Status-Q

For the sake of posterity, I've uploaded the original VNC video that we made back in 1998.

Lots of nostalgia in here - remember the JavaStation? The WebTV? And the days when we made movies in 4:3 ratios?

A great deal has changed in the last 16 years, but VNC goes from strength to strength!

Starring, in order of appearance:

• Quentin Stafford-Fraser
• Andy Harter
• Ken Wood
• Tristan Richardson
• Paul Webster
• Frazer Bennett
• James Weatherall
• Daisy Sadleir

Also available on YouTube. Thanks to Andy Fisher for doing the original transfer from VHS to DVD some years ago.

Another radio interview about the good ol' coffee pot - this time with CBC.

You can find it here.

It was done over Skype, and is heavily edited, but it mostly makes sense! Just about 4 mins long.

Cambridge is known for having a fair number of eccentrics (especially amongst those who haven't visited Oxford).

But this is a good thing, because it means when winter comes along I could perhaps get away with using this in a public place:

It's a bluetooth headset, built into the fingers of a glove.

As you talk into it, I imagine, people will smile comfortingly and realise that it was just about here that they needed to cross the road. This will help to ensure the privacy of your phone calls.

I wouldn't try it when driving, though. You couldn't really describe it as a 'hands-free kit'...

Available from Firebox.

Robin McKie has written a nice piece about our Pico project in the Observer.

The article is here.

And here's our introductory video, if you're interested and didn't see it a few months back.

There's a wonderful-sounding position offered on one of the University mailing lists:

Equine Ambulatory Veterinarian (Maternity Cover)

I expect they're looking for someone who specialises in a horse's gait. Or someone who rides around in a horse ambulance?

But perhaps not. It's much more satisfying to think that the University of Cambridge has always traditionally employed a walking midwife for horses, perhaps one of a small team of pedestrian veterinary specialists, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to apply for one of these exclusive posts.

Beechwoods nature reserve on Saturday morning.

Wandlebury woods were magical this morning.

On Saturday, we had some of the strongest winds I can remember in the UK, at least when I wasn't on top of a mountain or at sea...

And he walked the length of his days under Anglian skies...

I've always thought these old radio telescopes, just down the road from us, were rather beautiful.