Pulling Teeth

After a flash of inspiration last night, I tried the K750 battery in the K800, but no joy. Still, I found the usb charger cable hidden in a drysack in my rucksack (from 3 weekends back).

Added the North of England bothies to Memory Map. Hmm, I should have done the ones on the SUW first, ach well, I'll come back to that. Found this site when looking for info on a bothy: Northumberland University Mountaineering Club, and their worst night ever. Waking up with my face in an asthtray...sorry, must be hiking related.

Not horrendously bad, but the most uncomfortable pitch was this one above Bridge of Orchy. Not ideal, steep slope, on heather, in wet. But, hey, that's life. Or was the midge-one at Geldie Lodge worse? Hmm, I think I was annoyed to be caught out be the wee horrors, but nothing dangerous.

Back to working on the Secret Project.

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Useful site discovered after trying to use 'symbols' in the previous entry: http://www.foxinternet.co.uk/bloggerkeyboard.html

I can now be so passé about it. And thus it begins, from the α to the Θ

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BBC's "Click" tv prog talked to David Braben, co-creator of "Elite", the first 3d computer game. Ah, takes me back.

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Shout-outs on FrapprMap up to 23. So far only Chris is smiling - maybe it is because it is sunny in his photo.

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Been reading up on americanbushman.blogspot.com as he learns new outdoors skills and takes the reader along on his journey. To start at the beginning of his blog, click here.

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Downloaded the beta of Audacity 1.3 to see if it will clean up audio any better.

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Found this very early blog from Birmingham.

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Programme on Channel 4 just now about "The Last Slave". A descendant of the last slave transported from Africa by British slavers searches through his ancestor's life. The gent asks honest questions and is coping with the honest answers.

I had my eyes opened when I worked in Hull, and visited Wilberforce House. Also some of the writings of Frederick Douglass (who has a cameo re-creation in "Glory"). Man's inhumanity to their fellow man in the sake of making money. 1838 before slavery itself was abolished, it was just some of the trading that was abolished in 1807.