One evening last year I arrived home to find the master fuse producing a fizzing sound with smoke gently rising from it...
the emergency response team from western power distribution arrived two and a bit hours later (in flip flops) and found this, dripping wet...
The chared black bit should cover all but the cm or so at the end and be red.
We reckon water was getting in outside, running down the length of the cable and forming droplets of water large enough to bridge the gap between the +ve and -ve wires causing a short, slowly eating away at the plastic insulator as it went. The smoke starting when there wasnt enough insulator to keep -ve and +ve apart.
Minor disaster averted
Check out http://www.shipais.com/ it shows the (nearly) real-time position of a significant proportion of the large boats within UK territorial waters.
From BBC News...
"Surnames including Cock, Smellie, Daft and Shufflebottom have been dumped by people since 1881, compared with figures in 1998."
I wonder why?
The UK has some brilliant place names...
Today I came across the small village of Login, out west of St Clears.
Anyone know of any other geeky place names?
It seems progress bars draw people in..
There have been at least 2 occasions in recent weeks where everyone entering the lounge being faced with at least one other person watching a progress bar has joined in, seemingly forgetting what ever it was they were doing in the first place.
What is it about progress bars that make them so compelling?