Marvellous Friends!

At the weekend I mentioned I was craving toffee.
Yesterday, the postman delivered toffee from major_clanger. Yum!
And today, the postman delivered toffee from an Anonymous Donor!

Eeeeeeeeee!

In other news, I am cleaning. No, really, I am. Property Inspection later -- the sole drawback of rented accommodation -- and, well, ewww.

Cleaning is horrid but luckily there is Osvaldo Golijov nattering on Radio 3, and playing fab music.

Convergence

Convergence
Originally uploaded by tamaranth

I went to Birling Gap yesterday for fresh air and sunshine. The light was gorgeous.

Thursday webblog

Knee dynamo to generate power from walking. "13 watts is enough to power about 30 minutes of talk time on a typical mobile phone from just one minute of walking. However, to generate this amount of power the generator had to be constantly switched on, which required more effort from the wearer." But isn't the Western world full of people who are trying to get more exercise, i.e. expend more effort? (Often whilst talking on their mobiles ...)

Building to be heated by commuters

Drowning of Harem Women Denied. It was in 1899, so not exactly current -- but getting on for three hundred years after the incident that I was googling. I didn't even know (= had never been curious enough to check) that the 'Sultan's Harem' persisted into the 20th century.