I hope it wasn't on his face like mine is

I'm thinking of getting a "new" car in a couple of years.
Is it bad I want a DeLorean? (Don't worry, I'll not get one, I can't afford it.)

Mark

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Not at all, but there's a reason 'Made in Dunmurry' never caught on

Have got to write a blog post for the company I am going to be working for to introduce myself to the world. No pressure!

I was officially made redundant today.

I've got an interview in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Though I'm more worried about getting a visa than the interview itself. I lost my last job offer as the visa fell through.

Still at least I get to fly on an A380 super jumbo.

Why do others' Spotify playlists always have the weakest version of the song when they're all available anyway?

This falls under the same emotional response from me...

Kitchen gadgets review: the self-heating butter knife – what a time to be alive! | Life and style | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... tter-knife

I just wanna try it!

Sorry to hear that. Enjoy your flight.

I am getting gently nudged by my wife to think along these lines too. I expect you can guess what I'd be after.

I got an A in my GCSE electronics, and an A in A-level Physics, but I still get the heebie-jeebies about messing around with electrical stuff, particularly with the thought of using a multimeter to test power to appliances in the house.

At least if I messed up something a 12V bench supply, it would just cut out and need resetting. 240V is a bit more scary.

It isn't that scary. Green to Brown, Brown to Blue, Blue to bits.

Are you talking about house wiring or tinkering with appliances?

I can wire in a plug. I can wire in a light bulb. But if there's an appliance not working, how can i test there's power to it? Example - there's a 240v and 120v shaver socket in the bathroom. Could i stick a multimeter probe in each socket to test the voltage drop across it?

Theory tells me if I stick the red probe on a live wire, and the black probe on the black wire, make sure the multimeter is set for 200-600V, I should be able to read the voltage across and check the wire is live. And if I connect the red probe to the end of the live wire, and the black probe on the bit where the live wire connects, I should be able to measure the current.

But I'm a bit worried about electrocuting myself ever since I stuck a lego piece into an electrical socket when i was about 7-8 years old.

XFM closing. Sad all around really


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Radio X rebrand for XFM: A welcome shake-up or an elephants' graveyard for dadrock DJs? - Music Feature - Digital Spy
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/featu ... k-djs.html

It's been getting a lot of attention for a radio station in this day and age.

One of the sockets in my office was wired up wrongly (live to earth, earth to live), I got one hell of a belt out of that! I couldn't move my arm for 5 minutes and I had dreadful pain in my arm and shoulder for an hour or so afterwards.

The technicians in the production area didn't believe me, when I told them, but after they came up and tested the socket and saw that the earth was under power, they quickly turned off the circuit and re-wired it. Somebody had wired it up wrongly nearly 20 years ago and in all that time, I was the first person to go near the socket!

At home, I changed out the electric motor in the roller blinds in the kitchen earlier this year.