http://www.catchingtherain.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:17:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One for the designers and photographers out there, and perhaps requiring just that little bit too much time and concentration to be called 'fun', but still worth a go... Test your colour perception with the FM 100 Hue Test http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/10/121 Is this the sort of wedding photography I aspire to? 'Bride' arrested on wedding day - Times Online http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/10/120 51.45 -0.0833333 Well, according to the FT Magazine article, Defining Moment - Japanese knotweed invades Britain, he was the person responsible for introducing Japanese knotweed to the British Isles, way back on 9 August 1850. Mind you, he also got up to some fairly dodgy dealings in its native Japan. ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/08/119 36.0858048086919 137.28515625 A short while ago I discovered that a former colleague, friend and fellow cyclist Sharon Laws is going to be riding for Great Britain in the women's road race at the Beijing Olympics. Wow, bloody amazing! So, this is just to say.... GO SHARON! More about Sharon at: www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2525097/Sh... www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/News2008/200808... www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6813 Sharon also did the video ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/08/118 I've had some strange replies to questions/complaints before, but this one really takes the biscuit. A nearly new print cartridge packed up, and it should be covered under warranty, so I tried to ask HP how I should return it. At this point readers should either give up, or make ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/08/117 Whilst I still work in an organisation with science at its core, I don't often regret having left my first role as an actual, real, bona fide scientist. But when I read someone like Charlie Brooker standing up for scientists (Science is like a good friend: sometimes it tells ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/08/116 It's nice to see the baobab story getting so much coverage, and even nicer to see that the editorial and factual quality of the articles, such as the new one on the BBC site (First taste of a magical fruit) is improving in leaps and bounds! It reminds me of a ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/07/115 What could possibly be described using the following: - retro touch - aroma of wet corn - some fruit and hint of cardboard - proper nettley green hop aroma - Mellow wine gum citrus - buttery dunked Malted Milk - a hint of sting - Some cereal on the nose - a deep, irn-bruey gold - biscuit malts, citrus and ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/07/114 The BBC is reporting that a New exotic fruit [is] to hit UK shops. New? What's new about the baobab? Africa's 'upside down tree'. Well it's certainly not a new species. It's certainly not a new use. What appears to define this as 'new' ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/07/113 This week sees a week off work building a summerhouse to replace the old shed. It's a small garden (c. 10m x 5.5m) so the aim is to make it all rather more courtyard-like, with a small circular lawn in the middle. To capture the 'before, during, and after' (and ... http://www.catchingtherain.com/archives/2008/06/112