is a Pilgrim, la la la la, la la la la”